Year: 2004

Another Countdown to Halo 2 article at IGN – a look at whether you should start with Campaign or Multiplayer when you get the game. Rather than answer the question themselves, they went to IGN message board readers. Lots of different views.

Variation was able to send us a 60-second variant of the Halo 2 commercial now playing on US television (Hopefully, today, I’ll be able to find time to compile a list of all the different versions that have been put out there). It’s the same commercial – just fleshed out a bit. This version is…

We mentioned this a couple of weeks ago, but the official press release came out yesterday, so here’s the word from the top about the upcoming MTV special:New York, NY – October 27, 2004 – MTV: Music Television today announced that “Making the Video Game: Halo 2” will premiere on MTV on Friday, November 5th…

Wondering who might be selling Halo 2 at midnight on November 9? Worried because there are no EB Games near you, and you’re afraid you might miss out on the early purchase? Never fear, Xbox.com has come to your rescue – if you live in the US. Visit the Midnight Madness Store Locator, put in…

If you’re an IGN Insider, there’s a new Halo 2 desktop available to you. If you’re not an Insider… sorry. Thanks to MarkHawk and creaper609 for letting us know.

I’m not even gonna try and count the number of people who wrote to us about the two new clips at nilerogers.com – there are dozens of them. KNIGHTOFDRAGONS was first, though. Launch the Listening Station if you’re on a fast connection, and give a listen to snippets from ‘Peril’ and ‘In Amber Clad’ -…

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a contest in which 50 lucky winners would get to play Halo 2 on live TV in Times Square on November 4 – yesterday, we heard from Brian Graham that he received one of the invites, and last night, we discovered that our very own Miguel Chavez got…

MiD33 points out that the first three episodes of his HALOlego comics (among other things) can be found at his new website, ForTru7h. Check ’em out!

Been out all day, the Halo mail is PILING up – I’ll get to it eventually, I hope. Wanted to post this now, though, because of the time factor. haloTV is broadcasting TWL’s 5v5 CTF Pro League championships, starting just 90 minutes from now (8:30 cst). The stream will be capped at 250 viewers, so…

MC discovers that even GS doesn’t want to hear it in today’s One One Se7en .

Ross Mills sent in scans of a Halo 2 leaflet he noticed in multiple stores (front and back) – they’re clearly direct from Microsoft, but it seems a tad late to me for folks to be BEGINNING to collect preorders… Nice pic on the front. Update: Sorry, I didn’t make it clear – this is…

Countdown to Halo, IGN style: today they’re looking at the SmartJoy FRAG device (mouse and keyboard for an Xbox), and wondering if it’ll kill Halo 2. Thanks, John Rivas.

Eep – the AussieXbox giveaway we mentioned yesterday was postponed – it will relaunch on November 9. Sorry, folks! (Thanks, Leighland Okey.)

Over at Howstuffworks, there’s an interview with Pete Parsons, in which Pete holds forth about how important a story is to a video game. It’s a great read, and should give you insight into what Bungie is trying to do with its universe. Frensa Geran was first with the heads-up.

Looks like the ILB game is coming to an end; followers have been instructed to meet in several large cities around the US for a ‘hands on training exercise’ on November 4th, if they are over 17. GhaleonEB, who sent this to us, believes this will probably be some hands-on Halo2 Mulltiplayer for participants of…

My generic webcomic has a Halo 2-related strip yesterday. This strip, in general, might be considered not safe for work. Thanks, Corgana.

CJ Denny woke up to a 2-page Halo 2 article (with an interesting ad) in the business section of his local newspaper (the Virginian Pilot) last Saturday. He kindly sent along scans – Page 1 (238K) and Page 2 (379K).

Many folks have noticed that the ftp uploads section isn’t working as expected – this is because it was turned off a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, until this morning, it was also listed as the primary method of entry submission for the 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest. This problem has been rectified; there is…

We’ve got a bunch of backlogged movies that folks have submitted – there have been some recent releases that have swamped us. There’s also some extra bandwidth online right now, so why not make use of it? Over at Boomerica.com, thanks to KP, we’ve got a film called ‘There and Back Again’, from Andras Ostrom.…

Nine thousand people noticed the new Top Story at Bungie.net – it’s a Dual Wielding guide. Which weapons work together, how to use particular pairs, that sort of thing. First heads-up goes to Swirlfire, who was beaten only by Frankie, it would seem. Every single one of you, however, managed to miss the 7th Column…