Console Strip Show At Xbox365
Xbox365 has posted links to several images from a Japanese site, where they've dissected their Xbox and taken a few pictures.
Xbox365 has posted links to several images from a Japanese site, where they've dissected their Xbox and taken a few pictures.
FunXbox has posted a positively glowing review of Halo on their site. Here's an excerpt:
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Jack Mathews at Shacknews now has an Xbox and a GameCube, and so to start off a new round of fla... I mean, discussions, he's posted a few positive impressions of titles for each console to start off:
Xbox365 reports there are no plans to launch the MS console in China.
Psyrixx posts his story of Xbox acquisition.
It was long suspected.
The detailed environments in Halo push the Xbox's graphics hardware to the limit, as evidenced by the slight framerate problems right up until release. The VGA adapter for the Xbox went AWOL, and Microsoft updated the Xbox FAQ to indicate that connecting the Xbox to a monitor wasn't possible.
Put together, it suggested that perhaps Halo would be producing output at a resolution appropriate for a standard TV-- 640x480-- even if connected to another device.
A few more Xbox Launch stories have cropped up:
ConsoleDomain has reported that while most people at the NYC launch party were able to get their hands on an Xbox if they wanted one, that supply is now constrained.
HBO's own Louis Wu posted a note that IGN has put up a complete-- and I do mean COMPLETE-- walkthrough of Halo. As Louis notes, you can get around having to register with IGN to see it if you turn off javascript in your browser. Here's what they say in the introduction:
Our very own Tobin has posted a story detailing his experiences purchasing an Xbox on launch day.
CoreMagazine has posted an Xbox Launch Guide. The first page includes a short description of Halo. Page two has a rundown on accessories.
Steve Gibson at Shacknews posted a personal tidbit about Halo as part of an Xbox launch coverage roundup:
fate noticed and Louis Wu posted at HBO that Firing Squad has a section on Halo in their Xbox Launch article.