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March goes out with a podcast
This weekend will see two separate podcasts broadcasting live – The Running Riot will be at PAX East, with a show kicking off at 10 am EST, while Zoxin It Up! LIVE will be taking place 12 hours later, at 10pm EST. Thanks to Bungie’s Comm Chatter for the reminder on both of these! (Louis Wu 20:54:28 UTC)
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Buy Oonsk – 5000 cR
Back a bit earlier than expected – time to summarize the cool news of the day. The reveal (as expected) was Halo: Reach’s Player Investment System – it’s the way Bungie’s going to keep you playing Reach… a LOT. Info, as it showed up for me:- The initial reveal happened at G4TV – an article, coupled with a 7-minute video (mostly just a discussion between two editors), explains the system, and how it’s going to work.
- Tied the Leader wrote up a glowing recommendation of the system, and why it shows that Bungie loves you. (Thanks, urk.)
- A large discussion involving lots of cool stuff happened on our forum – join in. (Thanks, BuzzJuice, for kicking it off.)
- G4TV updated their image gallery with 12 shots of the system at work – thanks again, urk.
Go absorb it all – pretty cool stuff!(Louis Wu 20:39:30 UTC)
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Reach Info Falls… Today
Yesterday on NeoGAF, ManCannon (aka SketchFactor) updated the crowd on a few upcoming tidbits – there WILL be a Friends & Family portion of the Reach Beta (and it kicks off a few days before the public Beta), the Sage/Carney podcast is coming next week, and (most imminent) a new round of multiplayer coverage drops today. HBO will be dark most of the day, but keep your eye on Bungie.net (or the Halo: Reach thread at NeoGAF) for links; we’ll do our best to summarize this afternoon or tonight. (Read Sketch’s post for yourself; I only pulled out the best parts.)(Louis Wu 09:18:10 UTC)
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A bobcast (and Bungie) tribute to ~B.B.
bobcast has a really cool poster that he’s selling as a tribute to BerserkerBarage – it’s been signed by dozens of Bungie employees, and it’s being auctioned off right now; proceeds will be donated to Rebuild Dayton Together, a nonprofit B.B. worked for before he died. Check his forum post for details, then swing by eBay and bid; you’ve still got nearly a week!(Louis Wu 09:16:01 UTC)
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SketchFactor interviewed at IndustryGamers
Podtacular co-host BrentGamer let us know about an interview with Brian Jarrard over at IndustryGamers – he talks about the Halo IP, the recurring idea of a Halo movie, and why they’re not talking about what’s next for Bungie… yet. They’re clearly focused on Reach, at least publicly – and this interview lets Brian point out what they’re trying to achieve with it. It’s a monster article – give it a read! (What caught BrentGamer’s attention, and Kotaku’s, was Brian’s speculation that the success of Reach might be the springboard that the Halo movie has needed to get going again… mouthwatering!) Extra thanks to TRR‘s Kete for finding this originally.(Louis Wu 09:15:08 UTC)
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M12-LRV Warthog for Trackmania
Digikid told us about a fan-made Warthog that’s driveable in a free PC game called Trackmania Nations Forever – check it out!(Louis Wu 09:14:39 UTC)
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Fact: Dress for Success.
justin sent us a link to a really bizarre student animation – it’s a children’s program with a few odd characters… and a bilingual potato. Why is this news on a Halo site? Because the potato… is Steve Downes, the voice of Master Chief. (Louis Wu 09:14:00 UTC)
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AH: Mass Effect 2: Firewalker DLC
Sorry it took me a full day to get this overview of the new Firewalker DLC for Mass Effect 2 out, but we had some crazy stuff going on in the office yesterday. Anyhoo, it’s a great DLC pack, and free, so get on it.
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AH: Gamers Rapport – 004: Nick o' time
This Week on Gamers Rapport we have a special guest, Sir Nicholas whom is a friend to Fragger, and has been all up ons the Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening Expansion. So we talk about that, Dante’s Inferno, and Perfect Dark on XBLA. Also we discuss the upcoming gaming drought as well as a teensy bit of PAX EAST plans. Unfortunately, due to traveling schedule conflicts 8bit couldn’t make it this episode, and we miss him. Anyhow, enjoy this episode in all its glory!
Those voices in your head are none other than Knuckles Dawson, Fragger, & Nick.
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AH: Free Avatar Stuff
During the recent XBox Live Arcade Hose Party, you may have noticed the 5 digit codes on the Game Marketplace section on the Xbox Live dashboard after playing the game trials and/or full games of the Xbox Live Arcade titles released throughout March.
These games were Toy Soldiers, Scrap Metal, Perfect Dark and two codes for today’s Game Room.
Put these codes together and what do you get? The ‘Grill Prop’ for your Avatar, but to save you some time, here’s the code:Grill Prop: 9XBX9-9RCD9-9BCK9-9PRTY-9RCKZ
There’s been a similar promotion run on Bing, and users of the search engine who enter the term “xbox avatar bing shirt” will also receive a code for, you guessed it, a Bing logo shirt for your Avatar. Again, here’s the codes:
Male Bing Shirt: PHT9P-KXR4Y-BB6BY-VFMPD-THT4T
Female Bing Shirt: VFH6P-9FJKK-KKP9G-H4DRH-WTCFMNone of these codes are unique, so can be used by multiple people any number of times, and can be redeemed the same way as any other code, from XBox.com or the Marketplace on your console.
Source: ConsoleMonster.com
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Community Spotlight: ODST Recon
The Bungie.net Community Spotlight this week shines on ODST Recon – go read about who they are, and check out some of their favorite files in the Bungie Favorites section!(Louis Wu 22:47:04 UTC)
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EU Grifball – signups end in less than a week
The European Grifball League signups are open – and will be until March 29. Swing by Grifball.com for full details!(Louis Wu 22:46:36 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft