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Monday, January 8, 2007 |  |
Halomega Weekly Update
Thanks to Conor Mahoney, who sent us the latest Halomega update; you'll find montages here, here, and here, along with info about a 4v4 league, a video of the week competition, and more - check their news section for details. (Louis Wu 23:25:51 UTC) (permalink)
Beta Max
Paul Maestri tosses in his two cents about the Halo 3 beta program in the latest Halo Heads comic. The man has a sharp wit. (Louis Wu 23:18:09 UTC) (permalink)
Last year called... it wants its update back.
Wow. Is it 2007 already? If you're just waking up from a dream about gods bowling, and you're wondering what happened in the Halo universe since 2005... check out the new top story at Bungie.net. KP's laid down all the important happenings for 2006. Well, except for all my eBay purchases - where are those, I ask you? Go read. (Louis Wu 19:59:37 UTC) (permalink)
Streaming Live.
Stuntmutt got a 360 for Christmas. And he's happy. But there are still some issues... check today's One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 17:02:48 UTC) (permalink)
H2Vista - Achievements Supported
In an official press release from Microsoft at CES, there's a comment about Halo 2 Vista, and its Live capabilities:
"Halo® 2" for Windows Vista (Microsoft Game Studios/Bungie Studios) will also support Live, including enabling Windows gamers to communicate with Xbox Live gamers and earn Achievements in the famed "Halo 2" campaign - a first for any "Halo" title on any platform.
Heh - will this convince Achievement-happy gamers who might otherwise have passed on this release to upgrade to Vista after all? (Louis Wu 14:28:25 UTC) (permalink)
The CovieCast
Zukan pointed out The CovieCast, a podcast (of sorts) - a radio program done by Axel, inspired, it seems, by Tom Leykis (I'd hoped I'd heard the last of him when I left the West Coast). in it, modders and non-modders debate the subject of modding in Halo. I can't tell if this is supposed to be propaganda for the HaloMods community, or if it just turned out that way... 10 minutes, 9.4 mb. Update: as Dream051 on our forum, the creator has put up Episode 2. No more Leykis (yay!) - just some familiar characters from a game we love.
(Louis Wu 14:21:01 UTC) (permalink)
Campaign Panoramas
RVideo is back, with four new panoramas from Halo 2's campaign. Gorgeous work! I'm lovin' Activated, especially. He's made these available in png format - they're huge. I've added local jpeg mirrors - much smaller. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 14:02:53 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Zero - soon for PSP
Zukan pointed out that Halo Zero, a fanmade PC Halo sidescroller, is being ported to the PSP; there are a few screenshots linked in his post. More platforms = more better! (Louis Wu 13:41:36 UTC) (permalink)
The dangers of overhype
Back in December, when the Halo 3 ad premiered on Monday Night Football in all its CG glory, some fans worried that the general public was going to think that this ad showed Halo 3 as it looked, in-game, and be disappointed when they finally saw the actual product. (I was one that didn't worry too much; I felt that anyone who was really interested would do some looking online, and find the info about its CG roots pretty easily - and those who weren't that interested wouldn't care much either way.) Yesterday, though, this same ad was shown during Bill Gates' keynote speech at the huge Consumer Electronics Show - and here, it was shown amongst standard gameplay footage from, for example, new games coming out for Windows Vista, with no qualifications about how it was created. According to GhaleonEB, the implication seemed to be that it was gameplay footage - and this, to an audience that WILL make noise when they learn that the game doesn't look this way. Unfortunate... thanks to Stonesand for pointing it out. (Louis Wu 13:20:21 UTC) (permalink)
Lost: Halostyle Ep 12
HaloPlayer stopped by yesterday to point out Lost: Halostyle Episode 12 - "The Plunge: Part 1". Treading a fine line between comedy and drama, this series continues to please - solid story, solid humor, solid characters. Solid action in this ep, as well - great ideas! Definitely worth the download. (I'd suggest using our local mirror links (also in the forum post) for downloading; save their bandwidth.) (Louis Wu 12:56:08 UTC) (permalink)
R.net updates Halo 3 FAQ
Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, has organized all the Halo 3 info he can find into a new Halo 3 FAQ (with a new format) - took a few days to become visible to the masses, but go take a look now! (Louis Wu 11:44:53 UTC) (permalink)
Escape Station - Online Tourneys
Bungie.net had word of a new website devoted to online tournaments - Escape Station brings people together to kill each other in lots of games, including Halo 2 (their favorite). Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 11:41:12 UTC) (permalink)
CMT adds Halo 3 Weapons
Stealth_1000 stopped by with news of some new Halo 3 weapons incorporated already into new work from the Custom Map Team - good stuff! (Louis Wu 11:38:47 UTC) (permalink)
Worst Game Endings Ever
Yesterday, Paul found an article on ComputerandVideoGames.com entitled 'The worst game endings ever' - and yes, Halo 2 is on it. (They call it a crime.) (Louis Wu 11:34:40 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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The Riot 30 Arbiter model project Halo on a DS - another view ODST Test |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Our Newest Featured Artist - Veegie Happy Birthday to Us! Looking for a Purple Lung Looking over the season Smokin'Aces Partial Advice Communist Octopus... was that a shot? |
