Year: 2001

Bosskiller51 writes to say that he’s modeled the Halo assault rifle entirely in 3D. Check it out on the Halo’s Universe page. (It’s a tad fancier than our own model, done by Ian McConville about a year ago.)

Wow. Thanks to fAt1, of MPZ Halo, who pointed us to a pretty nice mainstream press mention of Halo – the BBC ran a piece on how the Xbox is challenging the PS2, and Halo is one of two Xbox games shown in play (and the only one mentioned by name). The 2 minute long…

In case you missed the reference in the weekly update, Jason Jones turned thirty yesterday. Marty “Old Geezer” O’Donnell blows him a big kiss on our forum – and we’d like to throw in our own wishes for a fruitful few decades to come! (And Peter Marks, too… Marty says he’s still a youngster, but…

Gawd. Cortana has a body! Matt’s Halo Update is here this week, and it’s got a few zingers in it. Cortana’s corporeal self is one, in-air battles another, and the kicker:The tank is back in, too.Wonga. We’ll be adding this to the Halo Update Database very soon – if you wonder what John’s been doing,…

Mmm… something’s cooking… Cortana.org puts up a placeholder – no real clue what’s coming, but its owner, Steve Campbell, has popped up on our forum again… a sign of new things coming?

Terror dropped by our forum to say that Ozhalo, Australia’s premier Halo site, is running a wallpaper competition. Top prize is a Window Kit from Extreme PC Mods. Stop by and check out the details!

It’s fansite day. Xerxes writes to say that Halo Orbit, a German fansite, has been thoroughly redesigned, with many new features added. Go check ’em out!

Terror writes to let us know that Ozhalo is not a new Australian site (As we said yesterday)… it’s Halo-Australia, joining the CFGN. Same good coverage, same staff, new look! Thanks for the heads-up, Terror. (Word of warning to visitors – as good as this site looks in IE and Opera, it’s painful in NS,…

Thanks to Ferrex, who posted to his old stomping grounds at Rampancy.net, confirming that location-specific damage WILL be included in Halo. It’s long been speculated that this would be included… but this is the first confirmation of it by a Bungie employee.

Lee Timms writes to say that a new Halo site is coming soon rom CFGN (Cyber Forces Gaming Nation) – OzHalo. As he says, the new design is very nicely done. Looking forward to the site!

Thanks to Dan Rudolph, who pointed out three separate E3 wrapups (one from each editor) at Gamecritics.com. Bottom line – they hated Halo. Ben thought Halo was the “biggest joke of the show”… but then, he got a bunch of stuff wrong. (If you’re gonna name someone by name, get the name right… and if…

Thanks to Jan Louw, who noticed that the Game Critics Awards site has posted its nominations for its Best of E3 Awards. Halo is up for Best Action Game. Awards are announced on June 18. Good luck, Halo!

Thanks to Gothmog, who noticed a new poll over at MSXbox.com:Now that E3 is over, which of the following blockbuster games are you looking forward to the most?Only 125 votes so far, but Halo’s edging out Project Ego… make sure it stays that way!

Clarification: We’ve gotten a few emails about some pictures we posted last week… and people want to know how they relate to the bungie.org glyph puzzle (discussed here, here, and here). The waters were muddied by this post, written by Chelsea Bridge. Here’s the skinny: There is NO relation between the glyph puzzle and those…

The Corporation has its own take on the changes Halo has seen recently… thanks to Lophan for the link.

You gotta love it when you totally forget you’ve done something. Halo SETI Team stats were collected yesterday, as they usually are on Mondays… but due to the holiday, we forgot completely to mention them. Team output was up a bit this week – nice job, folks! The Marines are holding steady at 49th place…

Thanks to Ph.D., who pointed out that MSXbox has put up their ‘Best of E3 Awards’. Halo picked up only one mention – runner-up in the ‘Most Fun’ category. On the other hand, Halo managed to stay out of the ‘Most Disappointing’ category… so it’s not all bad. Go check out the details on the…

Gamespot has put up their ‘Top Games of E3 2001’… and Halo takes runner-up in the Xbox category to Gun Valkyrie, an action-shooter from Smilebit. Gamespot was clear:Halo’s one-player mission was engaging and challenging, but the slowdown in the four-player split-screen mode was unavoidably visible.They have not, however, lost hope:While the framerate in multiplayer was…

Last week’s Halo Update (originally at Rampancy.net) has been added to the Update Database – the word of the week is ‘Chris’. The ‘Chris clan’ has just increased to 5 (Barrett, Butcher, Carney, Hughes, and Lee) – the largest group on the Halo dev team (leading the Mat(t)s – Noguchi, Segur, and Soell) and the…

What do you get when you take a marine, you blow up all his planets, and you dump him on an alien artifact with no sleep? Griffon, of Halo Command Central, thinks he knows… and sent us a submission for the Miscellaneous Art section to show us. Check out Halo Dude!