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| No Man's Sky: Cosmos Pt 2 | 09.19.26 |
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Bungie Jumping Into The Big Time
Bungie news from an unusual source today: Business Week talks to Matt Soell, Alex Seropian, and (no kidding here) Durandal Brytting of Stockholm who legally changed his name in honor of the rampant AI from Marathon about how Bungie keeps alive a small studio feel from deep inside Microsoft. Thanks HBO.
Ladies Like Rail Shooters
The Halo 2 Impressions section has been updated today with a writeup of Metropolis, a vehicle-heavy level that's great if you like driving in straight lines. We kid because we love.
Slashdot Picks Up On Marathon Anniversary
Mjolnir Mark IV has submitted the Marathon's tenth anniversary to the games section of Slashdot, with links to the Marathon Story Page, the Halo Story Page's area on Marathon connections, and Aleph One. So if any of those sites go down today... you'll know why.
Halo 2 'Director's Cut' Rumored For Xbox 2
TeamXbox is spreading word that they've fleshed out the details surrounding an OXM-sourced rumor that a new version of Halo 2 they call Halo 2.5 will be an Xbox 2 launch title, and that it will support HDTV, possibly at higher resolutions than the current iteration, as well as "all the stuff people expected from Halo 2 but didn’t make the cut" in the words of TeamXbox's "trusted sources".
Have A Rampant Holiday Season
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We can't hope to compete with the artistry of Tiny Leyk; no, instead we're consigned by a complete lack of artistic talent to collect crumbs from the holiday table of Stuntmutt by foraging through the AutoMagic strip generator for material.
Happy Holidays all the same from Rampancy!
More Tributes To Marathon
As further celebration of Marathon's tenth anniversary, James Willson has added code to Aleph One enabling users behind NAT firewalls to join TCP/IP network games. Test Windows and Mac versions are being hosted by Gregory Smith.
Halo Holiday News Roundup
Between Marathon's tenth anniversary and this Christmas thing coming up, there's lots to do, necessitating Yet Another News Roundup:
- 1Up has an interview with Bungie Studio Manager Pete Parsons. It was conducted in early November prior to release of the game. Thanks MLG.
- Halo 2 has now sold over five million copies, reaching a milestone it took the first game two years in only three weeks. Including the PC version, total Halo franchise sales now top 11 million. Thanks Eurogamer.
- Sector7 points out entries for a Halo 2 movie due out in 2006 listed at IMDB and Movies.com; apparently IMDB is calling this now "announced" and the projected director is Ridley Scott, who has "been approached". File as rumor for now --Ed. HBO also notes this rumor, mentioning that it's even hit the front page of Variety magazine.
- Halo 2 did, indeed, win Game of the Year for 2004 from GameSpy. I have to chuckle a bit at crediting Bungie for the "innovation" of dual wielding in Halo 2, given that I was just recently reminded of the fact that Marathon 2 had dual wielding back in 1996 --Ed.
- HBO has opened a Cutscene Library with downloadable versions of Halo 2's cutscenes for convenient viewing. So far it's up to Home Field Advantage on Cairo Station. The Dialogue Databank also sees an expansion today.