Category: Halo

In this week’s Weekly Update over at Bungie (where they seem to have dropped the “Weekly What’s Update” moniker), Frankie gives us a couple of tidbits in a short update. All the new Halo 2 maps from the Multiplayer Map Pack will be available for free download on XBox Live from August 30th. All the…

Bungie have posted a Community Spotlight story about Larry Hryb, a.k.a. Major Nelson, (Xbox Live Director of Programming). It focuses mainly on how the XBox Live team are helping weed out the Halo 2 cheaters, but also Frankie just won’t let it go about Bungie’s defeat at the hands of Major Nelson and the XBox…

Frankie has posted a news item about the mass (temporary) banning of “boosters” from playing Halo 2 on XBox Live. “Yesterday several thousand players were banned, all people who were found to have played a significant number of games with known reported modders. ” Frankie describes the phenomenon of “boosting”: “Since the banhammer came down…

Microsoft have announced details of the packages and prices for the XBox 360 when it launches later this year. Major Nelson has the full press release here, and I’m sure it’s available elsewhere too. There will be two packages, the XBox 360 and the XBox 360 Core System. The Core System version will come with…

In last Friday’s WWU, Frankie lets us know that the matchmaking playlists are due to be updated in September. Part of the update will be to add the new maps to the standard playlists, since by September they will be available for free download via XBox Live. The Preview playlists will be removed at the…

Eurogamer are reporting that the XBox 360 could cost €349 when it is released later this year. There also seems to be confusion around whether there will be more than one version of the XBox 360 at launch, and whether it will ship with the hard drive or not. Shipping it without one would cause…

Eurogamer are quoting UK sources and reporting that the XBox 360 could launch in Europe on November 25th. That would give it a good four or five week period leading up to Christmas, and seems a likely date. Whether Microsoft can produce enough units to match demand seems unlikely, as it is looking like it…

According to burnie over at Red Vs Blue, Season 4 of the award-winning machinima series will debut on the 29th of August. They are adding new features to the website, and hope to have sponsorship details available soon. One enhancement they hope to add is the ability for sponsors to roll their sponsorships into the…

Frankie teases us in this week’s Weekly What’s Update. He promises info on their new project, only to give this tiny nugget: “Teaser: Work is proceeding apace on our next project, whatever that may be.” I’m glad to see they’re busy, but a bit more info would be appreciated 🙁

I just noticed that Jillybean updated the Halo Story Page a couple of days ago. A couple of digs at Cortana to keep Jillybean happy, as well as a theory about how Covenant weapons get recharged, and a pointer a discussion of the Flood over on the HBO Forum. That forum thread is in the…