Month: April 2001

John the Replicant writes to say that his local newspaper, the Melbourne, Australia Herald Sun, reviewed up-and-coming console technologies, and focused on the Xbox:The interesting part was that even though they didn’t use a screenshot from Halo, the author wrote that Halo was by far the most popular game at the recent M$ GameStock. It…

Mike Larson writes to say that they’ve started up what aims to be the first and best dedicated Halo gaming server: HALOServer.com. There’s nothing there yet (the site redirects to phiberoptix.com, a web hosting company), but they’re configuring now. Guess it pays to get ready early!

Thanks to HiddenTalon (and to Ramses II, who noticed this last night), who pointed out that Gamespot has a poll up:Which Xbox game do you want to see on the PC?Halo is crushing the competition, with (currently) 77% of the nearly 2500 votes… its nearest competitor is Oddworld, with 7 percent of the vote. Go…

Thanks to Jjarlrmai, who noted on our forum that Jeff K has put up a console comparison, and the ‘Ex Box’ is included – Halo is mentioned:Drive a jeep around a laek and shots guns at robots BUGS and enjoy yuor commute to workNever a dull moment at Something Awful…

The rain drops are as sharp as any covenant sword, and the cold bites deeper than any needle from their weapons ever could.A poignant story of love and pain from Iden – go read ‘Marred’, in our Fan Fiction section.

Thanks to Char (IMG), who noted on the R.net forum that ign.com has posted an edited version of the Gamestock movie – it’s a bit over 4 megs in size, 320×240 in screen size, and 35 seconds in length, with a new (non-Marty-sounding) soundtrack… Char thinks it’s what was shown at the Tokyo Game Show.…

Ryan ‘Mhaddy’ Matthews, of the Junkyard, writes to say that the Junkyard is currently offline, due to a move. They should be back in the not-too-distant future… maybe a week.

Blam!… Blam!… The Halo SETI Marines jump back up to 48th place in the Battle of the Teams… with no real change in output, you have to wonder if the SETI servers are a bit wonky. DarthFlounder pulls within 300 units of moving up a notch – shouldn’t be more than a couple of weeks…

Not Halo news, but new games don’t come out of Bungie all that often… Pimps at Sea was announced recently. The site contains screenshots, a description of gameplay, and a large (100 MB) movie giving viewers a peek at the making of the game. Worth a look! (bungie.org has opened a fansite for the game,…

We’ve added last week’s Halo Update, originally at Battleground: Halo, to the Halo Update Database… the word of the week is Shiek… see what Shikai has been up to in the last 2 months!

Whew! Back to normal. To all those who missed the joke… we used (without permission) the design of our good friends over at Rampancy.net for a little April Fools prank. It’s not clear that anyone actually poked around, so we’ll tell you that there were a number of easter eggs secreted away around the site……

Griffon, of Halo Command Central, sends word that something is afoot… nice redesign! Pax.

Thanks to Nick Rolfe, who points out (on R.net’s forum) that Demonews.com has gotten their hands on a Halo Tech Demo, featuring all the weapons and the first two levels. Warning – it’s Direct3D only. If this works for you, go grab it! Pax.

Thanks to No7orious, who notes (on the R.net forum) that xbox.ign.com has an interview with Ed Fries, in which some issues are brought up surrounding the cultural differences between the US and Japan, and how they might affect some of the Xbox products:An example is Halo — in Halo, the alien creatures look sort of…