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Forerunner Renders
Yesterday, we got mail from TheForerunner, who submitted a bunch of pictures he'd rendered using 3dsmax. I thought they were great. I put them up on this page. Give 'em a look! (Louis Wu 22:33:04 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 ad - remade
Cool. Jamie98s whipped up a version of the Halo 3 ad using the Halo 2 engine (well, with a little help). Good stuff! 6.6 mb in WMP9 format, 7.2 mb in QuickTime format. Grab a copy! (Louis Wu 22:31:17 UTC) (permalink)
A noble prechour named Mayster Cheeve
Heh - did you know Geoffrey Chaucer had a blog? And that he played Halo? Me either. Thanks, Anton P. Nym. (Louis Wu 21:59:52 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars Heaven launches
watchwood sent word that Halo Wars Heaven has opened - it's a Halo Wars fansite. (The first?) Check it out - they're already running a fan-fiction contest. Update: Ducain reminded me of Halo Wars Central, which we mentioned back in early October. Where's that WD-40 for my steel trap? (It seems that Halo Wars Central isn't online at the moment - a fansite started and abandoned well over a year before the game's released? Ouch.) (Louis Wu 21:57:39 UTC) (permalink)
MLG vs WSVG - Pros in the middle
Wow. Remember last week, when the World Series of Video Games announced that they'd made a deal with CBS Sports to broadcast Halo 2 gaming on the network? Yeah, well... the WSVG finals are this weekend, and four top MLG teams were supposed to be competing. All sorts of conditions had already been agreed to (they will be wearing MLG shirts during the tourney, and their gamertags will all be prefaced with 'MLG')... but things got ugly when the WSVG asked the players to sign a release allowing footage of them playing to be broadcast at a later date. (Read GotFrag's take, or Amped's take.) MLG told them not to do it, and for a little while, it looked like the MLG players might be locked out of the tournament. The GotFrag article has an update that suggests the two sides have come to an agreement... but it's interesting to read the player reactions in the Amped article; many of the mid-level players feel betrayed by MLG for daring to make money in a different venue, while the top players seem to think it's WSVG that's pulling something shifty. We'll see how it actually plays out, later today... (Louis Wu 12:06:14 UTC) (permalink)
Got any money?
Red vs Blue Episode 85, 'Yellow Fever', has been released for sponsors (free versions should be up by Sunday) - Grif tries to do the right thing with his sister, but he might have misjudged a little. Thanks to LX925 for the heads-up (and for the oh-so-true observation in that forum post). (Louis Wu 03:52:59 UTC) (permalink)
Bridge CE single player level - teaser
Rob Oplawar stopped by to point out a new teaser trailer for his ambitious project Bridge CE (a working title only). Swing by and grab a copy - looks pretty cool! (Louis Wu 03:22:31 UTC) (permalink)
2007 - Year of the Phoenix
You haven't heard a lot from PraetoriaGuard in recent months (well, until a week or two ago) - but that's not because they've been slacking. They haven't been. They've put together a slick little promo vid to ramp up towards 2007 - you can grab it off their servers in QuickTime format (6.1 mb) or WMP9 format (1.8 mb). There's a lot coming - hold on to your hats! (Louis Wu 03:18:16 UTC) (permalink)
The Beta, the Ad, and More
Up on Bungie.net, you'll find the latest Bungie Weekly Update - it's got an interview with Ed Ulbrich, president of Digital Domain's commercial division, who answers some questions about the Halo 3 ad, and another with Stephen Dewey, the Sound Designer and founder of Machine Head, who did the sound design for the ad. And oh, yeah, a spooky Mister Chief. (Is that George Clooney in the visor reflection?) You can, as usual, find a searchable version of this update in our Weekly Update Archive. (Louis Wu 02:57:28 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's news in brief:
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CG... or not CG? Halo Grunts - Animation Blue Movie. Valkyrie Friday's Fanfic GameVideos deconstructs Halo 3 ad - in video PG - the Maginot Line of Guards |
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