Year: 2008

Whoa. Looks like Ensemble is closing its doors… Halo Wars will be finished (apparently), but everyone else working for the company has been laid off today. More details (sort of) at ShackNews.(Louis Wu 21:31:17 UTC)

It’s been a little while, but Captain Spark is back at it with dialogue recording; we’ve got 43 new clips available for you in the Halo 3 Dialogue Databank. Funny stuff in there!(Louis Wu 16:14:57 UTC)

It ain’t a Halo product until there are action figures! Apparently, according to this press release, McFarlane will be releasing small (2.5 inch) Halo Wars figures, in 3-packs, starting in the spring. They’ll retail for $10 per pack.(Louis Wu 14:00:09 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy put up a compilation of the Top 10 Weirdest Halo 3 Screenshots – some whacky stuff in there! (I love the first one.)(Louis Wu 13:41:39 UTC)

Avateur pointed out that sometime last night, the Halo community passed the 7,777,777,777 point in Campaign Kills. (We came very close to 7 billion by 7/7/08 – it took two more months to nail the next 10%.) Nice job!(Louis Wu 13:39:53 UTC)

When we mentioned the most recent Monthly Update from the Halo Wars team, we pointed out that the scrambled pics they included would probably clear up over time, as they did the last time this style was used. A few days ago, a thread opened on the Halo Wars forum to discuss the changes (which…

BlueNinja stopped by yesterday with news of new panoramas – great shots from outside Floodgate!(Louis Wu 13:13:56 UTC)

Red vs Blue: Reconstruction Chapter 13 was posted late last night – the crew does their best (which, um, isn’t very good) to obtain a vehicle, or two, to use in a base assault. It goes about as well as can be expected. Production values are as high as ever (there’s one effect I’m still…

Bryan Simon has been putting out original Halo songs (1|2) for the past couple of weeks – and now he’s got a new one. Lichtonatus says it’s “Made entirely of awesome” – and I’d have to agree. Go listen to ‘I Bought My 50’… and laugh. (Unless you did.) Funniest tidbit, for me… the top…

My7hos has kicked off a new feature on our forum – “Where’s the Chief?” (He actually ran a feature like this some time ago, under a different name.) An image with a hidden Master Chief was posted on his blog, and folks set out to look for him. I’m not sure if I can front-page…

OddGodHMK let us know that The Biased has been officially released; the cover and Page 1 are now online in their final forms. New pages will be released on Mondays and Thursdays.(Louis Wu 17:15:29 UTC)

GameGuru, a gaming site in India, has a rumor that I haven’t seen elsewhere, at least not yet – and it contains a number of details that are totally new to me. I’m inclined to extreme suspicion at the moment… but will withhold final judgement for the time being. The gist of the rumor is…

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 84 is now up; things are getting a little scary! (Louis Wu 14:18:54 UTC)

Ross Mills noticed a writeup of a very cool entry into this year’s Red Bull Derby, over at Kotaku – even though it doesn’t move very well, I’d still LOVE to have that Ghost!(Louis Wu 14:17:21 UTC)

Finnish Spartan has finished up his molded helmet, and started on an AR model; we’ve added a bunch of new images to the gallery page we set up for him. Swing by and look!(Louis Wu 14:15:26 UTC)

More news from the Geekscape crew – Jake108 snagged interviews with Eric Nylund, Tobias Buckell and Joseph Staten at the San Diego ComicCon in July – swing by YouTube to watch! (Louis Wu 13:56:47 UTC)