Month: November 2004

BOLL has found (with the help of some new modding tools from TF6) a pretty cool unused character in Halo 2. Personally… I’m pretty darned happy this one never made it in… they seem NASTY.

For the record: word from Bungie is that the ‘Coming February 9th’ rumor is exactly that – a rumor. A baseless, false, totally untrue rumor. I won’t pass along the exact wording… but it was pretty clear in its meaning. Someone’s pulling your leg. And by ‘your’, I mean the internet – even Slashdot was…

Bah. Gamespy STILL hasn’t finished up that Grudge Match between Halo 2 and Half-Life 2, and right now, Halo 2 is losing by 900 votes. They should be turning it off pretty soon, so visit Gamespy’s front page, and vote, so folks can stop telling me to post this.

Whoops! I’ve got to head out, but KP reminded me that today is the third anniversary of the release of Halo – a good day to be happy about! (It’s also the second anniversary of Xbox Live – and wow, what a long way THAT has come!) Happy Birthday, Halo! (As for all the other…

Whoa. This is FIRMLY in the rumor category, until I see some evidence, but Slashdot is reporting that there’s a note at the very end of the credits screen that states ‘Coming February 9th’ – if you finish on Legendary. Utopian Gamers, where /. got their info, suggests that it’s a heads-up for Halo 3…

A certain hippo-lover tipped us off to a new product from Motorola, coming soon… MAN that interface looks familiar. I know I’ve seen it somewhere before…

That darn Stuntmutt… always sniping. One One Se7en gets it wrong today, though – I’m not particularly jolly. Just ask the people who email me.

Hehe – we’re holding off on most tricks/glitches/eggs until the joint HIH/HBO site is up and running (in the meantime, remember to submit your stuff to High Impact Halo!), but this one was too good to let go. Mike Basus was looking at his HDTV screen, waiting for matches to start in Live, and noticed…

Uriel points out an article on the German SCIFI-NEWS site; it talks about a Halo movie to be announced in Variety this January. Ed Harris as Keyes, Samuel L. Jackson as Johnson, with Ridley Scott directing… they even have storyboards that haven’t been seen yet (unless they come from the Art of Halo book, which…

Reviews this morning:Daily Trojan (USC student paper) – general review (no score) – thanks, Annie M.D. Update: They did, in fact, give it a rating (though it’s not displayed online): 4.5/5. Thread (New Zealand) – 4.5/5 The Battalion (Texas A&M student paper) – no score, but ‘just more of the same’ There’s also a multiplayer…

Halo GT has put together another film – GT #11 starts out with some tank launching off shields, and gets to the top of the world. There are also a bunch of funny glitches on the second half of the film. Some stuff I haven’t read about yet. 30 mb, QuickTime format, available from HaloGT.com.

Wow… the folks at Xbox.com have been busy. TONS of new articles… Spotlight on Halo 2 sound The Sins of Halo (what it’s made people do) Book Report: First Strike New and Improved (what’s better in vehicles and weapons) A Smarter AI Rev Your Engines (a look at vehicles) Double Your Guns (dual-wielding guide) The…

Rhox, from HaloNorge.com, points out a set of pictures he took at the Norwegian launch party last week. Funky chairs!

Folks have been noticing some glitches on our website recently; we’ve been getting a LOT of mail. The explanation is pretty technical – but for those interested, I’ve written it up. Check the ‘Read Why’ link to the right. If you continue to send mail about these problems without reading this, we’ll likely just send…

Once again, in the crush of Halo 2 news, regular sections of this website are being neglected. I wish I had a solution for that. I’ve processed the Fan Fiction queue (languishing for almost a week) – another 20 pieces are up for your perusal. Hopefully, artwork is coming soon.

A few new articles around the net for you; IT AsiaOne wrote up an overview of the game, and Alexis visited an I Love Bees training session in Illinois last week – his writeup is over at Rampancy.net, with pictures added later. Reading is gud!

Something Awful reviewed Halo 2 – sort of. Like much of the content on SA, this is a total farce. If you read it, don’t let your blood boil… it’s TRYING to piss you off. Some of the comments are quite funny. gspawn was the first to notice.

Marsguy posted a set of pictures he took at last week’s Halo 2 Fanfest hosted by Bungie. Nice shots! Comments can go back on our forum.

HaloPlanet has a nice collection of fan-written reviews, broken handily into spoiler- and non-spoiler-laden categories. Check ’em out!