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September 12, 2004 Link to this post
Halo Theme Tab
Blitzwolf found a guitar tab for the Halo theme at MXTabs.net. I couldn't tell you what it sounds like - I don't read this stuff - but if you do, go check it out. (Louis Wu 13:32:58 UTC)
September 10, 2004 Link to this post
1UPped
1UP.com (the web presence of EGN, XBM, and CGW) has put up a preview based on THEIR visit to Bungie last month. Lots of tasty info, including snippets others missed. Check it out. Thanks, Druff. (Louis Wu 22:35:53 UTC)
September 10, 2004 Link to this post
GameDaily Weighs In
GameDaily has posted their own impressions article based on the press visit last month. It's a solid read, with focus on ranking and clan play. Check it out! (Louis Wu 20:50:27 UTC)
September 10, 2004 Link to this post
Nightmare Armor - In Living Color, Again
Tom King, from Cerberus, the hosts for Nightmare Armor's website, points out on our forum that the Nightmare Armor videos, which had gone offline for bandwidth reasons, are now all back up and downloadable. If you missed any of the cool footage, go check it out! (Louis Wu 17:11:28 UTC)
September 10, 2004 Link to this post
He's Gearing Up...
Captain Spark has opened a Halo 2 dialogue center, in preparation for the huge flood of recording he's planning to do in a few months. At the moment, it's got a bunch of modified screenshots he's put together... quite pretty. Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:53:53 UTC)
September 7, 2004 Link to this post
Crafty Art
It's Tuesday, so there must be 10 new pieces of art on HBO. Today's batch is in the Miscellaneous Art Section. Some snazzy sketching in there! Check it out. (Louis Wu 14:07:19 UTC)
September 5, 2004 Link to this post
Storming the Beach
Professor Keo put together a very nice video called 'Storming the Beach' - 7.6 mb, QuickTime format, it does a very cinematic job of portraying the beach battle on Silent Cartographer. Check it out! (Louis Wu 15:18:35 UTC)
September 3, 2004 Link to this post
Halo Stats - Lots of Stats
Wow. BlackOps, of the Imperial Army clan, posted a note on the Gearbox forums, announcing a new (not quite available yet) stats system for Halo PC, based on an open-source Unreal Tournament 2003 stats tracking system. There's a link to their own website, showing you what these stats look like; they're amazingly complete. Check it out! Thanks to MasterGrief for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 03:35:22 UTC)
September 1, 2004 Link to this post
Nightmare News
Webshift points out that if anyone's in the Atlanta area this weekend, they should seriously consider stopping by Dragon*Con, a huge SciFi/Fantasy convention taking place from September 3-6. Nightmare Armor will be out in force, with 8 different Master Chiefs (all different colors) on the show floor. Folks have been pretty unhappy that the Nightmare Armor website has been offline... never fear, they have a brand-spankin'-new one, up and running now. Check it out for the latest details! (Louis Wu 17:28:19 UTC)
September 1, 2004 Link to this post
Plantronics headset - REALLY official, now
TeamXbox posted the official Press Release for the Plantronics Halo 2 headset a bit over a week ago; they knew, at the time, that it had been leaked a little early, and that they might have to pull it. Looks like Plantronics has let it go, and the official PR release has hit the newswire today. A beautiful, hi-res shot of the headset is visible on the Plantronics site, along with a preorder page. Go check it out! Quick Update: John Durning points out that Plantronics' website prices might be high; as an example, he points out that in the last couple of days, he bought (at Best Buy) a Plantronics MX150 for $31 and a M60 for $17 (these are priced at $45 and $25, respectively, on the Plantronics site); if this pattern continues, you might be able to buy the Halo 2 headset for something in the neighborhood of $35. Of course, you can't PREORDER it at that price... (Louis Wu 14:56:34 UTC)
August 28, 2004 Link to this post
Dude, you're gonna be so whipped, man
The weekly update has been posted at Bungie's own Bungie.net, and it's a doozy. Not only is it much longer than updates tend to be, but it contains a great deal of specific information about parts of the game we've never heard about before, from evolving exploding buses to scary things that make you want to go wee. Some of the more interesting tidbits, to me, are the emphasis on asymmetrical maps (I'm looking forward to this, but I know there will be a huge amount of complaining by hardcore CTFers) and the revelation that Halo 2 will not have load points- new areas will be loaded "in the background" without interrupting play. Check it out! Update: Frankie wanted to clarify that there are load points - plenty of them, of varying length, between levels. They've just kept them minimal during levels. (update by lwu) (Count Zero 00:22:36 UTC)
August 27, 2004 Link to this post
Every Saga Has a Beginning...
343GS.com has started Season 2 of its EchoFourNineteen comic series... this one is in Flash. Voice acting is funky... but animation is great. No comments about the plot. Check it out! (Louis Wu 21:45:06 UTC)
August 26, 2004 Link to this post
The Wind Beneath My Wings
Yaksha posted a video today showcasing a couple of Halo PC mods... and a pretty drawn-out punchline. 2:09 long, 10.2 mb, WMP9 format. Hosted by redvsblue.net. Check it out! (Louis Wu 02:24:31 UTC)
August 25, 2004 Link to this post
Zanzibar Footage Update
As of now, a bit over 8 hours after posting the first link, the BitTorrent network has served up over 5300 copies of the MLG Halo 2 gameplay video (almost 650 Gigabytes). You guys rock. :) However, there are lots of people who can't use BitTorrent - they're on firewalled corporate networks, or family members have a problem with p2p software on the computer... for whatever reason, these people will not be able to see this film until it is made available via normal web channels. And this process has begun. The first few direct links have been posted on our forum - and we'll continue to add new ones to our Mirror Page as they come in (if you have the bandwidth to spare, throw a copy up, send us a link, we'll add it; when your bandwidth runs out, let us know, we'll yank the link). Please - if you CAN use the BitTorrent network, DO so. (Hopefully, later tonight we'll also have a Two Degrees link up for you, as well.) But the direct downloads are there on the Mirror page if you need them. (Tonight, or tomorrow, smaller versions will begin to appear, as well. I hope.) Once again, thanks to Dolbex and the entire MLG crew (and Bungie!) for making this accessible; it's clear from today's downloads that this is a cool drink of water to a LOT of parched Halo 2 fans. Update: Oops, almost forgot... mrsmiley, the player in the vid itself, started a thread on our forum to answer questions people had about the gameplay (or his performance :) ). Check it out! (Louis Wu 01:26:03 UTC)
August 24, 2004 Link to this post
Big Cortana
MrSmiley mentions that Halo Babies has a Fan Strip up today, and wanted to point out that their Avatar contest (ending soon) is now open for voting to members of the site. Check it out! (Louis Wu 11:22:49 UTC)
August 20, 2004 Link to this post
Shakeycam vid from the Leipzig show floor
Marc, at Halo Universe, points out a movie they're hosting - 10.6 mb, AVI format) recorded via shakeycam at the Games Convention in Leipzig (where Halo 2 is available to be played by the masses). Screen glare is a bit of a problem... but Halo 2 is Halo 2, right? Check it out! Update: full-bore points out a BitTorrent link for the same footage. (Louis Wu 14:09:28 UTC)
August 17, 2004 Link to this post
Zoe Says Goodbye
There's a spectacular new wallpaper creation by Zoe, Bungie's Contract Artist whose time is wrapping up, over in the Bungie.net Wallpaper section. The story of how it came to be (and how it's NOT a Halo 2 screenshot, but a concept art piece created by Zoe's masterful hand) can be found on the B.net front page. It's gorgeous, and it's available in everything from 800x600 up to a doublewide 3200x1200. Check it out! We're gonna miss you, Zoe. Thanks to all who pointed it out - looks like Shaun Goo was first. (Louis Wu 12:58:51 UTC)
August 15, 2004 Link to this post
Dead Babies on Film
(GT)Juggler put together a nice reminiscence of the Dead Babies lanfest held in Connecticut recently; it's 4:15 long, 32 mb big, in QT format. You can grab copies from either Mythica.org or files.bungie.org. For the record - though my name appears on a number of scoring screens, I wasn't present... though the video makes me wish I had been. LAN flavor, gameplay, modded levels... this one had it all. Check it out! (Louis Wu 04:29:12 UTC)
August 15, 2004 Link to this post
Toyfare highlights Halo 2
The latest issue of Toyfare magazine has a couple of covers - one is a Halo 2 version (with some... odd artwork; spoiler warning, I guess). Several people (first being Littlebigman, last night) pointed out that Joyride not only has posted this cover on their site, but has put up a scan of the Halo 2 article inside. Check it out! Those action figures are gaining quickly in popularity. (Louis Wu 00:09:35 UTC)
August 11, 2004 Link to this post
Adventures in Disaster, Episode 2
Monday, Boxer launched Adventures in Disaster, a Halo comic hosted by akba. Today, Episode 2, 'It's all about range...' has been posted. Check it out! (Louis Wu 15:37:47 UTC)
August 10, 2004 Link to this post
MLG San Francisco
The next big MLG tournament (after Seattle, at the end of this month) will be in San Francisco, on September 11/12... and the San Francisco subsite just went live at MLGPro.com. Go check it out! (I couldn't find any info on registration fees or prize values... but I'm sure they're coming.) Thanks, Dolbex. (Louis Wu 12:21:32 UTC)
August 7, 2004 Link to this post
Are You Ready?
Bungie.net has posted a story explaining everything you need to do to be ready for Halo 2 this fall, from helping with excuses for getting off work to buying the right hardware to get online. (They're not advocating breaking rules, just offering options.) Check it out! Thanks to Marcus for the first heads-up. (Louis Wu 17:18:19 UTC)
August 6, 2004 Link to this post
Yucatan, huh? Hope the parachute drop goes better this time.
Frankie's weekly update has popped up at VideoGames.co.nz. It's a pretty long one this time, and with tons of nice tidbits and numbers- Gameplay animations are 95% complete, there's 4.1 gigabytes of audio dialog assets, and... pocky? Sure, why not. Check it out! (Count Zero 22:16:27 UTC)
August 6, 2004 Link to this post
Spec Ops Madness
'Ridley Rarzamee did some custom painting of his Blue Joyride Elite figure, and ended up with a pretty slick-looking Spec Ops Elite. Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:55:18 UTC)
August 2, 2004 Link to this post
RvB in NYC - Again
Red vs Blue has posted a fun film to pass the time until you get your Season 2 DVD (you DID order one, didn't you?) - it was displayed a few weeks ago at Lincoln Center, during the 'Wild Wild Web' program, and now it's available for the world. (This isn't sponsors-only.) Check it out! Thanks, Anlawn. (Louis Wu 20:59:36 UTC)
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