Halo 3 site emerges - welcome to Server 05

Posted Jun 23, 2007 at 6:31PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Bungie Studios, Microsoft
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Log from Server05 - Image 1 


Not too long after Halo 3's ancient gimmick, the guys over at Bungie Studios are rolling up their sleeves again to try their hand at another viral marketing attempt. We've found a site called Server 05, and it's got Halo plastered all over the place.

Of course, we're being kept in the dark as much as possible. Only through paying attention can someone find anything out of that strange, spinning object. We've found a few secrets, including a video about the ancients' disappearance, but let's not spoil any further. Here's a teaser though, a file says:

KNOW THAT ENERGETIC AND TENACIOUS AS LIFE IS
IT HAS AN ANTITHESIS JUST AS POWERFUL
IT IS THAT THING THAT WE MUST OBLITERATE


Props to people who can make anything out of that.

Given that Halo 3 is expected to drive sales and finally give Microsoft some profit, we'll most likely see more of these in the future. Keep watching this space; we'll keep you posted.

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by Radiant Gekkou - 2007-06-23 14:13
» lol

You don't need to pay attention, it's a flash program, so just click "tab" key to find the clickable spots, lol.

by Jobo50 - 2007-06-23 16:23
» weird

the documents you can save from it are really awkward :/

by if u can't figure out what it means: - 2007-06-23 16:40
» here it is:

The ancients encountered the flood, and they tried tons of ways to destroy them, but it all failed. this is their last message to warn other civilizations about the flood, because the flood destroyed the ancients.

it's really not that complicated people...

by Xbox is the best - 2007-06-23 18:04
» here we go

let the hype begin

by Xman - 2007-06-24 01:07
» cant wait for his one

this is one that only can be done on the 360 due to the graphics advantage the 360 has!! once this game comes out, the ps3 will be no more!!

by xcer - 2007-06-24 04:01
» PlayStation 3 Vs. Xbox 360’s Best Game (Halo 3)

Never post any news articles regarding to Halo 3 from now on, period. I f+cking care nothing about garbage like Crapalo 3 or Halo 2.5 or Halo 2 Episode 1. This is a flat fact that there’re 200 games or so which are better than Halo 3 in terms of graphics, sound, music, gameplay, multiplay, single-play, and replay value (longevity).



* World of StarCraft (WoS – MMORPG genre): go to google.com -> click ‘images’ button to do image searching -> type ‘World of StarCraft’ -> you can see 2 exclusive pictures. Back in early 2006, Blizzard gave an exclusive interview about WoS and these 2 in-game pictures of WoS to GameSpot. About 1 week later, Blizzard requested GameSpot to remove all information on WoS because WoS was in very early and immature stages.



* Call of Duty 5: Infinity Ward makes CoD 2 and 4; Infinity Ward has been making CoD 4 since Dec. 2005. Treyarch makes CoD 3 and 5; Treyarch has been making CoD 5 since Jan. 2007. CoD 2, 3, 4, and 5 games’ publisher is Activision (Activision decided which version will be made by which developer).



* Jak & Dexter Next-Gen: Naughty Dog is currently making Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Jak & Dexter at the same time.



Gears of War 2, MotorStorm 2, Doom Wars, Ninja Gaiden 2, Black 2, Wolfenstein Next-Gen, Dead Rising 2, Dead or Alive 5, Resistance 2, Beowulf Next-Gen, Knight of the Old Republic 3 (all of the above games’ existence is widely and publicly known; however, never officially confirmed)

Killzone 2

God of War 3

Resident Evil 5

StarCraft Ghost Next-Gen

Heavy Rain

Jak & Dexter Next-Gen

Turok

Bioshock

MotorStorm

Gears of War

Unreal Tournament 3

Crysis

Haze

Army of Two

Ratchet & Clank Future: ToD

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Fable 2

Devil May Cry 4

Gran Turismo 5

Folklore

Virtua Fighter 5

StarCraft 2

Eight Days

2 Days 2 Vegas

Cipher Complex

WarDevil

Final Fantasy XIII

White Knight Story

Earth No More

Interstellar Marines

Call of Duty 5

The Chronicles of Ridd+ck: AoDA

The Crossing

Project Offset

Battlefield: Bad Company

Warhawk

Age of Conan: HA

Global Agenda

Heavenly Sword

Grand Theft Auto 4

Fifth Phantom Saga

Team Fortress 2

Call of Duty 4

The Settlers

Alone in the Dark

Brothers in Arms: HH

Time0

Timeshift Next-Gen

Fatal Inertia

Forza Motorsport 2

Splinter Cell: Conviction

Soul Caliber 4

Getaway

Afrika

Hydrophobia

Max Payne 3

Duke Nukem Forever

Deus Ex Next-Gen

Silent Hill 5

EndWar

Indiana Jones Next-Gen

World of StarCraft

Condemned 2: Bloodshot

Monster Hunter 3

Star Wars Battlefront 3

StarWars: FU

Lost Planet 2: Colonies

Company of Heroes: OF

Final Fantasy versus XIII

The Last Remnant

Golden Axe Next-Gen

Kingdom Hearts 3

Civilization IV: BtS

The Club

The Outsider

Stalker 2

Guitar Hero III

Stranglehold

The Darkness

Kane & Lynch: DM

Elveon

Tekken 6

Medal of Honor: Airborne

Half Life 2: Ep 2

Ninja Gaiden Sigma

Alan Wake

Saboteur

Metal Gear Solid 4

Spore

Dark Sector

World in Conflict

SEGA Rally Revo

Assassin's Creed

Project Gotham Racing 4

Enemy Territory: QW

Burnout Paradise

The Agency

The Wall

FEAR the 2nd

GhostBusters Next-Gen

Lost Odyssey

Eve Online 2: Revelations

Lair

Halo Wars

Ace Combat 6

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Supreme Commander

Mass Effect

Fracture

Left 4 Dead

WoW: BC

Blue Dragon

Portal

SimCity Societies

Universe At War

Eternal Sonata

Frontlines: FoW

Mercenaries 2

Dark Messiah of M&M 2

Midnight Club Next-Gen

Huxley

Too Human

SOCOM Confrontation

Resistance: FoM

EverQuest II: EoF

Warhammer Online

* (There’re 75 more games in between; I just can’t list them all here due to the limitation of writing space)

Halo 3

Theseis

Overlord

Halo 2 (Win Vista)

Shadowrun



See, this? There’s almost countless number of games which are better than Halo 3 in all respects. Why should I waste even 5 minutes to play Crapalo 3 when there’re 200 better games? It just makes no-sense at all. Kids, use your common sense because X360 fanboys can never think and rationalize with clear and unbiased mind.

by D-reck - 2007-06-24 04:06
» halo 3

hahah xcer u messed up by puttin halo wars on that list dumbass hahahahah

by nightshade15 - 2007-06-24 06:45
» Yeahhh

I've been playing Halo since the start, I'm pretty sure I know what I want when I've played the story line over and over again trying to make assumptions of how the game is going to end.

I'm mostly hooked from the Discreet character development and I am enjoying ARG Iris.

So I mean, I am going to look into Unreal Tournament III, Time Shift, BioShock, StarCraft 2, and The Darkness but other then that I'm not too interested in anything on that list.

Some things on that list is for other consoles or the PC and has nothing to do with X360.qj.net

If there is news, why not post it?

World of Star Craft was an April fools joke. -_-;;

StarCraft Ghost was halted to a stand still, i've seen the in game Beta, it seems pretty damn slow. (Just like a strange FPS that seems like ShadowRun just a bit slower... much slower...)

So I mean, you spent too long coming up with a list and a reason behind not liking Halo3.

Go back to your cave troll.

by Jfkon3@gmail.com - 2007-06-24 10:47
» READ THE DOCUMENTS!!!

If you click the symbols on the floating thingy... You get 2 text documents and 2 pics. THEY SAY HALO AND FLOOD RIGHT IN THEM!!!!!!! the picture says "flood control" right in it and one of the texts says halo and the process of fireing the halo rings by the ancients. READ PEOPLE!!!!

by GH[ ]ST - 2007-06-24 12:03
» HAS...

Has anyone on here found all the circle icons in halo or halo 2 I found a few in halo and they match up too the new websites icons you click on.But rly go do it now they hide them as lights and etc.They where there the whole time!

by 2_cool_for_U - 2007-06-24 12:17
» aray data

what is with that. I have no idea, can anyone help me understand that doc

by smart guy - 2007-06-24 13:41
» not so smart

Good thing u listed Halo 3, as a game that is better than Halo 3.

by wow - 2007-06-25 00:46
» yo

listen to transmissions backwards:



http://www.mizzarin.net/arg/Transmission061607.mp3

by 2_cool_for_U - 2007-06-25 03:32
» True?

Where did you find that, because i don't really believe that.

by BruTaL Progity - 2007-06-25 03:55
» ...

This could be USMC sending a message warning all other life forms, probably at the end of the game, this MIGHT prove that they have failed.

"THIS IS MY FINAL ENTRY, AND I AM LEFT WITH ONE HOPE

THAT ONE DAY, SOMEONE, ANYONE IS AROUND TO WITNESS THIS WARNING

{//}

KNOW THAT A THOUSAND OTHER PLANS WERE TRIED AND FAILED

{//}

KNOW THAT ENERGETIC AND TENACIOUS AS LIFE IS

IT HAS AN ANTITHESIS JUST AS POWERFUL

IT IS THAT THING THAT WE MUST OBLITERATE"

by Teehee - 2007-06-25 11:24
» ROFL

That is pretty funny he included Halo3 in his list of games better then Halo3, shame you can't go back and edit posts xcer. :)

You know what I'm an Ex 360 fanboy, meaning I used to love the 360 but since it broke and I had to fix it myself or pay M$ $200AUD to repair it.

I couldn't care less about the 360, however I still can't get over how stupid some PS3 fanboys are as to post a list of games they want on a news article about Halo3, just do what the sublmininal message on the viral marketting website says. Which according to Penny Arcade is "Buy T3H H4L0Z" :)

by What could possiblie go wrong - 2007-06-25 11:30
» Forerunners

Nah I reckon that's a message from the forerunners, in the end of the Ghosts of Onyx novels they were on a shield planet, which has a portal on it, once inside puts them inside like a small on the outside massive on the inside type world designed for when the rings are activated to survive. The gist I got from the book was that the forerunners never made it to their shield world, 4? Spartans and Dr Halsley are in there at the end of the book so they may survive if the rings get activated.

by BruTaL Progity - 2007-06-26 12:46
» ..

maybe

by BruTaL Progity - 2007-06-26 13:08
» More

After following the ancient gimmick link and going to the website said in the vidoe, i noticed something... interesting. actually, "Society of the Ancients" refers to server 05.... Here is the paragraph that it refers to it in.



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FINDINGS- The message boards are still out on this piece. One of our members came across a website that also contains this symbol (206.16.223.65) but it’s much to early to determine if this is valid evidence of Ancients. None the less, the supposed "alien" server is quite interesting. The quest for the truth about this image remains.



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IM just surprised none of them figured out that Server 05 is all over a video game lol.

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