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Friday, July 27, 2007 |  |
Halo Sells Itself
Marc Rein, top dog at Epic, talked to CVG about Halo 3's showing at E3. (Yeah, I sort of wondered about that, too.) He was discussing the lack of awards Halo 3 won this year (due to the lack of a playable demo, most likely) - and how it's a good thing, overall, for Microsoft.
"What they wanted to do was highlight all the other great games... that are on Xbox 360 too so people don't just think it's a Halo box. They don't care, they're going to sell eight million of them anyway."
Sounds about right. (Louis Wu 19:27:11 UTC) (permalink)
Mid-afternoon daydream battle royale!
LostRock11 noticed that Master Chief makes an appearance in today's PvPonline - nice. (Louis Wu 17:33:53 UTC) (permalink)
Lego Bionicle Elite
reticence dropped into our forum to point out a Lego Bionicle Elite he built. (Use the 'Download' link on the left for a full-sized version - thanks, Kanbo.) Wort! (Louis Wu 17:08:06 UTC) (permalink)
Elder Of The Dia Tribe.
Server 3 just opened up at Halo3.com, moving the Iris ARG forward a bit - a perfect time for Stuntmutt to tie it in to One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 16:07:49 UTC) (permalink)
There's one that sounds like Carlos Mencia.
Hellhawk sent us a bunch of Brute sounds for the Halo 2 Dialogue Databank; I can't GUARANTEE none of them are repeats, but I'm pretty sure most aren't, at least. Find an audio editor that lets you layer multiple sounds, and play 'em all at once - sounds like the monkey house at the Bronx Zoo! (Louis Wu 14:43:52 UTC) (permalink)
Fathom (A Taste)
On July 16, we put up an odd picture. Two days later, we did it again. (Different picture.) Well, they were both teasers for Fathom, a new Machinima project from some heavy hitters in the machinima community - SodaGod, BlackouTT, Jamie98s, FantasyCubed. You can find a variety of download links in the HaloGrid announce thread. I've also encoded a local QT version, 30 mb, that's not on that page (yet). BlackouTT says this isn't a trailer - but I'm not sure what else you'd call it; it sets up the series. Maybe a prologue? Mysterious, with great filming, great audio, great effects - very well done piece of work. Go watch it. (Louis Wu 14:22:46 UTC) (permalink)
Curse you, Wal-Mart!
Heh - Devin Olsen almost got away with a Halo 3 Legendary Helmet for cheap yesterday. I HATE it when store managers foil my plots! (Louis Wu 14:11:39 UTC) (permalink)
New Stuff coming from McFarlane
Velez noticed a summary of the McFarlane pieces scheduled for the next year, over at Spawn.com; the Halo Series 2 data (near the bottom of the page, due June 2008) is new. (Louis Wu 14:09:02 UTC) (permalink)
Gamplayer looks at Halo 3 MP
Australia's Gameplayer has put up a review of Halo 3 Multiplayer - they say it goes 'Beyond the Beta', but there's not a lot in there that wasn't already known, and it's missing some of the newest info out there. Thanks, MasterChief2829. (Louis Wu 14:06:34 UTC) (permalink)
Herbie Does Halo
Ducain pointed this out yesterday - but it wasn't until today that I had a chance to actually look at it. Juggertrout and Big Grunty Thirst have released a new Halo 1 trick vid - one that is pretty darned clever. They noticed that a particular Shade spawns a grunt when a door opens (no matter where that Shade is)... so that Shade went EVERYWHERE. And I mean EVERYWHERE. Fun. (Louis Wu 13:59:59 UTC) (permalink)
Outback
Outback
Heh - deadguy71 stopped by with word of a heretofore unseen level in Halo 2 - 'Outback'. The grass is AMAZING. (Louis Wu 13:51:24 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Themed iGoogle Skin
NovusVir let us know that he's created a Halo-themed iGoogle skin; if you want your customized iGoogle page to reflect your favorite video game, check it out! (He says the gadget is safe; I have no way of confirming that, so use at your own risk. Google says that malicious gadgets can steal cookies and such.) (Louis Wu 12:15:58 UTC) (permalink)
McFarlane Figures - New Pictures
Littlebigman noticed a gallery of new shots of the McFarlane action figures coming soon. (They're mixed in with other McFarlane stuff; you'll have to hunt.) Pretty!
(Louis Wu 12:13:23 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Seven new stories in the Fan Fiction section this week - check 'em out! (Louis Wu 12:12:35 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Goodies at SDCC - Listed
Bungie has a full list of Halo-related stuff at ComicCon in the next couple of days - if you're there, or going there, make sure you check out the list. (Louis Wu 12:06:26 UTC) (permalink)
EGM Covers - Bigger
Remember last week, when we mentioned that EGM had 3 covers coming out for their September issue? Well, Kotaku has posted much larger pics of them - very, very nice. (Louis Wu 12:04:20 UTC) (permalink)
Decorum, Dignity and Sophistication
Games Digest has a list of academic subjects that could benefit from the study of video games; Halo pops up for Etiquette. Um... yeah. (Louis Wu 11:58:28 UTC) (permalink)
Battle-Damaged Scarab
Bungie posted an article showing off the huge Scarab that WizKids is selling, in very limited quantites, at ComicCon this week. (There are 500 of 'em, and they're going for $250 each.) There are stories about this piece at Gizmodo and TeamXbox, as well, with a photo that shows how truly huge this scarab is, and with extra info about the upcoming games.
Update: DarkSim found a couple of great links on the WizKids site, too. (Louis Wu 11:54:04 UTC) (permalink)
Info about Halo 3 continues to emerge
I'm leaving tomorrow; the last week has been a blur. Downside for you - Halo news lags, sometimes. I took off midday yesterday; let's see what's popped up since then. There's an in-depth story about upcoming features in Halo 3 (including some that could definitely be considered campaign spoilers - be warned) at Yahoo! Canada (thanks to GhaleonEB for the heads-up, and ACEfanatic02 for the link). Audio stats: as of the time of the reporter's visit, Halo 3 "included almost 54,000 pieces of audio: 1,000 pieces of music, 13,000 sound effects and 39,368 pieces of dialogue." (Louis Wu 11:52:51 UTC) (permalink)
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