My Rifle's Name Is Godot
Weapon respawn times for Warlock, Turf, Containment and Sanctuary have been added by Typher to HBO's weapon respawn page. Louis Wu posted the news at HBO.
Death by intelligence.
Backwards Compatibility Question Still Not Answered
A few stories today also on whether or not the Xbox 360 is going to play games for the original Xbox.
Halo 3: Are They Or Aren't They?
Bill Gates is quoted in this month's Time Magazine, featuring the Xbox 360 on the cover, as saying that when the PlayStation 3 launches, it will "walk right into Halo 3."
In last week's Weekly What's What Update, Frankie said:
We're quite some time away from announcing what our next game is and for which platform.
Second Cousin To Xbox 360 News Roundup
PC-Gaming teams crossing over -- a good thing
Hey guys, this is Mogul. Some of you might know me as a journalist for team Fnatic, the multi-championship-winning UT2004/Painkiller international team. Others may recognize me from PlanetQuake! And yet others might have seen my news work on Challenge-TV -- so -- what am I doing here?
Recently, ESReality.com published an article about Halo 2's competitive scene. Being actively involved in the PC competitive gaming scene for several years now, it was surprising to me to see that the game was picking up a great following. So here's where I'm going with this.
Wired Interviews J Allard
Major Nelson points out in his blog this Wired interview with J Allard.
The article clearly places Bungie's Halo and Halo 2 in the proper pivotal place in the Xbox's history:
Daughter Of Xbox 360 News Roundup
- Xbox365 has a collection of the custom faceplates for the Xbx 360; looks like they pulled these from frames in the OurColony video.
- BDGamer links to a collection of movies showing Xbox 360 games at Xboxyde and elsewhere.
New Maps Delayed Until July 5
Frankie's What's What Update for May 13, 2005 mentions that the next map release date is now July 5 instead of June 28.
More Monstrous Shit
At Penny Arcade, Gabe and Tycho don't seem to think much of MTV in general or the Xbox 360 Special in specific. They do highly recommend the tech-specific, geek-laden five minute video from OurColony.net, instead. That's a short summary; check Penny Arcade for the more humorous, more verbose version.
Whose Round Is It, Anyway?
Cortana pays the price for Master Chief's wardrobe malfunction in this week's Halo Babies cartoon. Thanks mrsmiley.
Son Of Xbox 360 News Roundup
Yet another site has got into the business of listings links to Xbox 360 news; Slashdot's Xbox 360 thread is quite worthwhile if for nothing else than the sarcastic advice to Xbox-bashing trolls. In addition to sources we cited earlier, they also mention the following:
Please Show Bungie The Whine List
Bungie's put up their side of their loss to the Xbox Live team in the Humpday Challenge; they allege that XBL used a ringer. And according to SketchFactor, Major Nelson Suxorz.
UPDATE: Major Nelson is denying the charge of ringer leveled by Bungie against one member of the XBL team that played in the Humpday.
Will you buy Xbox 360 without a Bungie launch title?
Yes
46% (547 votes)
No
33% (395 votes)
Maybe
21% (248 votes)
Total votes: 1190
Xbox 360 Announced; Halo 3 Nowhere To Be Seen
I haven't been able to catch the MTV Special yet; however, the official press release does reveal quite a bit of information and confirms things that were previously only rumored. The expected release date is indeed the 2005 holiday season, as widely predicted. Here's a quick run-down of confirmed features:
Xbox 360 News Roundup
Microsoft's new console is officially called Xbox 360 we know now because of happened on MTV on May 12. Here are links to some of the stories published after that special: