Less ado, more do:

• Eurogamer: Halo Wars Is For Ze Germans
• Dolbex: How Far Can Bungie Stretch?
• Bungie: Bungie.net Update
• Xboxyde: HaloWars Q&A and Interview with Peter Jackson
• Primotech: Marty O’Donnell’s Wife Plays Bejeweled

Wideload Games, makers of Stubbs the Zombie and currently working on an unspecified number of unspecified projects for unspecified platforms in their sweet Chicago digs, is looking for a Lead Engineer:

Sure, there are other options. You could move to California and get a job squeezing out WWII shooters for some big company. Bet nobody’s thought of that before. Sounds almost as satisfying as it is original. Perhaps someday you’ll be assigned to work on an ersatz clone of a Wideload game. It’ll be almost like working here, except you’ll be following a trail instead of blazing it. Kind of like being a courtroom stenographer, writing other people’s words instead of your own. If that sounds boring to you, don’t worry; at any moment, you could perish in one of those colossal earthquakes that Chicagoans never have to worry about. Talk about excitement!

Wideload asks that if you don’t want to apply yourself, but know someone else who’d be right for the job, get in touch with Wideload. Thanks to Matt Soell for the heads-up.

Less ado, more do:

• Eurogamer: Halo Wars Is For Ze Germans


• Dolbex: How Far Can Bungie Stretch?


• Bungie: Bungie.net Update


• Xboxyde: HaloWars Q&A and Interview with Peter Jackson


• Primotech: Marty O’Donnell’s Wife Plays Bejeweled

Wideload Games, makers of Stubbs the Zombie and currently working on an unspecified number of unspecified projects for unspecified platforms in their sweet Chicago digs, is looking for a Lead Engineer:

Sure, there are other options. You could move to California and get a job squeezing out WWII shooters for some big company. Bet nobody’s thought of that before. Sounds almost as satisfying as it is original. Perhaps someday you’ll be assigned to work on an ersatz clone of a Wideload game. It’ll be almost like working here, except you’ll be following a trail instead of blazing it. Kind of like being a courtroom stenographer, writing other people’s words instead of your own. If that sounds boring to you, don’t worry; at any moment, you could perish in one of those colossal earthquakes that Chicagoans never have to worry about. Talk about excitement!

Wideload asks that if you don’t want to apply yourself, but know someone else who’d be right for the job, get in touch with Wideload. Thanks to Matt Soell for the heads-up.

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.

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.

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

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


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  Playfuls.com: Halo Wars RTS In The Works At Ensemble