Aquaduct Updated
Aquaduct, the superior Xbox tunneling app for Mac OS X, has been updated to beta 3 today. The changes since beta 2 include:
Halo, as first released on the Xbox gaming console.
Death by intelligence.
Fake Halo 2 Trailer Circulating On Imesh, Kazaa
bikeman74 has posted on the HBO forum that a file called halo2trailer.mov on the Imesh and Kazaa P2P file sharing systems is, in fact, a hoax contrary to earlier claims.
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.
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.
One Bastard's Halo National Tournament Report
Bungie's own Matt Soell has posted a Halo National Tournament report from El Bastard in Florida:
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:
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?
Halo 2 Trailer In 21 Days
Crap. Don't count on seeing the Halo 2 trailer any time in the near future. There is a counter at Xbox.com that says it will be released 21 days from now. That would be September 4, 2002.
Halo 2 Trailer Screenshots Online
We've started a Halo 2 Screenshot section and added the first seven shots from the upcoming trailer as released on Bungie.net.
Team Overkill Posts HNC Impressions
Louis Wu over at HBO has posted a link to Team Overkill's page on their experiences on the first day of the Halo National Tournament.
Trailer Transcript: MC To Save Earth
Gamers.com, a site which has pages on Halo and Halo 2 as well as Bungie Soft... uh, Studios, featuring various pieces of information, has also put up a transcript of the Halo 2 trailer unveiled last week.
Will Halo 2 have "unlockable content"?
Matt Soell of Bungie Studios said in a forum post at HBO that this idea has been talked about.
Bungie.net: iGames Now Hosting HNC Rules
According to a news item at Bungie.net, the page that EB was hosting for the Halo National Tournament rules has disappeared inexplicably . There is a complete copy of the HNC rules online at iGames.
What network play modes will Halo 2 support?
Halo 2 is expected to feature similar modes supported by Halo 1, as well as additional modes.
For instance, Halo 1 could support 16 players on 4 Xboxes simultaneously over System Link (ethernet). It did not support Xbox Live.
Halo 2 will fully support Xbox Live. Its per-game player limit may be as high as 64. It is expected that the limit of 4 Xboxes per System Link game will be removed, allowing more individual players to play on separate Xboxes, removing the necessity for split screen mode, although this mode is expected to still be available.
GameFAQs Opens Halo 2 Board
The good folks at GameFAQs have opened up a message board dedicated to Halo 2 in addition to their Halo and Halo Online boards. It's always nice to have more resources available, so this gets our approval.