News Roundup For November 14, 2005
Two major categories of news in this roundup: Stubbs and Xbox 360.
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Pathways Into Darkness Part 6 | 05.24.25 |
Pathways Into Darkness Part 5 | 05.03.25 |
Pathways into Darkness: Part 4 | 04.05.25 |
Rampancy Returns - Halo 2 E3 Earth City De... | 12.28.24 |
Pathways Into Darkness Part 3 | 08.10.24 |
Pathways Into Darkness Part 2 | 08.03.24 |
Pathways Into Darkness Part 1 | 07.27.24 |
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Halo 5: Advent (String... | cwhiterun | 06.07.16 |
Halo 5: Blue Team (Str... | cwhiterun | 10.22.15 |
Halo 5: Light is Green... | cwhiterun | 10.20.15 |
Halo 5: The Trials (St... | cwhiterun | 10.12.15 |
Roll Call - Price Paid | pimpnmonk | 06.02.14 |
Behold A Pale Horse Fo... | pimpnmonk | 01.24.14 |
Farthest Outpost/Mercy... | pimpnmonk | 12.30.13 |
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Sony Acquires Bungie (mp3) | 02.02.22 |
Let's Play Mass Effect 3 #27 Final... | 06.02.17 |
Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 27: Craig Ha... | 05.08.13 |
Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 25: Destiny... | 03.05.13 |
Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 24: Halo Ann... | 04.21.12 |
Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 23: Halo Ann... | 06.26.11 |
Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 21: The Wint... | 04.18.11 |
Two major categories of news in this roundup: Stubbs and Xbox 360.
Microsoft has listed all 200 or so games they say that the Xbox 360 will be backwards compatible with, as well as revealing that all such games, not just Halo and Halo 2, will be automatically upscaled to 720p. Microsoft's VP for the Xbox Product Group, Todd Holmdahl, also did a Q&A about the 360's backwards compatibility.
As mentioned earlier, the hard drive accessory is necessary for backwards compatibility, in order to store the "emulation profile" for the game you're trying to play. The hard drive comes preloaded with early versions of the profiles for Halo and Halo 2.
NOTE: Marty "the Elder" O'Donnell warns that this early version of the emulation profile for Halo and Halo 2 has serious problems with audio, and urges everyone to get the new version via XBL or Xbox.com before playing:
Without the update the audio will suck. Without the update you will think that your new Xbox 360 is broken.
Other profiles can be downloaded from XBL or installed from a CD, either one you burn yourself after downloading profiles from Xbox.com on your computer, or on a CD ordered from Microsoft.
Saved games will not be transferred from old Xboxes.
This week's Bungie Update mentions that texture pop-in on Halo 2 should be "slightly improved" due to the new box's DVD drive. Copies of Halo and/or Halo 2 running in emulation on Xbox 360s are compatible in network games with players running those games on original Xboxes. Halo 1 still doesn't support Xbox Live, and won't. The
Doesn't anybody want an Xbox 360 Core?
Our own poll here shows that even people who don't want an Xbox 360 outnumber those who want a Core. It's understandable; hardcore Halo fans want to play their old Halo games on the Xbox, and that requires a hard drive.
In all seriousness, does anybody want a Core? Microsoft isn't even offering it in the Japanese market, where the old Xbox did very poorly, and so backwards compatibility is a non-issue. Xbox360News is reporting that the US may have upwards of a million Xbox 360 units for the launch date, but that a mere 20% of those are Cores.
Are even those going to be sold, except to people pissed off that they can't find a full-fledged Xbox 360, but are willing to add the HD and wireless controller later just for the privilege of getting their hands on the console immediately? If the percentage of Cores shipped was actually higher, I'd suspect a massive bait and switch maneuver was underway.
Tied The Leader shows some good examples of characters who were voiced by one person even though the costume was worn by someone else. Darth Vader is the perhaps the most famous example, and as many others, I'm hoping the Master Chief will be the most recent.
Louis Wu at HBO passes on word from Dustin Kaufman that Hasmid Hamilton Camp, earlier known as Bob Camp and most recently known as the Prophet of Mercy in Halo 2, passed away of a heart attack in October of this year. Camp's wife, Rasjadah, passed away in 2002. They had six children and thirteen grandchildren.
A year ago, on November 9, Halo 2 was released. And there was much rejoicing. And not a little bitching about mostly insignificant stuff. But nevermind that now.
To celebrate Halo 2's first anniversary, Bungie is revealing a neat little tidbit. If you play your existing copy of Halo 2 in an Xbox 360 when it comes out later this week, this is what you'll see:
Nick from HaloDev, with the help of Grenadiac and MonoxideC, has put up a massive update on the progress they've made on their Halo map editor, Prometheus. Prometheus is intended to be an easier-to-use alternative to the Halo Editing Kit, with additional features.
The big news in the update is that it can make brand-new maps that you can play on an Xbox:
NewCityChicago's Mike Schramm has produced a nicely researched little feature on Alex "The Man" Seropian; it includes a brief history of Bungie, with a proper tip of the hat to Marathon as the genesis of Halo, and an introduction to Wideload and their brainchild, Stubbs the Zombie.
Amped IGO Features has an article up detailing the successes and failures of the original Xbox. Chief among the former, naturally, was Microsoft's acquisition of Bungie Software to bring Halo to their fledgling console.
Thanks 3Suns, who pointed this out in the HBO forum.
Cats, jello, pink shirts, fist-ass-extreme and IRC figure prominently in Stingraid's interview of IBO admin Kevin "KP" Paul over at High Impact Halo.
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