Year: 2000

More Bitner news… The Story page (busy today!) received another note from Nathan about his new company, now (almost) officially known as Island Four Software. There’s some info on the platform choices, and the tidbit that in anticipation of the multiplayer aspect, IslandFour.net has been registered as well. This seems to be a company dedicated…

Hamish Sinclair has added a new screenshot to his ‘Ring Motif in Halo’ section of the Marathon’s Story page… it backs up the theory that the glyphs strewn around the Halo’s structures were put there by the builders, not the Covenant. Amazing what turns up in movies…

Massa, of Halo Network, points out that Giga Games, a German television show dedicated to videogames, did an interview with Boris Schneider-Johne, a Microsoft Xbox PR rep, who stated that the PC version of Halo will follow the Xbox version by 3 or 4 months, with the bulk of the time being spent on multiplayer.…

Thanks to J Moyer, who noticed that EBWorld.com actually has a mockup of the Halo Strategy Guide cover mentioned last week. It’s old artwork, so it’s most likely not the final product… but interesting nonetheless. (Does it mean that Sybex isn’t doing the Xbox version, or that EBWorld is just focusing on the PC side?)

Wow. Talk about quick… yesterday, Josh Inglima, aka 3of9, a regular to the R.net community forum, registered islandfour.org:IslandFour.org is here to provide news, rumors, gossip and anything that seems somewhat related to the new gaming company Island Four.OK, so it may seem a little premature to launch a news site for a company that isn’t…

Last week, HaloWar posted a story saying someone had sent in the cover to the Halo Game Guide. Today, Halo Center has an interesting bit on the origins of that image. If at first you don’t succeed…

Dink!… The Halo SETI Marines fall yet ANOTHER notch in the Battle of the Teams… down to 47th position (and 80th on the full Teams list). Ouch! We lost And0, but gained Lacrymosa, a net gain of 500 units. Those Covenant soldiers are coming, marines… see who’s trying to do something about it on the…

Chris Cox has submitted part 2 of his Warrior saga, a tale told from the point of view of a Covenant officer. Nicely written… definitely worth a read! You’ll find it in our Fan Fiction section.

Nathan Bitner (former Producer and Creative Developer of Halo) sent us along this cryptic note:I haven’t forgot about you or your gifts, but have been waiting for theannouncement that I made at approximately 6 a.m., Sunday Morning, December3, 2000.The message was sent only to Hamish, but you are the only other “entity” whoknows it’s coming…

Thanks to Lophan for a random Halo sighting: CNET GameCenter did an article called ‘Kick Ass and Take Names: Five New Action Games Examined’. Halo wasn’t one of the five, but at the bottom of each page of the article is a small box called ‘Rumors and Innuendos’… and Halo gets the nod on page…

Heavy machinery? Matt Soell’s weekly report is back after its holiday hiatus, and it’s intriguing. The rewritten Halo engine has now surpassed the rendering ability of its predecessor… how far can they push it? Read all the goodness for yourselves.

Québec64.com, a french-language Nintendo64 site, seems to have posted an image of an Xbox prototype design. It’s much more believable than the ice-cream-sandwich-looking thing Daily Radar commented on last week… I can’t seem to find the news on Québec64.com’s site right now, so here’s a copy that Magic Box, another N64 site, put up. (Thanks…

Kudos to Jon Chang, who points out a Halo mention in a New York Times Online article on cinematics in video games. (You’ll need to sign up for a (free) account to be able to see this.) The article discusses ‘parallels between the movie market and the game market’, and points to Halo as an…

In a reply to a reader’s letter at the MSXBox site it was reported that Halo might be one of the titles to accompany the Xbox launch. Here’s the fullreply to the readers question:The Xbox will hit the UK around the same time it is released to the rest of the world. No more reading…

Haloplayers has put up some alternate links for the Incite movie that is no longer available from its original source. It’s WAY out of date now, but there are lots of fans who want to see EVERYTHING. Thanks, HP!

Diogo Barbosa has submitted another version of his beach-scene wallpaper. You’ll find it on our Wallpaper page.

Yeah, we said the first chapter was short… but the second followed 6 hours later, so we forgive. One Who Knows has submitted his second installment of his ongoing saga… check it out in our Fan Fiction section! (Remember, you can always use the “More by this author” link that follows each story to read…

ParaDoxX writes to say that CrimsonRush.com has decided that Halo and Tribes II are the future of gaming, and therefore plans to spend much more time covering them. Stop by for the latest info.

Thanks to One Who Knows, who submitted the first (very short) chapter of a work-in-progress… check it out in our Fan Fiction section!

Ouch… Griffon writes that Halo Command Central has been flooded with visitors since they put up their Halo MP3, and ask that folks not visit for a while. (Seems to me that ANY mention at all is gonna make folks want to go see the damage… try to resist the temptation.) We apologize for any…