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Monday, March 23, 2009 |  |
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Bungie officially confirmed the release date of the Mythic Map Pack on XBL Marketplace (not that Major Nelson's confirmation wasn't official) - but the REAL reason to read the newspost is because it's chock-full of cool stats about Halo 3 matchmaking to date. Did you know that there are more than 70 million screenshots available on Bungie.net, taken in Halo 3? Or that if you totalled up the running time of all the film clips currently stored on Bungie.net, you'd have almost 750 MILLION seconds of footage? Go read the rest. (There's a reminder about our Mythic Movie contest at the bottom, as well... don't forget, you've got until Monday!) (Louis Wu 22:58:04 UTC) (permalink)
Grifball Matchmaking Highlights - March
mikinater1 put together some matchmaking highlights of the last Grifball Double XP weekend, along with some footage of the new Grifball arena NOKYARD built on the main floor of Sandbox. This one seems to be full of trick plays. Thanks, urk.
(Louis Wu 22:53:00 UTC) (permalink)
HBO Mythic Movie Contest
Check this out:
mythicmoviecontest.bungie.org
What is this, you ask? Simple: it's a new contest looking for fan-made trailers showing off the Mythic maps... with winners getting all sorts of goodies (Recon armor, Bungie Pro for their File Share, extra Mythic codes for friends). The rules are all there - read 'em. Read 'em carefully, because we're going to get a lot of submissions, and I promise you, if we can weed your entry out because you didn't read the rules, we're gonna. (No, we're not mean - we're just doing all of this under a little bit of time pressure, so we can't afford to be flexible.) Make your trailer, upload it to us, and then wait until next week for the results! Do it quick - submissions end late Sunday night/early Monday morning (depending on where you are). (Louis Wu 17:51:06 UTC) (permalink)
Bungle Blag
Good stuff today over at the Bungie Blog:
- americanista123 whipped up a second Bungie Employee Bloopertage - fun (silly) moments culled from Bungie employee fileshares.
- Greenskull and SMG90 shared a machinima they call 'What The...' You'll probably say the same thing if you watch it.
- ooohemgeeeFTW compiled a short montage of footage from the Valentines Day Massacre weekend - fun in HD.
- Today's Tag and Release term is 'Commando'... wow, what pics.
That's it, until urk finishes his coffee... (Louis Wu 17:45:41 UTC) (permalink)
Mythic Map Release Date on XBLM: It's Official
If you hadn't been clued in by the postscript on last Friday's Bungie Weekly Update, Major Nelson spells things out for you this morning - the Mythic Map Pack drops on Xbox LIVE Marketplace on April 9, for 800 points. Thanks, onebitrocket.
(Louis Wu 14:19:07 UTC) (permalink)
Floodgate Mythic Challenge: Met!
Daniel 'Tyrant' Morris sent word that the Floodgate Mythic Challenge he issued last week was met... by many. Over 100 entries were submitted, with several times around 4:10... but Xd Bud bX pushed past the crowd with a time of 4:06 - faster, even, than any of the current Mythic Conquerer times! For his efforts, Bud gets a Mythic Map code from Tyrant - congratulations! (And remember - the next full challenge kicks off on April 1!)
(Louis Wu 14:17:17 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's Comic Update
Lightweight Halo comic update today - just a couple for you.
- Elnea updated Halo Action Figure Theater with #162: Chuck Roast. Now that Norris is down... what's going to happen to the poor little Pokemon?
- TTL Demag0gue stopped by with word of Reclaimer 169: An Offer Refused. Portent doesn't trust Ferial enough to accept gifts...
My guess is, Wednesday's update will be larger. (Louis Wu 14:16:13 UTC) (permalink)
Recon Helmet Renders
spartanx5 stopped in to point out that he's started modeling a Recon helmet - you can see the WIP images over at 3dtotal.com. (Louis Wu 14:14:56 UTC) (permalink)
Have fun, win maps
I was sort of joking about being sad that there were no prizes to give out for pete_the_duck's Flaming Ninja Challenge 3... but FyreWulff stepped up anyway and is offering a 1200 MS Point card to the fastest time submitted to him by midnight Friday. Read his post VERY carefully for rules - it would be no fun to be disqualified because you were careless. This is NOT a bungie.org contest, and we have nothing to do with the prize distribution or winner picking - but we do think it's pretty cool when fans jump in like this.
(Louis Wu 14:13:22 UTC) (permalink)
First Person Jumping
You might remember 'Look Before You Leap 2', a wild Halo 3 jumping vid released a month or so ago. Yesterday, urk linked to a pretty cool followup - it's called 'Look Before You Leap 2: First Person View', and it shows the same jumps, but from the viewpoint of the jumper. If you're trying to learn to DO some of these jumps... this is the film for you.
(Louis Wu 14:12:34 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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The Flaming Ninja Challenge 3 Gone Fishin' (sort of) Halo 3 Fails: Episode 14 |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Reality Mistaken What The French Episode 2 Wii Fit outsells Halo 3 Halo weapons in Deadpool? HBOFFPotW - March 20 Retro Review: Halo CE Haloramics (a video) Bungie Weekly Update, March 20: A Mouthful |
