Louis Wu's news item on bungie.org alerted us to Matt's forum post about the announcement on bungie.net that the Halo Launch Party has been booked and scheduled.
Since Amazon.com put up their page for pre-ordering Halo-- including box art-- some fans have been wondering about that big M seen there, because it looked disturbingly like an ESRB rating.
In the Halo.bungie.org forum they've been anxiously awaiting the latest Halo Update that Matt emailed to Haloplayers on Friday-- and now they've reported it's finally online
Matt Soell has posted a followup on the whole 'no filmz' issue in the Halo.bungie.org forum. It seems that it's not that Halo couldn't have the capability, but that it couldn't be finished in time:
Here's a listing of a number of the post-E3 articles that are currently out on Halo or Oni. Some have doubtless already been reported by other sites and only a few include information for avid Halo or Oni fans that wasn't already covered in our news and forum reports earlier.
HALO @ E3
Halo Wrap UpOne last whack at the pinata, eh? A few final thoughts on the Halo demonstration at E3, including something I've left out of the prior reports...
While they went unnoticed the first few times through the demonstrations, there were a few flaws in the engine. In particular, distant hills and pieces of the terrain mesh took on a peculiar look that I also saw while watching the Tribes2 demonstration.
Article translated from German to English and posted with permission by GameStar.
The pyrotechnics of Bungie's tactical action game destroy all graphical standards in computer gaming. A visit to Bungie's headquarters also made us excited about its other great features.
Most of the E3 coverage came from the terribly impressive Halo movie, which was actually a recorded sequence burned onto a DVD, not actually the engine doing things in realtime for each performance. However, prior to each showing of the movie, we were treated to a realtime demonstration in which Bungie's Joseph Staten demonstrated weapons, vehicles, and other cool things about the engine. These haven't received much attention in light of the movie that followed, but they did yield a few interesting tidbits.
by Ferrex
And it is good. Bullets striking the scattering Covenant cause the aliens to jerk as splats of blood mark the impact. I won't know for sure until I've checked again, but I'd swear old style Covenant soldiers make an appearance here, possibly in the role of pilots by the way they rush to their vehicles while the others return fire.
Cortana is back. More on that later.
Halo is being shown in a closed theatre here at E3, with showings of about 20 people a piece. The line up is half way around the booth, and people are bringing food for the wait. Even if the line was double thick around the booth, the wait would be well worth it.
What we have seen of Halo so far is nothing.
Editorial by Ferrex (Dead)
I have a confession to make. As of the time of this writing, I still have not seen Star Wars: Episode One. This is due, in no small part, to the remarkable speed with which our local theatre has not brought it in. C'est la vie, I guess. Still, as I desperately try to avoid spoilers, I've listened to the reactions of people who have seen it, and one comment seems to seems to stand out: It was good, but not that good.
