Month: November 2008
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Top 25 Starting Weapons
GameDaily put up a list of their Top 25 Starting Weapons in video games. Halo’s M6D pistol made number 6. Thanks, Cardz. (Louis Wu 16:04:33 UTC)
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AH: Mirror's Edge: Hidden Bag Walkthrough Part 4 of 4
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Hey Everyone, So here it is, our final Packrat video for Mirror’s Edge. This baby covers the last two chapters of the game, and shows you how to nab that elusive “Packrat” Achievement. Congrats. You just got 80 Gamerscore! Oh, click the image…
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AH: Gears of War 2: Horde Mode Community Challenge
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So my good buddy and fellow Xbox MVP, DeaconBlade from Unscripted360 has issued a challenge to fellow communities to see who can complete the first 35 levels of Horde Mode the quickest in Gears of War 2. I saw this and emailed Deac, saying that Achievement…
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AH: Community Videos: Fable 2 and Condemned
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Howdy Y’all, Today’s round of Community Videos is presented to you courtesy of NewfieKeir and Tatsudoshi. They’ve provided us some amazing videos of the following: Fable 2 – The Party Animal Condemned – 1st 3 Metal Pieces and Bronze Detective Badge Check…
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Toys For Tots Halo 3 Tournament
Charity Gamers is hosting a Toys For Tots Tournament on December 20 – registration opens tomorrow. It’s a 2v2 Halo3 tourney, with MLG rules. Registration is $20, and the first place team wins $100 – but mostly, you’re competing to bring gifts to poor children. Check out the info page for an overview, and register…
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Letting the Halo 3 Art Speak for Itself
There’s a fascinating look at the construction of the Halo 3 Art book that goes on sale tomorrow – it’s not finished (the last part will be posted tomorrow), but what’s there is a great start. Check it out!(Louis Wu 21:44:59 UTC)
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The Art of Halo 3 – In Context, Parts 1 & 2
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A brief backward glance into the production of The Art of Halo 3.
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The Art of Halo 3 – In Context, Parts 1 & 2
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A brief backward glance into the production of The Art of Halo 3.
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Tyrant Talks Toughness
Gamers in Action sat down with Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris to talk about beating Halo 3 Solo, Legendary, All Skulls On – and what drives him to make that information available to the world. Fun read! Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:00:44 UTC)
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AH: MK vs. DC: All Fatalities
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Good morning folks, how is your Monday going? Mine is going pretty well. I spent most of the weekend playing some Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and capturing all the fatalities for you. (Cause I’m nice like that.) Now, the two vids being posted don’t…
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Ensemble on how to build an RTS on a console
Gamasutra sat down with Graeme Devine and Bill Jackson, of Ensemble Studios, to talk about the control scheme of Halo Wars – how it developed, why it’s better than the way other games do it. It’s a pretty interesting discussion! Go give it a read.(Louis Wu 18:10:47 UTC)
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If I Worked At Bungie (For A Day)
Last night Bryan Simon let us know that he’s whipped up a new song – this one’s not really focused on Halo 3 (though it’s mentioned a couple of times), it’s more about Bungie. It’s called ‘If I Worked At Bungie (For A Day)’, and in it he muses about the fun he’d have. Watch…
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Yellow MC Helmet on eBay
For less than half the starting bid of that 8″ or so action figure, you can bid on a high-quality Master Chief helmet, being sold by Briar’s Armor. You’ve got almost a week to decide – starting bid is $149.(Louis Wu 12:48:14 UTC)
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When Action Figures Get out of Control
Hawty McBloggy found an interesting custom action figure… with a starting price that’s more frightening than its visage.(Louis Wu 12:45:18 UTC)
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Critical Error
TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 115 is online – which is more than we can say for the Reclaimer himself! Something’s gone wrong…(Louis Wu 12:41:01 UTC)
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HBOFFPotW – 11/14 and 11/21
kr-1426 let us know that the HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week is live over at the HBOFF forums – there’s even one for the previous week, now. Go see who the regulars think is worth reading!(Louis Wu 12:39:46 UTC)
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MLG Las Vegas – Congrats to Str8
If you missed the live streams last night, you can read a recap of the MLG Las Vegas event over at the MLGPro.com website. (You can actually watch the action yourself, if you’d rather.) The money on the line was pretty steep – Str8 Rippin went home with $100,000 for winning the tourney, Instinct took…
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A look at the new Games for Windows – Live interface. So long controller based design.
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Games for Windows – Live has a new in-game interface. PC gamers will no longer be insulted with A B X Y buttons sprinkled across the interface. The new interface is much more PC friendly. Click on the images to see larger versions. Unfortunately, there is still no desktop client for GfWL. So, you can…
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MLG Vegas – Final Four
MLG Las Vegas is down to its final four Halo teams – Str8 Rippin faces off against Carbon on the Winners Bracket, Final Boss and Instinct are the only two teams left in the Losers Bracket. Play resumes at noon Pacific Time (about 4 hours from the time this is being written) – go watch…