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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: July 2003

  • Gearbox Giveth, Part III at the Junkyard

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    Part III of Evergreen98’s article on the upcoming Halo PC/Mac release is available over at the Junkyard (parts I and II are here and here). There’s a lot of good analytical info in there, go give it a read!

  • What, AGAIN?

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    As many of you have noticed, Mythica is down again. Brian posted an explanation, but it looks like the downtime will once again be quite lengthly. On the plus side, Subnova has recovered from their earlier trouble. You win some, you lose some…

  • Double Trouble.

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    Halo vs Halo 2? One One Se7en knows. Pax.

  • Halo PC in Indiana

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    If you live anywhere near the Indianapolis area, or even anywhere near the state of Indiana, you should be seriously considering going to GenCon this Thursday. They’re going to be having a three-day Halo PC tournament, with three ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video cards for prizes. Even if you don’t win, think of the prestige…

  • And the Rocket goes to…

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    Emil of the CobaltNova Halo League would like to announce the first annual Rockets On Prisoner awards: “With approximately 240 to 300 Halo movies having been developed since the game’s release it was time that the community begin to recognize the very best among them.æ ”his year the “Rockets on Prisoner” award will be accorded to…

  • Fan Fiction marches on

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    “The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.” -Edwin Schlossberg So this is your invitation to think… First Contact; Chapter 1: Harvest, by retsamolah Buried Treasure(5), by Frensa Geran Return to Earth (Chptr 2: Flight to Captivity), by CoLd BlooDed A Marines Tale: Getting the Feel of Things,…

  • The Nuthouse in a Nutshell

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    Having a hard time keeping up with the forum? Can’t quite manage to read the 350+ posts per day? Aren’t named Louis Wu? Well, never fear, the Weekly Review is here! After over a year’s hiatus, the Weekly Review has returned to summarize the goings on in our forum. If you can only read one…

  • Fire Team Charlie needs YOU!

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    ben informs us that Fire Team Charlie challenges you to add a voice track to their first video. Check out their site for details.

  • Gearbox Giveth… at the Junkyard

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    Over at the Junkyard, Evergreen98 has written a couple of interesting articles on the upcoming Halo PC/Mac release. The first two are up now, with the third along in a few days. Thanks to both vector40 and MrFluffyPants26 for pointing this out.

  • New Halo site

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    Break Point writes to tell us of his site, bphalo.com. Go check it out!

  • Apologies for Postponement of Half Life 2 Release.

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    Last of the Half-Life trilogy on One One Se7en. Pax.

  • I can see my house from here!

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    A few days ago, The Invisable O posted a challenge on the forum: Has anyone ever mapped the entire inner surface of Halo? BOLL took him up on it, and managed to capture some great images of the ring, which he posted in the original thread, along with additional images and explanation. Every time someone…

  • Sub-Zero

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    Subnova, one of our primary movie mirrors, and who also shoulder some of our server-side processing, has run into trouble with their SQL server. The shared news search feature should still be working, but all movies hosted there are down. Unfortunately it looks like this will be a long downtime, as the message says. (If…

  • Readin’ and Writin’

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    What is the hidden significance of the seven pieces of fan fiction? D-Day II, Part One, by Hunter_Killer Return to Earth (Chptr 1: Attacked), by CoLd BlooDed Delta Squadron: Chapter One; Delta Squadron, by Steele Its Just One of Those Days (Prologue: 03), by Elfster A John Before Halo: The Invaision Begins (Part 3), by…

  • One last movie – and goodbye for a bit

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    One last movie, before I go: This one’s from MaverickJ, and it’s called Oddball Tactics, part 1. It’s 9.9 mb, in QuickTime format. (You can also find it, in WMP9 format, on Maverick’s Project Spartan site.) It shows you a bunch of slick tricks you can use to gain the upper hand in a Team…

  • Sidewinder Saga links – all in one place

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    We’ve put up a mirror page for the Sidewinder Saga, because it was getting confusing figuring out where (outside of the Halogamers.com home site) you could get the various movies. Thanks to Team Ice for their mirroring help – as an aside, Blade has also posted the Halo 2 Announcement trailer and The E3 Demo…

  • Does that radio still work?

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    Xbox Ottawa has put up #4 of their FTC vid series. Ex-Special Ops, huh? Current version of this one (3:38 long) is 23.6 mb, in DivX 5 AVI format… but they might have a slightly smaller QuickTime version up in the not-too-distant future.

  • Very cool coloring job, among other stuff

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    Four Miscellaneous Art pieces for you – there’s no one-liner I can think of that describes them all, so just go look.

  • Wow, that’s big.

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    A couple of interesting (and colorful) desktops today in the Wallpaper section. Check ’em out!

  • The Words Keep Coming

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    11 Fan Fiction bits for you today. Running Riot- Part 1, by Simon James Shadow Spartans, Chatper 4: The Running Prophet, by Agent Shade and Arinoth Koby The Homecoming – Part 1, by Tim Ricciardello Running Riot-Part 2, by Simon James The Fall of Fate: Raid (10), by ‘Nosolee A Final Shot – Part 2,…