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.
Death by intelligence.
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!
Mapmaking Afoot At Subnova
Two mapmaking-related updates from Subnova lately.
The first is the formation of a PC Halo Mapmaking group called The Silent Cartographers. They intend to make maps, weapons and vehicles for Halo PC, and unlike most other mapmaking groups, they are not recruiting new members.
Hooters: Evolved
[image:4387 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]Yes, we just had to put up just one more headline with a colon in it. Our instructors from copyediting class would weep. Anyway, Gearbox is apparently taking that gold master CD on a world tour; the latest pic shows it visiting some of the earnest employees of Hooters.
Lots Of Goodies In Sybex PC Halo Strategy Guide
Louis Wu at HBO pointed out that the author of Sybex's Strategy Guide for PC Halo, Doug Radcliffe, posted in the HBO forum that the guide is finished and should be out around the same time as the game. However, more exciting than that are some of the extras that will be included:
CPL Winter Event Registration Next Tuesday
Emil from CobaltNova let us know that registrations for the 32-team CPL PC Halo Winter Event, that will feature a tweaked Assault mode, will begin on September 23. Up until October 14, a team that has registered may drop out without any penalty, so there's no reason not to go right ahead if you've got a team and think you will play.
Making It Even More Official
[image:4378 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]Gearbox has put up their own press release officially announcing that PC Halo has gone gold, and there's even more photographic evidence of that fact now-- a picture of the Lead Quality Assurance Tester holding a gold CD.
More PC Halo Previews
Blue's News spotted three more previews of PC Halo recently: DailyGame, GameZone, and Loadedinc. Gee, we're beginning to feel left out here that our site doesn't have a second word in its name that we can mis-capitalize.
Hail, Hail, The Gang's All There
[image:4375 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]This week's exclusive image from Gearbox is a shot of the PC Halo development team; it's in the PC Gallery now.
PC Halo Gets Them Pumping
[image:4361 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]Adrenaline Vault cooked up 27 new PC Halo Screenshots of their own, which we've put in the PC Halo Gallery. Louis Wu pointed them out, but must have counted differently than I did, since he cites 28 and I could only find 27... hmm...
PC Halo Goes Gold
[image:4336 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]Well, the gold master chiefs, which appeared on the Gearbox site, then disappeared, and then reappeared, were a harbinger of things to come, but the Microsoft press release made it official-- PC Halo has gone Golden Master, ready to head to duplication on its way to store shelves. There's a shot of the master CD over at Gearbox.
Halo PC Goes Gold
Microsoft Game Studios, Bungie Studios and Gearbox Software today announced that Halo® for Windows has gone gold and is scheduled to hit store shelves on September 30 for an estimated retail price of $49.99 (U.S.).
In the distant future, the fate of mankind hangs in the balance as a fierce alien faction known as the Covenant pursue the fleeing Earth forces to the ancient ring-world Halo. As the legendary cyborg super-soldier Master Chief, you must battle to unravel the mysteries of Halo and save humanity from the ruthless Covenant threat.
Halo, the critically acclaimed best-selling Xbox game, is coming to Windows gamers for the first time with new exclusive features, including online multiplayer support, new maps, vehicles and weapons. Halo is optimized for the PC with the precision offered by the mouse-and-keyboard and full support for high-end hardware including graphic resolutions up to 1600 by 1200 and beyond. Halo's online multiplayer feature will enable players to battle it out with fellow gamers worldwide in a variety of individual and team-based games. Halo for Windows was developed by Gearbox Software in conjunction with Bungie Studios. For more information, please visit the official site at http://www.microsoft.com/games/halo/.
Bungie was founded in 1991 with two goals: to develop games that combine brilliant technology, beautiful art, intelligent stories and deep gameplay, and then sell enough of those games to achieve the real goal of total world domination. Over the last 10 years it produced games like the Marathon Trilogy and the first two Myth games, hailed as classics by critics and gamers around the world. "Halo: Combat Evolved," its latest game, has achieved phenomenal success on the Microsoft Xbox video game system. More information on Bungie can be found at http://www.Bungie.net/.
Gearbox Software was founded in January of 1999 by a group of experienced 3d game artists, designers and engineers in Dallas, TX. The developers at Gearbox Software have contributed to many of the most acclaimed franchises in interactive entertainment - including "Civilization," "Duke Nukem 3d," "Quake", "Half-Life", "James Bond 007", "Counter-Strike", "Doom", "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" and now "Halo: Combat Evolved."
This Is The Level That Never Ends
[image:4314 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]How can one small game contain a level so large? We don't know, we flunked math. You can take a look and figure it out for yourself in the five screenshots of the new PC Halo level, Infinity, released by Microsoft and now in our PC Halo Gallery. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO.
Why Flame Broiling Beats Frying
[image:4313 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]The latest screenshot on the Gearbox PC Halo page features the flamethrower in use on Boarding Action. Anyone hungry? I think I smell something cooking. Let's eat in the Gallery.
iGames To Host PC Halo International Championship
[image:4107 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]As they've done with Halo for the Xbox, iGames will start holding seasonal championships for PC Halo. There will be a showcase event between October 13 and 19 at participating iGames affiliates. Thanks Emil from CobaltNova.