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Mjolnir Armor on eBay
Adam Grumbo let us know that (a little) against his will, he’s selling his personal Master Chief suit on eBay… check out the pics! (You get an assault rifle with the package, even.) Current bid is just under $1k, bidding’s open for almost 10 days.(Louis Wu 09:27:53 UTC)
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Halo ads to Hit the web this week
Yahoo Games is reporting that they’ve got two exclusive videos to release this week – the ‘Museum’ video mentioned in Brandweek’s release yesterday, and the ‘Believe’ TV ad which went live this week. Keep an eye on the site for these! Looks like Samusaaron3 was first with the news.(Louis Wu 09:15:36 UTC)
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Relic – for Starcraft
halosavior stopped by to point out a map he created using the Starcraft Campaign Editor – it’s based on Relic. (If you’re curious about how close the matchup is, remember that Bungie’s overhead view of Relic is here.)(Louis Wu 09:06:48 UTC)
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Bungie podcast
For those who dont already I would recommend checking out the bungie podcasts.The lastest one for example was about the ‘Forge’ map editor…
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Halo Film Script By Garland Resurfaces
1Up is running a story to the effect that the alleged Halo film script by Alex Garland, famously referred to at Latino Review, and that I also wrote a few pieces on back in 2005, has been “recovered“.
As if it had been lost.
1Up’s just running a few pages of it at a time, of course.
Want the whole thing? Download it here. As usual, registration and login are required.
WARNING! If you haven’t played Halo, this might contain… well, you know.. spoilers.
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Yahoo To Debut Exclusive Halo 3 Videos
Kotaku has the story that Yahoo will be hosting two new exclusive Halo 3 videos, Museum and Believe, this week.
Both will debut at 9 PM Pacific Time; Museum on Wednesday, and Believe on Friday. Looks like live action and commercial footage, rather than in-engine cutscene or gameplay.
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Retail Halo 3 For Sale On Ebay?
MasterChief2829 pointed out a link to an eBay auction that claims to have the full retail Halo 3 package, including an unboxed shot.
It appears to be a PAL version of the game from Australia.
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An old script surfaces
1Up.com has a story in which a regular on their site stumbled across a torrent containing a copy of Alex Garland’s original Halo movie script from 2005. For what it’s worth… the pages exerpted in the story match the copy I have, as well. (I didn’t get it from 1Up, I came by it back in 2005, when Latino Review reviewed it.) Remember – this project is in limbo right now, and even if it wasn’t, this script was completely reworked by DB Weiss – so whatever’s in there now is not only outdated, it’s irrelevant. Still, it’s interesting, from a historical perspective. Thanks to Yuri Scala for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 00:15:01 UTC)
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Halo 3 is gold
Halo 3 went gold on August 30 2007, so we are definitely good for a September 26th launch in the UK.
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New Halo 3 Screenshots
The Final Fight was poking around the Indian Halo 3 site (it may or may not be the official Microsoft site, but it seems to be), and they found four spankin’ new Halo 3 screenshots. Purty! (You gotta check out the Characters page, as well – I’ve seen insane-looking Cortanas before, but never quite like this.) Thanks, MasterChief2829.(Louis Wu 20:42:35 UTC)
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[Company] Rulez!
Zarathustra Studios and Krad Productions collaborated to create ‘[Company] Rulez!’, a humorous look at the Game Content Usage Rules published by Microsoft last month. Before they could release it, though, Microsoft made it clear that they were planning on revising the rules, and that things weren’t as gloomy as they first appeared. The movie’s still pretty funny, though, and can be seen in about 600 different formats (well, maybe not QUITE that many) linked off this page. Go read – it’s also got a nice collection of links to other articles about these rules. Thanks, Evan Ryan.(Louis Wu 19:30:40 UTC)
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Beyond Halo
Banshee_105 was the first to mention the latest 1Up Halo content – it’s an article entitled ‘Beyond Halo: The Apocrypha of Master Chief’, and it looks at the non-game Halo universe. Go read!(Louis Wu 19:12:38 UTC)
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Pimp Your 360
Hawty McBloggy found a replacement case for your Xbox 360 that brings to mind the original Xbox Special Edition case – and in her case, it’s more visually appealing than the OFFICIAL Xbox 360 Special Edition. Check it out to see if you agree – it’s currently under $45, so if you’d rather go back to the crystal green look, it’s WAY cheaper than a new Special Edition.(Louis Wu 18:52:24 UTC)
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Free Call of Duty 4 beta codes at Gamespot
Gamespot is giving away 100,000 Call of Duty 4 beta codes (20,000 a day until Friday) on a first come first serve basis. THX Hubcap and I just got beta codes.
- Go to this link http://www.gamespot.com/event/codes/call-of-duty-4/.
- Make a Gamespot account or sign in if you have an account.
- Link your XBOX Live gamertag
- Hit submit. If they still have codes a page should load and show you the beta code.
I don’t know how long this offer will last.
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Carbine vs BR – another look
Gravemind wrote up a wordy rant about the accuracy of the Carbine as seen in the Halo 3 Beta. (The tone of the piece is “what a shame they didn’t fix this” – though how he can know whether they did or not without playing with the final version is beyond me.) Interesting analysis, whether you agree with his findings or not.(Louis Wu 17:00:27 UTC)
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Halo 2 Tourney in Southern Illinois
Lots of places will be open at midnight on September 25th (as we pointed out earlier this morning, as many as 10,000) – many of them will be doing special promotions. AfroRyan works at an EBGames in Illinois – read his post for details on what HIS store will be doing. (Louis Wu 16:58:24 UTC)
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Thump that Tub.
Hellhawk stopped by with a teaser for his latest project… looks like fun!(Louis Wu 16:55:31 UTC)
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What can be learned from Halo
We got word from Phil, at Sodaware, that he’d written an article about the gaming design lessons that can be learned from the original Halo. After reading it, I wonder how he’d interpret the changes made between Halo and Halo 2… but even on its own, it’s a fine read. (Louis Wu 14:32:27 UTC)
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Halo 3 Fans are so Tolerant…
Haloplayer let us know that Injured Knee Productions’ Countdown Comic #3 is now online. A range of opinions about the various versions of Halo 3…(Louis Wu 14:05:49 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
