Month: May 2004

At the conclusion of Microsoft’s press conference, a ton of new Halo 2 content hit the net. Firstly, Bungie.net has 8 new screenshots from the Zanzibar level being shown off at E3. Secondly, there’s some info on the Halo 2 Limited Edition, which was only just revealed at the event. Thirdly, TeamXBox was the first…

IGN is first out of the gate with a hefty preview of Halo 2. They start off the article with, surprisingly enough, a “firm” release date of November 9th. The rest of the article is so much info, I think my head exploded… and I only made it to page 2. I don’t even know…

The Microsoft Press Briefing from E3 kicks off in about 5 minutes; all the really good stuff will be shown here, first. No, we weren’t invited. However, SketchFactor posted a note at B.net a few hours ago, promising lots of goodies as soon as it’s over: As soon as the briefing concludes we’ll have our…

Dr@Home’s Death Island Evacuation vid, posted recently, has overwhelmed his server – but Uriel’s mirror is still up, and KP has added one of his own. The film is only 7 mb, in WMP9 format; grab it if you haven’t.

Dr@Home was messing around with the -console and -devmode commands in Halo Custom Edition, and managed to create a rather… disturbing effect. It’s a 7 mb WMP9 movie; you’ll want to right-click and save as (or option-click on a mac), because it’s not so good for streaming. Update: Mirrored at WWWP, thanks to Uriel.

Realizing that it was finally closer to NEXT Halloween than LAST Halloween, Sledgefare has posted his pumpkin from last year on the web; you can see it on this page. Not a bad job!

Saint has put forth a plea for proof-reading and general checking on the soon-to-open Library, an encyclopedia of Halo knowledge housed at psyjnir.org. Give it a read, send him feedback!

Saw this last night, accidentally closed the window, forgot to go back. rapture points out a thread on the Gearbox forums about a new fan-written application that parses Halo CE dedicated server logs. It’s not all that useful as is – but the potential is enormous. Check it out! (Unfortunately, Gearbox’s forums are down at…

We’ve added last Friday’s Weekly Update to our archive – don’t forget that search option! Say you noticed that one of the tidbits this week mentioned ‘Greg’s cool animation system’, and you wondered, ‘who’s Greg, anyway?’ Well, a quick search for ‘Greg’ makes it clear that we’re talking about Greg Snook, and your Bungie Stalking…

The BBC News site has put up a story about E3, and what to expect this year; Halo 2 features prominently in the section titled ‘Game delays’. (Yeah, we know – it hasn’t been delayed.) Margaret Robertson, Games Editor at Edge magazine, is quoted as saying that Halo 2 can still match the splash it…

One One Se7en checks out Halo Babies’ downloadable backgrounds – and finds that it can’t compete. (On a slightly different note, I realized that I totally missed May 7th, and the latest Archive posting – and nobody told me. I’m pretty sure there are a couple of queued strips; I’ll see if I can find…

… Master Chief’s Suit Isn’t Flammable. Halo: Resolution shows that big guns beat Flaming Ninjas every time.

rockslider points out a new humorous fanfic series he’s hosting on his own site; episode 1 of Frontline with Suzie is called ‘Just call me Angry’ and features an interview with an Elite. Check it out!

One of the utilities distributed with Halo CE is Tool.exe, a small app that converts data exported from outside apps (3ds max, for example) to a format that the Halo CE tools can work with. It’s command-line driven, though, and some modders are already getting into making it more friendly/useful to the novice. BOLL has…

Homelan Fed talked to Gearbox’s Marc Tardif yesterday about Halo Custom Edition and the Halo Editing Kit. There’s some really odd info in there – this answer, for example, caught my eye:HomeLAN – Why was the decision made to not include the single player maps in HaloCE?Marc Tardif – The primary reason was the massive…