Category: Rampancy

The newest installment of 1Up’s Three Weeks of Halo 3 looks at player complaints about Halo 2’s online play and how those are being addressed in Halo 3, including weapon spawns, dual-wielding, player icons and more. In particular, Ferrex mentions how the weapon spawn system in Halo 1 was made, and how in Halo 3,…

1Up continues their “three weeks of Halo 3” online series to accompany their chocked-with-Halo 3-goodness December issue. The latest addition is a Humpday Challenge writeup where Bungie cheats and multiplayer lead Tyson “Ferrex” Green graciously stops at the appropriate number of 7 kills to leave 1Up with some self-esteem. Just not much.

1Up continues their “three weeks of Halo 3” online series to accompany their chocked-with-Halo 3-goodness December issue. The latest addition is a Humpday Challenge writeup where Bungie cheats and multiplayer lead Tyson “Ferrex” Green graciously stops at the appropriate number of 7 kills to leave 1Up with some self-esteem. Just not much.

Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards spends a lot of time online playing Halo 2. He brings an Xbox 360 to the hotel with him on the road and connects to Xbox Live through their Internet connection. What does he want to do next? According to Xbox.com, he wants to be a modder. “First it…

Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards spends a lot of time online playing Halo 2. He brings an Xbox 360 to the hotel with him on the road and connects to Xbox Live through their Internet connection. What does he want to do next? According to Xbox.com, he wants to be a modder. “First it…

Nick from HaloDev let us know that their site has re-opened with a new backend system and a lovely bunch of coconuts. The site has FAQs for HaloDev as well as for the Prometheus editor, community forums, and developer blogs.

Nick from HaloDev let us know that their site has re-opened with a new backend system and a lovely bunch of coconuts. The site has FAQs for HaloDev as well as for the Prometheus editor, community forums, and developer blogs.

Funkmon over at Subnova wrote up a scathing review of Eric Nylund’s latest Halo novel, Ghosts of Onyx. Although he gave high marks for writing and story, in the end he wanted fewer new characters and more of the Master Chief– and the reality is the book isn’t about Master Chief at all. For my…

Funkmon over at Subnova wrote up a scathing review of Eric Nylund’s latest Halo novel, Ghosts of Onyx. Although he gave high marks for writing and story, in the end he wanted fewer new characters and more of the Master Chief– and the reality is the book isn’t about Master Chief at all. For my…

Funkmon over at Subnova wrote up a scathing review of Eric Nylund’s latest Halo novel, Ghosts of Onyx. Although he gave high marks for writing and story, in the end he wanted fewer new characters and more of the Master Chief– and the reality is the book isn’t about Master Chief at all. For my…

Coming Soon has up what it claims is an official press release from Wingnut Films, detailing a joint decision by Microsoft and Wingnut to delay production of the Halo feature film until such time as they can guarantee they’ll be bringing a “first class film” version of the game to screens. Cinema Blend linked to…

Coming Soon has up what it claims is an official press release from Wingnut Films, detailing a joint decision by Microsoft and Wingnut to delay production of the Halo feature film until such time as they can guarantee they’ll be bringing a “first class film” version of the game to screens. Cinema Blend linked to…

You’d have to have been under a rock (or on a business trip, natch) to have missed the revelations about Halo 3 multiplayer from Swedish gaming magazine, Level, last week. Similar material is upcoming from EGM, and their online presence, 1Up, is doing a special Three Weeks of Halo 3 page. They also summarized the…

You’d have to have been under a rock (or on a business trip, natch) to have missed the revelations about Halo 3 multiplayer from Swedish gaming magazine, Level, last week. Similar material is upcoming from EGM, and their online presence, 1Up, is doing a special Three Weeks of Halo 3 page. They also summarized the…

In his blog, Eric Trautmann notes that author of the “Armor Testing” story in the Halo Graphic Novel, Jay Faerber, will sign your stuff and answer your questions at Olympic Cards and Comics in Lacey, WA. After that, there’s a Halo tournament with prizes!

In his blog, Eric Trautmann notes that author of the “Armor Testing” story in the Halo Graphic Novel, Jay Faerber, will sign your stuff and answer your questions at Olympic Cards and Comics in Lacey, WA. After that, there’s a Halo tournament with prizes!

Spong is reporting that the X06 Korea event gave details on a 100Gb hard drive unit for the Xbox 360. No official confirmation, or word on pricing or availability. Not sure why such news would surface first in Korea, so take this with the usual helping of salt you reserve for Spong stories.

Spong is reporting that the X06 Korea event gave details on a 100Gb hard drive unit for the Xbox 360. No official confirmation, or word on pricing or availability. Not sure why such news would surface first in Korea, so take this with the usual helping of salt you reserve for Spong stories. UPDATE: Microsoft…

Cinema Blend and CanMag have two completely different takes on the same event. Apparently, just before making an initial payment, Universal and Fox asked Microsoft and the producers to lower their profit-sharing on the Halo movie. Microsoft refused, and now Fox and Universal are out of the picture. Cinema Blend says this means the Halo…

Cinema Blend and CanMag have two completely different takes on the same event. Apparently, just before making an initial payment, Universal and Fox asked Microsoft and the producers to lower their profit-sharing on the Halo movie. Microsoft refused, and now Fox and Universal are out of the picture. Cinema Blend says this means the Halo…