Year: 2001

Bosskiller51, of Halo’s Universe, writes to say that they’ve added the minigun to thier collection of 3d-modeled weapons. (It’s not clear if the minigun is still in the game – or if it still looks like this – but it’s still worth a look.) Pax.

This week’s Halo Update is over at Haloplayers… and there’s some good stuff in there. They did all this in a week? A new weapon, lots of AI stuff, cool multiplayer stuff, and the venerable SPNKr… there’s a tear in my eye, excuse me. Go check out the details. (Thanks to Xboxman for the tap…

Halocenter, the MGON Halo site (one of the bigger Halo fansites), has lost its site manager. Hawk is stepping down, because he believes that Halo is no longer coming to the PC, and that Microsoft has ‘brought Halo down to a cheap console game’. If you disagree with that opinion, and are interested in the…

GameSpot UK has posted a new preview of Halo, and the verdict is… confusing. Apart from the fact that they seem to be working from the Gamestock build (instead of the more recent E3 build), it’s not clear whether they think Halo will knock your socks off, or if it’s missed the boat… or both.Taking…

Hmm. Thanks to Cesar, of MSXbox.com, who pointed out this tidbit over at xbox.ign.com. Seems they grabbed a whole bunch of footage of gameplay during E3 (as did many other people, including us)… and they’ve converted it all to 3high-res (640×480) quicktime movies, available for download… …from IGNinsider, their subscription-only website. A one year membership…

Suddenly, a shrill scream pierced his ears: a scream so horrifying that all of his hairs stood on end. It was the scream of death — but not of human origin. The headache left him instantly. With the scream came more movement, not gradual as before. No, this time the thing hurtled at him at…

Looks like the old rumors might prove to be true – Ven Jance points out an IMG article about Peter Tamte’s new company, Destineer (and its mac label, Bold). In it, an Apple Gaming article entitled ‘Mac Gaming Explosion’, statesTamteÕ³ company will be publishing the Mac version of BungieÕ³ epic, Halo.Nothing’s for certain until Bungie…

Bosskiller51, of Halo’s Universe, writes to say that they’ve modeled the Halo shotgun in 3D. Go check it out!

Ngle suggests that an Xbox commercial has aired – very few details, though. Anyone sees this… let us know!

Thanks to Aginor, who pointed out a pretty positive post-E3 Halo review at Action Vault.If what we witnessed at E3 is any indication, Halo is shaping up to be a quality game, and one that’s nearing the end of its cycle. Clearly, the team at Bungie Software is on a tight schedule to complete the…

Who says Bungie’s not prepared? Lacsap points out an interesting entry in the newly-online Bungie Support Database… well, it brought a smile to my face. See what else you can find!

fAt1, of MPZ Halo, writes to say that he’s taken an interesting Halo logo and turned it into a Counter-Strike decal. Grab it here, add it to your Counter-Strike directory, and you can use it just like any other tag in-game.

Thanks to Haloplayers, who noticed that Haloserver.com, shooting to be the first dedicated Halo server, has redesigned their site. Looks pretty nice (though rather sparse at the moment – and that cursor gets sorta annoying). Luckily, they have just under 5 months to get it all in shape…

eric points out that there’s a Halo mention (including a small picture) in today’s Baltimore Sun:”Halo,” by Microsoft. Soldiers and civilians at a colony of humans on another planet battle space aliens in what is expected to be one the Xbox’s premiere games this fall.This article doesn’t seem to be online yet, but it’s nice…

No SETI Update today, folks – the SETI servers had some problems last week that haven’t been resolved yet. There are no real-time team stats available. We’ll do a two-week update next week.

Last Friday’s Halo Update has been added to the Halo Update Database – now you can see how long it takes for the skull to go from ‘mostly done’ to ‘done but not properly textured yet’. (Note to Bungie: 2 weeks is too long.)

Slow day on the Halo front… maybe folks are still digesting the Fan-Conducted Interview of the Halo Dev team, or maybe they’re still chewing on this week’s Halo Update (it’ll be entering the Halo Update Database tomorrow)… or maybe they’ve all gone over to the Sightings forum to work on the Mystery of the Seven…

Attention, KMart Shoppers… We’re happy to announce that we have a special treat for you – the questions you submitted oh so many weeks ago (okay, it’s only been about a month) have been answered! And they’re not just throw-em-some-scraps answers, either… there’s some honest-to-goodness meat on them thar bones. I won’t waste any more…

Woohoo! The Weekly Halo Update is over at Battleground: Halo this week, and it looks like weather is in! (Well, falling shell casings, anyway…) Better AI, better explosions, and Craig Mullins artwork! Check it all out at BG:H.

Thanks to Fanatic, who submitted a new logo (in a bunch of permutations) and a new Wallpaper (using the logo). Enjoy!