Year: 2005

Looks like there’s another big art update at Halo Babies – some really good stuff in there. (I love Deus’ new weapons…) Thanks, PlasmaFire.

Mike from Gameheads writes to point out that they’ve got a bunch of tourneys coming up soon – a 2v2 this Saturday, a 4v4 next weekend. Gameheads is also participating in the National Halo 2 League, and needs teams to sign up. If you’re anywhere near Marlboro, NY (north of New York City), swing by…

Wonga. Xtournaments has a tidbit on LiL Poison, who at six years old is the youngest signed Pro Gamer in the world. (Apparently, he just signed with MLG.) Check it out! (There’s a picture a little ways down the main page.)

Stuntmutt has his own theories about the Hall of Murals artwork – you can see one in today’s One One Se7en.

More movie stuff – the Project ODST movie we mentioned yesterday now has http mirrors online – and a High-res version. WMP9, 28 mb (the Lo-res is still available, at 12 mb). Forum feedback is quite good – check it out!

Lots of Jumping vids out right now – you can find Jump Tactics’ Releases Techniques Tutorial Pt. 2 vid at their website (registration required, free – vid is WMP9 format, 5:21 long, 23.5 mb), and HALOChat has put up a forum post for discussion… and MrJukes has once again updated his website (thanks, Cody Cress),…

The 5th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards nominees were announced yesterday – and Halo 2 was nominated in the Audio category. Good luck, guys! Winners will be announced March 9 at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. They won this award in 2002, for Halo… let’s see if they can do it again! (Thanks,…

It’s Tuesday again… that means it’s time for another installment of Mike Miller’s Halo 2 Legendary Walkthrough. This time around, it’s The Arbiter – Mike gives you multiple ways of dealing with multiple problems, with lots and lots of visuals. (There are 12 movies this time around.) I found myself feeling rather inadequate at grenade-sticking…

Interesting article, written by someone outside the tournament scene, on the recent MLG DC tourney. Nice discussion of tactics and strategy. Thanks, Pizack.

Almost 700 people have grabbed copies of the Ogre’s Halo 2 montage via BitTorrent in the past 24 hours – but lots of people can’t use BT. Halo-Pro.com has put up 4 mirrors of the file, so if you want an http copy, go grab it. (This is NOT the same file you can grab…

IGN has put up another spartan (no pun intended – okay, I lie) Vehicle FAQ – check out the Vehicle Operations Handbook for details on the rides you’ll find in-game.

There’s an interesting article over at The Hollywood Reporter today, discussing the ‘Hollywood model’ of development, as applied to video games – with Wideload Studios, and their Halo engine-based Stubbs The Zombie title, as the primary example. If you’re interested in how Wideload is getting this game built on a much smaller budget than they’d…

Narcogen has tackled the issue of Halo 2’s replayability (in campaign mode, of course) in his latest Retort at Rampancy.net. It’s a solid look at what was replayable in the FIRST Halo, and what’s worth doing again in the SECOND one. Diehard fans might not like all of Narc’s conclusions, but they’re honest, and fair,…

SupaPuerco, of mindquirk software, points out his Xbox Live Friends app, a MacOSX-based program that keeps track of your XBL Friends list (when they’re online, what their stats are, and so on). It also has a built-in emblem designer. Pretty slick! Check it out; it’s only about 600k. (As far as I know, this is…

Project ODST, a live-action fan film, has released a teaser trailer – the forum post says ‘keep in mind this is not a representation of the final product’, so I’m not sure what it is… but you can watch it. Currently only available via BitTorrent, you can visit this page to grab the torrent. 12.2…

The Fan Fiction section picked up another 21 pieces over the weekend – sorry we couldn’t post any of them before now. Go read.

And the Game With Fame series continues – this time with band 3 Doors Down. Play ’em tomorrow, win Xbox stuff. (You have to sign up to be eligible.) Read the press release for full details – thanks, Ted.

MLG makes the news in the Philippines, it looks like… INQ7.net has an article summarizing the league and how it started. Sundance Giovanni is rosy about the future:”I see pro gamers pulling down six-figure endorsement deals and being treated like celebrities. I also think you’ll be seeing more and more of MLG on television as…

Love MUST be in the air… it’s even in today’s One One Se7en. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Hehe – more Valentines wishes, this time from Bluestone. Nice!