A lot of the storyline has remained the same, it’s just the game’s depth – there’s more to it now than there was. We really focused on trying to tell a story again, something we didn’t do entirely successfully in Oni, I think we didn’t even necessarily do it all that successfully in the myth games… like with Marathon (going back to that) it was really much more of a… you got a lot more story thrown at you in the course of the game, even though it was in static terminals, you got a lot more stuff to ponder, and there’s a lot more of that feeling, of that storyline developing in Halo now than there ever used to be.

It’s a nice view of how a Bungie employee sees Bungie… check it out.

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On page 1, it says quite clearly that this game will be for the Xbox only – in fact, they go so far as to say ‘Halo for the PC is no more!’ (This, according to Matt Soell, is just plain wrong.) The Halo preview in this mag is an enjoyable read… but it’s chock-full of errors (see how many YOU can spot). It’s high-profile media like this, however, which is driving the ‘no-PC’ hysteria… so next time you see someone asking the question, assume they’ve simply read a poorly-informed source, and explain the true situation politely.

“You’re not paid to guess where the tango was, Alpha leader,” Simmons replied with disdain. He was about to voice the rest of his opinion, but was cut off — very abruptly — as the backpack filled with high explosive triggered.

New fan fiction from Tursas was in our Inbox today; Hermes Trismegistus – Prologue should get you hooked. Our Fan Fiction section continues to grow…

Which upcoming game are you looking most forward to?

Halo is currently holding a 3-vote lead over Warcraft III, but only 115 votes have been cast… you know what to do.

This was definitely the second hardest category to decide. How do you limit the scope so you don’t go insane with all the choices at this year’s E3? Should I include Xbox titles? Don’t think so. Ok, one down.

Ah, well… so it goes, sometimes. They DID do an extensive piece on the Xbox System and Titles last week (we missed it, unfortunately), and they LOVED Halo. You can’t win ’em all!

Who do you like best in Halo?

Go visit and let ’em know what you’ll be playing as!

New GameStar-video: The same as with the last one – we’re not yet allowed to publish it on the web. But one thing is sure – the quality is goodÊ¡nd the footage is all new. It shows the E3-level from the beginning – well, not exactly… it starts with the escape-pod crashing onto the Halo. Player exits and the action starts. Some covenant-forces arrive with their version of the dropship, but they’re no match for the marine, who is supported by some bobs. The battle goes on and the humans retreat onto some sort of platform which has been seen on the last official screenshots. From this position it is easy for the human-forces to take the covenant our. CUT, some jeep action (including the player running over some covenant with the jeep). CUT, some indoor-scenes (not very spectacular, but one of the new covenant [which also appeared on the recently published screens] appears and is killed) – that’s it.

People who got the DVD-Version of the GameStarʯwn theʶideoʩn DVD-quality (well, as far as a filmed video can have DVD-quality ;o)

We need that movie!