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Just Add Strategy
Edge has posted a worrying piece on Halo Wars - they wonder if Ensemble has dumbed down (well... de-complicated) the RTS genre in an attempt to appeal to the FPS crowd that is Halo's main audience at the moment... and in doing so has managed to create a game that appeals to neither Halo's base nor the typical RTS fan. Here's hoping they're worrying needlessly! (Louis Wu 21:50:13 UTC) (permalink)
Microsoft's Halo team - and info on Bungie's next reveal
I wasn't going to post this, because much of the information (Payton, Yu, etc) had already been circulated... but then we got a tidbit I hadn't seen before. So: Edge Online (thanks, Michael Smith), along with ShackNews and Joystiq (thanks, bentllama) are reporting that Microsoft is confirming some of the new, big hires of the internal Halo team at Microsoft Game Studios: Ryan Payton, who worked on Metal Gear Solid 4, is heading up the Peter Jackson Halo project, working alongside Ex-Gearbox programmer Corrine Yu, her husband Kenneth Scott, formerly of Id, David Wu, from Pseudo Interactive, and Frank O'Connor, formerly of Bungie. (And, as we now know, Nathan 'bentllama' Walpole, also formerly of Bungie.) A pretty all-star team! Edge also confirms that there will be a major announcement from Bungie at next week's Tokyo Game Show, with reference to the recently released 'KEEP IT CLEAN' teaser. (Louis Wu 20:54:47 UTC) (permalink)
405th Source, Issue 01
Adam Grumbo, from the 405th Infantry Division, let us know that the first issue of the 405th Ezine is now available for download, in PDF format. It's hefty - weighs in at 21 mb - but it's chock-full of interesting stuff, and well worth the download for any Halo fan. There are spotlights on costume creators, interviews with community celebrities (author Eric Nylund and actress Kristen Rutherford from the I Love Bees campaign), tutorials, fiction, and more. Like everything these guys put out, this is polished and professional looking; grab your copy now!
(Louis Wu 16:01:30 UTC) (permalink)
Movin' On Up
If you were wondering what sort of experience was needed for each playlist advancement (as opposed to the TrueSkill rank advancement), Grunts R Us is here to help. Check out their Playlist Progression Ranking page. Next stop - a dee-luxe apartment. (Louis Wu 14:59:45 UTC) (permalink)
Church Art
ZZoMBiE13 continues to bring life to moments and characters from the RvB: Reconstruction series - his latest work is called 'Ghost Church'. Take a look!
(Louis Wu 14:38:08 UTC) (permalink)
Unpacking a Virus... and Linked
TTL Demag0gue has posted the latest Reclaimer - #94 gets Reclaimer a little closer to understanding the relationship between Ferial and Viper. And Raulboy stopped by with a new pair of The White Space comics. (Louis Wu 14:30:46 UTC) (permalink)
KEEP IT CLEAN: JAVA EDITION
Over at NeoGAF, Bryant pointed out that he'd created a fun little Java applet for a Computer Science class at school - no actual image files used. We're mirroring the content, to save his bandwidth. Take a look - it's great! (Louis Wu 14:27:05 UTC) (permalink)
You're coming with me
Decommissioner ran across a t-shirt at Split Reason that pays homage to the ever-so-satisfying Kill from the Grave. I might just buy that... (Louis Wu 14:24:57 UTC) (permalink)
How did YOU want the Trilogy to end?
Hawty McBloggy has invited a guest writer who looks at what he considers flaws in the Halo storyline, and how it turned out. Give it a read, and see if you agree!
(Louis Wu 14:24:28 UTC) (permalink)
Top 50 Xbox Characters
Decommissioner noticed a Top 50 Xbox Characters article at Gameplayer - Halo provides entries on pages 5 and 11. Not bad! (Louis Wu 14:21:23 UTC) (permalink)
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