Category: HBO

Halo 2 took 3 of the four awards it was nominated for at the Best of E3 2004 Game Critics Awards; Best Console game, Best Action Game, and Best Online Multiplayer. (It was nominated for Best of Show, as well, but lost out to the Sony Playstation Portable.) Not bad! Halo 2 tied Splinter Cell…

What’s wrong with video games? Calvin and Halo might give you a clue…

mnemesis points out that the Halo Story page inbox has been nudged. It’s not empty, by any stretch of the imagination… but a few choice pieces did fall out, and get commented on. first update since April 30… w00t.

Ouch. Subnova has lost its bandwidth, due to lack of payment. Some of its content, like last week’s Bungie Update, is still accessible – much is not. A major downside for HBO visitors… the subsections that Subnova hosted for us have to be relocated. This has been done for MOST sections – but Fan Fiction…

Wonga. Blackstar, long-known for his talent at making wonderful Halo spots, has turned his skills to Halo 2. His 29.5 mb, 640×480, 1:04 Halo 2 Spot (QuickTime format) uses Bungie-released Halo 2 footage… but makes you want this game. NOW. Go grab a copy. If this post floods BSP.net with more traffic than it can…

Steve Smith points out that there’s less than a week left in the First Annual Enkidu Fan Fiction Contest. Get your submissions in soon!

One One Se7en checks out a new Halo 2 feature revealed at E3. I was waiting for the ‘Candygram’ announcement.

Halo: Resolution discusses the size of your… ship.

Chilton Webb found another site with the E3 Halo 2 demo footage, with no signup required. 320×240, 14 mb total, WMP9 format. Check out GamesRadar.

Gre’Thor117 created a Halo movie for an English class; got a pretty good grade. It didn’t meet our posting guidelines, but SancheztheLlama was kind enough to host it. It’s 10.1 mb, in QuickTime format. Footage from the first two Halo 2 trailers, combined with overlain text and Edgen music. You can grab it on STL.com.…

Price breaks: Halo PC at Circuit City is currently $9.99 (WOW) – thanks, Recoil, and Halo 2, shipped, is only $43.49 at Overstock.com. (The Limited Edition there is $52.49 shipped, a couple of bucks cheaper than most places. It’s unlikely you’ll get it on November 9, though.) Thanks, rywateska.

The Battlefield: Vietnam mod Homefront has put up a large update over on Battleground: Halo; new weapons, new vehicles, new skins, new map. Go check it out.

Back in March, we mentioned a DVD being put together by XBCTourneys, containing many tricks for Halo multiplayer. We just got word from Annihil8or that it’s finished.220 tricks, 1 hour and 5 minutes of content, 4 gb on disc. You can order it here. (I’ve never seen it, so I can’t tell you what’s on…

July’s issue of the Official Xbox Magazine hits the stands today… so we’re putting up the Halo 2 article from the June issue. You can find it in our Press Scans area. (As a favor, if you link to this elsewhere, use the link in this news post, not a direct link to the pages…

Twelve pieces for you today (mostly fiction chapters, but at least one poem) in the Fan Fiction section. Enjoy on this messy Sunday.

Victor, from Xtournaments, wrote to tell us about Xtournaments’ $15,000 State vs State 4v4 tournament coming up on August 14 in 15 states in the US. More details can be found at their website.

I hadn’t expected this to be necessary, but the email traffic we’ve been receiving would suggest I was wrong. A few days ago, we mentioned an auction at eBay for what was ostensibly an alpha copy of Halo 2. It was clear that a number of people realized it was a fake; the final bid…

Episode 20 of Miniature Halo has been released – and the story takes a twist. Linda – unmasked!

Another article posted during the E3 flood on Xbox.com was one called ‘Xbox Fansites: Keeping it Real’. It takes an overview of the fan community, and what fansites bring to the table, in terms of energizing people about a game. Halo is used as an example. Thanks, mechroneal for the heads-up.

Gamespot has posted a Rumor Control article – and Rumor #4 is ‘Numerous staffers are planning to leave Bungie following the completion of Halo 2.’ After looking at the evidence, they proclaim it bogus. Given that the first I even HEARD of this rumor is this article, I wonder whether they’ve done something positive… or…