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February 17, 2001 Link to this post
Matt likes his hippos!
Just great! Louis heads off to the sun and pina coladas leaving me here with a mad monk and an aging packet router for company. Didn't bother to leave the keys to Crux's cell either. Damn monk is starting to count out primes again. Louis won't let us answer your HBO mail either not after the last incident. Well we can still post news. Head on over to the Marathon's Story page for one of the weirdiest pics of Matt Soell ever. That's the guy who writes us those Halo updates. Scary! ;) (Wirehead 18:07:14 UTC)
February 17, 2001 Link to this post
Louis is GONE!
Just a quick heads-up to HBO visitors - I'm heading out on vacation tomorrow morning, to a place that's warm, and serves drinks with little umbrellas in them, and has no net access. Ding and Wirehead and Crux (well, maybe not Crux) will be here to pick up the slack... but mail will not be answered. (It will still be READ - you can send artwork, or stories, or whatever, and they'll add it to the appropriate sections - but please don't expect a reply before I get back.) Here's hoping that no super-hi-res screenshots get released in the next 8 days... (I can't believe I just said that.) (Louis Wu 03:01:55 UTC)
February 17, 2001 Link to this post
super-hi-res screenshots... mmmm.
Snow in Seattle didn't stop Matt from sending a seriously meaty Halo Update to the good folks of Rampancy.net... though it did make him rant a bit about SUV-driving wusses. Almost every point is tasty... but the two that got me were
- The chain gun for the Jeep is now fully textured. Rob is working on a new gun intended for "fodder-type" opponents; the geometry is almost done and texturing should be another couple of days.
- The script for Halo's single-player campaign is about 30% done. (Don't confuse this with the story itself, which is more-or-less finished at this point, and should completely satisfy those of you who like Bungie games for the story.)
Good story... that's key. What I REALLY want to know, though, is... what's a "fodder-type" opponent? And can I make my friends play as them in netgames? Go read all the details for yourself! (Louis Wu 02:08:26 UTC)
February 9, 2001 Link to this post
Ed Fries has good news
Thanks to Iden (who mailed this to us this morning) and Forensic (who posted it to our forum a little later), for the heads-up on a comment posted at MSXbox.com. Ed Fries jumped into the thread started by the no-delay news bit we mentioned a few days ago. Here's what he had to say:
"Any of you who have large monitors with your PC's you'll be happy to know that we are most certainly supporting VGA output without any adapters needed! There was some speculation on wether or not we'd implement that feature right ouf of the box.
Also, the remote which will be required to view DVDs witll be very inexpensive. You're looking at roughly $20.00 american."
Good news for those wanting to use non-tv outputs! Thanks, guys. (Louis Wu 20:59:15 UTC)
January 30, 2001 Link to this post
non-repetitious repetition
"The fun part in terms of the music playback in the game is that it won't play the same way twice."
With this, Marty O'Donnell had me hooked. He's a sucker for a free beer, though, so I eventually got more of the story from him:
So it's a little something I've been working on for years now. Just some simple ways to keep music looping in a non-repetitive way. The start and stop are caused by the player's actions, and the middle looping areas will play random sections that go together in musically acceptable ways. So each time you hear music play, if you pay close attention, it will be a variation of the last time you heard it. I even did it to all the techno tracks, as repetitive as they are, they aren't predictable.
He's been using this technique for a while now - the win screen music and loss screen music in the Myth series were the first experiments with it, and it's used extensively in Oni.
Almost all of Oni's in-game music uses this technique, even during the scripted cut-scenes.
I think it'll been even better in Halo, but it works pretty well in Oni.
Pretty slick - the same old, same old, without being the same old at all! Thanks, Marty. (Louis Wu 01:15:42 UTC)
January 30, 2001 Link to this post
Simultaneous? Definitely not.
We were gonna let this pass, but we started getting mail about it - Ding's comment yesterday, on the possibility of a simultaneous US-Europe Xbox release, was off the mark. As we noted last month, Microsoft has officially stated that there WON'T be a simultaneous release... Ding had just forgotten to take his medicine. It won't happen again. (Louis Wu 01:01:30 UTC)
January 29, 2001 Link to this post
Seven Deadly Xbox Rumors
Seven Deadly Xbox Rumors. Thanks to Ash whopoints out on our forum that DailyRadar have a feature article on dispelling Xbox rumors. Here's rumor #5
The Xbox is going to be launched simultaneously in the U.S. and Europe.
Smoke or Fire? Red hot flames
How'd it Start? Sony recently pushed back the release date for theEuropean launch of the PS2, to the chagrin of many huffy Brits. People don't seem to like waiting for their goodies while othercountries fire up the new games. Word began to spread that the Xboxwill be launched on a single day throughout the U.S. and Europe (andperhaps Japan.) The developers we spoke to said thay hadn't beengive a specific date (only that it will be available before Christmas2001), but they did point out that Microsoft has traditionally launchedtheir products simultaneously worldwide. So this one seems like a solidbet.
Hey good news for all non-US Halo fans. :) (Ding 13:29:39 UTC)
January 25, 2001 Link to this post
Weekly updates - made searchable
About 3 months ago, Matt Soell started a weekly update tradition - on Friday evenings, he'd post a concise (or rambling, depending on how much drinking was involved) catalogue of halo-related items to a random fansite. There was a lot of interesting info that entered the Halo knowledgebase this way... but it wasn't always easy to find. Well, we've lightened the effort needed - all of the weekly updates so far (and future ones, to be added a few days after their release) have been compiled into a searchable database for you to peruse. Read them in their entirety, scan for particular categories, or simply search for a specific term - it's your choice. Hope this helps fuel some good Halo speculation on our forum! (Louis Wu 01:10:11 UTC)
January 23, 2001 Link to this post
IGN's Gone With the Wind
We hope you like to re-read. IGN Xbox have posted a Halo article which traces the development of Halo. Actually it's a collection of old Halo previews dating from 1999. The screenshots are really old too. Here's a piece of the intro:
The whole development cycle has been more akin to Gone With the Wind than your average game, thanks to "less is more" philosophy that Bungie has taken about revealing information on the game, not to mention the changes the company has been through. So let's begin at the beginning -- E3 1999.
(Wirehead 07:52:32 UTC)
January 23, 2001 Link to this post
HaloNetwork.de gets a major facelift
Pille writes to say that HaloNetwork.de, a German Halo site, has been completely overhauled, and several sections have quite a bit of info (screenshots are explained, graphical features are outlined, etc). I wasn't able to make the site work on Mac NS or IE, but it looks great on IE on Win98. (Louis Wu 01:47:20 UTC)
January 21, 2001 Link to this post
VE rumor - PC Halo cancelled
Oh, man... it's starting again. Eric points out that VoodooExtreme has a report that EBWorld is no longer accepting preorders for Halo... because the PC version has been cancelled. Look, folks... if the PC/Mac versions get cancelled, you'll hear about it from Bungie, not from some tipster to a big gaming site. (Louis Wu 06:36:53 UTC)
January 16, 2001 Link to this post
Fan Fiction section updated
An apocalyptic conclusion to the Firestarter Squad series was submitted by Iden to our Fan Fiction section. Hit the "more by this author" link to read all three installments in order. (Louis Wu 10:23:07 UTC)
January 15, 2001 Link to this post
Halo Screensaver at Halo Marine
Freedom writes to let us know that Halo Marine has put up a Halo screensaver. It's PC-based, a bit under 7 megs, and contains screenshots theme music. You can find it here. (Louis Wu 19:00:20 UTC)
January 13, 2001 Link to this post
First fanfest reports come in
Thanks to Appleicious, who posted a Fanfest report to our forum. Halo details included:
- In [the] keynote, we got to see about ten exclusivescreenshots from the "old" Halo engine (exclusive = never before seen).
- the Halo multiplayer design doc is almost finished and work on the network code will begin in February.
There's lots more, so read the whole thing for yourselves! Also, codetoad posted another report over at R.net, with these tantalizing tidbits:
- there's 3 weapons finalized in halo
- there will be a "halo invasion of the media" (due to MS money) very soon, and we won't have to worry about getting info on halo, because it will be ALL AROUND us. (Could this mean perhaps there is truth to the superbowl wild rumor? :-P)
Again, there is much more to that report, as well. As mentioned in both, Phoenix was officially announced... though there isn't much info about it yet, and won't be for a while. Ack. Why are you reading this? Go read those reports! (Louis Wu 11:09:28 UTC)
January 11, 2001 Link to this post
Matt Soell sets the record straight
Matt Soell popped into our forum yesterday to clear up questions like "who is behind cortana.org?" and "when will www.bungie.com be updated?" (Read the whole thread for more nuggets - it starts here.) Where's my Big Mac? (Ding 10:05:54 UTC)
January 10, 2001 Link to this post
Pixel THIS!
John Carswell, from MSXbox.com, sends in an intriguing observation:
If you have taken a look at the Malice screen shots you might be interested in knowing there was no bump mapping used. What appears to be high quality bump mapping is in reality per-pixel lighting. Thought you might be interested because of Matts "per-pixel everything" comment.
Those Malice shots look fantastic. So we wanna know... what happens when you have per-pixel lighting AND bump mapping? Oops, we're drooling again... (Louis Wu 21:19:58 UTC)
January 10, 2001 Link to this post
PC gaming on the way out?
Thanks to Ph.D. who pointed out (on our forum) an editorial at Gamespy.com discussing the possible death of PC gaming at the hands of the Xbox, and consoles like it. Now, it has a few problems (as one of the arguments for the Xbox, it discusses the mod community, and how easy it will be to download new mods, created on a PC, for your Xbox game - if the thesis is correct, and PC gaming dies, who's going to be making those mods?), but in general, it's a decent read. And it has a gratuitous Halo screenshot, to boot. (An old one... but it's one of three games mentioned by name.) (Louis Wu 14:16:58 UTC)
January 4, 2001 Link to this post
Symbol analysis resumes
Symbols, revisited. Starting back in October of 1999 (yeah, a long time ago), there was a bit of discussion about symbols found on various surfaces in Halo. Steve Campbell found some Marathon symbols... Hitman =PN= thought they might be something else... There was much speculation about Marathon logos, and flagstaffs. There was a lot of discussion of Covenant logos, both here and at the Marathon's Story page. It all sort of died out, though, because we got very little new information. Well, it seems to be resurfacing. Halo HQ has put up a Research Center, and they're currently reexamining these same logos. Interestingly enough, this was cause for Haloplayers to put up an image of their own... and this one, as far as I know, is new. (Well, new in the sense that it hasn't been discussed before.) Are the floodgates opening again? (Louis Wu 15:50:01 UTC)
January 3, 2001 Link to this post
New Halo mailing list at theglobe.com
$erial-ki!!A writes to let us know that a new Halo mailing list has been started up at theglobe.com. Swing by and take a look! (Louis Wu 17:14:41 UTC)
January 3, 2001 Link to this post
Halo Center says not nice
fire phoenix of Halo Center sends word that the XBox 365 site which ran the "Halo commercial during SuperBowl 2001" news item is using a third party image of Halo rather than an official one. What's wrongXBox 365? Don't have an official one?
HBO Spin: We're probably going to see alot more of this given the present lack of new'official' Halo material and alot of fan created material. Only yesterday we reported that Compuexpert.com were passing off a fan-created, Bryce-based piece of original art as a Halo screenshot. (Ding 07:46:11 UTC)
January 2, 2001 Link to this post
Second Covenant rifle, revisited
Wow... you think you've gone through every screenshot ever released a million times... you think there's nothing left to find. You're wrong. :) Khaine pointed out to us that the second covenant rifle, which has been discussed recently on our forum, has, indeed, been seen fired... almost 8 months ago! We've put together a quick page to show what's currently known about this gun (minus the four frames in the Incite movie - check our Weapons Rundown for details on that). Thanks for the heads-up, Khaine! (Louis Wu 16:02:38 UTC)
January 2, 2001 Link to this post
Bungie hires a fan artist?
Rony Sanchez writes to tell us that Compuexpert.com, a software retailer, lists a Halo release date of 5/29/01. While this would normally not be worth a mention (release dates that don't come from Bungie aren't worth the pixels it takes to display them), this one's intriguing because of the Halo page itself. In the bank of 10 screenshots used to display the glory of Halo, they've used 9 of the original screenshots... and this image, a fan-created, Bryce-based piece of art originally visible on our Miscellaneous Art page! Guess Ken should feel flattered... (Louis Wu 09:49:33 UTC)
December 22, 2000 Link to this post
Xbox 360 looks (barely) at Halo
Wow. This blows me away. Xbox 360, an Xbox news site, has recently (December 16, 2000) put up a preview of Halo. Given the date, and the focus of the site, you'd think they had current info, right? You'd be wrong. The few screenshots up are all using the pre-E3 models, the background (while nominally accurate) is all a year or more old... ah, well, to be expected from a review that promises
While no official list of weapons is available, several of them have been seen in action, and yes, one of them is a rocket-launcher.
I'm wondering if this article is a harbinger of a wave of under-researched pieces... was the early press Halo got going to be a hindrance? (Louis Wu 16:01:01 UTC)
December 19, 2000 Link to this post
To Boldly Copy What No One Has Copied Before...
If you can't invent it yourself, find someone who can. That seems to be the theory behind the wing contrails in this Tribes 2 screenshot... though I think even the July 99 Halo versions were more believable. Thanks to MakeMineRed, for the forum heads-up. (Louis Wu 21:34:18 UTC)
December 18, 2000 Link to this post
What color is Covenant blood?
What color is blood? Covenant blood that is. Do the Covenant bleed? Is there blood in Halo?These are the questions raised by Darkk in thispiece:
The covenant at 00:01:06 in the full E3 movie bleed blue when shot in the head. The covenant at 00:05:38 start out showing light blue hits but at00:05:39 loose purple blood.
I think the light blue hits are made on an energy shield, and the fact that hits on the marine register blue (00:08:54) indicates they have an energy shield too.
As for the blue blood at the start, I think it's the combination of the colors of the energy shield and the blood, or maybe cranial fluid (thosewere head shots).
Got an opinion? Then head on over to our forum. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 10:48:55 UTC)
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