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Cockatoo Island - It's a popular place
OXCGN has another writeup of the Sydney Halo 3: ODST event, complete with pictures and a Q&A with Curtis Creamer. (They've also got more coming soon, apparently.) Go read. (Louis Wu 20:52:53 UTC) (permalink)
Okay, you can stop playing now.
Whoa, bizarre. According to G4TV, a 'high-level Microsoft source' confirmed that the reason you still have a 100-friend limit on Xbox LIVE is... Halo 2 compatibility. (That is: Microsoft would be fine upping the limit - if Halo 2 weren't still a popular game, whose Friends functionality would break if the limit were raised.) Insert graphic of Stephen Colbert here, fist shaking in the air, yelling "BUNGIE!!!!" (Louis Wu 20:49:33 UTC) (permalink)
Grab a free copy of Halo Helljumper
Dave Kramer let us know about another giveaway from Busy Gamer News - you can snag a free copy of Halo Helljumper #1 (and a copy of Gears of War Sourcebook, if you're interested) by adding a comment to the page before Thursday, at 5:01pm PST. (You need to live in the US to enter.) If your comment is picked, you win. (Don't double-post, or you'll be disqualified.) (Louis Wu 20:38:59 UTC) (permalink)
It Ends Tonight
AssaultGodzilla stopped in with word of 'It Ends Tonight', a Halo music video in which footage from sources as disparate as Blomkamp's Landfall and 343 Industries' Legends trailer, all set to the American Rejects' song of the same name. Nicely put together! (Louis Wu 19:40:04 UTC) (permalink)
CornuBungiea
Out all morning, half the afternoon - just enough time for Bungie.net to churn out a Prowler-load of new Halo content:
- The Running Riot Podcast is broadcasting live again on August 18, 9:30 pm EST. Guests are Jironimo and Cocopjojo from Ascendant Justice - should be fascinating!
- A Deaf Boy whipped up a new screenshot montage - this one focusing on the Halo 3 campaign. Gorgeous!
- phatcorns whipped up another one of his 3rd-person montages - I gotta say, these are my absolute favorite class of montage, and phatcorns does an amazing job; go look at Rocket Blues Sunset Hues.
- Phurion and Hyena (and friends) put together a 'Ninjatage' (lots of backsmacks) - it's called Ninjitsu. Timing's nice, though the material gets a bit repetitive after a while.
- The latest Tag and Release feature uses the tag 'The Cutting Edge'. Looking at the results, I'm not sure I understand the connection... but I can't deny they're cool shots!
Well, that ought to do it - go catch up! (Louis Wu 19:06:01 UTC) (permalink)
They're listening.
The latest Katonian Press article at Hawty McBloggy looks at the new Dashboard update for the Xbox 360 - and what it means for Halo 3 players who feel their feedback options are limited. I'm glad the details of this are finally getting out! (Louis Wu 11:12:18 UTC) (permalink)
Creamer Talks ODST
Australia's Gameplanet interviewed Curtis Creamer about Halo 3: ODST - he discusses Weta's Warthog, what Bungie wanted to do with ODST, and more. Good read! (Louis Wu 10:48:04 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Legends Preview on Tech Watch
MSNBC's Tech Watch has an interview with Frank O'Connor - he discusses how the Halo Legends project came to pass, and what you can expect from it. Nice discussion! Thanks, DarkSky Forever.
(Louis Wu 10:47:24 UTC) (permalink)
Take a Bow
TDSpiral let us know about a Halo music video he'd created - it's set to Muse's 'Take a Bow', and it's not your typical HMV. Even though almost all the footage is static... it's got a lot of energy. Try it out! (Louis Wu 10:46:57 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3: ODST preview from Atomic MPC
Atomic MPC put together a preview article about Halo 3: ODST, based on their experiences at the Sydney press event last week. If you're making sure you read everything... read this. (Louis Wu 10:46:12 UTC) (permalink)
Halo on Demand?
Xbox Evolved has posted a rumor that Microsoft will re-release Halo 2 on their 'Games on Demand' service next month, as part of the Halo 3: ODST hype machine - and then follow it up with a value-priced version of ODST itself on the service. (Given that Bungie has said that the Halo 3 Multiplayer portion of ODST was not really designed to be run from the hard drive, this seems a LITTLE hard to swallow... but we'll wait and see.)
(Louis Wu 10:45:01 UTC) (permalink)
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A Halo movie... from Steven Spielberg? Helljumper #1 Review Halo 3 Outtakes The Weta Warthog - in all its glory The good news: urk's wearing pants again. |
