Mike Weber from PlanetXbox has written us to let us know they have a new first look feature on Halo. There isn't anything particularly earth-shattering, but it is a nice compilation of what we know so far, and a look ahead to what Halo will be upon release. They have especially nice things to say about the AI and physics code:
Originally at Halo.bungie.org.
An eerie calm settles over Bungie HQ as we approach the moment when we start calling them release candidates instead of just builds. A sense of quiet contemplation sets in, and the silence of employees hard at work is only broken by the occasional cry of DIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK! as a rocket launcher or sniper rifle does its dirty work. This is what Bungie is all about.
I saw how bummed out people were this afternoon after MS launched and then retracted their Halo website. Peter suggested I could cheer you guys up with a new screenshot. As you already know, there's not a lot for me to talk about these days, so screenshots sounded good. Besides, other people had suggested back in the day that I include a screenshot with every update, and I never said I would, but I never said I wouldn't either. Peter happened to have several lying around, so we took a look at them.
Well, at first we thought perhaps the Halo Updates had finally run out of steam, but as it turns out there was still enough for at least one more-- and a good one, at that. It's over at Haloplayers this week.
Besides including a note from Chris Butcher that crewmen in Halo 'fight better than BoBs'-- damning with faint praise if I ever heard it-- there are some other AI improvements as well:
Just saw on Blue's News that Xbox.ign.com has posted six Halo screenshots from the official XBox Magazine teaser publication, and unlike the versions of these shots that have appeared elsewhere, they aren't scans of reprints in Next-Gen or PC Gamer.
Go to IGN's Halo Preview and scroll down to Current Media and you'll see the shots there.
Originally at Haloplayers.
Like Neil Diamond, the Halo Update has steadfastly refused to die. But will there be enough data to keep it going until its first birthday?
Ready for a HUG? No, not like that. I mean some Halo Update Goodness. Because this week it's at Battleground: Halo. As he mentioned last week, Matt says that the development process is coming to a point where there aren't many things he can talk about without spoiling, and the things he can talk about just arent that interesting (bug fixes).
Originally at Battleground: Halo.
OK, I actually noticed this one myself earlier today, but Louis beat me to the punch posting it at halo.bungie.org.
