Author: Louis Wu

X-Treme Gaming Radio put up their First Annual E3 Awards… and Halo didn’t rate. Why? Well, yes, they had a Best FPS category… but they got overwhelmed:This was definitely the second hardest category to decide. How do you limit the scope so you don’t go insane with all the choices at this year’s E3? Should…

This one’s just… odd. Steen Nielsen submits a bit of miscellaneous art… we’re not even gonna TRY to figure out the rationale.

We wuz robbed… again! The Halo SETI Marines gained a pretty major new member (welcome, -=SHARkY=-), but the units just haven’t shown up. Maybe next week? They’ve held on to position 49 in the Battle of the Teams by the skin of their teeth – comets&cats@seti is just a few units behind. Are YOU helping?…

Aaron Kelder writes to say that Halo got a small mention in yesterday’s Sunday Times, in Australia – a pretty major mainstream newspaper published in Perth. The article looked at new games to watch for on the PC, Gamecube, PS2, and Xbox… and Halo (and a small picture of the human dropship) were featured. Nice…

Well, it took MUCH longer than the ‘next few days’ I promised two weeks ago… but the Movies section is finally updated to include all the new E3 footage. Run through it and make sure you didn’t miss any clips! (And if you see one I missed, be sure to let me know.)

Thanks to Dan Rudolph, who noticed another Halo preview over at GamesFirst – pretty positive, overall. Go read it.

BluR, of Ozhalo, writes to say they’ve got a new poll up:Who do you like best in Halo?Go visit and let ’em know what you’ll be playing as!

Freedom writes to say that Garden of War, a new Halo site, has come online. Check ’em out!

fate writes to say that the Gamestar website has a poll up, asking which E3 game you’re waiting for the most. Halo currently holds a strong lead… but a few more votes couldn’t hurt. Also, as reported on Halo Network, the print version of Gamestar (German-only, unfortunately) will have a new Halo video (‘all new…

Bosskiller51 writes to say that he’s modeled the Halo assault rifle entirely in 3D. Check it out on the Halo’s Universe page. (It’s a tad fancier than our own model, done by Ian McConville about a year ago.)

Wow. Thanks to fAt1, of MPZ Halo, who pointed us to a pretty nice mainstream press mention of Halo – the BBC ran a piece on how the Xbox is challenging the PS2, and Halo is one of two Xbox games shown in play (and the only one mentioned by name). The 2 minute long…

In case you missed the reference in the weekly update, Jason Jones turned thirty yesterday. Marty “Old Geezer” O’Donnell blows him a big kiss on our forum – and we’d like to throw in our own wishes for a fruitful few decades to come! (And Peter Marks, too… Marty says he’s still a youngster, but…

Gawd. Cortana has a body! Matt’s Halo Update is here this week, and it’s got a few zingers in it. Cortana’s corporeal self is one, in-air battles another, and the kicker:The tank is back in, too.Wonga. We’ll be adding this to the Halo Update Database very soon – if you wonder what John’s been doing,…

Mmm… something’s cooking… Cortana.org puts up a placeholder – no real clue what’s coming, but its owner, Steve Campbell, has popped up on our forum again… a sign of new things coming?

Terror dropped by our forum to say that Ozhalo, Australia’s premier Halo site, is running a wallpaper competition. Top prize is a Window Kit from Extreme PC Mods. Stop by and check out the details!

It’s fansite day. Xerxes writes to say that Halo Orbit, a German fansite, has been thoroughly redesigned, with many new features added. Go check ’em out!

Terror writes to let us know that Ozhalo is not a new Australian site (As we said yesterday)… it’s Halo-Australia, joining the CFGN. Same good coverage, same staff, new look! Thanks for the heads-up, Terror. (Word of warning to visitors – as good as this site looks in IE and Opera, it’s painful in NS,…

Thanks to Ferrex, who posted to his old stomping grounds at Rampancy.net, confirming that location-specific damage WILL be included in Halo. It’s long been speculated that this would be included… but this is the first confirmation of it by a Bungie employee.

Lee Timms writes to say that a new Halo site is coming soon rom CFGN (Cyber Forces Gaming Nation) – OzHalo. As he says, the new design is very nicely done. Looking forward to the site!

Thanks to Dan Rudolph, who pointed out three separate E3 wrapups (one from each editor) at Gamecritics.com. Bottom line – they hated Halo. Ben thought Halo was the “biggest joke of the show”… but then, he got a bunch of stuff wrong. (If you’re gonna name someone by name, get the name right… and if…