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Thursday, August 24, 2006 |  |
H2Vista section opens at B.net
Bungie has just opened a new section of their website - Halo 2 Vista. There's not much there yet, except a FAQ and some screenshots - but the screenshots are GORGEOUS. I wanna play. (And oh, yeah... up in the top right corner of the site is a new search box. Hint - it works for everything - including the forum!) Check it out! (Louis Wu 18:44:56 UTC) (permalink)
Tricky
It's amazing - not only are Halo 1 tricking videos still being released... but folks are still coming up with new tricks! Over at High Impact Halo, BigGruntyThirst posted a variety vid recently that contained a trick I've never seen before - and actually, according to Ducain, it's brand-new! Go check it out. (Louis Wu 13:53:38 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Vista Not Ready for Prime Time Yet
At IGN, there's a short Hands-on piece about Halo 2 Vista from Leipzig - they suggested that the gameplay we saw yesterday WAS using a keyboard and mouse (suggesting that the code in use at Leipzig is NOT from the latest sprint, as described by Matt Priestley on Monday - I suppose this isn't surprising, if you think about it; they probably had to set up the Leipzig content well before now - and that code was reviewed just 5 days ago). On-screen indicators aside, the news from the IGN reviewers is that Halo 2 Vista feels... undone. In fact, they question why it's being shown at all at this point. Interesting... (Louis Wu 12:17:27 UTC) (permalink)
Blomkamp answers a couple of questions
Flash2000, a member of the RvB fan community, had the opportunity to ask Neill Blomkamp a couple of questions, generated from that same community, about the upcoming Halo movie. Those questions - and Mr. Blomkamp's answers - can be found in this RvB forum thread. (Joe Cool posted a link to an entry in Flash2000's RvB journal - but that requires a login to read; this can be read by everyone.) Worth a look! (Louis Wu 12:00:32 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Vista FAQ
Rapture's getting a jump on things - he's compiled a whole bunch of Halo 2 Vista information in a FAQ and Game Details document. If you were wondering whether you needed DX10, or how Halo 2 differs from Halo 2 Vista... this is the go-to document! Check it out. (Louis Wu 04:04:55 UTC) (permalink)
Midship FFA in Germany
Wow - swing by GameVideos.com for some fresh-off-the-show-floor footage of Halo 2 Vista in action at the Leipzig Game Convention in Germany. It looks like folks are having a bit of trouble with the transition to the keyboard, if you ask me... too many players shooting and not moving. To be expected with the very first day of play, though - check it out! Thanks to Mark MacDonald for the heads-up. Update: darthbob points out that the ingame text shows that they're playing with controllers, not a keyboard... which makes the stand-and-shoot behavior pretty hard to understand. (Unless the people playing have never tried Halo 2 on the Xbox, of course.) (Louis Wu 02:30:26 UTC) (permalink)
Violence and Debauchery
This week's Halo Humpday Challenge was against the Halo 2 Vista development team - and it looks like they're busy actually CODING, because they let the Community team (which doesn't do much except listen to people gripe about stupid new playlists) schooled 'em, 3 games to none. KP tried to play it off as a 'Keyboard vs Joystick' dealie... but basically, what happened was that they went looking for some group that didn't play as well as they did... then challenged them. Go read all the details at Bungie.net. (Louis Wu 02:20:56 UTC) (permalink)
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