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Yeah, Just Another Halo 1 Patch

Written by John Walker on August 7, 2008.

How’s about this for after-sales support. Gearbox have just patched Halo: Combat Evolved. Yes, the first one. The 1.08 patch for the five year old game removes the need for a CD to be in the drive when you play (a tacit nod to freedom?) and fixes some bugs for online play.

Shack spotted the fix added to their own Fileshack, which will become required for online play from tomorrow. Anyone out there still playing?

Halo MMO: The Clues

Written by Jim Rossignol on July 17, 2008.

The existence of a Halo MMO is an ongoing rumour, but how likely is it?

It’s a safe bet that if anyone was going to be able to pull off a successful MMOFPS, it would be Bungie and Microsoft with a version of Halo. Of course it might just be on 360, but why wouldn’t MS try to tap into the Blizzard millions with a cross-platform version? This is more than wishful thinking: the clues are out there. No, they really are.
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Bungie assist in the murder of children

Written by Alec Meer on August 21, 2007.

Pretend children! And not deliberately!

I can’t honestly remember if I heard of Los Disneys when it was first released over a decade ago. I won’t be forgetting it for a while, though. There aren’t many games that immediately present you with a loaded gun and an African-American kid wearing a Mickey Mouse hat, after all.

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