Category: HBO

Not all of us at HBO think that votingfor Louis in the bungie.netpoll is a good idea. I mean Louis hasn’t paid us any wages yetand we’re up to here with his stock options BS. So my vote goes to Hamish.

I’m with Ding on this one. Hamish gets my vote.

The Bitner update, December 7: There’s been quite a bit of information flying around about Nathan Bitner, and his new company, Island Four Software. Rather than add these items as we found them (which would turn HBO into I4.org – unnecessary, since it already exists), we’ve decided to give you a roundup.Island4.org has been registered…

Has nobody got faith in your trusty webmaster? Bungie.net is running a new quick poll: All this talk of rioting in the streets has led us to wonder which of the following fans would win in a fight. Who’d you put your money on?Miguel ‘Freewill’ ChavezTyson ‘Ferrex’ GreenClaude ‘Louis Wu’ ErreraHamish ‘Godot’ SinclairGood Lord… even…

Hey, cool, lead times are dropping. Haloplayers reports that the latest copy of PCGamer UK contains a snippet about Halo… they’re quoting the November 11Halo update, in fact. Not too shabby… less than a month after it hit the web – lead times used to be 2-3 months. There’s also a tidbit about Planetside:It’s already…

Odd stuff going on over at… um… what used to be the Psyjnir Complex.

Eldar-Colonel has posted on the R.net forum that he’s reopened Halo HQ. Other than the fact that we HATE being referred to as ‘Halo.org’… they’re on their way to a fleshed-out site.

For a long time now the HBO crew have been systematically searching the Bungie trash cans forclues to the identity of the Bungie Webmaster. Since the move to Redmond howeverwe’ve had to wait in line to get at them. But today we edge that bit closer to the tru7h! Hamish *insert Souless death cry here*…

More Bitner news… The Story page (busy today!) received another note from Nathan about his new company, now (almost) officially known as Island Four Software. There’s some info on the platform choices, and the tidbit that in anticipation of the multiplayer aspect, IslandFour.net has been registered as well. This seems to be a company dedicated…

Hamish Sinclair has added a new screenshot to his ‘Ring Motif in Halo’ section of the Marathon’s Story page… it backs up the theory that the glyphs strewn around the Halo’s structures were put there by the builders, not the Covenant. Amazing what turns up in movies…

Massa, of Halo Network, points out that Giga Games, a German television show dedicated to videogames, did an interview with Boris Schneider-Johne, a Microsoft Xbox PR rep, who stated that the PC version of Halo will follow the Xbox version by 3 or 4 months, with the bulk of the time being spent on multiplayer.…

Thanks to J Moyer, who noticed that EBWorld.com actually has a mockup of the Halo Strategy Guide cover mentioned last week. It’s old artwork, so it’s most likely not the final product… but interesting nonetheless. (Does it mean that Sybex isn’t doing the Xbox version, or that EBWorld is just focusing on the PC side?)

Wow. Talk about quick… yesterday, Josh Inglima, aka 3of9, a regular to the R.net community forum, registered islandfour.org:IslandFour.org is here to provide news, rumors, gossip and anything that seems somewhat related to the new gaming company Island Four.OK, so it may seem a little premature to launch a news site for a company that isn’t…

Last week, HaloWar posted a story saying someone had sent in the cover to the Halo Game Guide. Today, Halo Center has an interesting bit on the origins of that image. If at first you don’t succeed…

Dink!… The Halo SETI Marines fall yet ANOTHER notch in the Battle of the Teams… down to 47th position (and 80th on the full Teams list). Ouch! We lost And0, but gained Lacrymosa, a net gain of 500 units. Those Covenant soldiers are coming, marines… see who’s trying to do something about it on the…

Chris Cox has submitted part 2 of his Warrior saga, a tale told from the point of view of a Covenant officer. Nicely written… definitely worth a read! You’ll find it in our Fan Fiction section.

Nathan Bitner (former Producer and Creative Developer of Halo) sent us along this cryptic note:I haven’t forgot about you or your gifts, but have been waiting for theannouncement that I made at approximately 6 a.m., Sunday Morning, December3, 2000.The message was sent only to Hamish, but you are the only other “entity” whoknows it’s coming…

Thanks to Lophan for a random Halo sighting: CNET GameCenter did an article called ‘Kick Ass and Take Names: Five New Action Games Examined’. Halo wasn’t one of the five, but at the bottom of each page of the article is a small box called ‘Rumors and Innuendos’… and Halo gets the nod on page…

Heavy machinery? Matt Soell’s weekly report is back after its holiday hiatus, and it’s intriguing. The rewritten Halo engine has now surpassed the rendering ability of its predecessor… how far can they push it? Read all the goodness for yourselves.

Québec64.com, a french-language Nintendo64 site, seems to have posted an image of an Xbox prototype design. It’s much more believable than the ice-cream-sandwich-looking thing Daily Radar commented on last week… I can’t seem to find the news on Québec64.com’s site right now, so here’s a copy that Magic Box, another N64 site, put up. (Thanks…