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No longer drunk and swollen
Eurogamer has good things to say about Halo 3, in their summary of E3; interesting change of heart over recent articles. Thanks, Walshicus. (Louis Wu 17:30:46 UTC) (permalink)
Usage Stats from Nielson - Halo is Big on PC
There are some interesting stats in this report from Nielson, about video game play; I'm not sure I understand them. It breaks out time spent playing video games on consoles (by console), and on PCs. On the Console side, Xbox + Xbox360 take up 25% of the minutes spent playing... crushed by the Playstation 2, which runs above 40%. (The Wii only has 4% of total minutes spent, which makes very little sense; average session time is about the same as that for the Xbox(es), and there certainly aren't 60 million Xboxes out there.) On the PC side, Halo is the second most-played game, following WoW (following it by a LOT) - with Halo 2 not far behind, in 4th place. (Louis Wu 17:05:12 UTC) (permalink)
Sneak Peek at Gentle Giant Busts
Heh - Ain't It Cool News wrote up the Preview Night walkabout at San Diego ComicCon - and there are some Halo shots, with a pretty prominent 'No Pictures' icon right in front of them. I'd bet these make up the Gentle Giant Master Chief Mini Bust Case Pack coming in November. Thanks, J C. (Louis Wu 16:39:30 UTC) (permalink)
Ours goes to 12.
The BBFC (the British equivalent of the US ESRB, a rating entity, though their version has more legal clout than ours does) has rated Halo 3 (specifically the Limited Edition) as '12' - the same rating they gave the Halo 2 Expansion Pack. (They didn't rate Halo or Halo 2, apparently - or at least don't list those ratings on their website.) (Louis Wu 16:24:23 UTC) (permalink)
A Big Letdown
Advanced Media Network gave out its Best and Worst Awards for E3 2007 - and Halo 3 picked up just a single award: Most Disappointing Game. Ah, well. (Louis Wu 16:20:07 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 for 3 Sweepstakes
Xbox.com is holding a series of sweepstakes - you've got a shot at winning copies of Halo 3, books, schwag - and a Halo 3 Xbox 360 console. Grand Prize winner for the last round gets some amazing stuff, including an "Xbox 360 Halo 3 X-shaped Ibanez Xiphos Guitar with Case" - I'm pretty sure that hasn't been announced yet. Biggest limitations: this is open only to US residents... and you must be 18 or older. If you meet those, though... what are you waiting for? Go register! Thanks, Kiaffex. Update: Apparently, I didn't read the rules carefully enough; registration begins at 9:00 am PDT today - that's three hours from now. Thanks, Luci (though really, without Nomi and goatrope, he'd get no mention). (Louis Wu 12:46:03 UTC) (permalink)
MLG Dallas Rebroadcast
MLG is rebroadcasting the Dallas Video on Demand footage; if you missed the gameplay last weekend, here's your chance to catch it! Thanks, 3Suns. (Louis Wu 10:11:48 UTC) (permalink)
Meet you at the bottom, okay?
Hellhawk sent along a couple of dozen new Cortana snippets for the Halo 2 Dialogue Databank; lots of great stuff! Go listen. (Louis Wu 10:09:01 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Podcast now on iTunes
If you didn't listen to the Bungie Podcast on Monday because it wasn't on iTunes, now's your chance to hear all the Grunty goodness. Thanks, Luke. (Louis Wu 10:07:04 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: Portable Podcast 10
Halo: Portable has posted another podcast - hosts this time around are Tex and Mintz. E3 musings, Comic-Con discussions, and more. (They know the sync is broken; they're working on it.) Thanks, Tex. (Louis Wu 10:04:36 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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He laughed so hard, snot came out of his nose. HTB As Hollow As His Head. Podtacular 121 Sometimes Mom isn't the best choice. Play N Trade Halo 3 Beta Review |
Tuesday's news in brief:
