Xboxyde also talked to Peter Jackson about his upcoming Halo stuff – if you were a little fuzzy about what he’s got planned, read this – you’ll probably get a little MORE fuzzy. Nonetheless, it’s an expansion on the ideas he expressed during the press conference, and who knows? Maybe your brain works better than mine, and you’ll be able to decipher what he’s saying he’s going to do. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 14:08:10 UTC)
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Omega Team V1E1
Random Outburst Productions submitted the extensively-titled ‘OMEGA TEAM Volume: 1 Episode: 1 “A More Perfect Federation”‘ – it’s got an RvB vibe (right down to the censorable language). Pretty funny – the MPRRS said ‘yep’, so we’re offering you a WMP9 version (29.1 mb) or a Quicktime version (30.8 mb)… grab your favorite poison.(Louis Wu 13:43:28 UTC)
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MS Suits Talk Halo Wars
Xboxyde has posted a Q&A with Phil Spencer (GM of Microsoft Game Studios Publishing) and Dave Luehmann (GM of MGS Internal Developing) about Halo Wars, collected during X06. More than anything posted in the last three days, this makes me a little apprehensive… but read it for yourself. Maybe I’m just overreacting. Thanks to broony for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 12:59:01 UTC)
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Cooler Xbox 360 CPU Rumored For 2007
Supernostro pointed out an article at IGN suggesting that in Q1 of 2007, the CPU in the Xbox 360 will get an upgrade that will make the console more reliable:
Chartered Semiconductor will update the 360 CPU to a 65nm process, the current state-of-the-art in chip manufacturing techniques. The new Xbox 360 CPUs will benefit from lower power consumption, and thus much lower operating heat. The change will likely have a dramatic impact upon Xbox 360 reliability, as the console, especially the first batch of units manufactured before January 2006, has something of a reputation for being prone to hardware failure and the dreaded “Red Eye of Death.”
Of course, I’m sure Microsoft would rather that hordes of potential buyers don’t skip out on buying a 360 this holiday, assuming they haven’t already, so don’t be surprised if this upgrade either gets moved up, or denied altogether.
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Static (Teaser)
Dennis Powers stopped by to point out a teaser for Static, a new series from Halo CE Chronicles. Film style of the teaser is reminiscent of the Halo 3 trailer, and hints at a darker storyline than earlier HCEC work. Stay tuned!(Louis Wu 12:38:54 UTC)
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Friday’s Fiction
Ten new stories today in the Fan Fiction section today. And you’re waiting for…?(Louis Wu 12:29:30 UTC)
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Grunt Toon
Retsof-Noraa put together a small Grunt Flash Toon, hosted over at DeviantART… should bring a smile to your face.(Louis Wu 12:23:49 UTC)
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Delivering Halo Through RTS
CanMag has written up a first look at Halo Wars, and what it might mean for the Halo franchise. (It echoes a lot of points made multiple times on our forum, but a forum post doesn’t get the same viewing audience, generally, as an article in a big online mag.) Go read.(Louis Wu 12:15:42 UTC)
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Beating Your Children, Bungie-Style
A REAL Halo Humpday Challenge happened this week after all – offspring of Bungie employees came in and gave Bungie employees a whuppin’. That is – until KP showed up. The first game was a rout – the kids ruled. Games 2 and 3 were a bit different… and the difference wears a red cape, blue tights, and reports to Frankie each morning. Yep… SuperKP! Go read the writeup.(Louis Wu 12:08:50 UTC)
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Cooler Xbox 360 CPU Rumored For 2007
Supernostro pointed out an article at IGN suggesting that in Q1 of 2007, the CPU in the Xbox 360 will get an upgrade that will make the console more reliable:
Chartered Semiconductor will update the 360 CPU to a 65nm process, the current state-of-the-art in chip manufacturing techniques. The new Xbox 360 CPUs will benefit from lower power consumption, and thus much lower operating heat. The change will likely have a dramatic impact upon Xbox 360 reliability, as the console, especially the first batch of units manufactured before January 2006, has something of a reputation for being prone to hardware failure and the dreaded “Red Eye of Death.”
Of course, I’m sure Microsoft would rather that hordes of potential buyers don’t skip out on buying a 360 this holiday, assuming they haven’t already, so don’t be surprised if this upgrade either gets moved up, or denied altogether.
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News Roundup For September 29
More links about the ever-expanding Halo universe:
- WarCry: Peter Jackson Into Games, Working on New “Halo”
- TeamXbox: Video of Storytelling panel at X06 featuring Jackson, Frankie, and Peter Molyneux
- IGN: Video interview with Bungie’s Marty O’Donnell
- Hollywood Reporter: Peter Jackson buddies with Microsoft for video game studio
- HBO: The audio portion of Microsoft’s X06 presentation
- Wikipedia: Halo Wars
- Podtacular: Episode 82, now with more Stuntmutt
- Rampancy: HawaiianPig‘s take on Halo Wars.
- Eurogamer: Peter Jackson Bored With Movies
- Playfuls.com: Halo Wars RTS In The Works At Ensemble
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News Roundup For September 29
More links about the ever-expanding Halo universe:
- WarCry: Peter Jackson Into Games, Working on New “Halo”
- TeamXbox: Video of Storytelling panel at X06 featuring Jackson, Frankie, and Peter Molyneux
- IGN: Video interview with Bungie’s Marty O’Donnell
- Hollywood Reporter: Peter Jackson buddies with Microsoft for video game studio
- HBO: The audio portion of Microsoft’s X06 presentation
- Wikipedia: Halo Wars
- Podtacular: Episode 82, now with more Stuntmutt
- Rampancy: HawaiianPig‘s take on Halo Wars.
- Eurogamer: Peter Jackson Bored With Movies
Playfuls.com: Halo Wars RTS In The Works At Ensemble
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A kid in the candy store
Great video interview with Marty O’Donnell over at IGN – Marty talks about sound design, and emotion tweaking. Good stuff! Thanks, darthbob.(Louis Wu 22:55:32 UTC)
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Humpday: Bungie Offspring
Bungie’s been frantically searching for opponents we can beat in order to raise our morale. This week, we finally found our match: Bungie’s children! That’s right, Bungie beats its own children.
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Halo 2 Vista Screens from X06
Bungie was pretty busy yesterday in Barcelona, not only with the two big announcements but also in showing off Halo 2 Vista. Today we’ve added the screenshots they released to the Halo 2 Vista section of the site, so go check them out!
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Storytelling Roundtable
The roundtable discussion about storytelling in games this morning at X06 between Peter Jackson, Greg Zeschuk (Bioware) and Peter Molyneux (Lionhead) – moderated by Frankie – has been put online, in its entirety, by TeamXbox, in WMP9 format (almost 200mb). I haven’t had time to watch more than a couple of minutes – but grab a copy, it sounds like a fascinating discussion! Thanks, Tempus Fugit.(Louis Wu 21:38:41 UTC)
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Out of the gate at a flat run
Hmm… this is pretty bizarre… Team Xbox has Halo Wars on the list of games arriving in time for the holidays this year; I have a little trouble believing that, since that means they pretty much need to have sent it to the duplicators by now… but hey, stranger things have happened. I say, until Ensemble confirms, count this as a typo. Update: Thanks to Black Six, who noticed an all-but-invisible line (see screenshot) which separates some of the games on this list from the actual Holiday releases – Halo Wars is NOT coming out this year.(Louis Wu 21:27:01 UTC)
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Unused Halo 2 Animation Clip
I’m not sure how good an idea this is, but… BARBARIC RAGE stumbled across the portfolio of the Treanor Brothers, a 3D Animation and Cinematics company – apparently, they created a a 10 second web trailer for the launch of the Halo 2 website back in 2004. As far as I know, it was never used – but it’s pretty cool! Take a look. Update: Tempus Fugit says I’m wrong – he remembers seeing it.(Louis Wu 20:17:17 UTC)
