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Tuesday, January 04, 2005

CES starts tomorrow

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) runs from January 6-9, with pre-show activities starting tomorrow.

Bill Gates will give the pre-show keynote tomorrow night, and will supposedly be teasing details about Xbox Next.

There'll probably be a bunch o' game hardware- and software-related announcements, and I'll try to fire off summaries as I'm able.

Should be some interesting nuggets forthcoming ...

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Saturday, January 01, 2005

Halo 2.5/Xbox 2 details

The folks over at TeamXbox.com have posted a story with info from one of their "most trusted sources", saying Halo 2.5 will be published as a true HDTV Xbox 2 launch title and will include "All the stuff that people expected from Halo 2 but didn’t make the cut".

The kicker? "Now, here is the twist. Halo 2.5 will come preloaded with the optional HDD. It’ll be one of the two reasons to get the Xbox 2 that comes with a hard drive. The other reason... well, you’ll just have to wait."

So, this lends credence to the rumors of multiple Xbox versions, and adds an "other reason" for us to chase for the next 11 months.

Now, many folks are probably giddy over this news. Frankly, personally, I'm a wee bit pissed. In my mind, this is not "Halo 2.5" -- this is the Halo 2 we were supposed to get -- no later than November 9.

Have folks already forgotten the E3 trailer (in May) for the November-shipping game? Has anyone else noticed that scene happens sometime after Halo 2 ends? Hello?

C'Mon, Bungie and Microsoft -- you didn't come in on time, on budget, and feature complete. But you're going to make us pay twice -- and wait an extra year -- to get our whole game.

Beautiful.