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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |  |
Zune Giveaway -Parodies Now Up!
Hmm... I think I might have done the math wrong - but the Parody selection for the Zune Giveaway is now available for voting. (I know, I said 8pm PDT - but I coded the page for 5pm EDT, subtracting 3 hours instead of adding them. Oops.) Don't worry that the Montages were skimped on - we had 3908 votes submitted for that section, more than twice the number that went up for the Original Song category. You've got until Friday morning to pick your favorite of the 7 parodies now online; go listen! (Louis Wu 22:26:30 UTC) (permalink)
Halownage Update
Legendz sent us a news update about Halownage - they're currently looking for replacements for a 1v1 ladder they're running (cash prize) - check details here. They're also hosting what they consider to be the best montage trailer to date - Brohan's Final Montage. See if you agree. (Louis Wu 22:08:50 UTC) (permalink)
A pretty cool custom faceplate
bs angel (you may recognize the name - she's a Cavegirl that hangs with the Bungie guys sometimes, she's played some Humpday challenges) recently had a custom Halo faceplate created by Pavel Dolgov. (Search our news for him for other artwork he's done.) She blogged the entire process - Check it out (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3). Final faceplate is here. Dolgov's faceplate gallery is here. (Louis Wu 22:02:43 UTC) (permalink)
Zune Pictures Online
Kostas Tzounopoulos has put the preloaded pictures you can find on a Halo 3 Zune online on his website, Zune-Online.com; these are extracted directly from the Zune, so the quality is as high as is available. There is some spectacular artwork in here. (Gizmodo showed all of this content a few weeks ago - but they put up photographs of the Zune's screen - this did NOT do the artwork justice.) (Louis Wu 21:54:11 UTC) (permalink)
And the Spoilers Begin.
Wow. Not sure where the info came from - but Xbox360Achievements.org has posted a full list of 49 achievements for Halo 3. Peripheral information that can be gleaned from the list is enormous (including level names, gameplay hints, and more). Do not look at this list if you're not interested in seeing campaign spoilers. It's not 100% clear to me where this list came from - but the majority of gaming sites out there seem to think it's legitimate. (If it's NOT legitimate, someone went to a lot of effort to create this content. I'm not totally convinced - one of the achievement icons is the logo for the now-defunct Bungie game code-named Phoenix - but I'm keeping an open mind.) First place I saw this was on our forum, from Naburu, who found it at Xbox 360 Fanboy. Update: If you weren't sure these were real or not (and I wasn't) - Achieve360Points.com found a link to the info on xbox.com (you need to be signed in to see it); makes it far less likely that this was faked. (Louis Wu 17:59:59 UTC) (permalink)
Videotaping your man blogs
Major League Gaming has expanded into Canada! MLGCanada.com opened today - you can check the press release at MLGPro.com, GameBattles or Marketwire, or a story on CTV's Canada AM - or just check out the new site. There's tons of new content already - including a new vid from longtime machinima favorites Fire Team Charlie (check for it in the 'Featured MLG Videos' list on the front page). Thanks, Andrew.
(Louis Wu 16:47:29 UTC) (permalink)
HaloGrid CapCon (recurring)
HaloGrid is running a series of Caption contests - week one kicked off 5 days ago, and the top captions for the first picture are now up for public voting. Thanks, Trindacut. (Louis Wu 13:25:13 UTC) (permalink)
vnunet finds H2V underwhelming
vnunet.com has reviewed Halo 2 Vista - they felt it took too long, and it offered too little. 3/5. (Louis Wu 12:24:12 UTC) (permalink)
I'd buy THAT for five dollars...
Wow. Now THAT'S cheap. sorahn points out a deal at Slickdeals.net whereby you can pick up Halo (the original Xbox version) for $6 - $5 for the game, plus a buck to ship it. Update: looks like we cleared 'em out. Sorry for those still looking! (Louis Wu 12:21:28 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Mac 2.0.2 released
Last summer, Halo Mac went Universal - you had to pay $5 for the upgrade, but for folks with Intel Macs, it would run considerably faster. HookMeUpImLocal noticed that 2.0.2 was released yesterday - mostly bug fixes and tweaks. Grab the update from Apple.com, or from Destineer's own page. (Louis Wu 12:18:21 UTC) (permalink)
TTL Update
Dweezle stopped by this week with the Tied the Leader update - swing by their site for a couple of new pieces (they're still recovering from their Halo 3 bacchanalia) - there's a 22 Questions interview with Kevin Steele, of RetroBlast (not even REMOTELY Halo-related, but hey, we were there), and an optimistic piece about the Halo-flavored McFarlane goodies coming soon. Go read! (Louis Wu 10:41:49 UTC) (permalink)
EGM's gonna get their minds blown
GhaleonEB noticed a small item on the latest EGM Live podcast - sounds like the crew is headed up to Kirkland to see some Halo 3 singleplayer this week. Yes, you can be jealous now. (Louis Wu 10:29:21 UTC) (permalink)
Murphy's Law
Mister Froggy let us know that Halo, Articulated #48 is now up - and I must say, it's a little disturbing. (Looks like Gravemind noticed it before I got a chance to post this.) (Louis Wu 10:20:18 UTC) (permalink)
Muscle Cars
Luke, on Bungie.net, has posted a short article, showing off some of the fan-created Forza cars that have resulted from Bungie's offers for free (virtual) schwag - I'm thinkin' Pimp My Ride's gonna be calling any minute. Thanks, Fires7orm. (Louis Wu 10:08:37 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Master Replicas Weapons - coming soon Proto-Typical. Free Shadowrun with H2V Where's my Gravemind Underoos? McFarlane Details |
Sunday's news in brief:
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ARG Discussion Continues Apace The Rumor Mill Commences Bendis talks about Uprising The Riot 52 Fan Montages Halo on a DS - again Sometimes, The Internet Makes Me Sad. |
