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Halo: Contact Harvest
Bungie.net has an interview with Joe Staten, the author of the next Halo novel, 'Contact Harvest', coming this fall. It's the story of the first contact with the Covenant - told from the point of view of many, but primarily "a young UNSC Staff Sergeant named Avery Johnson." There's lots more - go read! Thanks, Stuntmutt. (Louis Wu 19:30:54 UTC) (permalink)
4 million in NA alone? Wonga.
I'm not sure I like the fact-checking ("five different Greater Cincinnati Gamestop locations'?), but the numbers are pretty amazing - according to Xbox Evolved, Gamestop is reporting that they've already taken 4 million preorders for Halo 3 (at Gamestop, EB Games, and Funcoland stores). If this is true... that's a lot of copies. Thanks to Major Winkey for the heads-up. Update: Okay, at the prompting of Kyle Carmitchel, I did a little research... and this seems really, really, unlikely. According to Gamestop themselves, they operate 4,066 stores in North America - to hit that 4 million mark, these stores would have to AVERAGE 1,000 preorders each. In what I'll freely admit is a totally unscientific study, I called the 6 Gamestops within 25 miles of my home, and asked 1) how many preorders they had already for Halo 3, and 2) how this number ranked in that store's preorder history. Answers ranged from a bit over 100 to just over 200 for question 1, and "near the top" for every store for question 2. It's popular, folks... but 4 million North American preorders is not a reasonable estimate. (Louis Wu 14:04:07 UTC) (permalink)
European release for H2V pushed to June
Looks like Europeans will be waiting longer than the rest of us - again. Yesterday, we mentioned that the US release date for Halo 2 Vista was bumped back two weeks, to May 22. According to Xbox 360 Wire and a Microsoft press release, the European date is now 'June 2007'. Oh, well... (Louis Wu 14:00:51 UTC) (permalink)
Stat Reset/Playlist Update
Last night, SketchFactor posted a note on Bungie.net - the playlist update and stat reset mentioned a few weeks ago are both now operational. (Well, according to sawnose, the full reset didn't actually complete until about an hour ago - but you get the idea.) Things to keep in mind: you'll need Tombstone and Desolation to play in 5 of the 9 matchmaking playlists, if you downloaded those maps before Monday, you'll need to do it again, and those maps will be free for download sometime in July. w00t - get to playing! (Louis Wu 12:09:33 UTC) (permalink)
Hired Gun Head Talks Halo 2
Jo Clowes sat down (well, stood up) with Tina Wood, of Microsoft's Channel 10, to discuss Halo 2 Vista - interesting conversation. 7 and a half minute movie, various sizes - go watch! Thanks, darthbob. (Louis Wu 11:53:36 UTC) (permalink)
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