Ciarán Walsh

Category: Halo

  • Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack

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    Bungie have recently released the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack. This is a set of multiplayer maps for Halo 2 that are also available as premium downloads via XBox Live, but packaged up on an XBox disk along with some bonus material, some of which you cannot get anywhere else. While the maps will all…

  • Major Nelson tries out Halo 2 on an Xbox 360

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    HBO reports that Major Nelson has tried out Halo 2 on an XBox 360 – and he couldn’t tell the difference 🙂 The man himself talks about it on his blogcast of the 12th of June.

  • HBO’s Halo Cutscene Library complete

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    Louis Wu has finished putting up all the Halo cutscenes into their Halo Cutscene Library. If you get all the hi-res QuickTime versions, you’re looking at 37 files totalling 387 MB! I’m planning at some stage in the medium future to revamp my Halo Screensaver so that it can use playlists of files, so that…

  • Halo movie details

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    The ongoing rumours of a Halo movie have been vindicated with the news that Microsoft have distributed a script for a Halo movie to several Hollywood studios. The scripts were delivered by couriers rigged out in full Master Chief armour, no doubt provided by Nightmare Armour. The script has been penned by Alex Garland who…

  • Halo Story Page updated

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    Jillybean has posted a small update to the Halo Story Page. I don’t particularly agree with the theory presented, i.e. that the Halos work by teleporting the Flood to nearby planets and (somehow) forcing them to consume all sentient life so quickly that the Flood overpopulate and cannot survive. The main flaw in this theory…

  • Silent Cartographer level added to HBO Halo Cutscene Library

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    HBO have added the Silent Cartographer cutscenese to their Halo Cutscenes Library. Personally, I’m having trouble downloading a couple of the hi-res QuickTime versions, but I’m sure Louis will have this sorted out soon 🙂 Update: Sure enough, Louis has fixed the problem. You can now download all the cutscenes, plus there’s a new mirror…

  • Red vs Blue new website up and running

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    Red Vs Blue have updated their website to a new look and feel, and apparently there’s some new functionality in there too. They are progressing well with production of the DVD for Season 3, which should have lots of extra features in it.

  • Halo news roundup

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    Bungie reports that Volume 2 of the Halo 2 Soundtrack has been mastered, so it should be available to purchase soon. They also have their E3 report up, and the lowdown on the latest Halo Humpday Challenge. HBO have announced that they have opened their new Halo Cutscene Library. It only has the opening Pillar…

  • Halo 3 vs PS3 – perhaps not

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    HBO reports that Robbie Bach, Chief XBox Officer, has contradicted Bill Gates’ claim that the Playstation 3 will run into Halo 3 when the PS3 is launched next year. I liked this quote in particular from Robbie: With all respect to Bill, I don’t run Bungie’s studio, and neither does he.

  • Red vs Blue – Season 3 comes to an end

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    Red vs Blue bring Season 3 to an end with Episode 57. Finally they use a feature from Halo 2 multi-player that I have been waiting for them to take advantage of. For you non-sponsors, hang in there, it’s worth the wait 🙂 I miss the fact that sponsoring doesn’t entitle you to a free…