Year: 2001

genohunter informs us that The Halo Elite League returns after FTP problems and just in time for Halo’s release tomorrow. You can reach them by going to http://www.halogame.fr.st or http://www.clanhell.fr.st. Pax.

Harry “I just can’t stop” Al-Shakarchi drops off ANOTHER link – this time to the latest issue of an ongoing column at Xbox.com – State of the Xbox. In issue 7, Jeff Henshaw looks at gameplay – and a new, 40 second Halo clip is included. No real spoilers – it’s the beginning of the…

Harry “I’m your Halo man” Al-Shakarchi points out that the entire Halo Manual is now online (along with the rest of the launch title manuals), in PDF format. 1.5 MB, baby!

Thanks to Razorback, who noticed that the IGN Xbox Halo review is now open to non-Insiders.

Meet Bungie Studios – Harry Al-Shakarchi points out a news article on Xbox.com detailing the history and timeline of Bungie Studios. Mostly, it’s a good read. (Sort of disturbing that Weekend Warrior gets more text than the Myth series or Oni… but hey, I didn’t write it… and MS is probably looking at it from…

Wow – Xbox.com’s Halo site has gotten some major overhauling done! The full timeline is up, an overview of the MJOLNIR armor is up, the TV spot is up (asf format, but nice and big), and there’s a new link for ‘Forums’. (This is actually just a web interface to the Usenet newsgroup we mentioned…

Matt Soell gave HomeLAN an interview – it’s a good read. The interview actually took place a few weeks ago (Xbox testing was still in progress), but the info is up-to-date. Matt talks about gameplay issues:HomeLAN – What sorts of enemies will the player face in Halo? Matt Soell – The Covenant is a collective…

As everyone and their brother have already noticed, The 7th Column has finished their countdown – but you STILL can’t see what’s inside.Your browser is incompatible with this site. Please upgrade to Internet Explorer 7. A version of this site for earlier browsers will be made available shortly.(No, there is no IE 7.) Give it…

Funky J posted a very nice ‘Halo Impressions’ piece on our forum this morning – 7 hours in his local Software Etc. (You’d think they’d have thrown him out…) Kudos to Rampancy.net for posting this before us… not that we COULD have posted it, of course – the dang site’s been down for the past…

It’s the end of an era… the Hermes Trismegistus saga has come to a finale. Tursas has submitted the Epilogue… and a fitting closing it is. Find it (and lots of other good reads) in our Fan Fiction section.

More new screens, from Germany’s PC Games Magazine – 8 of ’em, in all. Some pretty nice stuff – a cool shot of a Jeep just off its dropship, a jeep in water, and a dead hunter. Available in both 768×576 and 640×480 formats. Thanks to Uriel for the heads-up.

Another take… netshade, from brainrazor.com, wrote up his take on the launch party. It’s pretty funny, even if it DOES make fun of the denizens of this site… pictures are coming, apparently.

Gunship writes to let us know that the final parts of his ‘humongous fanfiction’ known as Black Ops has been posted at Battleground: Halo – go take a look! This is novel-sized – 70,000 words (in comparison, Eric Nylund’s ‘Halo: The Fall of Reach’ is 95,000 words, and was originally aiming at 85,000)… if you’re…

Flawless Cowboy (otherwise known as Jaime Griesemer, Bungie designer) stopped in to point out that Gaming Age has put up their official Halo Review. It’s pretty much a recycled version of the First Impressions article they posted last week… but they’ve played a bit longer, now, and they’ve given Halo their highest rating. (They say…

Australian Brendan Daly adds his webspace to the growing list of Halo Commercial mirrors – if you’re Down Under, this might be your best bet. Thanks, Brendan! Update: Thanks to Shane, who pointed out that a traceroute shows that that despite the Australian moniker, bjd.au.com is actually hosted on the Jatek Corporation network in Torrance,…

carrim notes that the Space Channel recently did a 10 minute segment on the Xbox, with some pretty impressive Halo footage… hmm, I wonder if they’ll re-run that?

sinistar notes on our forum that the Primus Halo Strategy Guide is now in stores… but he warns of some pretty major spoilers inside. (Well, it IS a Strategy Guide…)

Matt “Pugano” Pagano sends in a new desktop for our Wallpaper collection. Uncluttered…

A few Launch Party reports we missed yesterday – over at Rampancy.net, No7orious wrote a pair; one is a summary of the entire event, the other focuses on Bungie-related musings (rumors?). Also, Brian from Minneapolis, AKA the Mad Sentinel, sent us a report last night – we missed it. Dang, gotta work on those alarms……

Shadab, one of our reporters for the Launch Party, submitted a passel of pics earlier today. They’re finally up. As more pictures roll in, you’ll be able to find them in the Pictures section of the Launch Party Coverage page.