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Thursday, August 16, 2007 |  |
Bungie Podcast - the AI Edition
The Bungie Podcast rolls on - this week's special guest is Damian Isla, the AI lead on Halo 3. No Frankie - but Sketch is back. Lots of good stuff about AI and Halo 3 - and some bizarre stuff too. Thanks to MasterChief2829, who found the podcast a few minutes early, and _Wheels03, who found the B.net link. (Louis Wu 21:31:27 UTC) (permalink)
IRIS ARG - finishing soon?
The Leggett wonders if the grand finale of the IRIS ARG is happening tonight; evidence suggests that the last server will open at midnight (eastern). Would Microsoft really end the game more than a month before Halo 3 comes out - or will there be another phase? (Louis Wu 20:52:29 UTC) (permalink)
SPOnG writes up Amsterdam Experience
Anton P. Nym noticed a Q&A/hands-on Halo 3 feature at SPOnG.com - the hands-on is from play time in Amsterdam a week or two ago, and the Q&A is with Phil Spenser, MS General Manager, First Party Publishing. Good read, all around. (Louis Wu 18:47:35 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Ad Contest
Amee Singh Bartenwerfer let us know that Black Turtle Media, a new organization that solicits user-generated advertising content, is running a Halo 3 contest; create 'an ad that rivals the Halo trilogy hype', win a chance at one of two $5,000 prizes. Video submissions must be in by December 1, 2007; voting will wrap up a couple of weeks later. Go read about it! (Louis Wu 18:39:57 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Live Spaces Theme
Xbox.com has a new Halo 3 Theme for Windows Live Spaces sites; swing by to Halo 3-ize your Spaces page. Thanks, DHalo. (Louis Wu 16:18:47 UTC) (permalink)
New Scores from Sean Mortensen
Sean Mortensen sent along two new scores; Arrival was inspired by the idea of a Halo movie from Hollywood (mp3, 1.6 mb | PDF, 951 kb), and We Go Feet First! was written for the ODST Helljumpers (mp3, 3.1 mb | PDF, 438 kb). Go listen! (Louis Wu 16:02:03 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Xbox 360 Down Under
Gamespot points out that the Halo 3 Xbox 360 console has now been priced and dated in Australia; it'll be out on September 20 (a day after the US), and cost $AU$680 (US$534, a significant chunk more than it costs in the US). (Louis Wu 15:50:45 UTC) (permalink)
Sydney-based Halo 3 Hands On from Kotaku
Kotaku's got a writeup of the third level of Halo's single player campaign, as played in Sydney - along with a discussion of the Saved Films option (which they see more as a cool screenshot composer). They're happy with what they saw. (Louis Wu 15:43:16 UTC) (permalink)
The sun hasn't exploded yet, either.
I'm not sure how CVG thinks this is news... but they've put up an article that states that Bungie hasn't started work on Halo 3 for PC. In fact, there's no word from Bungie about whether there WILL be a port, eventually - and Frank is quoted in their post saying that "it's not even a twinkle in [Bungie's] eye" at this stage. So... there you go. (I'm posting this to ward off the emails saying "hey, there's a story at CVG about a PC version of Halo 3!") (Louis Wu 15:30:41 UTC) (permalink)
Legendary Edition now at Amazon UK
Amazon UK is finally selling the Legendary Edition of Halo 3 - if you're in Great Britain, and haven't ordered a copy yet, here's your chance. Update: Wow, that was fast. As noted by c0ld vengeance, the signup period is already over; Amazon has a note up saying "sign up to be notified when item becomes avialable".
(Louis Wu 15:26:04 UTC) (permalink)
If you make it backwards, is it original?
kornman00 ran across a Wikipedia page about a new superhero from DC Comics - her name is Forerunner, and she's been tasked with serving The Monitors. Hmm... sounds like a DC writer has been getting some naming inspiration from video games! (Louis Wu 15:24:00 UTC) (permalink)
Let's just go back to Frogger, okay?
GameDaily has posted an article entitled 'Five Reasons Game Trilogies Suck'. Halo is one of their prime sources of examples. (Louis Wu 15:21:22 UTC) (permalink)
An analysis of the new Content Usage Rules
trigger119 let us know that he's put up an article discussing the new Game Content Usage Rules Microsoft posted recently. It's pretty pessimistic; it looks at how these rules will affect current Halo moviemakers, and what you can no longer do without risking the wrath of Microsoft's lawyers. (To be fair, none of the things in the newly posted rules should be a surprise; most of the "can't"s were no-brainers. What's changed is that Microsoft has explicitly LISTED them as "can't"s, and stated that they'll pursue violators.) Here's hoping it's not as bad as it all seems. Update: we just heard from Steve Gemmiti, of the Cops and Robbers team; they've put up a video response to the rules, as well - you can find downloadable versions of 'Biting the Hand that Smacked You' on their website, or at YouTube. Update 2: trigger119 has mirrored the CAR short, and pointed out that one of the more respected names in the Halo machinima community has announced a cessation of activity.
(Louis Wu 15:19:15 UTC) (permalink)
Yesterday was a great day for Canadian Halo Fans
Ah, bummer. Xbox 360 Fanboy discovered a fantastic deal for Canadians; the Canadian Dell Store was offering (yesterday only) a bundle that included an Xbox 360 Elite (MSRP is CA$499) and a copy of Halo 3 (MSRP CA$70) for a bundled price of CA$459 - this is cheaper than you can buy the two items for in the US! Sadly, as I write this, the price is back up to CA $558. Sorry! (Louis Wu 15:12:02 UTC) (permalink)
New Halo 3 Achievements?
Xbox360Achievements has discovered the existence of a second Halo 3 Achievement list on Xbox.com; these are all listed as 'Secret', and there is no real information about the individual achievements... but one thing that jumped out at me was that if you compare the new list to the original one, they match, line for line, in the number of points. Could these be the same list? Or is there a mirror list of extra achievements? It's all speculation at this point. (Louis Wu 15:04:59 UTC) (permalink)
UNSC Armory Opened
George was the first to let us know about a new article at Bungie.net which takes a close look at four updated human weapons in Halo 3 - the pistol, the frag grenade, the SMG, and the shotgun. Good stuff! (Louis Wu 15:00:14 UTC) (permalink)
Massive Info Dump at IGN AU
Bungie revealed a new multiplayer map yesterday, to IGN Australia; it's called 'Narrows', and you can see seven new screenshots of it at their site. There's also a new campaign shot, of a level played by press in Amsterdam a couple of weeks ago, and an interview with Frank O'Connor - IGN AU was busy! I read about this at Geekpulp, a New Zealand gaming blog. (Louis Wu 14:56:29 UTC) (permalink)
Frankie and Lars talk Halo 3
Yesterday was insanely busy; I missed a lot of Halo news because of it. Thank goodness for Google News. (I'm sure much of what will follow today was also posted on our forum - but I haven't had time to read that yet.) First up, Bungie in Australia. There's a seven and a half video minute interview with Frankie and Lars Bakken at The Technet Australia Blog - seven questions which get a decent amount of feedback from the Bungie guys. (Louis Wu 14:55:11 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Halo Nerdism King of the Shill. Dan Chosich - Reel 2007 Perceiving the Dimensions of IRIS: Episode 3 Game Content Usage Rules from MS Jonathan Ross - a bad guy? Halo 3 Achievements - 9 Images Changed |
Tuesday's news in brief:
