Year: 2003

27 new snippets have been added to the Dialogue Databank, including the infamous ‘I would have been your daddy’ quote. Thanks to Captain Spark for his tremendously high-quality work!

Gamers Hell put up ANOTHER 6 shots from some multiplay stuff. These are either grabbed from a REALLY old beta, or they were grabbed using a pretty horrible video card… even the gametype indicator is missing. You’re looking for the 6 shots labeled ’12/09/2003′; it’s a series from Battle Creek. (They’re not at the top;…

This afternoon, Red vs Blue put up Episode 18 for the rest of the world. It was unclear whether they were going to do this – the original plan sounded like PSA 4 was going to be this week’s release. They’ve gone over and above (again), though, and made both videos available. Do them a…

Today’s One One Se7en looks at a potential problem with that Fuel Rod Gun…

Whoa. Looks like Halo PC has gone gold. Several gaming websites have reported that Microsoft has given them word of the game’s Gold status (this means it’s complete, and is ready for printing). For the record – we’re not one of these sites. There was also (for a brief period) a graphic replacement on Gearbox’s…

Interesting. Deathwhore wrote to point out that a couple of tracks on Peter Gabriel’s album ‘Passion’ (released in 1989) are musically similar to some of the material on the Official Halo Soundtrack. The two tracks he pointed to specifically were ‘Of These, Hope (Reprise)’ and ‘A Different Drum’. These tracks can be purchased individually (for…

Stuntmutt takes a hilarious shot at our forum in today’s Sunday edition of One One Se7en. I hope folks take it to heart.

Two new Halo PC Previews: DailyGame and GameZone. Both are based on the 1.5 beta (and the DailyGame preview strangely mentions that the two new weapons, fuel rod gun and flamethrower, were not available for testing – they’re definitely included in that beta). The press list grows. Thanks to Blues News, by way of ash.

This morning, we mentioned a sponsors-only extra available at Red vs Blue. This was a movie the RvB team made for Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference 2003… and it’s pretty funny stuff. If you’re not a sponsor, you can STILL get your hands on a copy… if you have a PC. Microsoft is hosting its own…

Randy Pitchford and Pete Parsons spoke to Gamespot recently; they’ve posted a video interview (49.7 mb, zipped) on their Halo media page. Unfortunately, it’s subscriber-only; if you’re not a Gamespot Complete member, you can’t see this. There’s not a huge amount of new information, and from what I can tell, it was filmed about a…

Whoa – Marty O’Donnell’s planning on releasing a surround sound mix of the E3 2003 Halo 2 music suite – details to be posted on the Marty Army 7th Column site. I’d have known about this if I’d read my email, but Deimosâ„¢ over at Subnova pointed it out first. Droolin’!

A pretty darn cool sponsor-only extra is now available at Red vs Blue – check the Sponsors for more details. Currently WMP9 only… but a QuickTime version is coming. Thanks to P_40E for reminding me to go back and check.

Another guest strip from Germain Couët over at One One Se7en; a different perspective on the Halo 2/Half Life 2 rivalry…

10 stories for you today in the Fan Fiction section… Battle for Croton 3.5, by Earl Hershberger Homeworlds VII, by Mainevent They Died with Their Boots On, by Walker Untitled Improv Boredome Story #1 , by Mainevent Part 2 Capture, by JAfdifai’fih Nothing to Lose Part IV, by hornet34 The Virus Part 9, by monitor101…

Microsoft has put up shots of Infinity, the last of the 6 new levels in Halo PC, on the official HPC site. These, combined with the shots you can find in our Fanstock Screenshots section (put up almost a month ago), should give you a good sense of how massive this level is (and how…

Move over, Evel Knievel… Baby Elite’s gonna kick your butt. There’s a new Halo Babies posted – thanks to mrsmiley for the heads-up.

Gearbox has posted a new shot to its Projects page; it’s a followup to the last shot (showing a flamethrower on Boarding Action). This one is called Victory Inferno… and it looks painful.

For those who like to see dead bodies – SketchFactor decided I needed a little comeuppance.

iGames is planning to host an international Halo PC championship, with a showcase event to be made available during the week of October 13. For more details, go visit CobaltNova.com – they’ve got the lowdown!

Forerunners.org has posted the Halo PC box art, as received from Genevieve Ostergard (Microsoft Game PR). If you’re having trouble downloading it from there, Dolbex has mirrored it on his site. This image was posted to our forum some time in the past week, but for the life of me, I can’t find the post…