Computer and Video Games is reporting that the Xbox 2, code-named Xenon but referred to some as Xbox Next, may lose the small black and white buttons from its controller. Apparently some studies they've done show these buttons are hard to find and little used.
News.com's David Becker is reporting that M-Systems, a maker of flash memory, is announcing that they've signed a contract with Microsoft to provide memory systems for future Xbox products.
I've transcribed the sheet music for 'Enough Dead Heroes' for a string orchestra, and am well on my way to finishing the halo theme. if anyone wants copies, just post on the blog, or contact me at the personal messaging thing (never used it, so it might be best to just post ur e-mail adress or somewhere where i can send u jpegs of the music) GO HALO!!!!!!!!!!
PfhorSlayer let us know that work on version two of Aquaduct, the Mac OS X Xbox tunneller, is still ongoing:
Things are progressing very well, and we are gearing up for some internal testing and hopefully release in the not-too-far future.
Aquaduct can now tunnel games between Xbox users who have a Mac running Aquaduct and Windows users who have Xbox Connect; word is it will "probably" be out before Halo 2. Let's hope so.
Blackstar of Blackstar Productions, that yesterday released a video of the Offensive Tetraboxing LANfest held by HBO's Louis Wu, mentioned in the HBO forum that a second part of the video will also be available soon.
[image:6820 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]Over at Blackstar Productions, Blackstar's highlight film for the Offensive Tetraboxing LANfest held on January 31 and February 1 by HBO's Louis Wu is now ready. It's called HALO: Offensive Tetraboxing and it's clocks in at a little over 9 minutes and 93 megabytes.
ok,im sure you all get this alot, bu thow the hell do you hack on the Xbox. I mean, u have a controler w/ less then 10 buttons. how the hell. lol.
1Up Xbox is running a story that Microsoft has announced a new suite of development tools for Xbox Live; they're calling it Tsunami, and it will allow developers to create XBL clans, tournaments, user-created content, and integrate with MSN Messenger.
There's no specific information on when players will get to use these new features; we can only hope it is in time for Halo 2.
th3gh05t has posted at Halo-Source.com that Beta 4.0 of XBconnect is now available. XbConnect allows Xbox users to connect to each other over the Internet and play games that don't support Xbox Live.
Citing retail sources and market analysts, the New York Post had an article on the 18th that referred to Microsoft's "flagging Xbox video game console" and suggested that a price cut to $150 may come as soon as April. Thanks TheElderGamer at Xboxsolution.
Louis Wu at HBO has pointed out a writeup of the Offensive Tetraboxing LANfest he held recently. This one's by CYBRFRK, and it's called Cold plasma still sticks... Friendship, loyalty and gaming - the ideology of bungie.org. The writeup is great, and so are the photos.
im sure u have all seen the warthog jump, and guess what, i kno its old, and everyone has learned to do it.
but recently, i saw on halo.bungie.org a new event,
can ne1 please tell me how to jump high off the warthog in motion?
and any other cool vehicle tricks?
thanx
im sure u all have seen in level 343 guilty sparks not only a downed pelican, but also a downed dropship. i thought that the flood had just been released, so y would there be both dropships destroyed? and if it was that the flood got to them both, wasnt there 2 pelicans in the area? then what happened to the other one?
There's a thread in the HBO forum where mikeman445 pointed out a couple of tricks relating to weapon reloading in Halo; one that he was familiar with, the other he wasn't, but noticed in a tournament video featuring StK vs. TDT.