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Sacrifice, and more
It's Wednesday - Bungie's Favorites are updated. This week is the second batch of files from Tactical Gaming - go read about the map Sacrifice, and then look at everything else that's up! (Louis Wu 19:07:13 UTC) (permalink)
Preorder ODST - help Bungie
If you haven't preordered Halo 3: ODST yet, Bungie has actually put an Amazon link in their blog - looks like if you use it to order, they get a cut! (Sort of makes you wonder if MS is actually paying them for this game...) Go support Bungie - order with their link! (Louis Wu 19:03:02 UTC) (permalink)
They make games they wanna play.
Inside Gaming has an interview with CJ Cowan, recorded during Gamescom last week - go listen! Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 17:29:25 UTC) (permalink)
2nd Degree
The Bungie Blog has word of 2nd Degree, a Halo 3 montage featuring gameplay from Nightmare and Assault. Nearly 10 minutes long, all MLG gameplay. Pretty impressive multikills!
(Louis Wu 17:27:17 UTC) (permalink)
I think I know that driver...
Co-Optimus has a fun little writeup of an evening spent co-oping on Halo 3 - it'll make you smile. (Louis Wu 17:25:21 UTC) (permalink)
Facility B5D Podcast 3
Facility B5D has released their third podcast - swing by Bungie.net for information and a download link. 82 minutes, 70 mb. Interview with CMNeir inside. (Louis Wu 17:24:38 UTC) (permalink)
Mythtacular - a chance to fall, many times
pete_the_duck's back with another challenge - and it's a doozy. He calls it 'Mythtacular', and it's an obstacle course on Sandbox. Beat it... and you win pete's undying admiration. (Well, it might die after a little while.) Don't play it to win stuff - play it because it looks like a WHOLE lotta fun. (Why am I hearing Led Zeppelin in my head?) Go download the map, read Pete's exhaustive writeup... and start jumpin'! (Louis Wu 16:54:23 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday Comic Roundup
Two funnies for you today: Hawty McBloggy let us know about ODS Steve #39 (Return of the 'Mhack) - Sarge meets someone new... and TTL Demag0gue told us about Reclaimer 210 (Scoreless) - Score discovers something maybe better left undiscovered. (At least by him.) Go read! (Louis Wu 13:14:12 UTC) (permalink)
ODST available really early... in France
And... it looks like another Bungie game is about to be leaked... by the French. CaLL Me ZeNy pointed out a YouTube vid showing the unpacking of a copy of Halo 3: ODST, purchased over the counter from a French store almost 4 weeks before its official release. There are no spoilers in this video (it's just the unwrapping of the box, and showing off of what's inside)... but if it's real, it won't be long before Campaign vids start showing up on YouTube, as well. If you're looking to be unspoiled when you play through the first time, now might be a good time to stop reading Halo websites.Update: Microsoft France has issued a statement (thanks again, CMZ) that anyone caught playing the game before its release date will be banned from LIVE. (Relatively harsh punishment, given that they're buying the game in a regular retail outlet... but it might help protect the rest of us.) (Louis Wu 10:55:32 UTC) (permalink)
GT Solo Play Walkthrough from Gamescom
GameTrailers has posted another filmed-off-the-screen presentation (Part 1 | Part 2) from Gamescom - this one's an awful lot like the Gamersyde recording we mentioned on Sunday - but if you're doing your best to see everything out there, you should watch this too.
(Louis Wu 10:54:31 UTC) (permalink)
I'm on a Ghost!
Dojorkan rewrote the lyrics of The Lonely Island's "I'm on a boat" to be more Halo-related. It's still not safe for work... but it's pretty funny. (Not to be outdone, Pete Cooper submitted his own rewrite, "I'm in a Hog".)
(Louis Wu 10:51:29 UTC) (permalink)
OpenSauce 2.0 SDK Release Candidate
Connor Sauve let us know that the OpenSauce SDK 2.0, a package of tools from Kornman to help folks build Halo Custom Edition content, has been released - swing by Modacity to read about what it does, and to grab a copy. If you do ANY dabbling in the creation of content for Halo Custom Edition... you should grab this. (Louis Wu 10:45:07 UTC) (permalink)
It's not how you look - it's how many pixels you have.
Brian Jarrard attempted to convince a videogamer.com reporter that pixel counting doesn't actually do a game justice - but the 'we've lost 80 pixels' argument that surfaced when it was learned that the Halo 3 engine actually renders in 640p rather than 720p is back. Whee!
(Louis Wu 10:44:12 UTC) (permalink)
Limited Edition Halo 3: ODST Console/Game from Mountain Dew
Want a chance to win a Limited Edition Halo 3: ODST Console and game? Swing by Mountain Dew's twitter page - apparently, they're giving this away today. Thanks, big ander.
(Louis Wu 10:38:01 UTC) (permalink)
Inside Xbox: ODST Transport Vehicle
Kibbles noticed a video on YouTube showing an Inside Xbox feature from LIVE - Major Nelson presents the ODST transport truck during its inaugural stop. Nice footage of inside and out. I decided the YouTube vid didn't do the truck justice, so you can grab HD versions from us (1280x720, 80 or 90 mb, depending on flavor) in both WMP9 and QuickTime formats. (Louis Wu 10:36:42 UTC) (permalink)
Lawltage 4
Bloogyo let us know about Lawltage 4, another compilation of funny/odd clips from Matchmaking. Definitely some entertaining clips in there!
(Louis Wu 10:35:51 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars Dev Blog: Lessons Learned
Halo Wars Lead Designer Dave Pottinger has written up a post-mortem of the Halo Wars development process - it's an interesting read! Nice pics, too. Thanks, 2900d4u.
(Louis Wu 10:34:12 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3: ODST to be playable at Fan Expo
According to NextGen Player, if you're going to Toronto's Fan Expo on August 28-30, you'll get the chance to play ODST - a nice bonus for east coasters. (Louis Wu 10:31:07 UTC) (permalink)
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