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Halo Wars – starting up a new genre?
TheGameReviews.com has posted a substantial interview with Dave Pottinger, Lead Designer for Halo Wars. There’s a lot of info there – some of it has been covered before, some has not. Go read!(Louis Wu 18:28:02 UTC)
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Rare figures for sale – with some proceeds to charity
PFG has tossed up some rare action figures on eBay, and is donating a chunk of the proceeds to Hollywood Arts – go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 18:08:44 UTC)
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Covie stroll
Rockslider has moved away from huge battles… and is now studying Covenant social interactions. Check out ‘Covie Stroll‘ for a way to see a large contingent of Covenant fighters… not fighting.(Louis Wu 18:05:04 UTC)
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Sometimes Ze Ranking System, She Ween
Hawty McBloggy had a pair of decent back-to-back games in the Lone Wolves playlist recently… and her rank jumped from 22 to 26 from one game to the next. Have you seen jumps bigger than this?(Louis Wu 18:00:35 UTC)
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RT: History Lesson (Part One)
Stay tuned Tuesday for part two of the stunning conclusion to…Thanksgiving. dggeoff
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Gears of War 2 News Roundup
In case you missed it, the official site for Epic Games’ recent release, Gears of War 2, has some exciting news. For one, the soundtrack is now for sale via the guys at Sumthing Else, or in normal CD format on shelves everywhere. I’m not quite sure whether or not to get it, but knowing my weakness for game music I’ll probably cave pretty soon.
The merchandise section is brimming with plenty of, well, merchandise for any of you who wish to fully express your love of GoW, though I think a Gears shoe is taking it a bit far.
If you’ve neglected to browse the photos section of the Gears 2 official website, you may have been missing out. It certainly has some nice features to be sure. You can browse everyones pictures, or just your own. There is also a nice handy dandy tab for just viewing the cool pictures you and your friends have uploaded- quite nice.
The MLG Gears of War 2 Film Festival is still on- record and upload your frag videos!
Epic also recently released a matchmaking fix update, something many Gears players like myself are definitely ecstatic about. Rod Fergusson’s post I just linked to is a definite must-read if you experience any more problems.
Some interesting stats for your pleasure(not least of which GoW2 is #1 on XBL right now):
* Almost 3 million multiplayer matches (excluding Private) have been played.
* Almost 1 million screenshot photos have been uploaded to gearsofwar.com
* The most popular multiplayer mode is Horde.
* The most popular multiplayer map across all modes is River.
* The most lethal weapon is the Gnasher shotgun with almost 29% of all kills.
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Happy Halodays from Halobabies
HaloBabies is kicking off a 4-week screenshot contest, with one winner each week, and one grand-prize winner at the end. Weekly winners get 1600 MS Points, GP winner gets a 360 game of your choice plus a t-shirt. Check out the details and rules at HBN!(Louis Wu 16:16:28 UTC)
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Matchmaking Season 2: The Horn of Nanu
Master Ph0bia pointed out that Matchmaking Season 2, Episode 1 is now available on YouTube (and in HD via Darkspire’s website). Revisit the world of Vince, John, and Travis as they navigate the treacherous shoals of the Realm of the Banned. Darkspire continues to impress! (Louis Wu 12:20:27 UTC)
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Mythbusters Episode 7
RandomSauce let us know that Mythbusters Episode 7 is out – they look at everything from how many bodies can a sniper bullet go through to the mobility of the floating platform on Epitaph. Go watch!(Louis Wu 12:18:11 UTC)
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Top 25 Evil Masterminds of All Time
GameDaily has posted their ‘Top 25 Evil Masterminds of All Time‘ – I was rather surprised by the Halo-related entry at #15. (The rest of the list isn’t much better, though.) Thanks, NickLee808.(Louis Wu 12:17:45 UTC)
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Halo Trek
BlueNinja let us know about Halo Trek, a trailer he made with Halo footage and audio from a trailer for the latest Star Trek movie. I thought the composition was quite well-done… go watch!(Louis Wu 12:17:18 UTC)
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Podtacular 170: Around The Ring – Left 4 Dead
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Hey everyone! This week Around The Ring makes it’s debut on the new Podtacular with a Left 4 Dead special, all about Valve’s latest zombiefest. We also set an all time record for submissions! …we got three. As well Painkilla05 from the Podtacular community guest hosts, and Dust Storm forgets his Steam password. Special thanks to me for the awesome album art. Enjoy!
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Nine Games They Really Don’t Want This Christmas
Ouch – GameCyte has taken it upon themselves to warn you against buying some mistakes this year… and on their ‘Anti-Game Guilde 2008, you’ll find the Halo Interactive Strategy Game. In fact, their advice goes further:[S]imply avoid buying your kids anything with the word “Halo” on it — if your child likes Halo, chances are he already owns the games, and that’s all he needs/wants. Warn those grandparents!
I’m not sure I’d go that far… but the guide’s pretty interesting, anyway!(Louis Wu 19:19:12 UTC)
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Revival
Interesting – there was no notice on our forum, but Reclaimer 117 is now online – and the Reclaimer is awake again. I don’t think Viper’s gonna be too happy…(Louis Wu 19:07:56 UTC)
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Willey2Gr8’s Halo 2/Halo 3 Montage
Z let us know about Willey2Gr8’s Halo 2/Halo 3 Montage by Phurion – it’s a monster, 276 mb and twelve and a half minutes long… but the gameplay is really good, and the editing’s exciting. The fast-cut style wears after a while, but the Killtrocities and Killamanjaros will revive you.) Check it out at Halo3Forum.com!(Louis Wu 18:59:30 UTC)
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Sarge Scares Me
Rooster Teeth has posted a new Thanksgiving PSA for your enjoyment… though I must say it’s more disturbing than most of their announcements. In a bunch of ways. Not really NSFW… but definitely disturbing. Looks like elpolloguapo was first with the news. (Louis Wu 17:49:08 UTC)
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Thank Goodness for Spandex Mjolnir
Hawty McBloggy has posted another round of Friday Caption Fun – there are some great ones for last week’s risqué pic, and a new pic that is sure to bring some interesting captions. Go see what you can do!(Louis Wu 17:48:15 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
Just four new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – writers are still going easy! Ah, well, it’s a holiday week.(Louis Wu 17:46:57 UTC)
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Buckell Back in the Hospital
Gah – Tobias Buckell is BACK in the hospital, this time with a pulmonary embolism. (This is basically a blood clot in the artery that brings blood to his lungs.) Best wishes to the man – his Halo novel is now out everywhere, but he’s in. Several people sent this in – thanks to Aaron Spuler, and to General Battuta for starting a thread on our forum. (Louis Wu 17:44:52 UTC)
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Halo Goodies, from fan for fans
A couple of posts on our forum will point you to eBay auctions – one is small, the other is rather huge. pete_the_duck is selling a Legendary beer stein – the auction ends tomorrow night, so look fast! And kornman00, looking to help raise money for Hollywood Arts, has put up a huge pile of his exclusive Halo schwag – signed books, exclusive action figures, a gorgeous print, and signed soundtracks – you really want to check these out. (Auctions end in 5 days; he told us about this on Wednesday, when they went live, but we’ve been offline with family since then.)(Louis Wu 17:38:29 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft