Month: March 2005

The writeup isn’t up yet on Bungie.net – but it looks like Bungie took a BEATING in last night’s Halo Humpday Challenge. (There’s a little bit of trash talking amongst some of the players in that thread – but mostly it’s just bitterness, I think. I’d say I have to give Shishka the points for…

Thanks to a whole lot of people (the first that I saw was weasel032) who pointed us to this post on Bungie.net, where Frankie announces that the upcoming Halo 2 update will add a 2 vs. 2 playlist. Looks like specific info on the update is finally starting to appear!

RibsMaster dropped off another 20 dialogue snippets for our Dialogue Databank. That Johnson character… he can be rude.

Looks like Microsoft is moving the Bungie team from their digs in the Redmond Millenium campus into the Kirkland Hardware Store, in Kirkland, WA (a few miles away). Apparently, they’re growing out of their existing space, and this is a way to keep them together as a team. (Of course, it separates them from the…

A couple of months ago, in response to some overenthusiastic ‘win at all costs’ techniques used to pull easter eggs out of Halo 2, Marty O’Donnell posted a note on our forum talking about the mystique behind eggs, and why you shouldn’t try to ‘brute-force’ them. To soften the reprimand, he tossed out a couple…

SonGoharotto posted a link to a page that contains some of his favorite custom gametypes – looks like some nice ones in there!

Stuntmutt takes a look at his clan’s online performance in today’s One One Se7en. Been there, felt that.

More blog action around the Haloverse: nof is unhappy with matchmaking. (He also had something to say recently about the state of Halo moviemaking.) Saint[lpn] rants about the DLC issue, and various forms of government, over at Sanction Three. Narcogen puts forward his own thoughts on Halo moviemaking (this one’s a monster read, and brings…

Looks like another Halo tourney in Wayne, NJ this weekend. 2v2, $25 to enter, they’re shooting for a $500 prize for first place. Details in this forum post, or at Cybrconxion.com.

Mike Miller continues his dash through Halo 2 Legendary – literally. Quarantine Zone has been posted… and (like last week) Mike’s decided that discretion is the better part of valor. Translated, that means ‘run like hell’. I couldn’t help thinking about all the lucky rocket shots that took me out during parts of this level,…

XBL-base Halo 2 cheating gets a wider audience, with an article in the April 2005 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine. (We can’t bring you scans of EGM any more, by their request – but you can find this on your local newsstand.) There’s nothing in the article that hasn’t been seen online… but it’s…

As some of you might have noticed, the Fan Fiction section went offline yesterday. This is because the T1 that fed the wireless bridge connecting Subnova’s Core to the internet was turned off. All local (to Subnova HQ) servers – like the one hosting HBO’s Fan Fiction section – are offline, until a replacement can…

Darkphibre has updated his Halo Statistics program – version 2.2 now works with Bungie’s adjusted feeds, and has a bunch of new features. Read his forum post for details, including a screenshot and a download link. Update: I almost forgot – Darkphibre would love help getting the word out about this tool. He’s only ever…

Wow – if you’re one of those people that has to have EVERY Halo action figure… break out that wallet. Gamestop is offering a couple of case packs; you can buy the Halo 2 Warthog Battle Damaged Case Pack, with 12 warthogs total (six regular, four battle-damaged assault hogs, and two civilian hogs), for just…

Video Gamers League (VGL) has kicked off registration for a nationwide Halo 2 tournament. Qualifiers will be taking place in 28 metropolitan areas, and FFA tourneys will be free to enter. Top prize will be a 2005 Scion xB. Visit the VGL website for more details!

Over at HaloDev, you can read about Prometheus – a map editor designed to edit and create maps for Halo, Halo 2, and future games that use the Halo engine. It’s not available yet – but there’s a page full of info (and a list of Halo modding luminaries working on this that suggests it…

EB Games is now offering the Halo 2 Expansion Pack – $19.99, containing 9 new multiplayer maps, a new cinematic video (!!), and a new mini-documentary video from Bungie. Ship date is listed as May 24th. Did EB Games post this a little too early…? No word from Bungie yet about the availability of certain…