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Surfacing Patterns
TTL Demag0gue announced the posting of Reclaimer 72 – things are getting clearer.(Louis Wu 14:57:18 UTC)
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Outpost Isil Ep 8: Pains of the Plan
Bzerker01 let us know that Outpost: Isil Episode 8 has been posted over at Treeskunk Productions. It becomes a little clearer why the outpost is so understaffed…(Louis Wu 14:55:02 UTC)
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Reimagined Halo – in Higher Res
Vegechan got us a higher-res copy of his Halo tribute trailer (we pointed out the YouTube version yesterday) – you can now download 640×480 versions from us in this post. They’re worth it! (Louis Wu 14:43:16 UTC)
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Halo 3 RPG Double XP Weekend
The Social let us know that the Halo 3 RPG they’ve built is having its own ‘official double xp weekend’ to match Bungie’s. (Halo3RPG’s is Team Melee, as well.) If this doesn’t appeal to you, they’ve got a number of other ranked and unranked hoppers – Figure 8 has 8 teams of 4, and Big Team Splazers is 20v20. Check ’em out! (Louis Wu 14:42:46 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fic
Only 5 new pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – but two are pretty monstrous. Go read! (Louis Wu 14:41:54 UTC)
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Around The Ring Deadline Extended
Ok guys, Dust Storm and I went to record Around The Ring – Episode 4 today, only to have the recording wrecked by the program that was recording it. We have that aside now but the re-recording is Sunday.
So while we wait to record that gives YOU guys another chance to submit YOUR tips and stories for the map yoyorast_island. At this point if you submit something it’s getting read for sure.
—To submit email us at podatr@gmail.com or post in this thread.
Remember guys, YOU are the community and you are the guys who make this go. We depend on your support and appreciate it when we get it. We know things have gotten slow around here but big things are coming up. Soon. All we ask is that you be patient.
If you haven’t played this map and want to check it out you can download the Halo CE version
HERE
it’s only 15MB.Keep On Fraggin’ Trucks!
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AH: American McGee's Grimm launches at Gametap today
Do you folks like free games? Well over at GameTap, starting today you can play American McGee’s newest episodic title “Grimm” for free. At least…the first episode. American McGee got his start with iD software where he worked on the…
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AH: WoW Game Director talks Achievements
The guys over at Kotaku sat down with Jeffery Kaplan, the game director of World of Warcraft to talk about achievements. Kaplan talks about looking at the 360’s achievement system and the success it was and how that helped push them in to including…
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Bungie should thank EA
For the last two weeks Halo 3 has been the most played game on Xbox LIVE. For most of this year, Call of Duty 4 has been the most popular game on LIVE.
So why has Halo 3 surged to the to Major Nelson’s most played list? Battlefield Bad Company is drawing war-sim gamers away from Call of Duty 4.
It would be interesting to see if the number of gamers playing Halo 3 has gone up during this time. (Surely some fan has a website tracking the number of daily Halo 3 gamers).
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Halo – Just like you Imagined
Vegechan created a Halo tribute trailer using music from 300 and footage from many sources, including Halo game trailers, cutscenes, and more. Has a nicely epic feel to it.(Louis Wu 23:41:33 UTC)
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Star Wars: A New Halo
The Escapist’s latest episode of Kung Fu Grip is entitled ‘Star Wars: A New Halo‘, and looks at how the Republic might have fared had the Stormtroopers been replaced with Spartans. Stop-motion theater at its finest! Thanks, Speedhuntr.(Louis Wu 23:37:40 UTC)
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AH: Jack reviews Unreal Tournament 3 for the 360
Please enable JavaScript to enjoy this flash-based video. Find out how at this link. videoEmbed(“player1642298827”, 480, 290, “http://files.redvsblue.com/Achieve/videos/UT3/Review/Unreal_Tournament_3_Review.mp4”, “”, “Unreal…
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RT: Just to make sure…
Today’s comic is totally (mostly) a joke, and cannot be held as admissible in court. *fingers crossed* dggeoff
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VGL Album debuts at #10 on Billboard Charts
Video Games Live just posted a press release – their album debuted at #10 on the Billboard Charts. Wow! Congrats to Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, and the entire VGL team! If you buy a copy, you’ll hear the Slovak Symphony Orchestra playing the Halo Suite, and a bunch of other great music.(Louis Wu 21:56:31 UTC)
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Team Melee Weekend Live
A few hours ago, the latest Double XP weekend went live – this week, it’s Team Melee. What’s Team Melee? It’s a playlist loaded with Gravity Hammers and Swords! Three teams of three meet to beat the crap out of each other. AdjustantReflex gave us the heads-up.(Louis Wu 21:51:37 UTC)
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Damian Isla talks about Halo Wars, AI Programming
According to an article in Eurogamer, Bungie is “very excited” about Halo Wars – they talked to Damian Isla, AI Programming Lead for Halo 2 and Halo 3. Positive news, for fans worried that Ensemble might be taking liberties! Thanks, gunluva. While you’re at Eurogamer, check out this little piece as well – Isla discusses the problems AI programmers face in making the next great video game.(Louis Wu 21:49:10 UTC)
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The Running Riot’s Favorite Community Files Updated
The Running Riot picked their favorites again from 100 Screenshots and 75 Film Clips. Check them out in TRR Favs!
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Halo Chopper – not what you think
Veegie pointed out a Halo Chopper – not the Brute one – being modeled over at Threedy Forums by rubenvoorhees. Looks pretty cool!(Louis Wu 10:19:07 UTC)
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Hail to the Chief
Spartanx5 noticed an article on IGN that comes up with their Top 10 reasons Halo 3 is Back on Top (of the Xbox LIVE leaderboards). Some are silly, some are solid. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 10:14:30 UTC)
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