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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Humpday?

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    If all goes well, today is the day that the image at the bottom of the Halo Wars update post will be revealed in its entirety – Stuntmutt gets a leg up with the current One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:57:05 UTC)

  • Predator And Prey

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    Edgeworks Entertainment has released Episode 3 of their series, The Heretic. Not a lot of action, but some great plot development – and current political commentary. (Shh…) Nice camerawork, as always. Thanks to Da Nang for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:43:31 UTC)

  • 1Up Yours – Halo 3 Speculation from GDC

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    The 1Up Yours podcast is being recorded this week at the Game Developers Conference… and the most recent podcast (dated 3/8) has a small teaser related to Halo 3. Apparently, they were discussing how many titles are being released this fall, and how rough that’s going to be on Joe Average Gamer (who’s got $300 to spend on games in a 3-week period, anyway?), and Shane Kim, Corporate VP of MGS, talked a little about Halo 3’s ship date (or lack thereof):

    Shane pointed out that if Bungie was ready to go, they’ll ship it when Bungie said – when it’s done, when it’s as good as Bungie wants to make it, they’ll ship it. And he said, “If that’s in September, then that’s when we’re going to ship it.” Then he quickly backed off and said “well if it’s next week, then we’ll ship it next week.”

    There’s quite a bit more discussion about Halo 3, and the anticipation that’s built up for it – but this tidbit might be interesting to fans. (Please – do NOT take this as indication that a ship date of September has been set. It hasn’t. What’s interesting here is the flexibility Kim alludes to; unlike Halo, which HAD to be done by the time the Xbox was released, and Halo 2, with a ship date tattooed on Peter Moore’s arm, Kim suggests that Bungie’s got some leeway here, and (yes, they’ve said this before) it won’t ship until it’s finished.)(Louis Wu 15:23:04 UTC)

  • Friday’s Fanfic

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    Eight new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 15:15:49 UTC)

  • Episode 104: Xbox Live Arcade Show

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    It’s the Xbox Live Arcade show, where we talk all about your favorite XBLA games, your most anticipated XBLA future games, and what you think about the system and casual games in general. This time we’re joined by Avid X from 360style.net and thexboxcollector.com. Also joining us are Rist Peblo and Painkilla05 from the podtacular community, both big XBLA players. Pod art this week comes from stickygerbils of halo heads fame. LOL! Show clocks in at just under an hour. Jam on it!

  • Locked and Loaded: Halo 3’s Audio

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    Over at Mix Online (devoted to the professional audio and music production community), there’s an in-depth article on the sounds of Halo 3 – it’s a fascinating (if sometimes out-of-my-league technical) look at the way the Bungie team creates audio content for Halo. If you’re in the industry, this will be even MORE awesome, because you’ll actually know what all the equipment references are about. For all of us, it’s great stuff from Marty and Jay.(Louis Wu 23:01:50 UTC)

  • Civil War

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    After a long quiet period, This Spartan Life is back with a new video blog – Damian deals with dissention in the ranks the way dissention SHOULD be dealt with – via bloodshed. Well, virtual bloodshed, anyway. Check out ‘Civil War’ on TSL’s Blog page (QuickTime format, 44.3 mb, WMP9 coming soon).(Louis Wu 22:38:02 UTC)

  • Into the Ocean

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    Jamie98s put together a new music video, setting Blue October’s ‘Into the Ocean’ to Halo action – nicely done. ‘Twas originally released at GamingTV.org, but we’re hosting copies, as well (including the original WMP9 version, 29.9 mb, and a locally-encoded QuickTime version, 30.1 mb). What are you waiting for?(Louis Wu 20:57:43 UTC)

  • Hairy Situation Pt. 3

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    Paul Maestri has updated Halo Heads, with another chapter of the Kitty 117 series. The plot thickens!(Louis Wu 16:34:36 UTC)

  • link4044’s Assault Rifle

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    A few weeks ago, we mentioned a pretty amazing Assault Rifle being built by a fan. He’s added more pictures to the collection, and we finally asked if we could put up a local mirror, organized by date. He said sure, so you should check it out; the work here is astounding. As work continues, we’ll update the page.(Louis Wu 16:19:13 UTC)

  • Cover Me

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    Narcogen has brought Rampancy.net back online after a day of downtime – and with a new article, to boot. He looks at the cover system in Gears of War, and speculates about the use of cover in Halo. It’s an interesting, if long, read.(Louis Wu 13:02:50 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Legendary Edition Helmet… still a toy?

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    Still looks like a toy to me…

    Source = http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/771/771007p1.html

    Halo 3 Legendary Edition Revealed
    Master Chief’s helmet aims to please later this year.
    by Rob Burman, IGN UK

    UK, March 7, 2007 – Microsoft has finally unveiled some images, demonstrating exactly what the $100 Legendary Edition of Halo 3 will look like on release – and it’s rather impressive. Although it would have to be for $100, really.

    This four-disc special-edition of Halo 3 comes complete with a replica MJOLNIR Mark VI helmet. At first we thought it would be life-size and that we’d be able to wear it round the house, but then we realised it was only 10″ and, as such, probably wouldn’t even fit a baby. Very disappointing.

    Inside the helmet is a stand to hold the game disc, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Halo 3, a high resolution collection of all the cinematics from Halo 1 and 2 and a disc with machinima features based on the Halo universe. The Legendary Edition is set for release alongside the Collector’s Edition and standard version when Halo 3 emerges later this year.
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    IGN: Peter Jackson Turns Halo Episodic ›

  • GI has Map Editor Info

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    Game Informer has made a short video available (8.4 mb, WMP9 format), showing a tiny bit of the Map Editor that will be included with Halo 2 Vista (mostly, it’s Jo Clowes discussing some of the features that will be available to mapmakers while the camera pans around a monitor). Thanks, Talin64.(Louis Wu 21:00:29 UTC)

  • Halo 2 ARG teaches skills for future games

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    Wow, cool. Jane McGonigal, one of the organizers of the I Love Bees campaign leading up to Halo 2, discussed lessons learned for future projects in a talk at the Game Developers Conference. When they first began presenting information to gameplayers, lots of people proposed meanings for the info – and while most of these turned out to be incorrect, the crew incorporated many of them into the game, to be used later, under this very cool guiding principle: “Reward participation, not success.” Thanks to JeBr0nie for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 19:11:17 UTC)

  • Episodic Halo Series, from Peter Jackson

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    Over at Gamasutra, there’s some intriguing information about the Peter Jackson/Bungie project first announced at X06 last fall. Details are sketchy (okay, that’s almost an overstatement), but it looks like there will be at least two episodic gaming series, with at least the first being set in the Halo universe. If and when more info becomes available, we’ll be sure to let you know. Thanks, Spenser.(Louis Wu 19:05:09 UTC)

  • Brute Spiker, Modeled

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    Danny ‘Ephrum’ Medvec has been working on modeling a Brute Spiker, from scratch. He’s sent along a bunch of pics, with more to come as the skinning progresses – check out his work on this page!(Louis Wu 18:47:15 UTC)

  • And The Roar Of Cheetahs.

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    Last Friday, the Bungie Weekly Update contained information about the upcoming Halo 2 maps – and SketchFactor said “I don’t know how I ever played Halo without monkeys.” Stuntmutt comments in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 17:23:10 UTC)

  • Hi-Res Legendary Edition Pics

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    TeamXbox has posted a few high-res (3000×2400) pictures of the Legendary Edition helmet you can buy when Halo 3 is released – looks pretty nice! Thanks, RevDotNed.(Louis Wu 17:11:31 UTC)

  • Halo ActionClix Details

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    GameTrailers interviewed a representative of WizKids, the folks who will be making the upcoming Halo ActionClix figures, at NYC Comic-Con a couple of weeks ago. He discusses the Halo products, including a tease about an unannounced Halo 3 item. Thanks, Wolverine Monkey.(Louis Wu 17:06:59 UTC)

  • Games for Windows Live won’t cost extra if you have XBOX Live

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    Gamespot is reporting that when you buy Live, you are buying the service for XBOX and Games for Windows. In other words, it won’t cause PC gamers any extra money to play Live enabled games on their PC _if_ they are already subscribed to XBOX Live. They WILL have to pay out money to become a member if they don’t have an XBOX Live Gold account. From the article:

    “If you’re currently an Xbox Live gold member, then you needn’t worry about signing up or paying for a separate service, because we’re told that the Xbox Live membership is universal with your Games for Windows Live membership. And if you don’t have Xbox Live, signing up for Games for Windows Live will also set up your Xbox Live account. The two are basically one and the same. There will be two levels of Games for Windows Live, silver and gold. Silver is the free, limited service, while gold is the full, subscription service. Clowes said that you will not need to be a gold member to play Halo 2 multiplayer, and that players can set up open dedicated servers that anyone can play on, just like dedicated servers for other PC shooters. However, Halo 2 for the PC will also be the first game to allow players to set up dedicated Live servers.”

    Ooh! Dedicated Live servers. Sweet. Now the community takes some control (at least in HALO 2).