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Monday, November 19, 2007 |  |
DLC, with a Bungie Spin
If you missed the initial announcement of the upcoming Halo Downloadable Content, or the followup screenshots, you should swing by Bungie.net, and read this story. Actually, even if you DIDN'T miss that other stuff, you should read the story. A large chunk of it is a Q&A with Chris Barrett, the creative director of DLC and Steve Cotton, the DLC design lead, and it's a pretty interesting read. It'll give you a pretty good sense of what to expect come December 11 (or next spring, should you choose to wait for these maps to be free). (Louis Wu 23:11:33 UTC) (permalink)
Gratuitous Humor.
Stuntmutt looks at the downloadable version of the original Halo (due on December 11) in today's One One Se7en. Funny man. (Louis Wu 20:17:45 UTC) (permalink)
Extra Medals in Halo 3
Blackstar has been creating new medals for new experiences in Halo 3 for a few weeks; we've finally gotten around to adding a page for them. His latest medal is 'What Goes Around', awarded to bark0de for an amusing death on Sandtrap. Check out the whole collection! (Louis Wu 20:08:52 UTC) (permalink)
GeeVeeGrab - Halo 3 films, without a capture card
Interesting; cortinator points out that GeeVee.com is offering a beta service whereby they'll automatically convert your fileshare'd saved film clips to streamable video... this could be pretty useful for folks without a capture card! Check it out. (Louis Wu 19:41:58 UTC) (permalink)
Heroic Map Pack Screens
Thanks to Edelman; I hadn't noticed the link to screens earlier.
- Standoff: 1080p (517K) | 480p (121K)
- Rat's Nest: 1080p (470K) | 480p (106K)
- Foundry: 1080p (441K) | 480p (102K)
Gotta say... they're pretty! (Louis Wu 17:58:01 UTC) (permalink)
Lycos releases web search numbers
Wow, this is truly strange to me. According to EarthTimes.org, Lycos has posted its 8th annual list of the most popular toys and video games, based on web search activity... and Halo 3 came in 10th, well below 6th-place Halo 2. How is this possible? Are Lycos users living in the past, or something? (Louis Wu 17:47:11 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack
Over at Xbox.com, the big announcement alluded to in last Friday's Bungie Weekly Update has gone up - on December 11, 3 new multiplayer maps will be available for download, for 800 Microsoft Points ($10 US). These will all be free by spring 2008, just in time for the NEXT wave of downloadable content. Go read - and get ready! (Thanks, KP) (Louis Wu 17:22:31 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Flash games down under
Stuntmutt sent us links to a couple of Flash games available on Australian websites; there's 'Halo Fore', a golf game on the Red v Blue charity site, and 'Grunt Attack', a twitch shooter. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 17:19:29 UTC) (permalink)
Saving Grace
TTL Demag0gue has posted the last part of Chapter One of his Reclaimer comic - we'll be moving on to Team Viper soon. (Louis Wu 14:44:17 UTC) (permalink)
Wall Painting Update
John_117 has updated our forum on his progress of his Cortana/Master Chief wall painting - you can see the latest screenshot in his post. (Louis Wu 14:42:42 UTC) (permalink)
Music Transcriptions at R.net
Also at Rampancy.net this morning are two music transcriptions from spartan182 - a partial solution of the Halo 3 Announcement Trailer, for piano, and Unforgotten (the main menu screen music). You must be logged in to download. (Louis Wu 14:41:09 UTC) (permalink)
Time to go back to Halo.
Rampancy.net has a rant from VVV about how broken Halo 3 is. I have to say that I disagree with him on so many points that a rebuttal is pointless; we're not talking the same language. Others may not feel the same. (Louis Wu 14:38:20 UTC) (permalink)
Metroid Online Map Team Public Release
Seraphim let us know that the Metroid Online Map Team has released a pair of maps (in Release Candidate status), for testing. If you're a Halo Custom Edition player, grab these puppies and give 'em a try! (The release announcement contains screenshots and a movie, so you can see a little of what you're getting.) (Louis Wu 14:30:47 UTC) (permalink)
Terminal Wallpapers
Capt Spanish has been working quite a bit on Terminal graphics; he's created a bunch of custom-made images that took their inspiration from Halo 3's terminals, but have his own touches. You can find 4 separate designs, in two form factors each, in his forum post. We're still working on making the vector formats available to the public. (Louis Wu 14:25:25 UTC) (permalink)
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