Year: 2007
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An old script surfaces
1Up.com has a story in which a regular on their site stumbled across a torrent containing a copy of Alex Garland’s original Halo movie script from 2005. For what it’s worth… the pages exerpted in the story match the copy I have, as well. (I didn’t get it from 1Up, I came by it back…
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Halo 3 is gold
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Halo 3 went gold on August 30 2007, so we are definitely good for a September 26th launch in the UK.
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New Halo 3 Screenshots
The Final Fight was poking around the Indian Halo 3 site (it may or may not be the official Microsoft site, but it seems to be), and they found four spankin’ new Halo 3 screenshots. Purty! (You gotta check out the Characters page, as well – I’ve seen insane-looking Cortanas before, but never quite like…
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[Company] Rulez!
Zarathustra Studios and Krad Productions collaborated to create ‘[Company] Rulez!’, a humorous look at the Game Content Usage Rules published by Microsoft last month. Before they could release it, though, Microsoft made it clear that they were planning on revising the rules, and that things weren’t as gloomy as they first appeared. The movie’s still…
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Beyond Halo
Banshee_105 was the first to mention the latest 1Up Halo content – it’s an article entitled ‘Beyond Halo: The Apocrypha of Master Chief’, and it looks at the non-game Halo universe. Go read!(Louis Wu 19:12:38 UTC)
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Pimp Your 360
Hawty McBloggy found a replacement case for your Xbox 360 that brings to mind the original Xbox Special Edition case – and in her case, it’s more visually appealing than the OFFICIAL Xbox 360 Special Edition. Check it out to see if you agree – it’s currently under $45, so if you’d rather go back…
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Free Call of Duty 4 beta codes at Gamespot
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Gamespot is giving away 100,000 Call of Duty 4 beta codes (20,000 a day until Friday) on a first come first serve basis. THX Hubcap and I just got beta codes. Go to this link http://www.gamespot.com/event/codes/call-of-duty-4/. Make a Gamespot account or sign in if you have an account. Link your XBOX Live gamertag Hit submit.…
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Carbine vs BR – another look
Gravemind wrote up a wordy rant about the accuracy of the Carbine as seen in the Halo 3 Beta. (The tone of the piece is “what a shame they didn’t fix this” – though how he can know whether they did or not without playing with the final version is beyond me.) Interesting analysis, whether…
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Halo 2 Tourney in Southern Illinois
Lots of places will be open at midnight on September 25th (as we pointed out earlier this morning, as many as 10,000) – many of them will be doing special promotions. AfroRyan works at an EBGames in Illinois – read his post for details on what HIS store will be doing. (Louis Wu 16:58:24 UTC)
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Thump that Tub.
Hellhawk stopped by with a teaser for his latest project… looks like fun!(Louis Wu 16:55:31 UTC)
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What can be learned from Halo
We got word from Phil, at Sodaware, that he’d written an article about the gaming design lessons that can be learned from the original Halo. After reading it, I wonder how he’d interpret the changes made between Halo and Halo 2… but even on its own, it’s a fine read. (Louis Wu 14:32:27 UTC)
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Halo 3 Fans are so Tolerant…
Haloplayer let us know that Injured Knee Productions’ Countdown Comic #3 is now online. A range of opinions about the various versions of Halo 3…(Louis Wu 14:05:49 UTC)
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Lost in Time
Cap KEEZ let us know about a new Flash vid at Newgrounds – Halo: Lost in Time. Funny, Nice artwork, and it runs longer than you might expect. (Don’t close it when it says ‘End’.) (Louis Wu 13:15:01 UTC)
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The Ad Campaign Kicks into High Gear
Folks have wondered on our forum about the lack of TV ads for Halo 3 – wonder no more, BrandWeek explains how the ‘Believe’ TV ad campaign kicks off this week. 10,000 stores will be open at midnight for Halo 3 buying? That’s crazy! Go read.(Louis Wu 11:30:15 UTC)
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New Zealand to celebrate Halo 3
Sounds like there’s going to be a full-blown New Zealand Launch Party…(Louis Wu 11:29:33 UTC)
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Halo 3 Primer from CB
Cinema Blend has put together a Halo 3 Primer – there’s no single page to link you to, but the first content page is ‘Characters’; all the other bits are linked at the bottom of this page.(Louis Wu 11:28:58 UTC)
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Cinema Blend Publishes Halo 3 Primer
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Cinema Blend Games has a series of pieces by Steve West they’re calling their Halo 3 Primer. It covers: Multiplayer UNSC weapons Covenant weapons Equipment UNSC vehicles Covenant vehicles Characters Story Community Editions/Accessories A lot of information there– most of it not new, but it’s nice to have it all in one place.
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Why Nerf The Carbine?
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Jason “Gravemind” Goodman (also known as ShadowoftheVoid) has written up part one in a series on the history of medium-range weapons in the Halo series, this one focusing on the recent nerf of the Covenant Carbine between the Halo 3 beta and now.
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Halo 3 Delivers For Fans, Non-Fans Alike
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TrackZero at Evil Avatar got to see a closed-door demonstration of two campaign levels from Halo 3. His verdict? It’s a keeper if you like Halo, at least a rental if you don’t. It takes all the best of the series and kicks it up a notch. I never encountered any issues during gameplay at…