Shacknews Opens Halo Reader Reviews; Early Results Disappointing
Louis Wu at HBO wrote that gaming site Shacknews now has added PC Halo to its list of games for which users can write reviews.
Death by intelligence.
Killtastic!
Got my copy of Halo for the PC the other day and have been playing for a while. Heard "Killtastic!" for the first time today from the game's announcer. That was pretty funny. I was attempting to take over the hill on "King of The Hill" and when I arrived at the hill on foot I saw maybe 6 or 7 enemies defending. Happily I had Invisibility, Shield, a handfull of grenades, and the Fuel Rod gun. Heh. When I gleefully unloaded on them with a big grin on my face I heard, "Double Kill!", "Triple Kill!", then "Killtastic!". What a riot.
First Halo Mod Available
Well, somebody has to be first, so this is it. A site called HaloBunker.net has a modified version of Blood Gulch, with some weapon and vehicle modifications (namely, the LAAG fires rockets) as well as some movies of the modded map in action. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO.
What Do You Want In Sparkedit?
Halomods.com, the site that is home to the only currently-released (although unofficial) Halo map editing tool, Sparkedit, is running a poll on what new features users would like to see in the next version. Head over and vote if you're planning on editing Halo maps.
More On Half Life 2 Code Theft
Half-Life 2 Source Code Stolen
Well, it was announced earlier today that Valve software's source code for Half-Life 2 was stolen.
"In a bit of shocking news, Valve recently confirmed rumors that a copy of the source code for Half-Life 2 has indeed been stolen. According to a preliminary report from Valve's Gabe Newell, hackers used flaws in Outlook Express to get into Valve's network and retrieve the code..."
Sure that may sound like good news to the people that say "0MG H4L0 2 PWNZ H4LF-LUFE!", but you must realize that things like this are not always good.
Patchmaker, Patchmaker Make Me A Patch
OK, sue me for re-using the same bad joke inside of a week. There's an old adage about blood and a stone that applies to the results.
Anyway, there is a hotfix-- ahem, I mean, patch, for PC Halo that brings it up to version 1.01. There's no list of changes with it, and apparently the auto-updating feature of the game will also retrieve this patch.
Dedicated PC Halo Server Mirrored... Everywhere
We've added mirrors of the full PC Halo Dedicated Server (106 Mb) as well as the PC Halo Dedicated Server without maps (1.7 Mb) created by BOLL. HBO, as usual, has a list of all the mirrors and a mirror of the mirror list.
PC Halo Gets Mixed Reviews
PC Halo has been reviewed at: GamingNEXT, Telefragged, Gamers Depot, The Wargamer, GameSpot and
CPL Winter Event 2003 Registration Opens
Registrations for the Halo competition in Cyberathlete Professional League's Winter 2003 event starts today. 32 teams, first-come, first-serve. Thanks Blue's News.
Gamer's Pulse Previews PC Halo
There's a new, albeit short, preview of Halo on the PC done by Gamer's Pulse; it's got a quick rundown and some screenshots that suffered the usual fate.
They Know You'll Buy Halo Anyway
With the interesting tagline above, CompUSA has announced their Halo VIP Contest, where the grand prize package includes VIP treatment at the CPL Winter 2003 event, participation in Nvidia's Halo tourney, a free PC game every month in 2004, and an Nvidia prize pack. All you have to do is preorder Halo for $49.99. We report; you shop.
Cartographobia
The Silent Cartographers, a PC Halo mapmaking group, have got their website up now. They have 14 members and list several projects on their project page, including four new maps, one called "Aquaphobia", a clear reference to similarly named levels in Bungie games, such as Phforaphobia in Marathon and Gephyrophobia in PC Halo.
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me A Match
Zandervix over at MBO has posted a note on the availability of Myth Browser v1.81; it runs on Windows and Mac OS X (requires X11) and allows you to browse Myth games running on PlayMyth and Marius.net.
Multiple Perspectives On Specifications
Want specs for PC Halo? There's a bunch: the official PC Halo site, and the other... official... PC Halo site... uh.. anyway. Most of the info is the same, except it's more specific in some areas. Apparently you can run Halo under Windows 98. Well, I'll be damned, it's good for something!