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Sunday, September 12, 2010 |  |
The planet is glassed.
Go here to listen to Rampancy's latest podcast with special guest Louis Wu and my boring self as we talk with Narc and Blackstar (kinda) about our experiences playing through this new game you may have heard about, Halo:Reach - both the GOOD and the BAD(heh). As the previous newspost declares, the embargo is over, so everything's fair game. Don't be a baby and say we didn't warn you if you're looking to keep yer ears all virgin and stuff! But if you want incisive, intellectually stimulating discussion about the game that's going to dominate your life for the next million years - you'll find it here first! (Ding 17:14:55 UTC) (permalink)
Review Embargo Ends
The reviews are beginning to pour in - the embargo ended this morning about 5 hours before I wrote these words. We could try and keep up with each individual review (there are a number mentioned on our forum - IGN, Giantbomb, Joystiq, Destructoid, Wired, Kotaku, Gametrailers), or you could just keep your eye on Metacritic; as of this writing, it has 21 reviews listed for Reach, with eight of them being perfect scores. (I'll be gone most of today, so you can either do your own work searching our forum (and the web) for more of these, or you can simply let Metacritic do it for you.) Beware - the embargo that lifted includes information about the campaign, so it's quite possible that if you read all these reviews, or peruse new screenshot dumps, you WILL get spoiled. (Louis Wu 10:34:58 UTC) (permalink)
Not a creature was stirring, not even a Gauss
'Twas the Night Before Reach is an ode to the game that's pretty nicely done - thanks, padraig08. (Louis Wu 10:31:14 UTC) (permalink)
Building The Cage
The Reach-related content released by LIVE today is a Multiplayer Preview based on the Forge World map 'The Cage' - Bungie commentary from Chris Carney, Derek Carroll, Jon Cable, and Luke Smith discuss its development and gameplay. Thanks, TravisSch. (Louis Wu 10:30:26 UTC) (permalink)
A home for stray battalions
CaptainTony spent quite a bit of time detailing the efforts Bungie put in to battalion references... pretty impressive, on both sides! (Louis Wu 10:28:32 UTC) (permalink)
That needs a Spartan
Hawty McBloggy found a pretty cool (and HUGE) fan-made rocket launcher - go watch the film! (Louis Wu 10:25:45 UTC) (permalink)
Goosebumps
Both Eaite Randjam (with this Bing pic, via email), and Sen (on our forum) have followed up on the IRIS picture noticed yesterday - definitely looks familiar! (Louis Wu 10:24:48 UTC) (permalink)
High Speed Halo, 7 Days of Reach - Day 6
Six Legendary Halo 2 records fall to Mr Monopoli, and Halo 2 Done Segmented has been re-released - swing by High Speed Halo! (Louis Wu 10:23:36 UTC) (permalink)
Sporting the Colors
PsH Bling sent along pics showing off what he'll be decked out with come Monday night (one | two) - Gamestop wants him! (Louis Wu 10:23:13 UTC) (permalink)
Halopen Pencast 23
Firestorm12 let us know that the latest Halopen Pencast is live - a long discussion of Halo's history, and a contest. Details can be found on the Pencast page. (Louis Wu 10:22:08 UTC) (permalink)
Retrospectives Appear
As Reach gets closer, more sites are looking back at what it builds on - HULIQ has a retrospective of the series, and NowGamer has a two-part look at Halo 3 (one | two). Gotta see where you came from! (Louis Wu 10:21:39 UTC) (permalink)
Sad Reach news for Brazil
Marcelo Vega sent us the sad word that the official Brazlian Launch Party for reach has been cancelled (apparently there's news on this page, but it's been down for a day or so for me). No Legendary or Limited editions have made it into the country yet, and there's no word if this will actually change. Sorry, Brazilians! (Louis Wu 10:20:46 UTC) (permalink)
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