Month: September 2007
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Halo: The Numbers
The Halo franchise has many critics, people who wonder why Master Chief and company has invaded the video game universe in such a successful way. Here are some facts that some of you may have never known. This will give us the ammunition needed to face the wave of ‘Doubters’ that gang up against the…
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Unite to Fight Launch Locations
Filefront has a list of the Midnight Madness locations in New York, Seattle, LA, and Miami – if you live in or near one of these cities, and you didn’t know where the ‘big gathering’ was taking place… now you do.(Louis Wu 21:36:53 UTC)
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But his name’s not Mikey…
GameDaily takes a look at the Master Chief as an endorsement property… some of these are pretty cute. Thanks, iN00B.(Louis Wu 21:31:08 UTC)
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2v2 Tourney in PA, September 22
Sam Blau let us know that CyberZone, near Philadelphia, PA, is hosting a 2v2 tournament this weekend – $5 to get in, $25 to play, cash and prizes to be won. More details on their events page.(Louis Wu 21:10:52 UTC)
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MLG’s Halo 3 Launchtacular
Halo 3 overload at MLG? You bet. Thanks, trigger119.(Louis Wu 20:29:19 UTC)
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Community Halo 3 Montage
gdejohn is organizing a Halo 3 montage which will feature the best gameplay from the Halo community – but he needs you to provide footage. You don’t need editing skills or hardware; just save your gameplay films, and he’ll download and record them. Far more information can be found in this MLGPro.com forum thread (registration…
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Halo 3 Launch Day Predictions
Over at The Hushed Casket, Midnight has been playing with numbers – he’s trying to predict the sales of Halo 3 (both in units, and dollars), in the first 24 hours. I’d disagree with some of his assumptions (the two biggies are total 360s sold to date and current number of preorders) – but whether…
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Advanced Forgery
S043 let us know that Bungie’s put up the second of three Forge articles – this one looks at Object Editing. Everything you wanted to know about Forge – but were too impatient to wait for Halo 3 to check for yourself. (Louis Wu 20:02:57 UTC)
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Halo 3 How-to: Forge Object Editing
Spawn points, inventory, budget and more are explained in this second in-depth look at Halo 3’s Forge.
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Halo 3 Launch Day Predictions
Can Halo 3 upset Halo 2 for the most gross sales in a single day on any piece of electronic media in history? Halo 2 currently holds the record from when its 2.38 million units sold totaled over $125 million during the 24 hours of November 9th, 2004. On September 25th, 2007, Halo 3 is…
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Wish Fulfillment
Hawty McBloggy is counting down the time to Halo 3 with new activities every day – I suppose the theory isif you stay distracted, you won’t go hunting for spoilers on the net. Today’s activity: Photoshop a picture of yourself with Master Chief. There are a couple of her, plus some that folks have sent…
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Bungie.net Evolution, Defined
TeamXbox has interviewed Chris Gossett, Bungie.net Development Lead, about some of the new features you’ll be seeing soon on Bungie.net. Boatloads of info about what we’re getting – both in screenshots, and answers from Chris. Go read – and get pumped up! (Campaign spoiler-free.) Thanks, Red_Breast.(Louis Wu 18:51:57 UTC)
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Alleged Halo 3 Final Cutscene Hits YouTube
This is [allegedly -ed.] the last cut scene to Halo 3. Personally I’ve only watched it a little bit through just to make sure it wasn’t some big prank. I did’nt finish because I’m trying to wait till the 25th. Any way I thought I would post it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWuDcN-PTwQ&mode=related&search=
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Limited time offer: free 12-mo subscription to EGM
Joystiq is giving away a free 12-month subscription to EGM. Go to this link and input your mailing address: https://www.zdmcirc.com/forms/secure/EGM_Joystiq_Partn.html
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Floaty Silence 3 – A Fart in the Wind
Hellhawk let us know that he’s released Floaty Silence 3. It’s basically ‘A Whisper in the Storm’, with an entirely new soundtrack. Pretty funny! You can grab it in WMP9 format (44.4 mb) or QuickTime format (Sorenson-encoded, 49.4 mb) from us… or you can grab a non-deinterlaced QuickTime version (H.264 encoding, 46.9 mb) from Mythica.org.…
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Isolation Revealed
With just a few days to go before the launch of Halo 3, it’s time to reveal the last few multiplayer maps that we’ve kept hiddne from the public. First up is Isloation, which you can see and read more about over at IGN.
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Believe Material on Marketplace
GIMME A BEER lets us know that the Diorama and Making Of (Monument) videos are now available for download from Xbox Live Marketplace (in standard definition). (Louis Wu 17:13:51 UTC)
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RT: Got my eye on you…
So Nathan has been working with us for about 10 months now, and I’m still not sure what’s up with that guy. He’s quiet…too quiet. And he never seems to be interested in the incredibly engaging and relevant conversations we have. He always wants to “work”…
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Halo Nights
We got a press release from Deep Focus, an agency in New York – they’re promoting what has to be one of the oddest music vids I’ve seen in a long time. From the release:Only days away from the Halo 3 release, Superdeluxe.com and Team Tiger Awesome drops this boy-band ode to Master Chief and…