Author: Louis Wu

IGN Xbox has put up the first of a three-part special on Halo – this part contains the prologue to Eric Nylund’s book, ‘Halo: The Fall of Reach’. While the text is identical to the excerpt put up by Random House a few days ago, visiting IGN gets you an extra bonus – a PDF…

TeamXbox has put up the first part of their Xbox Unleashed impressions – words from the event floor in New York where Xbox fanatics try to stay alive for 48 hours of non-stop gaming. Crashing eggs and monster lines… it’s a fun read. Sol also managed to throw in his Halo impressions… he liked it:Halo,…

Uriel points out a new review at Gamestar.de – it’s part of their print review, and it contains a couple of new screens. Uriel promises a translation soon, too. 🙂

They’re pouring in… DarkSkies ran his wife over last night, and dropped in to tell us about it. (He’s also, after playing for a bit, decided to hold off on buying an Xbox – he’ll rent one, then buy the PC version.) Read his post for details!

Another fan impression post – Caerdwyn didn’t seem to like it at all. His final summary suggested it was ‘a solid title’… but each point made it clear he wasn’t impressed.

Sam has taken our request for gameplay feedback to heart, and posted a pretty in-depth look at Kiosk Xbox (no, it’s not the same as Living Room Xbox – read his rundown to see some of the reasons why). Read the rest of the thread, as well – lots of good followup info.

Final Solution has put up Day 2 of his Halo coverage – this includes three things you SHOULDN’T do while playing Halo. Take a look!

Halo’s Universe (in France) has put up a Halo preview (they say it’s the first) – my French isn’t good enough to translate this, but for French speakers, this might be a good place to get info!

In response to a request to see what the Halo DVD actually looks like, Matt Soell popped one in front of the Bungie Webcam. Is that cool community relations, or what?

To go with the new movies, GameSpot has put up a Multiplayer Impressions article – a description of the 13 maps (similar to the description IGN put up a couple of days ago) and some tips and comments. They were playing a ‘near-final’ build… and they commented on the framerate blips; I’m wondering if we’re…

Gamespot has put up 6 new Halo clips – they’re short views of some multiplayer action. Get ’em if you want… Some pretty cool stuff in there. (Thanks to Razorback, on our forum, and Onibushi via email, for the first heads-up.

SE|G???f?* (don’t ask me how you pronounce that) dropped off a new desktop for our Wallpaper collection. Go to it.

“Mayday mayday we’re under fire by unknown forces we need immediate assistance! Position Echo-Delta-Foxtrot-Niner please aid….”The Emperor sends in a new story, ‘Solo’, for our Fan Fiction section. Give it a read!

Dusty sends in a pair of desktops for our Wallpaper section. That green one is pretty slick! Update: Bounty, from Battleground: Halo, points out that the green wallpaper submitted earlier today by Dusty was, in fact, taken from the screensaver included in the Microsoft-released Halo XP Theme released a week ago. The entry has been…

Halo domain for sale: In April, Haloserver.com came online aiming to be “first and best dedicated Halo gaming server”. Today, they announced on our forum that they can’t make it all it can be, and would like to offer it to someone who can. Do you have what it takes?

strykerwolf created a Counter-Strike model of the Halo assault rifle a little while ago – it’s been polished since then (here’s a newer screenshot), and we’re hosting it for him. It’s a tad over 400k – if you play Counter-Strike, go ahead and grab this! (There are no sounds included, for copyright reasons… but as…

Tweak3d, over at the Xbox IGN forums, has posted pictures of the Halo box (front and back) and of the booklet showing the game controls. Thanks to BiBoFieTo for the heads-up.

Nice catch by Psyrixx – page 238 of ‘Halo: The Fall of Reach’:”The structural system was designed by a Dr. Robert McLees – cofounder of the Reyes-McLees Shipyards over mars – in 2510…”For those who don’t keep up on Bungie employees – Rob McLees is an artist on the Halo Dev Team, and he’s married…

Cesar Berardini, of TeamXbox, points out a pretty nice article over at GameSpot – it’s called ‘Halo: Weapon, Enemy, and Vehicle Basics’. It’s a solid article, with 9 new screens (okay, 8, since they screwed up one of them Update – okay, they’ve fixed it), and no SERIOUS spoilers. The info in here has been…

Final Solution points out a hands-on review he wrote (based on an hour’s worth of play at a kiosk) – be careful where you step, the html is DANGEROUS.