GamesFirst Looks At Second Halo
As seen on Voodoo Extreme, GamesFirst has put up a preview of Halo 2. Basically the same information as everyone else, and the same screen shots, but we mention it here for completeness.
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Two More Small New Site Features
If you take a look in the menubar on the left, you'll see a couple of minor additions.
The first is the Countdown box, which currently is counting down the number of days until the release of the Halo 2 trailer as well as the (estimated) number of days until the release of Halo 2, assuming that the sequel comes out November 15, 2003, exactly two years after the original and well within the published estimate of Q4 2003.
The second feature, Nostalgia, features links to Rampancy stories from one, two, and three years ago, as well as the inaugural news story at The Core.
Enjoy!
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Halo Of The Apes
HBO has pointed out the latest installment in the Psyjnir Complex's Shallow Throat series of tabloid prognostications on Halo 2.
Ready, Get Set, Myth
Zandervix at MBO put up an item on Myth Done Quick, a contest to see who can complete Myth levels the fastest in coop mode, Legendary difficulty, with no vets. Latest result is Dark One beating Gate of Storms in six minutes and seventeen seconds.
One Bastard's Halo National Tournament Report
Bungie's own Matt Soell has posted a Halo National Tournament report from El Bastard in Florida:
Everyone knows people who have played Halo through on Normal, but seem to always get their asses handed to them during LAN play. Usually, this person feels that their tactics are superior and it was the game that failed in the execution. Such a player might, say, jump into a warthog, drive close to a heated battle, then hop in the back and try and use the LAAG to wipe out his foes. In theory, such a guy should get a few kills, right? Well, theory or not, this interesting tactic resulted in a grand total of 3 kills. You'd think wandering around shooting rockets randomly into each base might have improved his chances by a factor of 5 at least.
Be sure to check it out, some interesting stuff in there.
XenGamers Covers Halo 2 Announcement
XenGamers, which used to be called CoreMagazine, has put up a story on the Halo 2 announcement in New York and the trailer that we are now waiting 21 days for:
With Halo passing the two million mark in global sales, Microsoft unveiled the first in-game trailer for the much-anticipated sequel. The trailer starts off with the Master Chief, assisted by his AI construct Cortana, deep inside a spaceship. Arming himself with an assault rifle, he makes his way though the corridors of the ship, as mission objectives from the first game flash across the screen, each with a Completed after it. Upon entering the ship's hangar, huge Covenant ships can be seen invading Earth. Huge explosions burst across the continents. A new mission objective hits the screen: Stop the destruction of the human race and Master Chief opens the hangar door and jumps into space, heading directly for a hovering Covenant craft below. The trailer showcased new graphic enhancements that Bungie's managed to get out of Xbox, including realistic real-time lighting effects, more fluid animation and more realistic bump mapping. In addition to featuring online play through Xbox Live, the sequel will offer a larger assortment of weapons and twice as many vehicles.
The story also covers the Xbox Live announcement.
21 Days Because...
It's strange that we have to wait 21 days for the Halo 2 trailer, but Smilebit thinks he knows why. He writes in the HBO forum:
The Halo trailer is encoded using WMP9. The Windows Media Player 9 beta comes out on Sept. 4th.
So IS Windows Media Player 9 coming out September 4? You betcha. My main concern is, will a Mac version be released by that time?
Marius Net Celebrates One Year
Marius Net will be celebrating one year of operation this Friday. Bungie.net suggests (while Clan Plaid confirms) that there will be prizes given away. If you hope to catch a prize, then be on Marius Net at 12:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM, and/or midnight for your chance.
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