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November 1, 2006 Link to this post
Bungie.net Fan Art
Last week, we mentioned that Bungie.net was going to start highlighting community artwork. Last night, the first batch was posted - and I must say, there's some killer stuff in there! Here's hoping some of those people choose to submit their work to our Art sections, as well! Lots of folks noticed this - Sep7imus was first. (Louis Wu 15:19:08 UTC)
November 1, 2006 Link to this post
Halo 3 Pre-Order Info Blitz
Quite a number of people let us know that Gamestop and EB Games are taking pre-orders for Halo 3 (all three versions of it) starting today. The earliest mention came in this forum thread, started by Max Power - there are details, as well as an audio recording of the message Gamestop has been leaving on voicemailboxes all over the country. Your guess is as good as mine as to whether there's any real need for pre-ordering... but the info's out there. (Louis Wu 14:31:01 UTC)
October 31, 2006 Link to this post
Halo Movie Postponed
Wow. Looks like the Halo movie is on hold at this point. A press release (quoted by both Ain't It Cool News and the Halo The Movie blog, though not, apparently, available on the web anywhere) from Peter Jackson and Wingnut Interactive states that they've agreed to "postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video game universe until we can fulfill the promise we made to millions of Halo fans throughout the world that we would settle for no less than bringing a first class film to the big screen." This is not a cancellation of the project - but it does put a kink in a 2008 air date, that's for sure. Check both sites above for more details. (Louis Wu 13:37:39 UTC)
October 30, 2006 Link to this post
New Halo Movie Review Blog Opens
Demag0gue stopped by to say he's started a new Halo movie review blog, entitled Penitent Tangential. Very cool idea - check it out! (Louis Wu 22:52:01 UTC)
October 28, 2006 Link to this post
Stupid + Lazy = Busy; hey, I'm gonna start using that
The Bungie Weekly Update discussed some Halo 3 matchmaking tests (cool to see that sort of thing happening at this stage), and commented on (sort of) a couple of the Halo news bits that came out this week. Light, but hey, they're busy guys! You can read it at B.net, of course, or you can read it in our Weekly Update Archive. (Louis Wu 06:44:01 UTC)
October 27, 2006 Link to this post
Moving Forward On Movie Stuff
Over at IGN Movies, there's a short article today about the Halo movie, and its current situation. Looks like the two likeliest possibilities are that 1) Warner Bros. and Paramount will step in with funding, or 2) Microsoft will go it alone. Either way, money isn't going to be the biggest hurdle - it never was. There aren't a lot of other movies in this position, though - to have your primary financial backing bow out, and to be able to say 'meh' - that's cash in the bank, baby. And through all of this - there's talk of yet ANOTHER screenplay rewrite, this time by Josh Olsen, who wrote the screenplay for 'A History of Violence'. We'll keep you informed! (Louis Wu 19:56:25 UTC)
October 24, 2006 Link to this post
Bungie.net Community Art Spotlight
Saw a note over at Bungie.net that they're going to start highlighting community artwork. This isn't supposed to eat into existing art outlets around the community; if you're highlighting your wares on a specific website already (like this one), this should be considered a bonus, not a replacement. Give the thread a read - and get to creating! (Louis Wu 16:16:39 UTC)
October 21, 2006 Link to this post
After 4 years, Halo's still in the lineup
Three years ago, IGN started a Top 100 Games of all time list (updated annually, of course) - Halo came in 39th. The following year, IGN let the readers decide - Halo and Halo 2 placed 18th and 19th, respectively, on the list. In 2005, it was back to the editors - Halo placed 30th, Halo 2 wasn't even on the list. (Ouch!) A week or so ago, they started listing this year's winners (thanks, Brian O'Sullivan) - it wasn't until Thursday that the full standings of the Halo franchise were known. (This year, Halo placed 14th, and Halo 2 placed 25th.) You really gotta wonder how much of this is darts on a dartboard... and how much is careful analysis. Thanks to HaloPlanet for reminding me to revisit the top 100 site. (Louis Wu 20:22:12 UTC)
October 18, 2006 Link to this post
Unyielding Screenies
Laird stopped by our forum last night with some screenshots from the upcoming Unyielding Part 2. He's shooting for January... looks pretty good! (Louis Wu 13:48:29 UTC)
October 14, 2006 Link to this post
Halo CD Key Recovery Tool
Wow, very cool. We've received quite a bit of mail over the past 3 years from people who've lost their Halo PC CD Key (because they lost the case it was attached to) - and wanting to know if we knew how to extract that CD Key from their registry. Up until now, we've had to tell people that they were out of luck. TheGhost sent us a note last night, however, pointing to a thread on the Halo 2 Vista forums, announcing a new tool he'd created - it can extract, and decrypt, that Key from your registry, allowing you to reinstall Halo PC from your CD without needing that small orange sticker you started with. Having had trouble finding the original case to MY Halo PC CD in the past, I applaud this tool! (Louis Wu 12:01:34 UTC)
October 14, 2006 Link to this post
MLG Pro TV Broadcast Dates
GameBattles has concrete dates for the broadcast of MLG content on USA Networks starting in November - check it out, and mark the dates on your calendar! (Louis Wu 11:55:19 UTC)
October 13, 2006 Link to this post
Don't Try This at Home
Paul Maestri points out that Halo Heads 17 is online - I'm starting to worry about the intelligence of that GoO spartan... (Louis Wu 18:01:38 UTC)
October 12, 2006 Link to this post
She's not Mrs. Cart... Yet.
In a move guaranteed to startle the cynical among you, I've managed to keep on top of the Miscellaneous Art queue - here are 30 more entries (more than 40 individual images), clearing it out through today. Sketches, cartoons, scans of everything from pencil drawings to oil paintings, composites... there's something for everyone in here, and a whole lot of it is great. Go look! (Louis Wu 19:12:13 UTC)
October 12, 2006 Link to this post
When Artists Want to Mess With Your Head
Wow. Bungie fans are nuts. Omega was scanning over some hi-res promo pics, pixel-by-pixel, it seems, when he ran across a Marathon logo tucked into a corner of the Halo 3 Assault Rifle. On an image that's almost 2500 pixels tall, the logo takes up a square that's 18x18 pixels... meaning that on a 720p screen, that puppy would be all of 5 pixels on a side, and on a (far more standard) 480p screen, you're looking at 3 or 4 pixels on a side. Absolutely, totally invisible in-game... but CLEARLY there. (I redid his picture, and made the reference file available, for anyone who wants to look for themselves.) I'd call this an honest-to-goodness egg... nice find! (Louis Wu 11:18:37 UTC)
October 11, 2006 Link to this post
B.net Intervwu
More Bungie.net content for you today, an extensive interview with everyone's favorite admin, Louis Wu. It's done in a new format for the Spotlights, via instant messenger, so it's a bit more relaxed and insult-laden. Alright, a lot more insult-laden. I'd really like to see some feedback on this format (though all you Wu-ites are obviously biased so I'll have to discount most of it), if you prefer not to venture into the Bnet forums to do so, you can use the HBO thread started by Big Goalie Dan. (KP 01:02:57 UTC)
October 9, 2006 Link to this post
Halo Scale Comparison Updated
Stephen Loftus has updated his Halo Scale Comparison article; the beginning of it hasn't changed, but if you scroll down near the bottom of the page, you'll find an entirely new scale navigation system. Starting with the Halo itself, you can drill down through the various constructs in the game and compare them with like-sized items. He's added dozens of items to the charts; go explore! (In a totally coincidental but rather fortuitous bit of timing, In_Amber_Clad just happened to ask about this info this morning; if you have questions or comments, this thread is a fine place to put them.) (Louis Wu 13:34:48 UTC)
October 7, 2006 Link to this post
Over the Limit - Act 0 - The Pheonix Army
Pothole Studios submitted 'Over the Limit, Act 0 - The Pheonix Army' (yes, the typo's intentional) to the MPRRS; it lingered for a bit, but the reviewers are back on track and have cleared out all backlogged submissions - this one passed. They didn't want hosting - the video is available from their site, in DivX format (45 mb), but if they run into trouble, we'll certainly put up mirrors. It's an interesting start - can't wait to see the rest! (Louis Wu 13:48:05 UTC)
October 7, 2006 Link to this post
Ranked Multiplayer now Random on Live
Ouch. Latest news about Gears of War (Joystiq and Xboxic) is that you will not be able to play ranked games with your friends; the TrueSkill ranking system requires that you go into a game paired up with people with roughly the same ability as you have - randomized. You can play with a party - just not in a ranked game. This, apparently, is now a requirement of Microsoft Live certification. Halo 2 was released before this requirement was implemented, so it's exempt - which is why you can put together a party of friends for Big Team Battle, or Team Slayer - but Halo 3 will likely be subject to the same rules GoW is now facing. If you want to discuss this, 3Suns has started up a thread about it on our forum. Update: Wow, this has generated quite a bit of discussion on our forum - mostly negative (towards the policy, as it's understood). There's a comment by Achronos on the Bungie.net forums that suggests that there's a misunderstanding here... but closer reading of joeGraf's comments in the Gears of War forum thread that started the firestorm makes me think that Achronos is incorrect. If we get better clarification, we'll be sure to pass it along. (Louis Wu 13:14:43 UTC)
October 7, 2006 Link to this post
PstP Halo Nod
Pixellated noticed that over at Press Start To Play, there's a piece of promotional art for Otokon that features a Spartan and an Elite (check the October 6 news post). (Louis Wu 12:55:44 UTC)
October 6, 2006 Link to this post
Halo to Myth II
Back in March, there were reports of a couple of different Halo mods for Myth II - this one, at PlayMyth.net (thanks, Chris Arthur) which also led me eventually to this one, at Project Magma; it's unclear whether either of these went anywhere after March, or whether any actual files were released... but the screens are nice! (Not sure why these didn't cross our radar before now...) (Louis Wu 11:08:49 UTC)
October 6, 2006 Link to this post
Friday's Fan Fiction
23 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week. Sounds like a lot - but a number of submitters released 2 or 3 chapters at a time this week. Anyway, lots to read. Get started. (Louis Wu 10:14:08 UTC)
October 6, 2006 Link to this post
More beautiful with each passing month.
Bungie has posted the second Halo 2 Vista Developer Diary - Matt Priestly, H2Vista's producer, discusses the state of development in areas like performance, UI, and the keyboard-vs-controller debate. Their preferred screen resolution is 1920x1200... and they have it running at 60fps. Nice! (I wonder what sort of stats your PC has to have to manage that, though...) Looks like TheGhost was first with the heads-up, via email. (Louis Wu 09:56:39 UTC)
October 5, 2006 Link to this post
Game Trailers Leading
Next Generation has posted an article about how important trailers have become to the marketing of videogames - as they are for the marketing of movies. Halo 3 is held up as a prime example of how to do it right. Thanks, LegendaryMark. (Louis Wu 17:37:15 UTC)
October 4, 2006 Link to this post
Halo: Mobile Portal Code - Cracked
Wow. So the letters on the news page (I'll be yanking them soon, so look now) were noticed by two separate groups within 60 seconds of going live. (Probably more - but c0ld vengeance mentioned them in IRC's #hbo channel, and Pratch sent mail about them; nobody else pointed them out to ME.) c0ld started a thread on the forum, which got a lot of decent speculation... and then on irc, Decommissioner (with a little spelling help from Konrad) nailed it down - half an hour after it went live. The hive mind works well! The Portal code, for those who can find the Vault on their Verizon phone, is 'GRAVEMIND' - courtesy of IN-FUSIO and the HBO community. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 17:12:34 UTC)
October 4, 2006 Link to this post
The Rescue
Over at HaloGrid, imSuck put together 'The Rescue', a webcomic that uses screenshots from the Halo Wars trailer and his own very internet brand of humor. lolz. (Louis Wu 12:40:23 UTC)
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