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Staff Increase Rumor: BUSTED
Two days ago, we mentioned an article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that quoted J Allard as saying that Bungie was "doubling staff for the next installment [of Halo]". Today, that quote is all over the net - I saw stories about it at CVG and TeamXbox, for example. Straight from the horse's mouth (separate emails from two different Bungie community team members) - this is completely untrue. Bungie hasn't even officially confirmed that they're making a third installment - but they're absolutely, positively, not doubling their staff any time soon. Remember: if you didn't hear it from Bungie... take it with a grain of salt. (Louis Wu 16:51:54 UTC) (permalink)
European Halo 2 Tourney
Europeans - start preparing for the first official European Halo 2 Championship, being set up by Xbox.com. Check your country-based Xbox.com website to see if signups are open for your country yet. (The UK-based page is up, for example.) There's some nice schwag up for grabs, so register soon! Thanks to Eurogamer and CVG for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 16:45:37 UTC) (permalink)
What do you NEED?
Been a while, but Mat Noguchi (Desk Mess Consultant on the Halo 2 dev team) has updated his blog with some thoughts. He discusses how studios approach the 'how do we get the most out of our creative people?' problem - disjointed but fun read. Thanks, Cybrfrk. (Louis Wu 14:24:06 UTC) (permalink)
Sniping.
Stuntmutt always said he stole his best work; I certainly remember seeing today's One One Se7en gag in a few old Warner Brothers cartoons (just swap in Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and Bugs Bunny where appropriate). Nevertheless... it's certainly topical and relevant in today's XBL milieu. (Louis Wu 13:25:47 UTC) (permalink)
The Battle Begins
Phoenix_9286 has posted episode 6 of Last Stand, his Halo 2 comic. If you haven't read the rest, links are in the text blurb below the comic on the DeviantArt page. (Louis Wu 12:44:12 UTC) (permalink)
Not as Lost in Translation
AsiaOne has put up another interview with Brian Jarrard, aka SketchFactor, collected during his recent tour of Asia to promote Halo 2. This one does a much better job with translations than the last one did - there are no obvious gaffes like "most of [our games before Halo] were not successful" or "[Microsoft] cancelled several hundred game development projects". There's a little discussion of a Halo movie (but again, it's just speculation, and Bungie is NOT saying they're involved in any real planning), and another pretty clear statement that the next installment of Halo is in the works. Go read. (Louis Wu 11:32:12 UTC) (permalink)
The Spotlight Reopens
The Junkyard continues its Spotlight series (after a 3-month break) with a look at Ross Mills. Tattoos, The Princess Bride, and Fable - go see what ELSE defines this guy. Ross's instincts for self-promotion have not failed him. Thanks, Mhaddy. (Louis Wu 11:24:11 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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GameSpeak: Video Game Violence Remembering the Future One minute to win. Strategy Writer Needed (Party) Hats Off to Thirteen Twelve Of Horses and Pigs Prisoner - for HL2 What Fits Where CHEESE PUFFS! |
Saturday's news in brief:
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More Swahili Snippets Lots of words Halo really IS big business Arbiter vs Mega Man Halo in a LOT of Hometowns Monkey Chief, and Other Stuff |
