Month: March 2009

John Hopson, an engineer with Microsoft Game Studios’ Games User Research Group, talked at the Game Developers Conference about the testing that helped shape some of the gameplay in Halo 3. Thirty five separate lab tests, with a thousand game testers, were used to fine-tune how some of the gameplay was presented to consumers. Interesting…

Tyrant, heartened by the success of his Floodgate Mythic Challenge, has reissued the challenge with a new map – Halo. Swing by Bungie.net to read all the details – but the short version says that the fastest Mythic run of that level submitted on March 28 gets a Mythic Map pack code. (Really – read…

Marc Allie wrote an article for ‘This Week in Co-op’ (a column at Co-Optimus.com) called ‘A Boy and his Halo’. It’s all about getting maximum enjoyment from Halo titles (from Halo 3 to Halo Wars) with his 7-year-old son. Fun pics!(Louis Wu 19:00:31 UTC)

urk highlighted a pretty slick montage from Impact – the credits start just over halfway through, but there’s plenty of decent gameplay after that point, so it’s not too unreasonable. Most of the gameplay is from the MLG playlist… and the BRs are fast and furious.(Louis Wu 18:48:16 UTC)

Nearly forgot – it’s Thursday! That means it’s time for another Double XP Weekend to kick off – this week, it’s Rocket Race. Get your game on!(Louis Wu 18:36:42 UTC)

Retarb1ter built a map called ‘Vertigo’ which, when used in conjunction with the game type ‘Brute Jumper’, provides a Halo player with a fun obstacle course that takes you through all three levels of Sandbox. You can see Retarb1ter running through it in this YouTube vid. All hail the Bungie Blog!(Louis Wu 17:40:08 UTC)

Halo as a vocabulary tool? Apparently!(Louis Wu 17:27:02 UTC)

Jamie98s is back with another episode of The Unlucky Elite – all he needs now is a Wile E. Coyote mask, and it would be perfect. Absolutely worth watching – fun music, great filming. LOVED the ending. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:19:45 UTC)