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Monday, January 15, 2007 |  |
For reference - info on the Halo 3 Legendary Edition
It's been more than 2 months since the various flavors of Halo 3 were made public - it's been known since early November that $60 would buy you the bare game, $70 would buy you the 'special' edition (game plus bonus disc(s)), and $100 would snag you the Legendary edition - helmet and 4 discs, including the game. Paul Russell stopped by today to point out that Wal-Mart's listing has all the info you need for that Legendary edition - nice photos of the helmet and case, plus details about the included discs. (They list it as 'In Stock', which is pretty silly - but then, it's labeled as Wal-Mart No. 000000000, so as soon as it's assigned a SKU, it'll likely have a more realistic ship date. Maybe not a REAL ship date - we won't know that until Bungie announces it - but more realistic than 'now'.) This is worth posting so that there's a place to point to when folks ask about what is included in the Legendary edition. Update: Frankie warns that these pictures are just the prototype; the real thing is 'waaaaay better, more detailed and has much fancier textures.' Okay, now I'm worried that I didn't preorder... (Louis Wu 22:35:46 UTC) (permalink)
Kitty 117 Wallpaper
Paul Maestri sends word of a new Wallpaper at Halo Heads - tasty! (Louis Wu 21:43:02 UTC) (permalink)
Itsa me, BruteKiller
Heh - BOLL's been playing again... (Louis Wu 21:41:15 UTC) (permalink)
M2Zen4.
Stuntmutt takes a closer look at the Mongoose, and Bungie's claims about it, in today's One One Se7en. Paging Robert Pirsig... (Louis Wu 16:15:26 UTC) (permalink)
Fan-generated SPI Armor
WortroW found some cool work towards the Spartan III armor from Ghosts of Onyx over at the Scifi Meshes forum; most of the images so far are visible without a registration. Nice stuff! (Louis Wu 12:30:38 UTC) (permalink)
Caption Contest #3
Dojorkan posted 3 fun screens, and asked for user-submitted captions - no prizes in this contest, but see how creative you can be! (Louis Wu 12:09:35 UTC) (permalink)
Pictaps
Retsof-Noraa stopped by last night to point out a website that takes user-created art (in this case, his renditions of One One Se7en, in the initial post, and a Grunt, in a followup) and animates it in a huge rave scene. Bizarre... but fun. Check it out! (Add your own creations to the thread; it's unlikely we'll put up more front page posts about this, because art phenomenons like this one tend to generate way more interest than we have room for - but if you stick to that thread, you can be sure that anyone who reads this news post will have a chance to see it.) (Louis Wu 12:02:48 UTC) (permalink)
Lifepod #6
MereCatfish writes to point out that Lifepod #6 is now up for your listening pleasure - HaloCE news, the standard community roundtable, and an interview with Zeph round this one out. 29 minutes, 26 mb. Go listen! (Louis Wu 11:49:37 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Everywhere Prizes Posted
Remember the Halo Everywhere contest sponsored by the Halo 3 Webring? LordGideon posted the prize packs yesterday - and man, there's some nice stuff in there! Go see what's on the line, and then make sure you've submitted your entries - contest deadline is February 1, 2007. Still plenty of time! (Louis Wu 11:46:18 UTC) (permalink)
TriStarGames fires up another UK Halo 2 Tourney
Riccardo Lee Davies wrote to point out ENDURANCE IV, a Halo 2 tournament in Birmingham, UK coming up on February 3rd and 4th. Entrance is £15/person to play in either the FFA or the 4v4, with thousand of pounds in prizes and cash on the line. Check out all the details at the TriStarGames website. (Hit the 'Events' link.)
(Louis Wu 11:42:32 UTC) (permalink)
Nile Rodgers in Cannes
Greg O'Connor-Read writes to point out that Nile Rodgers, the Halo 2 Soundtrack Album producer and founder of Sumthing Else, will be in Cannes for the MIDEM Music for Images Conference next week; he'll be participating in a session set up by Music4Games entitled 'Video Games - The Latest Challenge for Labels and Composers', and Greg will be conducting a Q&A with him as well. Should be some decent Halo-related tidbits!
(Louis Wu 11:31:27 UTC) (permalink)
GamingTV Intro Contest - Still Open
trigger119 wrote to remind us that the Video Intro contest they announced about a month ago has had its entry deadline extended until Tuesday (the site was down for a short time, so the January 3 deadline was pushed back). If you've got the interest, check the details at the GTV website, and submit your entry soon! (Louis Wu 11:25:12 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Juicy Opportunities H2V gameplay from CES |
Saturday's news in brief:
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I call heads. 2006 Halo Pro's Choice Awards From Bears to Bullets 300, Take 4 Benefits of Fame Spelunked The grass is always greener |
