Month: March 2007
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Humpday Challenge: ILM
This week, artists and animators from Industrial Light & Magic took on Bungie for a fight to the finish in the Bungie Humpday Challenge.
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Hacking Rumor is False
Recent rumors that Bungie.net has been hacked, and that your personal data has been compromised or stolen, are utterly false. Bungie.net has not been hacked, and frankly, there’s nothing to hack. Bungie.net’s database does not contain any of your personal information other than your Gamertag and Halo 2 stats.
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Avatar Heaven
Awesome. agdtinman (who used to work for Bungie) has put up a page that contains all the Top Story icons he had a hand in creating – since they won’t be seen any more on Bungie.net. Gawjuss!(Louis Wu 18:19:44 UTC)
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He Should Retire.
Stuntmutt gets back to straight punnage in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 17:57:25 UTC)
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Numbers
Pro-G noticed that Halo 2 has seen a total of 4.75 million unique gamertags, according to Bungie’s latest stats. Now, Narcogen wrote a lot of words recently about Xbox Live, and its 6 million user milestone (and why the raw numbers aren’t that useful) – but this Halo 2 number is pretty darned impressive… almost…
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LeaD H3F Halo PC Community Video
Z pointed out a Halo PC community montage from 17 different players, over at Halo3Forum.com. 15 minutes long, 183 (!!) mb, WMP9 format. This should satisfy your Halo PC jones!(Louis Wu 17:18:53 UTC)
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And FDA Approved, Too
Sane Intolerant updated Halo Toy Box – The Master Chief goes channel-surfing.(Louis Wu 17:16:29 UTC)
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Halo 2 Lego Weapons Test
Apologies for the lack of news; things here have not been… good. Yesterday, we received a cool little vid from Benjamin Tuck, a Lego enthusiast from the UK. He’s expecting to create longer animations over the spring and summer, so think of this as an appetite-whetter. It’s quite small (about 3 mb), in either WMP9…
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The Future Is Now
Bungie’s new new hotness– that is, the new design and featureset for the Bungie.net website– is online. Check out the details. Coolest feature so far? RSS feed.
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Bungie.net goes Web2.0
Bungie.net has finally gotten a much needed makeover. No longer does the site tax your browser with javascripts and slow loading animations and graphics. The new site looks hot! Give it a look at bungie.net or check the attachment below. AttachmentSize bnet-small.jpg62.87 KB bnet-large.jpg204.37 KB
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Upgraded XBOX 360 Elite coming
The next XBOX 360 is due out in April will be called “Elite”. It will be all black (including accessories) have a 120GB hard drive, and an HDMI video output. It won’t have an HD-DVD drive. It should cost about $480. The black version will be a limited edition. The Elite will be found in…
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Send in stuff for episode 106: The Halo 3 show!
It’s about time to talk about everybody’s future favorite game again. This time we’re covering a wide gamut of stuff. Here are some suggestions for things to send in for the show: What do you think of the price hike for the Legendary Edition of Halo 3 to $130? Which edition do you plan to…
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Shadowrun NDA Lifted
As reported by rapture here the Shadowrun Non Disclosure Agreement has been lifted allowing the beta testers to fully talk about the game without worrying about getting a lawsuit slapped on them. This comes soon after a not so smart beta tester decided to break the NDA and post a video of himself playing the…
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Show Off Your Halo 2 Stats
On the new version of www.Bungie.net we are now able to see our total stats. I was able to copy and paste my stats for all to see. Let’s see what you’re made of. JVB Combat Stats Games: 5476 Last Played: 3/18/2007 2:38:25 PM * Total Kills: 40347 * Total Deaths: 34978 * Kill/Death Ratio:…
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And… it’s up.
The new Bungie.net layout is now live. There’s an interview with the guys responsible over there – worth a read. I gotta say… I like it. I’m having a little bit of trouble with the drop-down menus… but all in all, it rocks. Check it out! Looks like broony was first, on our forum.(Louis Wu…
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Tied the Leader – Corporate Edition
Dweezle took over this week with the announcing job on Tied the Leader updates; you’ll find a 22 Questions interview with Wayn0ka (one of TTL’s leaders), an explanation for the lack of new content from XerxdeeJ, and a Community Profile of Game-Spectrum, an Xbox Community site. What are you waiting for?(Louis Wu 13:37:18 UTC)
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HMA kicks off comedy competition
Deekor stopped by to announce a Comedy Competition being held by the Halo Machinima Association – from what I can tell, there aren’t any prizes, but submit anyway, for the glory of it!(Louis Wu 13:31:46 UTC)
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That puppy’s huge.
Mid7night continues his portage of Halo material to X-Plane – next up, a Covenant Assault Carrier. Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:30:03 UTC)
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Incompetence
Mister Froggy has updated Halo, Articulated again – Episode 23 looks at Captain Keyes, and his foibles.(Louis Wu 13:26:17 UTC)
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Welcome to the Future of Bungie.net
Welcome to the new Bungie.net. It’s the result of a long, hard and rewarding collaboration of art, technology and design.