Year: 2001

Cesar Berardini, of TeamXbox, dropped us a note telling us that Amazon.com had informed him that Halo was not available: We’ve recently learned from our supplier that the item you requested to be notified about, HALO, will not be available in the foreseeable future.Whoa – a huge reseller like Amazon can’t get more… does this…

Pallor writes to say that a local radio station in Nashville, 102.5 WQZQ, is running a contest – they’re giving away an Xbox a day until December 25. (They’re calling it ‘Putting the Xbox in Xmas’.) Since WQZQ is part of the Dickie Brother Broadcasting Network, there might be a radio station in YOUR town…

Two new Halo reviews out there: The Armchair Empire gave Halo a 9/10 (citing framerate drops and a ‘B-movie science fiction’ plot), while GameOver gave it a 97%, even though they had a problem with a protagonist who could flip a tank over with his bare hands, but not kill instantly with a melee attack.…

Thanks to Acrappa, who noted on Rampancy.net that IGN Xbox has put up a PDF Halo Guide for its Insiders. This is just the previously posted Halo Walkthrough, packaged up as a PDF document – in fact, the HTML version (available to all, not just insiders) has screenshots the PDF version doesn’t have. Still, the…

We received a wet-looking Halo logo from Rob Cox – we’ve added it to our Logos collection.

Ryan ‘Mhaddy’ Matthews, curator of the JunkYard, points out that VoodooExtreme is hosting a new poll: ‘Your pick for 2001 console game of the year?’ Currently, Halo has 690 of 1591 votes (or 43%, handily outdistancing the second-place Grand Theft Auto 3, with 15%). If you haven’t voted, make sure you do!

The sharp eyes of mnemesis are STILL working – he caught a new job listing on Bungie’s corporate site. 3D Animator Bungie is seeking a skilled character animator to join our quest for world domination. Responsibilities: Create realistic animations for a variety of characters that meet Bungie?s quality, originality and creative standards, all within tight…

The Unicycle? Matt Soell alludes to an intriguing tidbit in this forum post…

There have been a couple of print articles waiting for their respective issues to be off the shelves – since they now are, we’re posting them: Here’s a 2-page Halo review from the November 2001 issue of Game Informer (Halo got a 9.5): Page 1 (224K) Page 2 (215K) And here’s last month’s Official Xbox…

German Halo site Halo Orbit is running another Wallpaper competition – the winner will be showcased on their site for a full month. Check out the details (in German) here!

Jason O’Brien has created a new image for use in an upcoming Fan Fiction story – we’ve added it to our Miscellaneous Art collection.

Microsoft is trumpeting its half-a-million-units-sold news far and wide – Reuters sent out this picture of a Microsoft Employee playing Halo (on a pretty nice TV) to accompany it. Thanks to mnemesis for noticing it…

Thanks to Uriel, who sent in the full 12-page Halo article from last month’s GameStar magazine (in german). It’s finally off the shelves, so we’ve archived it. Page 1 (170K) Page 2 (246K) Page 3 (270K) Page 4 (265K) Page 5 (267K) Page 6 (299K) Page 7 (325K) Page 8 (307K) Page 9 (314K) Page…

Oops… Chris Butcher sheds light on one potentially annoying behavior in this behind-the-scenes look at the development process. (Personally, I would have thought it would be hilarious… once.)

Another one we missed – thanks, No7orious! 123 Xbox put up their Halo review last week – they thought that cutscenes weren’t very good, and that the falling animation (when you fall off a cliff) was ‘dorky’, but loved the rest of the game. Overall rating: 9.8. We’ve added it to our Reviews page (which…

There’s been forum speculation that Microsoft might try to stomp on the ‘competition’ for MS’s upcoming online services provided by GameSpy Arcade and Xbox Gateway. Seems they’re taking the high road on this one – a recent addition to the Xbox FAQ for the Xbox Retail site asksI’ve heard that utilities have been developed that…

You’ve gotta love statistics – even when everyone uses the same numbers, they look different. IGN GameCube (in an ironically-titled article called ‘The Numbers Don’t Lie’) is reporting that in the week following the release of the GameCube, the GC outsold the Xbox 469,000 to 186,000 units. (Halo, with 97,000 units, was nearly tripled by…

Jason O’Brien sends in a new image for our Miscellaneous Art collection – minor spoilers exist. Interesting vision, though…

The tru7h comes out… Lorraine Reyes-McLees admits to drawing the Pillar of Autumn. Nice job, Lorraine!

Another day, another dollar… and another 12 shots on Bungie’s Tru7h and Reconciliation website. Dang, what I wouldn’t give for those screenshot tools… Also, Part 4 of the Multiplayer Guide (Power-Ups) and a new batch of Storyboards have come online. The new screens will be added to our Screenshots database in the next hour or…