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Thursday, December 14, 2006 |  |
Animated Flip Books
Interesting - over at the Halo 3 Forum at Bungie.net, I noticed a thread about animated flip books made by DFlyDen - they look really cool! (You can see the Halo-related ones, along with several other kinds, in videos at GameTrailers.com. They're not for sale anywhere.) (Louis Wu 23:56:22 UTC) (permalink)
XBL-related upgrades at halowiki.net
PEZ wrote to say that the Halo 2 Recent Games Listing and the Halo 2 Live Game Saver have been integrated at halowiki.net - you can now easily see (and save) any games you're really proud of with just a couple of clicks. Check it out! (Louis Wu 22:39:50 UTC) (permalink)
Creative Contests Winding Down
We got word from bryboy remix, reminding us about the Halopeño So Hot Editing Contest, ending in just a few days. (Deadline for submissions is midnight, December 18, and winners will be announced on Christmas day.) As a refresher, all you need are moviemaking tools; the content is provided by HBO's cutscene library (video) and Halopen (audio). Winners will receive EB Games/Gamestop goodies from a $70 budget. Check the page for more details! (And while we're reminding you about contests at Halo sites, don't forget about Halo Everywhere, the 'put Halo into the world' contest being run by PraetoriaGuard. You've got until February for submissions, at that one. ) (Louis Wu 21:40:17 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Base interviews Cody Miller
Legend, from Halo Base, sent word about an interview with Cody Miller, the Halo world speedrunning champion (heh). It's primarily a discussion of his 3 and a half hour Legendary No-Deaths run that won this year's Twin Galaxies challenge - it's a fascinating read! (The Halo Base staff confused Cody with Mike Miller at one point, and Cody didn't correct them directly, but otherwise, they got it right on.) It's available in both English and German - read the one that's easier for you! (Louis Wu 21:00:15 UTC) (permalink)
GTR's 2nd Annual Xbox Community Awards '06
Last year, we mentioned the Gamertag Radio Xbox Community Awards almost in passing - and we even WON one! The site was young, and maybe a little rough... but they've really polished things up this past year, and the awards ceremony this year is chock-full of Xbox luminaries, humor bits, and music. There's even a Halo tie-in again; Bungie won the Xbox Live Marketplace Download of the Year Award, for their E3 Halo 3 Trailer. Frankie was on-hand to accept the award. The show is 45 minutes long, 35 mb to download - there are other Halo community members that were nominated for awards this year, so go listen! (Louis Wu 15:21:36 UTC) (permalink)
New footage next week?
Xboxic uncovered a blog post from YLA G, a Microsoft employee who's part of the Xbox Elite Team Belgium, that reports about a 7 minute Halo 3 trailer to be available on Xbox Live Marketplace next week.
The clip will show the emergence of the Brutes as "playable characters" in the game and it will contain 2.5 minutes of gameplay footage.
As Xboxic says, this hasn't been confirmed anywhere else, but there have been hints that stuff is coming this month, so who knows? If we get something out of Bungie about this, we'll be sure to let you know. Update: The More Deluded reminded us that Bungie actually mentioned that SOMETHING was coming, back in mid-November:
Shortly after the commercial airs, we'll be treating our fans to the next installment in our "making of" documentary series on Xbox Live Marketplace. This next "VIDOC" is going to give some new insights into elements of the campaign and will peel back the curtain on a certain prominent character in Halo 3. We'll talk more about this in the coming weeks.
Doesn't mention Brutes specifically, but it certainly fits nicely with the rumor. Update 2: Frankie has confirmed (on the Gaming Age forums) that the 'playable brutes' part of this story, at least, is NOT true. Thanks to Ding On, on the Bungie.net forums, for the heads-up. Update 3: And he's now smacked it down on our own forum, as well, for folks who might not believe 'Stinkles' might actually be Frankie. (Louis Wu 14:54:42 UTC) (permalink)
They like... something.
Over at Bungie.net, there's a new article about Certain Affinity, a soon-to-be Bungie Spinoff; Max Hoberman, who's been the multiplayer design lead for Halo 2 and Halo 3, has been hard at work with a hand-picked crew building the Halo 2 maps that will be released for 360 owners this spring. At some point soon, they'll cease to be Bungie employees, and begin to be Certain Affinity devs - for more on what this means, read the article! Thanks to Shishka (who will be part of the CA team) for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 03:25:17 UTC) (permalink)
Bubble Wrap
Paul Maestri sends word that Halo Heads 33 is online - and I must say, it's rather surreal. Not unpleasant... just odd. (Louis Wu 03:22:06 UTC) (permalink)
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