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Tech Talk Hands-On
There’s a nice hands-on over a Tech Talk, a Singapore-based daily blog that gives another rundown on what we can expect to see soon in Reach. Give it a read!(mnemesis 01:26:04 UTC)
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Halopen Pencast 19
Firestorm12 sent word that Halopen Pencast 19 was up a few days ago. They go over their own projects, Reach, farewell to Halo 2, and their machinima experiences. Check it out!(mnemesis 01:00:16 UTC)
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Podtacular 224: Red vs Blue Interview
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For some reason, all the guests we have on magically makes the podcast a half-a-day endeavor. We sat down with Burnie Burns from Rooster Teeth Productions for four and a half hours resulting in more than three hours of quality podcast material. We managed to cut it down to an hour and forty minutes. The podcast has been edited to the topic of this episode, which was Red vs Blue information since they have started their final season. If you want to hear the full podcast (with no editing), you can download it from here: Full Version. Podtacular would like to give a big thanks to Burnie from Rooster Teeth for taking time out of his day to sit down with us. Hope lunch was good. Enjoy.
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AH: Skate 3 Creator is Live! (And you can win!)
Hey guys, like the last Skate game, EA has just launched their new version of the skate.creator on their website and we want to see your mad skills in design.
So, we are running a contest for the best Achievement Hunter themed graphic created in the next week. You’ve got until Friday, April 30th at NOON CST to send in your submission.
All you have to do is go to the skate.creator and make a graphic, then send a link to your completed graphic to contest@achievementhunter.com with the subject “AH GRAPHIC” and we’ll take a look. The person who makes our favorite graphic will receive a free download code for either Castle Crashers or Shadow Complex. Woo!
You will also receive all the praise and love of Achievement Hunter.
So go to the creator and get to working! Good luck!
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AH: Left 4 Dead 2: Frank West "Dead Rising" Easter Egg
Hey Everyone,
I’ve got a pretty cool little video for you today. While playing Left 4 Dead 2’s new DLC “The Passing” this morning, I noticed an awesome little easter egg. If you’re a fan of L4D, Dead Rising, or even Easter, I’d recommend watching this.
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AH: Community Links
People of the internet!
Got some things to share with you today.
Halo: Reach details aplenty!
It may not be directly from the Community, but May 3rd is breathing down our necks and we can’t wait to stick a knife through it.
If you haven’t been keeping up to date with Bungie, you’ve missed out quite a bit. Check out the official Halo: Reach info source on Bungie.net for the full skinny. But ViDocs, screenshots and explosive details about multiplayer await you.
The Halo: Reach package details, including a super sweet Legendary edition which includes a Noble 6 sculpture to put next to your Master Chief helmet.
I want to thank RDexter_Grif for letting me know about that last bit.
Modern Warfare 2: Stimulus Pack competition
Remember that War Face competition I’ve been running? No? Well there are still some spots left, and all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is take a pic of your best War Face and upload it to your profile. Then send me a message with a link to it. Once the tournament’s filled, get your friends to vote on the polls I’ll be posting for each round, and finally a winner will be decided!
So sign up, even if you want to give the DLC to a friend, you’ve got nothing to lose!
Our Dead Space 2 Finalist
The “Face in Dead Space 2” competition has ended, and our finalist Nantonaku, unfortunately didn’t win, despite her fantastic work. But we congratulate her for making it to the final ten! Still, she’ll get a mention somewhere in the game, so when it’s released keep an eye out for that!
Finally…
The Top 5 Zombie Killing Weapons is now up in the Achievement Hunter group, perfectly timed with the release of The Passing DLC in Left 4 Dead 2!
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Reclaimer Thursday
TTL Demag0gue, undeterred by the flood of Reach info, continues his week-long Reclaimer update; today’s episode (Ambush, #247) shows the Cavalcade looking to turn some tables…(Louis Wu 15:17:29 UTC)
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Crazy Sausage Baby
Goodness. The same guy who immortalized Geoff Keighley’s rather odd question about Battle bros is back, with a remix of the first Reach ViDoc. I’m gonna have trouble getting that out of my head… thanks, Zeouterlimits.(Louis Wu 15:05:24 UTC)
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Armor bonuses from value-added Reach packages
ElzarTheBam found a link on the Bungie Forums to an image in Major Nelson’s Flickr stream – part of his Halo Reach set. Seems to show off the Flaming Armor effect you’ll get if you buy the Legendary edition. (You can also see a pic of the Elite Officer armor available in the Limited Edition.) Lessee… one standard edition, to make sure my special editions don’t have their discs scratched – $60. One Limited Edition, so I can dress up in style for Invasion… $80. One Legendary Edition, to get that Flaming armor I’ve always hankered for… $150. Filling Microsoft’s coffers… priceless. Update: We’re getting an awful lot of mail from folks who want to correct the impression that you have to buy both the Limited and Legendary Editions in order to get both armor add-ons; this was a tongue-in-cheek shot at marketing that seems to have gone awry. (It’s much less funny if I list only the first and last items.) You do NOT have to buy both value-added editions to get everything – the Legendary Edition includes EVERYTHING that’s in the Limited Edition, plus some. Sorry for the confusion.(Louis Wu 13:55:32 UTC)
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Bungie ViDoc: Halo: Reach Carnà ge Carnivà le
Bungie is at it again with 11 days before the beta release for Halo: Reach. There are tons of new goodies in this video. Make sure you watch it as we’ll be discussing it on this week’s show.
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Reach Retail Packaging First Look
Because it seems to be a day for front-page pictures, here are some low-res versions of the retail packaging for Halo Reach, as seen (first) on Halo Waypoint:
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(The ACTUAL pictures aren’t quite as low-res as the thumbs. Don’t forget to click.) Update: REAL pictures can now be found at Bungie.net. ‘scuse me while I wipe up the drool.(Louis Wu 10:44:50 UTC)
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Making the Game About You
The Latest Bungie ViDoc went live this morning – Carnàge Carnivàle is an adrenaline-filled look at what’s coming in the Halo Reach Beta. Devs tell you what’s cool, and why. 8 minutes of awesome. Update: this is available on YouTube, for you Philistines out there…
(Louis Wu 10:28:12 UTC)
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ONI Chatter
Myyke’s girlfriend, knowing how over-the-top he was with respect to Halo, found him a custom iPhone case from ElementCase for Christmas – MAN, is that thing sweet. Pics below:
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You could probably have your own made – but realize it’ll cost almost as much as your iPhone… Update: Myyke has added some pricing info and a shot of the final proof for his artwork.(Louis Wu 10:22:44 UTC)
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Giantbomb lists the important parts.
More Reach coverage – this time from Giantbomb. Thanks, Minime637.(Louis Wu 10:22:24 UTC)
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AH: Splinter Cell: Conviction – Russian Embassy – Public Building
Here’s the next installment in our Splinter Cell: Conviction co-op guide. It covers the Public Building portion of the Russian Embassy level.
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AH: Splinter Cell Coop Mission 2!
Another day, another coop chapter from Splinter Cell: Conviction. Today we kick off the second set of chapters, Russian Embassy. Enjoy the first of three parts in this monster! More soon!
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AH: Weekend Hunt: Condemned 2 4/24
Hey everyone Fragger here. Taking a small break this weekend from the super ultra sexy “job” of video editing in order to have a great and fun time with you all! The game of choice this week is going to be: Condemned 2: Bloodshot! This great game with have tons of players beating each other with fists and pipes and the like. We will have fun! All but two of the achievements can be done in Social MP, only two Bum King and Restraint…Not have to be done in ranked games.
So I hope to see some of you at 2pm EST7pm GMT on the 24th. I may do some on the 23rd if enough want to. Sign up below!
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