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Under Fire - Character WIP
Tony 'ubald' Marcotte sent along a new piece from his comic-in-progress; this is a character render, and it's pretty epic. Go take a look! (Louis Wu 20:48:30 UTC) (permalink)
Comm Chatter - it's not just for montages any more
Okay, since I've been on vacation, we've been remiss at reminding you about the new content available at Bungie.net's Comm Chatter, the official community information source. Much of what they mention already appears here - but there's plenty of fun stuff that's submitted ONLY to them, so if you're not reading, you're missing. There have been far too many montages in the past week and a half to try and cover in one post... but here's the NON-montage stuff we missed. (If you have a spare hour or two, the montages can satisfy your craving for Halo voyeurism.)
- FyreWulff has apparently decided to stop posting his Fire Team Zulu updates on our forum - last week's challenge ('Bloodbowl/Firebowl', a Halo 3 Campaign challenge on Sierra 117 coupled with a Firefight challenge on ODST's Crater) was sent only to B.net. If you missed it, here's the link.
- Arm The Flag's Radio Show #12 is an hour-long sendoff of Halo 3, in preparation for Reach.
- Bryan Simon is celebrating the incipient launch of Reach with a new song: Halo Reach Again. Touching.
- Air Force Hero has been looking for the best Halo Fan Art he can find on DeviantART - he's put them all in one place for your viewing pleasure.
- G4TV has a two-part Halo Reach preview - a newly-shorn Marcus Lehto sits down with Adam Sessler to discuss Halo Reach (there's discussion and video of Campaign levels, so avoid if you're staying campaign-dark). Great discussion for folks up for it.
- GamesRadar has video of gamplay on Paradiso, a Forge World map, along with commentary by Brian 'SketchFactor' Jarrard - a great intro to a beautiful new map. (This map, more than many Forge World creations, should assuage fears that all FW maps will look the same.) They also have video gameplay on Spire, a large Invasion map - again, with commentary. Good stuff!
Go check it all out - and again, this list totally skips the dozen or two montages posted in the past couple of weeks! (Louis Wu 18:19:38 UTC) (permalink)
Sometimes, I wish our News posts allowed commenting
Since Louis Wu opted to point out a certain, PAX video, I so wanted to voice my opinion here. But alas, we lack that ability. Guess there's always a work around (blech)! (Cybrfrk 17:39:33 UTC) (permalink)
Faux Chief
Over at Hawty McBloggy's, the latest Chronicles of ODS Steve (#81, Faux Chief) is online - some people simply can't be pleased. (Louis Wu 17:38:43 UTC) (permalink)
A Side Note with Paul Shelley Episode 12
TreeskunkProductions decided to thank Bungie for making games we could use to make fools out of ourselves on the only way we could. As a community leader, he decided it was his place to remind us about Reach. (Cybrfrk 17:35:56 UTC) (permalink)
oonsk oonsk oonsk
Testo mentioned a new Reach PAX trailer. Might be a little long... but it amused me. (Louis Wu 17:36:38 UTC) (permalink)
Is it in you, Spartan?
CYBRFRK doesn't think there are enough remakes out there - so he's soliciting more. (Well... sort of. He's got rules. You should go read 'em.) No prizes, just fun. (Louis Wu 17:34:42 UTC) (permalink)
One Last Time
Minime637 hails from the DefendTheHouse community - they make great machinima. Apparently, they're also pretty good at Halo; check out their community montage, entitled 'One Last Time'. Great lengths were gone to in order to synch the action to the soundtrack - works pretty well! (Louis Wu 17:32:45 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Reach Trailer
FriskyCarrot decided to try something a little different when he made his Halo Reach fan trailer - go watch, and see what you think! (Decent discussion about the strengths and weaknesses in the forum thread.) (Louis Wu 17:29:07 UTC) (permalink)
Team Slayer
CrazedOne1988 got a bunch of friends together and staged an epic multiplayer match, solely for the drama - pretty nice job! Good cinematography. Go watch 'Team Slayer'. (Louis Wu 17:27:08 UTC) (permalink)
IGN Reach Preview
Minime637 pointed out a Reach campaign preview, with footage from a couple of early levels, over at IGN - I'm loving the sentiments. Go watch (if you're not totally campaign-dark). No story spoilers - just gameplay ones. (Louis Wu 17:24:47 UTC) (permalink)
MLG Raleigh Recap
We didn't mention it this weekend, but the third event in the 2010 MLG Pro Circuit took place in Raleigh, NC - and Final Boss returned to glory as top dogs, beating Instinct in the championship series. The Hall of Champions shows off the standings (and money earned) of the top teams, and you can watch a bunch of the matches on MLG Pro's YouTube channel. (Interestingly, you can see higher-quality footage on THIS channel...) It's amazing to watch these guys - I'll never play at this level, but I can appreciate the accuracy and speed. (Louis Wu 17:21:43 UTC) (permalink)
Reach was like filming Titanic
iTWire sat down with Lead Campaign Designer, Chris Opdahl, to talk about the creation of Reach. Good read with nice insight into how they paralleled the original Halo game. (Cybrfrk 14:15:17 UTC) (permalink)
Reach Target Poster
Want a target poster of a Covenant Elite? Microsoft's got you covered. Thanks to dogcom for the link. (Louis Wu 02:41:04 UTC) (permalink)
Forward Unto Dawn - Happenings
Dani let us know about three bits of cool news related to the Forward Unto Dawn site:
- HBO regular Hedgemony has signed on as a staff member - "Resident Halo Imagery Specialist" is his title. (I don't think that comes with a gun.) You'll see his work around the site, making everything prettier.
- FUD has posted another thorough article - it's called 'Cartography: Forge', and it outlines the ideas behind Forge, the changes in Forge from Halo 3 to Reach, and how the community is driving the functionality. (Lots of Hedgemony-edited artwork, too.)
- FUD has formed a partnership with Ascendant Justice - mostly to reopen their forums. Like-minded visitors now have a familiar place to discuss the intricacies of the Halo Universe.
Go check it all out! (Louis Wu 02:20:24 UTC) (permalink)
Ink and Shotguns
Couple of goodies from Hawty McBloggy: a beautiful Halo tattoo celebrating independence, and a Halo video showing off the silliness that can happen when you mod your copy of Halo PC. Go enjoy! (Louis Wu 02:14:30 UTC) (permalink)
Grunt Plushie - For Sale
A few months ago, we mentioned a Grunt plushie created by randomflyingpigeons - looks like she's put it up for sale on eBay! Current bid is $33, but there are 8 days left. Go see! Thanks, mendicantbias00. (Louis Wu 02:13:53 UTC) (permalink)
Hello, boys... I'm BAAACK!
Sev265 set the Deliver Hope video to audio from Independence Day - the fit is amazingly good. Thanks to Joshua Stone for telling us. (Louis Wu 02:11:18 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 ODST: The Hero of Canton
Firefly fans who play Halo will love this new tribute from FSMGproductions - The Hero of Canton has been illustrated beautifully in Halo 3: ODST. Feedback can be added to the thread they started on our forum. (Louis Wu 02:10:45 UTC) (permalink)
Signal
Wow, cool. AriseChicken117 was reading about the Jackal homeworld in the Halo 3 Special Edition booklet, and was inspired to create a vision of this planet. Swing by DeviantART to see how he did. (Personally, I think the answer is 'spectacularly'.) (Louis Wu 02:09:26 UTC) (permalink)
Know Your Roots
Willy stopped in to announce that CE United is giving away 12 months of XBL and a Halo faceplate - check out the details on their site. (Louis Wu 02:09:04 UTC) (permalink)
Map Montage from IGN
IGN posted a montage of new Reach map footage on YouTube - Boardwalk, Countdown, and Forge World creations Paradiso, The Cage, and Asylum. Great stuff! Thanks, P_40E. (Louis Wu 02:07:37 UTC) (permalink)
Brian Takes the Stage
GrimBrother IV was the first on our forum to notice a new post on the Reach Developer Blog - looks like SketchFactor is getting ready for yet another presentation! (For what, exactly, we don't know...) (Louis Wu 02:04:30 UTC) (permalink)
Jon Huertas in Reach
NiTrOuS 343 noticed a tweet from Jon Huertas, who plays Detective Esposito opposite Nathan Fillion's Richard Castle in the TV series 'Castle' - Huertas confirms he's done voice work for Reach. Nice! (Louis Wu 02:03:53 UTC) (permalink)
Work for 343 Industries now
Quite a few jobs were posted today over at 343 Industries, as noted by Paul Shelley. If you can handle Frankie and working on the Halo series, then go on over and submit your resume. Ooooh, Senior Game Engineer! (Cybrfrk 00:33:16 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
Monday's news in brief:
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