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Saturday, May 1, 2010 |  |
New Beginnings - Again
In the madness of yesterday, I'm afraid the newest film out of Bungie, 'New Beginnings', might have been overlooked, so I'm reminding you. It's accessible in the latest Weekly Update, in downloadable and streaming formats, and it's really, really worth the 6 minutes of your time. If you're sort of new to the Halo franchise, you might not even know who Jason Jones is - he's been out of the limelight for many years now. But his vision, and his ability to inspire greatness in the people around him, are some of the things that makes Bungie the unique studio that it is - and this video shows that his drive, what keeps him going every day, hasn't really changed in YEARS. He (still) wants to make games you want to play. And the studio he founded attracts people who want the same thing. This video is about BUNGIE - it's not about any one game (no games are even mentioned), it's not about their publishers (past or present - again, no names at all) - it's about the team. Who they are, what they do, and how they're gonna keep doing it. In the wake of fears that Activision will "run Bungie into the ground", and that Bungie has sold out (again), this video makes it clear that Bungie is who Bungie has ALWAYS been - a game company good enough to inspire a fan community that simply won't go away. Here's to the next 10 years! Go watch. (Louis Wu 15:43:38 UTC) (permalink)
MSNBC - Reach Beta Preview
ash noticed a nice summary of the Reach Beta on MSNBC.
(Louis Wu 15:31:38 UTC) (permalink)
That was one HECK of a kill.
FyreWulff stopped by with word of a thread on Bungie.net, showing off a rather odd bug someone found in the Beta - an assassination went wonky, and the entire Noble Team appeared... and then died. Bizarre!
(Louis Wu 15:30:33 UTC) (permalink)
Last breath of Heresy
Riceatron grabbed a few screenshots of a kill that... works nicely in a totally different context. Check it!
(Louis Wu 15:30:04 UTC) (permalink)
ZBrush ODST Model Updated
Brighton's back with a new update to his ODST Character model - go by and watch the YouTube presentation!
(Louis Wu 15:27:38 UTC) (permalink)
Okay, I'm ready...
Well, yesterday was a rather crazy day; seems like many Halo fans spent it looking for codes to get into the Reach Beta. (Bungie dumped 1000+ codes on their front page last night, leaving people in a mad scramble to find a working one; they dumped another 100+ on OUR forum, and passed out a bunch more piecemeal. Seems like they might be done at this point.) If you didn't get one - don't fret, the Beta will be live for EVERYONE in just 2 days. In the meantime, here's a grab-bag of Halo goodies I've seen over the last day or so. (This is by no means a complete list; things are crazy right now. It's just some fun stuff.) First up: Leviathan whipped up funny little comic depicting life on Monday... for some players.
(Louis Wu 15:22:53 UTC) (permalink)
Creating an artifact from the 26th century
The Halo Waypoint team did an interview with Eric Nylund recently, discussing an item you'll be able to get your hands on later this fall - Halsey's Journal, a labor of love included in both the Limited and Legendary Editions of Halo: Reach. The interview will be live on the Waypoint website early next week - but if you don't want to wait that long, they've kindly given us permission to put it up a few days early. C'mon by and give it a read! Awesome stuff. (Louis Wu 04:43:03 UTC) (permalink)
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