Halo Will Not Be Cut From CPL
Forum Administrator Tonya Welch posted in one of the CPL forums that Halo will not be cut from their summer event; apparently the earlier threats to that effect caused some amount of controversy. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO.
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Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me A Map
Walshicus has drawn up an extensive map of the Halo universe drawing on the games and novels. It features three-dimensional coordinates for many locations, both as an image and as an Excel worksheet. He submitted it to HBO and Louis Wu put it up in their Miscellaneous section.
BBC On Halo's Enduring Appeal
A BBCi article compares the experience of Halo LANfesting with watching porn as part of an examination of how popular Halo still is years after its initial release. But don't worry, it's a compliment:
But there is something genuinely special about a gathering for some offline multiplay, replete with booze, snacks and stream of banter, by turns good-natured, competitive, foul and surprisingly witty.
Sounds like he was at Louis Wu's last LANfest.
Mac Halo Gets Patched Again
According to MacSoft, this second-in-24-hours patch for Mac Halo fixes "a random memory trasher in Halo's input system" which may have been causing the keyboard problems some reported with the 1.04 patch. This update also has a page at VersionTracker now, and is available from Rampancy (http://rampancy.net/machalo/halo_103-1041_updater.sit) and from RHL.
Halo Worldwide Champion to be Crowned on February 17
Editor's Note: The following is a press release sent to Rampancy by AEG. Click the "read more" link at the bottom of this summary to read the entire article, including a list of finalists.
Microsoft Game Studios today announced that 19 gamers representing nine nations will be duking it out on February 17 at the Halo® for Windows® Worldwide Championship in Los Angeles, California. The Halo for Windows Worldwide Championship is a truly global event; spanning more than 275 iGames centers and worldwide partners gaming centers across five continents, including locations in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, Australia and the United Kingdom. The exciting championship and semifinal rounds will showcase some of the world's greatest Halo talent. Halo fans are invited to stop by and catch all the action, which starts at 1 p.m. PST on February 17. >From 6-10 p.m. PST, all fans are invited to come play Halo for free in a LAN frag-fest on 60 PCs.
Mac Halo Updated To 1.04
This update synchronizes the Mac version with the PC version 1.04 allowing cross-platform multiplayer to again function. Requires Halo v1.03. NOTE: You should disable your anti-virus software before running the updater. If you are reinstalling Halo, you need to first download the 1.03 update and install it prior to installing the 1.04 update.
Download: http://rampancy.net/machalo/halo103-104_updater.sit
February 13, 2004. Originally at Rampancy
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I get a lot of mail here. Some of it asks perfectly reasonable questions, about multiplayer Halo 2 features, or what it's like working at Bungie, that kind of thing. A lot of them are explicit or implied death threats, or impossible requests to store outlandish objects in uncomfortable places. I tackle it all with gusto, like a red-faced optimistic German tour guide. "Ha, ha, I am so jolly to enjoy your correspondence!" But a lot of the letters ask things like, "Why don't you put movies in the updates?" or, "Why don't you run this column on the front page of IGN?"
Well it's simple — the weekly updates are (and always have been) designed to be a window on the process and people here at Bungie. It is not some official geyser of Halo 2 information; for that very reason, we post in occasionally obscure Halo and Bungie fan forums. [Editor's Note: Obscure? Don't make me sic Tyson on you...] If we went up on the front page of Gamespot or MSN every week, people would have warped expectations of the weekly update. Of course, the update gets mirrored immediately, and that's cool ; we want lots of people to read and enjoy the updates, but they're here for folks who're curious about the process not so much the product. Nearer the game's release, there will be fountains of really gritty Halo 2 stuff, but until then, the Bungie Weekly Updates will continue in the vein they have been.
Gearbox Moving On After Halo?
If you look at Randy Pitchford's .plan file through Blue's News, the project listings there are the same as they've been for some time:
- Halo PC
- Secret Sauce
"Secret Sauce" might have been the Halo Editing Kit before that was announced, but it might be something else all together.
Rams Resigns From Battleground: Halo
Assistant Site Director Rams has put up his (second, by my count) resignation letter from Battleground: Halo, one of the longer-running Halo fansites on the web. While Viper is hedging his bets by holding a pool on Rams coming back again, the man himself says this is it, because real life is starting to infringe on the time he needs for working on the site. He will be replaced by Ecko. Be sure to give his letter a read.
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