Month: February 2009
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2009 MLG Pro Circuit Announced
MLGPro.com has released info about the 2009 Pro Circuit – including locations and dates of the first two events. They’re back in New Jersey in early April, and in Ohio in early June! Get pumped. Thanks, subtheorist.(Louis Wu 17:12:39 UTC)
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New Sandbox Info at IGN
IGN sat down with Brian Jarrard and Lars Bakken to talk about Sandbox – they’ve got 10 new screens, and some tasty info about the map itself. Give it a read! Thanks, CaLL Me ZeNy.(Louis Wu 13:03:11 UTC)
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In Amber Clad – Flyable
Mid7night has released his X-Plane model of In Amber Clad – if you’ve got the flight sim, you can download this and fly it yourself!(Louis Wu 12:59:28 UTC)
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Halo: it’s what we’re waiting for
Unigamesity has listed their 10 Hottest Xbox 360 Games for 2009 – and both Halo Wars (#6) and Halo 3: ODST (#4) are on the list. Nice! (Louis Wu 12:59:09 UTC)
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A diehard fan says thanks
Bryan Simon was one of the winners of the Best of Halo Community Awards that Hawty McBloggy put together – and yesterday he received his Bungie-supplied (and Hawty-mailed) prize box. He filmed the opening, and added a special thanks. You can watch the whole thing on YouTube. (Louis Wu 12:58:44 UTC)
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2v2 tourney at CVG
Competitive Video Games’ Nathan Moeller let us know that they’re running a 2v2 pre-season tournament on February 7th – no prizes, just fun. Swing by to sign up.(Louis Wu 12:58:23 UTC)
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Halo Wars Insanity
On the eve of the release of the Halo Wars demo, there are a number of hands-on articles around the web: MLive.com has one, and so does NextGen Player. Gamerzines has a 17-page issue (downloadable, and free) entirely devoted to Halo Wars (thanks, Ndositwe Chizimbi). Australia’s The Age has lined up an interview with Jason…
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Franchise Evolving
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We have a well defined, carefully orchestrated, properly planned universe to explore not exploit. –Frank O’Connor, July 2008, GameFocus I can tell you that if you could think of a game that would work with a party atmosphere that would not gut the franchise, or milk it, we would think about it, seriously. Jason Pace,…
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RT: Here's the Twist #2
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Sorry for the delay in getting today’s comic out, I just couldn’t concentrate what with Burnie’s rack and all. If you haven’t played the game, you might not know that in addition to adding female characters, they’ve added the ability to move objects around…
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Sup Chief? Webisode 1
Remember ‘Sup Chief?’ We mentioned a trailer back in December.) Episode One is now online – swing by Vimeo to watch it. Truly stellar production values. Don’t miss this one! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 21:49:12 UTC)
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Halo simply works as an RTS (sez OXM)
Thanks to zofinda, who reported that the March 2009 OXM contains a full-fledged review of Halo Wars (not just the demo, the full game). Read the forum post for an overview of the article.(Louis Wu 21:27:52 UTC)
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AH: Two community videos and one big Milestone
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Hey Everyone, I have two great community videos for you today. The first one is for the Volcano and Tornado Achievements in Lost Planet, and is courtesy of Milesprower. The second one covers the You Have My Bow and You Have My Axe Achievements in Lord of…
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Wet and Mangled, with the Stench of Dog Breath
Another Tuesday, another Average Joe. This week, it’s Ascendant Justice’s Vociferous, the man who’s way fitter (and way balder) than his writing implies. Go see what got him started in the Halo community… and what keeps him fueled. And make sure you yell at him for starting all those rumors.(Louis Wu 20:33:59 UTC)