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Thursday, September 23, 2010 |  |
Halo Reach Melee By The Bay Tournament
Allie Wester let us know about the Halo Reach Melee By The Bay Tournament - the first round takes place at participating Gamestops in the US on September 24 at 9pm (that's tomorrow night!), with subsequent games online at GGL.com. This is a 1v1 tourney, but a 4v4 version starts in October, with signups beginning tomorrow night. Winners will share in a $15,000 prize pool. Check it out! (Louis Wu 07:57:56 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3's last stand
It's been a while since we mentioned the LIVE Activity Lists - but the latest one is a bit surprising: for the week of September 13 (running Monday, September 13 through Sunday, September 19), Halo: Reach didn't take the first position... or even the second. (These were held by Modern Warfare 2 and Halo 3, respectively.) If you have trouble understanding this, remember that this week includes 24 hours (well, maybe 36) of time when most folks didn't have access to Reach - and that these rankings are based on unique users, so a single login on Halo 3 counts the same as a dozen logins on Reach over the course of the week. Next week should see a change in this order... Update: Looks like Major Nelson did a bad job with the math; Reach had nearly four times as many unique users as Halo 3 last week, and easily took the first slot. (Louis Wu 07:55:06 UTC) (permalink)
Welcome to The Arena
Bungie's posted an informational primer for The Arena, their home for competitive Halo Reach play. Go peruse the ins and outs of the system that will rate you against your peers in this king among console shooters. (Louis Wu 07:24:46 UTC) (permalink)
Slides of Brilliant Rage
A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned Mat Noguchi's Gamesauce talk on keeping teams growing - the slides for that talk are now available on Bungie.net. Grab your copy! (Louis Wu 07:24:10 UTC) (permalink)
Amazing Kills, Amazing Map
Couple of new vids showed up on Bungie's Comm Chatter yesterday: Anoj's first Halo Reach Top 10 Countdown ("Amazing Kills") went live, and Stewie2552's Storm the Beach Invasion gametype got some video lovin'. Go watch 'em both! (Louis Wu 07:23:44 UTC) (permalink)
Stickies
RedGrimRune is showing the love with a Reach-themed comic, and a focus on community Halo tattoos! Go see. (Louis Wu 07:23:18 UTC) (permalink)
Views from Reach
BlueNinja let us know that he's been working on a bunch of panoramas - and he built a story around them. Go look, go read! (Louis Wu 07:22:46 UTC) (permalink)
It works both ways, I think
One of the big changes in Reach is the fact that the Covenant speak their own languages - no more English translations. Well... almost. (Louis Wu 07:22:23 UTC) (permalink)
Current Top Rank: Lt. Colonel, Grade 3
HaloDestiny.net's AceParty sent word that he's reached the rank of Lt. Colonel Grade 3... and that he has no option to change that at this time. That is - advancement past this point seems to have been turned off. Fair? Unfair? Should Bungie artificially limit the rate of advancement? You decide. (Louis Wu 07:21:48 UTC) (permalink)
The Science of Reach
Willy was the first to notice a GamePro article on the Science of Reach - GamePro looked at some of the tidbits of the Halo universe, and asked real scientists about their plausibility. Interesting answers! (Louis Wu 07:16:24 UTC) (permalink)
Humped like a guta.
Second Bungie Humpday challenge since Reach launched and who do they pick? Team HBO. HBO wins 2-1, and KP and Schooly both offer their side of the story. Get it quick before Bungie takes down the incriminating evidence. ;) Update: Avateur wrote up his own version, and included vids, so you can see the game from his viewpoint, as well. (Ding 06:44:22 UTC) (permalink)
Room full of keyboards...
Wu's away but we still notice stuff... check out this cool video of a musician's interpretation of the Halo theme! He has a different version that's a little longer, but really you can't go wrong w/ either one. Kudos! (Ding 05:27:22 UTC) (permalink)
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