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November 25, 2004 Link to this post
Halo Walks the Walk (of Game)
We mentioned on November 4 that Halo had secured a spot on the Walk of Game, a new video game landmark in San Francisco. It took until yesterday for the inductees to be officially announced, however. Halo owns one of the four Favorite Game/Character spots. Thanks, pimpmeister. (Louis Wu 11:00:14 UTC)
November 19, 2004 Link to this post
The Maw, through the eyes of a soldier
Part X, the final segment, of "As Real as a 'Survivor' Elimination", the military analysis of Halo's gameplay, has now been posted at the Junkyard. Sounds like they're not completely done with the topic, though - there's a 'big announcement' coming next week. (Louis Wu 16:30:56 UTC)
November 17, 2004 Link to this post
Halo 2 Update
The update we mentioned earlier has now been formally announced on Bungie.net - with a list of all the fixes it presents. If you've got Xbox Live, connect and you'll get the autoupdate. (If you don't... well, you won't. The writeup has suggestions on how to get this update if you DON'T have a broadband connection - though most of the enhancements are online-related, anyway.) (Louis Wu 20:18:38 UTC)
November 17, 2004 Link to this post
Update coming soon?
Hmm. TotalVideoGames.com is reporting that Bungie has announced an Xbox Live update for Halo 2 to be released around noon pacific time. I can't find any record of this announcement on Bungie's site... but this ROUGHLY corresponds to the timeframe given last week by Bungie, so maybe I'm just being blind. Update: looks like TVG got their info from a Major Nelson post on the Xbox.com forums. Thanks, Ethan Edwards. (Louis Wu 17:06:00 UTC)
November 16, 2004 Link to this post
Sentinel Released
We don't normally post submitted press stuff as-is, but after looking over Grenadiac's summary of Sentinel, there wasn't anything I wanted to pull, so here's the announcement in his words:
After several months in development, Kaptain Kommie and Grenadiac have released Sentinel, an advanced server browser/manager for HaloPC and HaloCE. Some of its advanced features include: mapfile and bitmap verfication to prevent cheating, mod registration, automated downloading/installation of new maps, server hammering for full servers, buddy list, player search, easier dedicated server setup, support for mIRC commands when joining/quitting or while playing on a server.(Louis Wu 16:55:42 UTC)
November 15, 2004 Link to this post
Halo: The Movie - Again
Uriel points out an article on the German SCIFI-NEWS site; it talks about a Halo movie to be announced in Variety this January. Ed Harris as Keyes, Samuel L. Jackson as Johnson, with Ridley Scott directing... they even have storyboards that haven't been seen yet (unless they come from the Art of Halo book, which hasn't arrived here yet...). Uriel points out that there are plenty of factual errors in the text, and that this is all RUMOR until confirmed somewhere - but man, it's a rumor that just won't die, no matter how often Bungie says 'we don't like the idea of a Halo movie'. (Louis Wu 10:20:24 UTC)
November 14, 2004 Link to this post
Tricks, and what's gonna happen with 'em.
We've been flooded with submissions for tricks, glitches, eggs, and the like, and we plan to open a section to house all these goodies in the not-too-distant future. The problem is... it's not coded yet. However, this doesn't mean you're out of luck if you're looking for hosting for your tricksterism. I'm proud to announce an upcoming joint project between High Impact Halo and HBO - two of the best-known names in Halo oddness are teaming up to bring you the most complete tricks site on the web. While the new home is built, you should post your tricks on the HIH forum - Ducain will grab them from there and add them to the main HIH site. As soon as the new home is built, we'll import all existing Halo 2 tricks into it (and provide a nice interface for new additions). There are many things on the plate right now... but this one has pretty high priority! (Louis Wu 02:40:06 UTC)
November 10, 2004 Link to this post
343 Guilt O' Lantern Winners
On September 30, we announced the 343 Guilt O' Lantern contest, looking for the best Halo-carved pumpkin of 2004. Entries flooded in - 86 of them - and on November 2, we posted the entire collection, and asked the Halo community to vote for their favorites. Over 4000 of you did, casting more than 18,000 votes - and we have our winners! The Results page contains scores for all pumpkins, as well as the names of each pumpkin's creator - for all pumpkins that received more than 100 votes. (One thing I found rather interesting - the quality of your pumpkin photography made a REALLY big difference. There are some nearly identical pumpkins that got wildly different scores... and the cause seems clear; if your photo did a lousy job of showing off your pumpkin's detail, folks didn't vote for it, even if it was a great carving job. Something to remember for the next time...) Winners will be notified by email about their prizes - but congrats to EVERYONE who entered, and thanks to the thousands who helped us pick the winners! (Louis Wu 15:46:11 UTC)
November 5, 2004 Link to this post
We gotta dial back.
Just a quick note - individual shops that are having special events at midnight on Tuesday have begun to write to us, asking us to let people know what they're up to. I'd love to - but we can't (unless you want the news page of this site to consist of hundreds of these announcements every day). I'll make a blanket statement - a HUGE percentage of gaming emporiums are doing something cool on Monday night - call your favorite and see what's up there! (Sorry about this.) (Louis Wu 08:26:44 UTC)
October 30, 2004 Link to this post
Pumpkins, pumpkins, everywhere.
Just got finished organizing the entries so far for the 343 Guilt O' Lantern contest - I have to say, I'm really impressed. There are currently 37 entries... and some are AMAZING. The contest is still open for another 36 hours or so; at Midnight EST tomorrow night, we close the doors to entries. Then, sometime Monday, or Tuesday if Monday is REALLY awful, the entire collection will go up for voting; folks will have about a week to pick their favorites. Then give US a few days to tally the votes - and sometime soon after Halo 2's release, we'll announce the top three entries. I'm looking forward to this one! (Louis Wu 15:33:52 UTC)
October 30, 2004 Link to this post
Stubbs the Zombie PR
We finally got an official announcement from Aspyr about Wideload's new Halo-engine-based game, Stubbs the Zombie. The press release can be found here, and you should visit the game's official website for more info. (Louis Wu 12:08:02 UTC)
October 28, 2004 Link to this post
Rebel Without a Pulse
Wideload, Alex Seropian's new company, has finally announced the name (and subject) of its first title, which will be made using the Halo engine: 'Rebel Without a Pulse', a 'multi-format zombie action title' to be published by Aspyr Media next year. There's a press release at Yahoo News... except that Yahoo can't seem to find it for me. There's a small blurb about the game (with a quote from the press release) over at Voodoo Extreme for folks who want a LITTLE more info - when we get our hands on the actual press release, we'll post it. Update: According to a Wideload representative, the difficulty in finding the press release stems from a DNS problem - we all need to be patient. Fun tidbit - the actual title of the upcoming release is "Stubbs the Zombie in 'Rebel Without a Pulse'" - the focus is on Stubbs, not his epithet. (Louis Wu 15:52:09 UTC)
October 28, 2004 Link to this post
More details on the MTV special
We mentioned this a couple of weeks ago, but the official press release came out yesterday, so here's the word from the top about the upcoming MTV special:
New York, NY - October 27, 2004 - MTV: Music Television today announced that "Making the Video Game: Halo 2" will premiere on MTV on Friday, November 5th at 11:00pm ET/PT, and MTV2 on Saturday, November 6th at 9:00pm ET. The special will give viewers an unprecedented inside look at the most anticipated video game of 2004. "Making the Video Game: Halo 2" will go behind the scenes to discover the secrets, the storylines, and the graphics that will keep every last obsessive Halo fan glued to their TV. The special will also include interviews with the game developers, celebrity Halo fans, and the bands involved in the new soundtrack including Incubus and Hoobastank. Both the game and soundtrack hit stores on November 9th.
"The MTV audience is the gaming audience," said John Shea, EVP, Sponsorship Development and Integrated Marketing, MTV, VH1, and CMT. "Halo 2 is destined to be one of the biggest video games of the season and we're excited to give fans a behind the scenes look."
The press release also contained the first official (as far as I know) notice that Halo sales have passed the 5 million mark. Nice! (Louis Wu 10:33:29 UTC)
October 25, 2004 Link to this post
Frankie should be proud
We don't generally announce new websites on the front page any more, because there are so many of them these days that it would swamp our news... but this one is special. This came to my attention yesterday - and I must say, the concept rocks. Check out Misterchief.com... and let Mister Chief never die! (Louis Wu 13:18:14 UTC)
October 22, 2004 Link to this post
Halo 2 Xbox Live Starter Kit - again
I didn't really think this was news, since it existed in Germany a month ago - but loads upon loads of people are writing to us about it, so... looks like as of today, Microsoft has OFFICIALLY announced the Limited Edition Halo 2 Xbox Live Starter Kit in Europe - it comes with a copy of Halo 2 (but not, confusingly enough, the LIMITED EDITION copy), an Xbox Live Voice Communicator, and a 12 month subscription to Xbox Live, all for £59.99. There's a press release at Gamespot, among other places. (Louis Wu 21:42:14 UTC)
October 21, 2004 Link to this post
Now that's a lot of bots.
Mhaddy from the Junkyard writes to point out yet ANOTHER Homefront update on the Junkyard forums. (These guys are stepping up the pace.) There are 12 new screenshots of single player mode (which is just multiplayer mode - with up to 63 bots). There will be another update on Friday, with a release date announcement. (Louis Wu 13:28:28 UTC)
October 20, 2004 Link to this post
John Wayne v Stuart Little.
Once again, the end of the day arrives, and the day's One One Se7en is almost passed over. Today, that would be depressing, because it covers a subject that inspired headlines like "THE DEATH OF XBL!" when it was first announced... and Stuntmutt's take was so close to my own I actually turned around to see if he had been watching me. (He'd need pretty good eyes, given that he lives about 3000 miles from here... but you never know.) (Louis Wu 22:42:52 UTC)
October 15, 2004 Link to this post
Halo 2: Flashback
I missed yesterday's countdown article at IGN - but it's almost worth missing, because it perpetuates a myth that simply isn't worth perpetuating. It's a story from IGN editor Hilary Goldstein about a conversation he had with Pete Parsons a year and a half ago. Pete told him that Halo was not coming out in 2003; he discusses how that made him feel. The thing to remember, however, is that at that point, nobody had announced ANY date for Halo 2's release - this was a courtesy heads-up to a journalist, not 'being told that Halo 2's being delayed'. Go read, but remember, November 9 is the first date EVER OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED AS A RELEASE DATE FOR HALO 2. Thanks to the myriad of folks who pointed this out... I think El337 was first. (Louis Wu 01:27:21 UTC)
October 12, 2004 Link to this post
Video Cornucopia
A whole passel of movies for you this morning: a couple of 'Where are we now?' vids and a promo for the Homefront mod.
- Hikaru-119's 'With Us' looks at where the Human race stands...
- kwdono04's 'The Final Countdown' recaps our views of Halo 2 from announcement day through the present...
- The Homefront team has released their Version 2 Video, a cinematic look at what's available in this Battlefield: Vietnam mod (and it looks pretty awesome).
Go grab the ones that interest you! (Louis Wu 13:51:50 UTC)
October 11, 2004 Link to this post
Halo 2: Gold.
Sketch sends word that Halo 2 is Gold. This means it's done, certified, in the box; time to start duplicating. There are far more details, if you're into that kind of thing, over at B.net. The critical piece, though, is that it's DONE. (Louis Wu 16:49:00 UTC)
October 11, 2004 Link to this post
Blow me away
A brand-new cut from the Halo 2 soundtrack, by Breaking Benjamin, has been released on nilerodgers.com. Thanks go to WRATHofGOD, of halo-zone.com, for the heads-up. It's still not clear how (or if) this is actually used in-game. Update: Although we've known about the 2-volume soundtrack, today it's been officially announced by Sumthing Else Music Works. More details can be found at TeamXbox (thanks, MiD33) and DailyGame (thanks, GoogleAlerts). (Louis Wu 14:35:30 UTC)
October 6, 2004 Link to this post
Halo 2 German Launch Promotion
Markus Tacker lets us know about a Halo 2 launch promotion in Frankfurt, Germany:
this morning I noticed a black Poster on a wall in the subway station Hauptwache showing the Master Chief and the headline "Are you ready to save the world?" (in german). On the bottom there were snippets to be ripped of (similar to these announcements searching for apartments) with an accesscode and the website url http://www.rettediewelt.com printed on it.
The access code is 010678DR.
You will find a nice flash with great sound and some silly games (text is german) promoting the launch party in munich.
I tried that access code, and got rejected; there were more prompts, but I couldn't read them. If you read German, give it a shot! Update: I guess it matters which browser you use. Worked fine in Firefox. If you can guess your way through the answers to the subsequent quiz, you can get a Halo 2 countdown wallpaper. Thanks to everyone who helped out. (Louis Wu 10:43:05 UTC)
October 4, 2004 Link to this post
Piggyback making a UK Halo 2 guide?
Piggyback Interactive, a highly-respected UK-based strategy guide publisher, held a contest for game store managers recently, asking for the best reply to "Why should I buy the Halo 2 guide with the game?" The winners were announced today - they're all fine reasons to buy a strategy guide. (Me, personally, I'm holding off until I've finished the game before I get one.) The weird part, however, is when you visit Amazon.co.uk. Both the Piggyback guide and the Prima guide (which will be marketed in the US) are listed for pre-sale... but the picture shown on the Prima page is exactly the same picture shown on the Piggyback contest page. I guess we just wait and see. Thanks, eddie m. (Louis Wu 17:50:25 UTC)
September 30, 2004 Link to this post
343 Guilt O' Lantern
An astoundingly generous fan - who wishes to remain anonymous - has donated some pretty cool schwag for use in a new Bungie.org contest; we're proud to announce 343 Guilt O' Lantern, a pumpkin-carving contest. Last year, Bungie hosted their own, and it was pretty successful - our fan wanted to see it happen again, and made sure it would by tossing an Xbox and all the trimmings into the pot. Unfortunately, we can't ship it to the winner in time to be able to play Halo 2 the day it comes out... but soon after that, the coolest pumpkin carver will have another toy. Go read all the details on our Contest page - and if you ever need to refresh your memory about the rules, or whatnot, the small pumpkin banner in our navbar will be available for clickthroughs until after the contest closes. Start your exacto knives! Update: Gah. Apologies... but it was just pointed out to me that we never specified what format this Xbox was in. It's an NTSC box... and although I HATE having to say this, I really don't want to have to ship it out of North America. So the contest is limited to the US and Canada... sorry. (Louis Wu 15:55:52 UTC)
September 29, 2004 Link to this post
Someone get MacLain!
Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, noticed a new update to the blog of Mat Noguchi, ToolMaster for the Halo 2 team. (I think I heard someone shortening that a bit, at one point...) Sounds like they're really winding down - we're close to the Gold announcement! An interesting 'bit of trivia', as well: "Legendary is hard. Really really really hard. Adamantium hard." Hehe - I wonder if we'll all feel the same way in 2 years? (Louis Wu 20:57:34 UTC)
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