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Bungie Weekly Update: 07/31/09
It’s hot times in Seattle, desperate times for Sgt. Buck, and about time you got a high resolution look at Alpha Site.
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Der Riese gameplay footage. CoD: World at War Map Pack 3 zombie map.
Released August 6th.
* set in a secret Nazi research facility
* featuring the Pack-a-Punch machine, a device capable of upgrading weapons at the touch of a button
* teleporters to escape
* Perk machines and electric fences return
* New weapon: Monkey Bomb – a monkey takes a bomb to the zombies and explodes
* New weapon: Bowie Knife – 3000 points. Larger and wider. One-hit-kill until Level 16.
* 10 new Achievements/TrophiesAchievements/Trophies:
* Elevate Your Senses – Activate the Fly Trap.
* Locksmith – Open all the doors in the map.
* 40 Knives – Kill 40 zombies using the Bowie knife (a special, new weapon that will cost 3000 off the wall)
* Der Electrician – Link all teleport pads before Round 7.
* Frequent Flyer – Use the teleporter 8 times.
* Wacker Packer – Upgrade any weapon using the Pack-a-Punch machine.
* The Might of the Monkey – Use the Monkey Bomb.
* Perkaholics Anomynous – Survive until Round 20 without buying a single perk.
* Acquire Waffle Weapons – Obtain the Ray Gun, Wunderwaffe DG-2 and the Monkey Bomb at the same time in a game.
* Pack Addict – Upgrade 5 weapons at the Pack-a-Punch Machine .Trailer for Der Riese:
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Friday Comic Update
The only comic update we’ve got for you today comes from TTL Demag0gue, who’s posted Reclaimer 206 (Foreordination) – looks like Intuitive Portent might be unhappy with the Reclaimer.(Louis Wu 13:52:55 UTC)
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Child’s Play
Yahoo has a feature up about young people making money from videogames – the first few entries are all Halo pros. Thanks, evildoctorwill.(Louis Wu 13:47:49 UTC)
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Game with Fame: Method Man, Redman
Another Game With Fame feature is highlighted on Xbox.com – Method Man & Redman are gonna be playing some Halo 3 with hip-hop fans on August 7. Swing by for full details, and see how you can participate!(Louis Wu 13:41:21 UTC)
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What the… Indy said it was THIS one!
It’s Friday – which means it’s time for another round of Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s! Swing by and check out submissions for last week’s image… and come up with your own for a new pic!(Louis Wu 13:37:50 UTC)
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Owning What You Do.
Yesterday afternoon’s entry in the recurring ‘Breaking In’ series at Bungie.net focuses on Michael Williams – part of the Server Engineering team. (Stats, FileShare, stuff like that. You know – the stuff you use every day.) See how he got the gig – and why he’s kept it. Good readin’!(Louis Wu 13:31:18 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
Just two new stories for you this week in the Fan Fiction section… go read ’em!(Louis Wu 13:27:38 UTC)
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RT: Unlike a Virgin
I don’t know if you read about it yesterday, but apparently Madonna has a sex tape that’s about to hit the internet. I bet I could count the celebrities who don’t have a sex tape on one hand… that I’d then use to masturbate to celebrity sex tapes.
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Broken In – Michael Williams
Better than a substitute, Michael Williams steps in to talk about what it takes to engineer a great experience at Bungie.
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Broken In – Michael Williams
Better than a substitute, Michael Williams steps in to talk about what it takes to engineer a great experience at Bungie.
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The Promise of Reach
Domino Theory ran across some interesting information at SKOAR! – there’s a small tidbit about the advanced graphics tech being developed for Halo: Reach.Ever since the news of a new engine being employed by Bungie there has been huge speculation on its nature and platform of content that it will incorporate Steve Theodore (Technical Director) at Bungie has spent the last two years on “Researching new graphics tech and helping to evangelize it within the team.” Two years spent around building new technology should finally make the game usher within the high definition revolution.
Sounds promising!(Louis Wu 21:17:59 UTC)
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AH: 'Splosion Man Achievement Guide
Hey Everyone,
Now that Comic Con is over, I can finally get back to making some videos. The first is in Splosion Man, and covers the “Only Gandhi Would Be Proud” Achievement. Watch it only if you like stuff that is cool and also awesome.
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RT: Drunk Tank #16 (Rooster Teeth Podcast
Now that we're back in the office I am posting our most awesome Drunk Tank ever. Seriously. Its that good. Its over an hour long, but you'll swear it only seems like four hours. Topics are all over the place but we're definitely very Comic Con centered.
Download the podcast here or via iTunes or Zune Marketplace.
Link Dump:
Becca's 111 degree photo
Entertainment Earth (they sold the grifball figures at comic con)
Marina Orlova (yes I know I've provided this link before)
Olivia Munn at Comic Con
Jon Favreau
Sam Rockwell
Ryan Reynolds
Larry David/Woody Allen movie
Scott C is so cool he gets two links
Comic Con Avatar banner
Only 3 Comic Cons left
Comic Con is for humans only
Alive in Joberg
Neill Blomkamp Adidas short
Citroen Robot commercial
Halo Chronicles "on hold"
Alien Nation
Darksiders
Funny People
Yo Teach!
PVP Online
Iron Man 2 Challenge Coin (this is the back of the coin)
Pedicab
28" pizza (and count3d)
Mexican Standoff
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BungLog Razzmatazz
Lots of new content for you this afternoon at Bungie.net:- Apparently, the Zoxin It Up! podcast didn’t happen as it was supposed to last Friday; it’s been rescheduled for tomorrow, Friday, July 31 at 9 pm EST.
- Machinicast.com released their first annual Machinima Awards show – we mentioned back in early June, when they were looking for community votes. Go see who won!
- Joeski and friends played a bunch of custom games last Friday – and filmed some of the more memorable moments. Swing by to watch Fustoms Friday 7/24.
- Phurion’s back with a new montage – it’s called ‘BOOM’, and it features some very nicely-timed (though at times really hard-to-watch) gameplay. Go check out his boom boom, in HD.
- The ViDoc released this morning, Desperate Measures, can now be found in the ODST Field Guide – streaming versions of the video are now available, along with the downloadable ones.
- Homeboyd903 created a pretty cool map he calls Backdraft – and urk was there to get the lowdown on the map and how it plays, just for you.
Whew – you leave for a few hours, and BAM said the lady!(Louis Wu 19:56:25 UTC)
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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
