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Thursday, August 28, 2008 |  |
Braaiiinnnnssssssss...
Living Dead is back this weekend for the Double EXP Playlist. Bryan Ojeda noted it first on the forum. Go get those brains! (mnemesis 22:16:17 UTC) (permalink)
28 Weeks Later
In late July, Jamie98s released a trailer for 28 Weeks Later, his reconstruction of the movie of the same name in the Halo 3 engine. Today, he's proud to announce the full version - a monster film, 43 minutes long, weighing in at a bit over 350 mb in downloadable format. Here's Jamie's description:
"Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. The main focus is on a father reuniting with his 2 children, whose mother was infected by the virus."
43 minutes might seem absurdly long for a Halo machinima, but Jamie cut half the movie to make it fit (though he did so in a way that kept the story fully understandable). It's an amazing piece of work; he's captured the tension and emotion of the original, while living within the confines of the Halo 3 environment. You can download it from our servers in either WMP9 format (366 mb) or QuickTime format (359 mb) - we rarely serve files this large, so I can't promise downloads won't be slow. If you don't want to wait, or you can't handle the larger version, Jamie98s should have a streaming version on his site at some point soon. Two thumbs up! (Louis Wu 14:54:28 UTC) (permalink)
A Fun Suicide Snipe
A couple of weeks ago, we got mail from CrAnkMYkcid about a pretty funny sniper suicide he'd committed on Last Resort. You can't comment on the clip on B.net, because he's gotten himself blacklisted there (CrankFiber is his B.net username). However, he's uploaded it to GameVee, as well, and because I liked it, I've added a pair of HD downloads of it, with a few angles (I'm leaving for PAX in an hour, so the editing is about as minimal as it gets...) - WMP9 (12.4 mb) or QuickTime (10.5 mb). Go check it out - and remember to watch those corners when you're sniping! (Louis Wu 14:27:44 UTC) (permalink)
Rove - Halo 3 affected by Gates' Retirement
mattroe told us about a Halo 3 reference on the Australian comedy program Rove. I KNEW there were extras Bungie didn't tell us about! (Louis Wu 11:11:13 UTC) (permalink)
Willingly Insane
Kido Badtower stopped by to announce his machinima series 'Willingly Insane' - he's already created 9 episodes of Season 1, and 4 episodes of Season 2, but he's remaking the Season 1 vids. All eps are hosted at YouTube. Go see what you think! (Louis Wu 11:08:52 UTC) (permalink)
Gearbox/Halo Rumor, Laid Out
Okay, so back in February, we posted a news bit about one of our readers who speculated that an announcement by Gearbox's Randy Pitchford was Halo-related; his original post is no longer available on his website, but Archive.org has a copy. This info was updated, sort of, in May - but nothing really materialized. Well, the latest Official Xbox Magazine has a rumor in it that ties Gearbox and Halo together again; Planet Halo was the first site I saw to notice this, but by last week, it had been picked up by almost every major gaming site. Today, Kotaku has published an internal Gearbox email in which Corrinne Yu, a programmer who's worked for them for some time, announces that she's taken the Lead Engine Architect job on the Halo team at Microsoft. (Thanks, Ross.) Now, this might actually be totally unrelated; it's been clear for a while that Microsoft is building up their internal Halo team, and the fact that they recruited Yu from Gearbox might have nothing whatsoever to do with Gearbox - it might just be that she was the best prospect for the job. Lots of people are connecting the dots, though, so the rumor's out there - and now we have a reason why. (Well, kind of. If you were planning on building the next Halo game, would you let one of your best programmers go to someone ELSE'S Halo team?) IS Gearbox working on a new version of Halo for the next-generation Xbox? That remains to be seen. One of their hottest programmers is leaving to run the Microsoft Halo team, though. That much, we know. (Louis Wu 10:52:51 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Beautifully depicted bumps An Ode To Halo 3 Power Spike I Am Your Soul Outpost: Isil Ep 9 - Full Frontal MINIMIZING WORK |
Tuesday's news in brief:
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A Halo Wedding Top 10 Halo 3 Exterminations video Yes it was, I won, A+ Blood Gulch, in Crysis Halo Wars in Germany - a dev view |
