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Thursday, November 30, 2006 |  |
MS PR says limited beta
We're still waiting for confirmation from Bungie on some of the more controversial pieces of this... but a Microsoft press release sent out this morning suggests that the Halo 3 beta next spring will be limited to North America, and that it will NOT be all-inclusive.
Beginning Monday, Dec. 4, by visiting http://www.halo3.com, gamers in North America will be able to register for the opportunity to be one of the select members to join the unprecedented "Halo 3" public beta program, scheduled to kick off in spring 2007.
Astute readers will have noticed that that Halo3.com url redirects to Bungie.net right now - it remains to be seen if there'll be a special portal next Monday. Thanks to Sep7imus, who found this at Kotaku, and BOLL, who found it at Destructoid. Update: the full press release can be read here, on Gamerscoreblog - thanks, chargeorge. (Louis Wu 19:05:30 UTC) (permalink)
Things That Make You Go Hmmm...
If you visit live.xbox.com, you can see what the people on your Friends List are doing, if they're online. There were some odd entries this morning, from a couple of Bungie employees... now I'm nearly 100% certain that nobody's actually putting time into building a Pimps at Sea game, fun as it might be - so what could these guys REALLY be playing? Hmm. Well, I know what game Bungie's been focusing on pretty intently for the past year... and I know that a PUBLIC beta of that game will be coming in the next few months. So is it feasible that a PRIVATE one is happening now? (Louis Wu 17:54:50 UTC) (permalink)
CGI Ad Teaser
Whoa. Over at Bungie.net, you'll find a screenshot from the upcoming Halo 3 ad, airing this Monday night on ESPN. If you don't have access to ESPN, you'll be able to see a 720p version on Xbox Live Marketplace soon after. (If you don't have a 360, I'm certain a version will be on YouTube within minutes of the airing.) Check it out! (Louis Wu 17:36:57 UTC) (permalink)
Karma discusses success, MLG Ep 4 teaser up
Over at MLGPro.com, you can find a blog entry from Karma, discussing Carbon's success this year - interesting read. There's also a teaser for Episode 4 of the MLG Pro Circuit show coming up this Saturday. (Louis Wu 17:34:16 UTC) (permalink)
Static - Episode 6: Enough
Over at the Halo CE Chronicles website, the final episode of Static has been posted - Alex gets clear of the Hunter, finally, and a surprise twist makes lots of things clear. It's double-size - 60 mb in downloadable WMP9 or QT, 36 mb in streaming Flash format. Nice end to the story! (Louis Wu 17:01:36 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
Tuesday's news in brief:
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TTL - more than just a pretty gun JB Halo - 2D Sidescroller Making it all happen Halomega wants an intro Legit goes for gold Halopeno So Hot Editing Contest |
