Verdafolio reminds us that HBO-COERCE is going down. Really.

Today's Penny Arcade looks over the smoldering ruins of IGN's review of Killzone, a PS2 shooter once billed as a "Halo killer". While hostile to what they called the "repetetive" nature of Halo 1's campaign, Gabe and Tycho have warmed to Halo 1's multiplayer and to the promise of Halo 2. They had this to say about the hype around Killzone now that the game is out:

If Killzone was hyped, perhaps even over-hyped as you appear to claim, well, you can't point at Bob and say it was all Bob's doing. That's something everybody did. On the other hand, I was there when they announced it as well, and it seemed at the time like a good vessel for the hopes of that system. But Halo Killer? Be serious. There's only one Halo killer, and I'll tell you this much: it's not on the PS2.

Gee... wonder what game they are talking about there?

[image:8488 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]The Halo 2 Illustrated Guide that Rampancy began compiling last week, using images extracted from Halo2.com by akba and dogchow, has now been greatly expanded with the assistance of BOLL who provided even more images.

New sections have been opened:

• Covenant Units
• Human Units
• Multiplayer Maps
• Multiplayer Gametypes

These sections are still not yet complete, of course, and will continue to expand in the near future. Each section features an illustration and text describing an aspect of Halo 2. Images can be viewed in several sizes, and users can attach comments to any item in the Guide.

Just in time for Halo 2, part VIII of the Junkyard's series on realism in Halo has been posted. This part covers Two Betrayals.

Thanks Ryan "Mhaddy" Matthews.