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Friday, June 10, 2005 |  |
King Tuur Takes it All
Thanks to Major Nelson (via mot), who let us know that King Tuur, of the Netherlands, is the winner of the Halo 2 Worldwide Tournament! (Louis Wu 21:48:57 UTC) (permalink)
Wrong Side Of The Tracks.
An old term will take on new meaning come July 5... check out today's One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 20:23:58 UTC) (permalink)
Spiral Path Megabattle
Rockslider has updated his website with a new section on the Spiral Path megabattle (your last chance with a tank on AotCR). If you like fighting massive battles, check this one out! (Louis Wu 17:25:29 UTC) (permalink)
Servant Chief
A 33-year-old journalist competed in a major Australian tournament recently - the writeup is pretty funny, though his performance (and that of his team) was pretty abysmal. Fun stuff. (Louis Wu 17:17:26 UTC) (permalink)
That was deeply satisfying.
Captain Spark released another batch of dialogue snippets, this time all Elites. You can snag the entire batch at his website, zipped, or peruse them at your leisure in our Dialogue Databank. (Louis Wu 16:54:50 UTC) (permalink)
The Times dishes movie dirt
The Business section of today's New York Times took a pretty in-depth look (free registration required, or visit bugmenot.com for a user/pass) at the Halo movie deal. It contains details about what Microsoft was asking (stuff I haven't seen elsewhere yet), as well as what each party got (Microsoft seems to have gotten 10% of the movie's gross - less than the 15% they asked for, but still a subtantial chunk)... but all of it is contingent on MS ceding some creative control, something they may not be willing to do. Great writeup - and nice to see a picture of the Master Chief on the front page of the NYT Business section. Thanks, wayn0ka. (Louis Wu 16:32:16 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Fan Fiction
Because of the day or so downtime on the Fan Fiction section this week, there are only 8 new pieces for you today - go read! (Louis Wu 16:01:27 UTC) (permalink)
Local Upcoming Tourneys
Couple of tourneys we've heard about: Video Gamers League has posted details of their Orlando Regional Championship, to be held at the Xtreme Auto Xpo next Sunday, June 19, in Kissimmee, FL, and Scooter pointed out that tomorrow, in West Chester, OH, there's a singles and doubles tourney hosted by Game Junkie. If you're in either area, go play! (Louis Wu 14:34:53 UTC) (permalink)
Now THAT'S a slammer.
Greendude was cleaning out his closet, and came across a collection of pogs, a game that gained new popularity about 10 years ago (follow the link for more info). He found one that looks eerily like the Master Chief... weirdness. (Louis Wu 14:23:58 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Cutscene Library - Complete
The Halo Cutscene Library is now complete - we've posted the Final Credits today. And for those who don't want to download individual files, HaloChat has bundled up all of the WMP9 Hi-res versions (minus this one, I'd assume), and made them available in a single 368 mb zip download. Wonga! (Louis Wu 14:06:19 UTC) (permalink)
E32K5, remembered.
Our own Count Zero has finally compiled his photos from E3 this year - there's very, very little Halo content, except for the Plasma Fiesta subsection. And I must say I was disappointed with his Booth Babes section - he missed some of the best ones. All that aside, though, there are a LOT of pics, and some very funny captions. Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:37:00 UTC) (permalink)
A Perfectly Legitimate Strategy
Today's Halo Babies comic takes a look at one of Bungie's strategies during this week's Halo Humpday Challenge. Oooh... (Louis Wu 12:58:45 UTC) (permalink)
The Fun Stops Here
SketchFactor wrote up Bungie's version of the Halo Humpday Challenge against the Halo Babies crew (you've already seen HB's version) yesterday - there's a veiled threat that unless the next challenger tosses the match and lets Bungie win, they might cancel the whole idea of the HHC. Ouch! (Louis Wu 12:50:26 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 XBL software for OSX
mindquirk hivebrain writes to say that his Mac OSX software, which includes a Friends List viewer, a Halo 2 Stats viewer, and a standalone Halo2 emblem designer, is now fully compatible with Tiger, and available for download. Go Grab the suite - or just the apps that interest you! (Louis Wu 12:44:50 UTC) (permalink)
Worldwide Halo 2 Tourney - Finals Today!
The last two contestants (winners from Japan and the US) have been added to the Worldwide Halo 2 tourney, so finals are all set for today. Xbox.com has set up a Tournament Bracket to allow you to keep track of the action - check it out! Thanks to TeamXbox and Daily Game for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 12:33:21 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo Movie Script - Updated
Lots and lots and LOTS of people have been sending us links to stories about the Halo movie script being shopped out recently - they must have missed this news post, and this one, both of which went up on Tuesday. However, today, there's NEW news - Variety has put up this story (it was free if I watched an ad), which says that Fox and Universal have agreed to split costs on making the movie, and to pay Microsoft $5 million up front for the script (half of what they asked for). It's unclear how much of the actual movie's gross is also on the table. And it looks like this film will be in theaters by 2007. SUPERTOY found this at Aint-it-cool-news. Update: GAH! Looks like I'm as guilty of recycling old news as all those people writing to us. :( Sorry, mnemesis. (Louis Wu 12:27:58 UTC) (permalink)
Microsoft Nihilists to have Last Laugh?
Supertoy sends word that AICN is reporting (with back-up from Variety) that Fox and Universal have partnered to purchase the Alex Garland Halo script mentioned earlier this week. Not like it wasn't going to get bought by somebody, right? (mnemesis 06:06:05 UTC) (permalink)
Fanfic back up
Thanks muchly to Fazeaway, who's minding the store while Deimos is away - the Subnova branch of HBO is back up and running properly, which means Fan Fiction is back online. Go read! (Louis Wu 02:25:57 UTC) (permalink)
'sploding somethings.
There's a great summary of Elongation, complete with screenshots and developer commentary, up at Bungie.net right now. This is the first of 5 weekly map previews, leading up to the release of these maps in early July. Thanks to all the folks who sent in links - I think Nedus might have been first. (Louis Wu 02:23:50 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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The Last Spartan, Tabbed Discounted Halo 2 figures Getting off the ring - one way or another Voice Acting - Stars, or Contract Talent? Still Dancing Fanfic Problems The Legacy of Halo Nationals |
Wednesday's news in brief:
