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Thursday, July 25, 2002 |  |
Mid-week Fiction Harvest
Built-up Fan Fiction (including a fixed version of the Misadventures):
- The Mis-adventures of master chief, part 2 , by el_halo_diablo
- Halo 2: The End, by Eric Gunther
- The Return of the Archons, part 2, by Wado
- The Lost Spartan, part 9, by Spartan415
- Halo 2: Jupiter, part 3, by Chi Zhang
- Warning: escaping convicts... part 6, by Cap'n Keyes
- There is Another, part 3, by Chris Reebe
- Through Fiery Eyes:A Jackal's Tale, by Mercforhire
Nearly caught up... (Louis Wu 12:42:54 UTC) (permalink)
Candy for your desktop
Continuing to clear out the Incoming file queue - a couple of new desktop images for you. One composite, one original... check 'em out in our Wallpaper section. (Fan Fiction coming later this morning...) (Louis Wu 09:38:58 UTC) (permalink)
The Return of Halo Babies
Oh, and before we forget... Xbox Weekly has a story on Halo Babies. Be sure to read it carefully. Thanks to ChromeFX for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 09:29:32 UTC) (permalink)
More MS Musing
GameSpot interviewed David Hufford, Xbox product manager, and one question stood out with regard to the Halo community:
GS: There was some confusion regarding the "Halo online" announcement made at E3 2002. Is Bungie developing an Xbox Live version of Halo, or did the announcement pertain to an entirely new product?
DH: An entirely new product. The Halo guys are at work on the next version of Halo right now, and they'll be talking about it in the near future. It's a "ground up" approach. When we acquired Bungie a few years ago, they were very clear with us that their original vision for Halo was to bring it online, and now what they're going to do is take that initial vision but apply it to the next version of Halo, so it will be the product that they always wanted to deliver.
So this would suggest that the 'online' version of Halo some folks have been talking about, doesn't exist. Whether Hufford's product is the same thing as John O'Rourke was talking about has yet to be confirmed... but it would seem so. Will Halo 2 ship before Halo for PC/Mac? Only time will tell... (First heads-up goes to AOPaul, via email, though Team Overkill was a close second.) (Louis Wu 09:22:52 UTC) (permalink)
Another Online Halo Option
Another entrant in the Xbox tunneling software category... Xbox Ladder comes onboard. It's unclear how it works yet (the FAQ's not up, and we have no reports from adopters), but if the other solutions aren't working for you, give these guys a try! (Mentioned by zoe on our forum - part of the team?) (Louis Wu 02:09:36 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Live?
Thanks to Tirion, who pointed out a Reuters article at Yahoo which quotes John O'Rourke, MS's director of worldwide Xbox marketing, as saying that
"the company is committed to bringing out new versions of both "Halo" and "Project Gotham" in the next year, and taking advantage of Xbox Live, the new online gaming service Microsoft plans to launch later this fall."
Disbelief of our forum constituents aside, it's an interesting statement from someone near the top of the marketing food chain... it'll be fun to watch how this plays out. (Louis Wu 02:01:41 UTC) (permalink)
I like Copper, too.
Man... it's Warthog Week, or something. (Louis Wu 01:44:52 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Phoenix Paper The smashing of preconceived notions Warthogs in the Wild |
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Halo National Championship filling up fast! New Truth & Reconciliation updates Adventures in Babysitting |
