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Best Action Game, says GameSpy
GameSpy's Best and Worst of E3 Awards are up... and Halo takes Best Action Game! Nice job. (Louis Wu 21:48:03 UTC) (permalink)
Monster Marine Distracts Console Gamer
GameCritics.com posted a photo journal of E3 today. Halo caught the reviewers eye, even though he was focused on console games... nice shot! (Tip o' the hat to Blues News, who posted the journal link.) (Louis Wu 21:36:33 UTC) (permalink)
Poll to smash at The Mad Onion
Uh oh... The Mad Onion has a gaming poll going at the moment, and Halo is getting hammered! (Even Unreal 2 is ahead!) You know what to do... (Thanks to medic for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 20:17:29 UTC) (permalink)
HBO FAQ updated
Mark Levin has updated the HBO FAQ in the wake of the new E3 info. Swing on by and take a look! (Louis Wu 19:50:45 UTC) (permalink)
$634 billion dollars profit from sale of Halo DVD
Bungie to earn $634 billion dollars from sale of Halo DVD. According to Max on bungie.net 75% of voters in the DVD poll were willing to pay $5.95 or more for the Halo movie. While Bungie aren't promising a DVD things DO look optimistic. (Ding 17:38:46 UTC) (permalink)
CVG says Halo in March 2001
Thanks to Jienn, who writes to point out a short blurb at Computer and Video Games. Not a lot of info, but they DO casually mention a release date: March 2001. Seems the press is pushing that day back farther and farther... soon they'll be reporting 2005. (Remember, a release date is not a release date until Bungie says it is.) (Louis Wu 17:30:45 UTC) (permalink)
PC Gamer UK Halo preview online
Our good friend Jenkz over at HP came up trumps with a Halo preview in the online version of PC Gamer UK. It's from the June edition of the hardcopy version. They claim the minimum specs for Halo will be:
Minimum specs:PII 266, 64Mb RAM, 3D card.
Amazing! (Ding 17:10:34 UTC) (permalink)
QA Intern needed to test games
Kudos to Pericles, who spotted a job opening for a QA Intern at Bungie's Chicago offices. Job description includes
helping the QA manager and development team test computer games through play-testing and functionality and compatibility tests.
Sounds like the perfect opportunity for a Halo fanatic! (We'd apply, but then who'd bring you the news?) (Louis Wu 16:52:32 UTC) (permalink)
Banner page updated
Thanks go to r e c o i l, who sent us a new banner for our Banner page. Nice! (Louis Wu 15:33:54 UTC) (permalink)
3D Action Planet needs poll smashed
Edward Edelen reminds us of a poll over at3D Action Planet... Halo is trailing Tribes 2 by about 20 votes. Can you fix this? Pax. (Crux Fidelis 14:55:03 UTC) (permalink)
New Screenshot from GameStar
Man, this e3 stuff makes us nuts. Somehow, this never made it to our Screenshots page... but GameStar put up an e3 writeup last week that included an not-seen-before-on-the web shot. Very nice pic of the covenant plasma cannon in action. (This WAS published in their print magazine,but hasn't appeared on the web before, except in bootlegged scans.) We'll catch up soon, we promise! (Louis Wu 14:46:55 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI team stats posted
The Halo SETI Marines dug in today... a little closer to the next victim in the Battle of the Teams, but not striking distance yet. Jjaro Tech seems to have had some problems... Banzif handily takes La Crunch Honneur. The Frogblast Award goes to Moomjean today, who leapfrogged 11 positions to number 287. Details can be found on the 24 hour stats page. Are YOU crunching as hard as you can? Do it today - you could be on Reach tomorrow! (Louis Wu 14:34:56 UTC) (permalink)
Press page brought up to date
Updated our Press page with almost 30 links to E3 Halo previews and news items from around the world. Most of these were submitted to HBO over the hectic E3 period and reported daily on our news page. Thanks to everyone for your continued support of HBO. (Ding 13:48:27 UTC) (permalink)
Tribes 2 leading Alloy Gaming poll
medic writes to remind us to look in on the poll at Alloy Gaming (we mentioned it a couple of days ago)... Halo's getting soundly trounced by Tribes 2. (AG doesn't post total votes, so it's hard to tell what 'soundly trounced' really means...but in any case, some poll smashing is in order.) Show 'em what Halo fans can do! (Louis Wu 05:44:36 UTC) (permalink)
Bagel Fridays
Rampancy.net found a funny ad in Game Developer Magazine (April 2000 issue). Heck, I'd work for 'em. (Oh, wait...) (Louis Wu 03:18:12 UTC) (permalink)
IMG E3 analysis
Inside Mac Games has put up an interesting analysis piece of the E3 trailer (and general ruminations about Halo and the development process)... definitely worth a read. (Thanks to Michael Eilers for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 00:05:22 UTC) (permalink)
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