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Thursday, August 6, 2009 |  |
Grifball - with some twists
This week's Double XP Weekend Playlist has gone live... and while it's a list we've seen before (Grifball), there are far, far more options this time around than you might be used to. Four different gametypes, on 6 different Grifball maps - go read about it on Bungie.net, or just get online and play! (Louis Wu 23:44:15 UTC) (permalink)
ODST for $50
hc2, on NeoGAF, and Max Dyckhoff, via email, both pointed out that Buy.com is offering Halo 3: ODST for $49.99, with free shipping and the Johnson preorder bonus. Nice! (Louis Wu 23:31:31 UTC) (permalink)
Community Cartographers - Colonnade
Did you participate in the Bungie Day 2009 'Bungie Against the World' playlist? Did you get your fill of the map Colonnade, which came up pretty often if the first map was vetoed? Swing by Bungie.net and read an interview with its creator in this week's Community Cartographers feature. You want to know it's been tweaked - because it's showing up again tomorrow, in the 7 on the 7th playlist. (Louis Wu 18:13:35 UTC) (permalink)
August Contests, from Forge Union
Forge Union is hosting a series of contests during the month of August - prizes are all of the 'fame' variety, but if you enjoy creating cool things and sharing them with others, you should check this out! Full details on Bungie.net. (Louis Wu 18:05:21 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Videos on B.net
Three new movies for you at Bungie.net (what, surprised?):
- ExterminatorV1 and GamemasterAT whipped up 'Daylight', a Halo 3 dualtage; this went live yesterday, but I missed it. Minimal editing, great gameplay - worth the 3 minutes.
- Americanista123 is back with another Bungie Employee Bloopers vid - 6 minutes of Bungie mishaps, glitches, and wtf moments.
- In case you haven't had enough racetrack videos... there's a new one, based on a map called 'Cape Canaveral'. (There's a modeled Space Shuttle in the middle of the map.) This one's built on the ground, instead of Sandbox's Sky Bubble - and has some nice action.
Go spend some time watching. (Louis Wu 17:40:07 UTC) (permalink)
Don't sugar-coat it, woman.
Hawty McBloggy has a new "Halo 3 by the numbers" feature for you - she calls it 'The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth'. I call it a painful reminder. (Louis Wu 17:29:14 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3: ODST - in Sydney
On Thursday night (seems odd to write that, because where I am, it's still Thursday morning), Microsoft held a promotional event to show off Halo 3: ODST in Sydney, Australia. One major benefit - it's just across the water from New Zealand, where Weta's got all those cool Halo props... Partygoers got to pose in Weta's Warthog - and one lucky person won a raffle to take it for a drive on the weekend. NeoGAF's Zhuk was there, and took a bunch of photos; we've mirrored his impressions article (with his permission) because we don't want to kill his photobucket account. Great writeup! Update: Zhuk posted a second batch of pics - we've included them here. If he adds more, we'll grow that page. (Louis Wu 15:59:10 UTC) (permalink)
Warthogs don't grow on trees, you know.
Pete Cooper stopped by to say that fundraising is going swimmingly for the Operation Chastity project - they're bringing in lots o' cash! If you'd like to help, swing by the site! (Louis Wu 15:20:33 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars wins Best Strategy Game from G-Phoria
Last Night, G4TV's Gamer's Choice awards, G-Phoria, announced winners for 2009 - Halo Wars took Best Strategy Game. (They were up for Best Soundtrack, as well, but lost out to Fallout 3.) Thanks, General Vagueness. (Louis Wu 15:18:43 UTC) (permalink)
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