Three years ago, IGN started a Top 100 Games of all time list (updated annually, of course) – Halo came in 39th. The following year, IGN let the readers decide – Halo and Halo 2 placed 18th and 19th, respectively, on the list. In 2005, it was back to the editors – Halo placed 30th, Halo 2 wasn’t even on the list. (Ouch!) A week or so ago, they started listing this year’s winners (thanks, Brian O’Sullivan) – it wasn’t until Thursday that the full standings of the Halo franchise were known. (This year, Halo placed 14th, and Halo 2 placed 25th.) You really gotta wonder how much of this is darts on a dartboard… and how much is careful analysis. Thanks to HaloPlanet for reminding me to revisit the top 100 site.(Louis Wu 20:22:12 UTC)
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I’ve done my part today.
Yesterday, Captain Spark posted another 28 dialogue snippets – you can grab them en masse from his site, or browse them in our Dialogue Databank.(Louis Wu 17:12:23 UTC)
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Terminal Dogs – Redux
A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned the machinima project ‘Terminal Dogs’ – it was being hosted on machinima.com and YouTube. I guess Krad Productions wanted to widen the viewership, because they submitted the film to the MPRRS – and the reviewers liked it. We’re hosting a WMP9 version (24.7 mb) and a QuickTime version (23.3 mb). Once again – this is a couple of scenes from the fantastic movie ‘Reservoir Dogs’, recreated in Halo.(Louis Wu 16:54:09 UTC)
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Malay Mail says HGN Doesn’t Cut It
The Malay Mail reviewed the Halo Graphic Novel – and found it lacking. Go read why.(Louis Wu 16:51:30 UTC)
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Copies are in the wild.
BOLL noticed this blog post at destructoid.com – looks like advance copies of Ghosts of Onyx are beginning to arrive at reviewers’ doors!(Louis Wu 13:28:26 UTC)
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Second GoO excerpt available
UrsosArctos found a second excerpt from Ghosts of Onyx – this one completes the cliffhanger situation left by the first excerpt. Again – if you’re looking to avoid spoilers, don’t follow this link.(Louis Wu 13:26:09 UTC)
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Hello, Juneau!
Over at Red vs Blue, there’s a new Public Service Announcement – this one’s called ‘Planning to Fail‘, and it discusses what you might do when zombies take over the earth. Currently for sponsors-only, but it should be available for the masses by the end of the weekend. Thanks to darthbob for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:10:30 UTC)
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New art at the Halouvre
prometheus stopped by with word that the Halouvre had been updated – lots and lots and lots of new shots, from a variety of artists. Check out his forum post for details – and then check out the new work!(Louis Wu 12:49:31 UTC)
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News from The Bungie World
A day late, a dollar short… the Weekly Update went up as usual last night on Bungie.net, but we were… indisposed. If you haven’t read it yet, you should – it’s full of Bungie goodness, from movie news to Halo 3 tidbits to a community roundup to a Q&A session with Mat Noguchi to the ever-popular Whaaambulance. And an unusual Mister Chief. Go read! (It’s available in our Weekly Update Archive, as well.)(Louis Wu 12:33:38 UTC)
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Bungie Weekly Update
News breaks about the movie this week and we’re here with clarity and hints of good news to come. We also return with a guest appearance of Ask Noguchi, discuss the EGM visit to play Halo 3 and even a couple of Waaaahmbulance mails.
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Indiana Chief
Paul Maestri released Halo Heads 20 today – Clash of the Arks! Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:54:05 UTC)
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Halo Movie Loses Studio Support
Variety.com is reporting today that the Halo movie, recently pushed back to a release in 2008, has lost support from both Univeral Studios and 20th Century Fox. It seems that they were getting cold feet about putting so much money towards the project, especially with director without a feature film to his name.Both of the studios that agreed to co-finance the screen adaptation of the popular Microsoft game have abruptly backed out of the picture. While rumors had the studios concerned over a budget that was rising above the original projected $135 million pricetag, the filmmakers said the double defection came after U and Fox played hardball and unsuccessfully tried to get the filmmakers and Microsoft to reduce their profit participation.
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, WETA and director Neill Blomkamp are still onboard the project, but now it’s time for them to find a new studio to finance and distribute the movie. Here’s hoping that another big studio with deep pockets will take a chance on bringing Master Chief and his adventures to the big screen!
via Variety.com
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Halo Movie Loses Studio Support
Variety.com is reporting today that the Halo movie, recently pushed back to a release in 2008, has lost support from both Univeral Studios and 20th Century Fox. It seems that they were getting cold feet about putting so much money towards the project, especially with director without a feature film to his name.Both of the studios that agreed to co-finance the screen adaptation of the popular Microsoft game have abruptly backed out of the picture. While rumors had the studios concerned over a budget that was rising above the original projected $135 million pricetag, the filmmakers said the double defection came after U and Fox played hardball and unsuccessfully tried to get the filmmakers and Microsoft to reduce their profit participation.
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, WETA and director Neill Blomkamp are still onboard the project, but now it’s time for them to find a new studio to finance and distribute the movie. Here’s hoping that another big studio with deep pockets will take a chance on bringing Master Chief and his adventures to the big screen!
via Variety.com
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S’What?
Today’s One One Se7en looks at a recent change in the XBL playlists. Be careful what you wish for…(Louis Wu 12:50:33 UTC)
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Xbox 360 To Get 100Gb Hard Drive?
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.
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Friday’s Fiction
9 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section for you this week… go read!(Louis Wu 12:42:03 UTC)
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No Dev Kit For You!
KP pointed out that in lieu of a real Halo Humpday Challenge, there’s another Halo 3 random match writeup; you can pore over it for clues about Halo 3 multiplay, as some on our forum have done… or you can read it and be amused and move on. Clearly, it was written specifically so that KP could rub his Halo 3 superiority in to his workmates… do you really want to support that kind of pettiness?(Louis Wu 12:35:08 UTC)
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Xbox 360 To Get 100Gb Hard Drive?
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 in Germany is denying this, according to Kotaku.
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Universal, Fox Pull out of Halo Movie Deal
Wow. Big news this morning involves the Halo movie – looks like Universal and Fox have both pulled out of the deal, citing fears of ballooning costs, and an unwillingness on Microsoft’s part to budge on the existing deal. According to Variety, where I read this story (thanks, runnersdialzero), this doesn’t spell the end of the project; work continues at Weta Digital while new distribution partners are courted. There are similar stories at Cinema Blend, CanMag, Joystiq, and Voodoo Extreme (thanks, Rampancy.net) with differing takes on the situation. The Halo Movie blog has put together a bunch of links including video footage of Jackson discussing this on NZ television, as well. As more details become public, we’ll let you know!(Louis Wu 11:12:56 UTC)
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Fox, Universal Pull Funding For Halo Movie
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 film is “almost dead” while CanMag assures us it means Microsoft knows the worth of the project and will easily find new studio backing.
The proposed budget for the project is reportedly $145 million (with a reduction to $128 million achieved by filming in New Zealand).