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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Around The Ring – Announcement: Submissions, Montages, and More!

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    Lancelot59

    The latest updates on the around the ring podcast by Lancelot59 and Dust Storm. Read on for the details.

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    Well after many weeks and some engsmploded computers (yes I just made a word up) we are getting back on track. I’ve had to deal with my computer getting bugged because SOME people think IE is actually secure. Seeing as I was running Windows at the time I wasn’t taking any chances, so there went 7GB of maps and many more unwatched TV shows down into the fiery mouth of Darik’s Boot N’ Nuke. I didn’t use that computer for much else. It’s still on the blocks, but I’m in the process of building a new machine. Once thats up I need to dig though Halomaps.org’s current 1493 Halo CE map library to get my collection back…my head already hurts.

    Dust Storm has been keeping nice and busy but finally called me up after a long while and now we’re gonna be recording on Wednesday, possibly Thursday. This time we’re reviewing: Cmt_Snow_Grove, an extremely popular map by the famed Custom Map Team. In addition to that we’re going to release the episode with a montage of the map, an assortment of vids and screenshots.

    Also we for the first time are going to try and have a Guest Host on the show.

    Another point of mention: I get to go have all four of my wisdom teeth pulled out of my face, so there won’t be any new episodes till I’ve fully healed. We played around with the idea of me using a speech-synth but that failed.

    Keep on Fraggin’ Trucks! It’s good to be back.

  • Reboot. Bungie not allowed to make announcement. Letter from Bungie prez.

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    rapture

    Bungie’s publisher (Activision?, Microsoft?, Blizzard?, EA?, etc.) is not allowing Bungie to reveal their new title during E3. It seems Bungie is pretty ticked at this as they’ve posted a statement directly from Bungie President Harold Ryan.

    There’s no indication that this letter is part of the “Superintendent” ARG as this letter is sincere and directly from Bungie’s President. Pulling the rug out from under the fans tomorrow with the following letter would be confusing and insensitive.

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    For the last several months, we’ve been building toward a reveal of something exciting that Bungie is working on. We were looking forward to sharing that with our fan community during the week of E3. However, those plans were just changed by our publisher.

    We realize that many of our fans are disappointed by this turn of events; members of the Bungie team share that disappointment.

    When the right time comes, we look forward to sharing this exciting announcement with you. Until then, we appreciate your continued support and patience.

    Harold Ryan
    President
    Bungie LLC
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    Why has Bungie posted this letter and who is the publisher?

    I speculate that Bungie may be making a new title that is for multiple platforms* and this has somehow thrown a wrench into their plans. Perhaps there’s other news that first must be revealed.

    Or perhaps it’s not that simple.

    And for what it’s worth, the image that’s current displayed at B.net is titled “Reboot_homePage_04.jpg”.

    The previous image was titled “Reboot_homePage_03.jpg”.

    Is Reboot the name of the game? And why is this new announcment titled “…_04” and not something that doesn’t play with the ARG’s schema?

    * including Games for Windows – Live

  • It’s no joke.

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    The Marty Army’s Recent News
    I don’t lie.

  • Bungie E3 2008 Announcement Cancelled

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    narcogen

    Just moments ago the countdown on Bungie.net, which had about 12 hours left to go until some cryptic announcement, changed to an apology from studio president Harold Ryan that reads:

    For the last several months, we’ve been building towards a reveal of something exciting that Bungie’s working on. We were looking forward to sharing that with our fan community during the week of E3. However, those plans were just changed by our publisher.

    We realize that many of our fans are disappointed by this turn of events; members of the Bungie team share that disappointment.

    When the right time comes, we look forward to sharing this exciting announcement with you. Until then, we appreciate your continued support and patience.

  • Operation Infinite Sadness

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    halo@bungie.org
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    It’s a sad, sad day for Bungie fans – swing by Bungie.net for full details. The short version: the announcement many have been waiting for eagerly – a new game, new Halo content, whatever it was going to be – is not going to happen tomorrow. Plans have been changed – no new date is announced. Update: we’re getting a lot of mail from people who are speculating that this is a stunt (to build excitement for an announcement tomorrow), or that Bungie.net got hacked – I can confirm, after speaking to more than one Bungie spokesperson, that this is no stunt, no joke. This is real, and they’re as unhappy about it as we are.(Louis Wu 02:03:06 UTC)

  • CI Discovers Yet Another Fake

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    CompoundIntelligence’s Recent News
    Through careful scrutiny, CI has determined conclusively that the MySpace page for a user named ||||||| is fake.  This confirms suspicions and rumors begun hours ago.  Congrats to CI’s sharp-eyed members and everyone who participated in the hunt!

  • Superintendent’s MySpace Page Contains Encoded Message

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    CompoundIntelligence’s Recent News
    Sharp-eyed CI members have found a mysterious MySpace page.  CI member Leeeeeeeeee discovered an encoded message: Prepare Yourself.The Time is Near.Transmission – SIIs it real or fake? Discuss in our forum!

  • RT: 300!

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    Rooster Teeth News
    Believe it or not, today’s comic is our 300th! Congrats to Griffon and Luke. It seems like yesterday I posted their first comic, and here we are 299 comics later. My hat is off to those two for kicking such ass so consistently over the last two years. What…

  • Sony’s E3 press conference summary

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    rapture

    “Games like Metal Gear Solid 4 aren’t exclusive to PS3, but only possible on the PS3.”

    “2008 is about software.”

    The future of PS3 is about the CELL processor and processing capabilities.

    256-player multiplayer game called Massive Action Game (MAG). 32 players on 8 teams in a free for all matchup.

    Resistance 2. 8 player coop and 60 player multiplayer.

    Resistance: Retribution coming to PSP in Spring 2009.

    God of War 3 announced.

    PS3 Greatest Hits coming and will be $30 and include Resistance, MotorStorm, War Hawk, CoD 3, Fight Night, RS3V, and Need for Speed Carbon.

    130 PS2 titles coming to PS2 in ’08.

    PlayStation Network users will have a single sign-on for PS2, PS3, and PC.

    Video rental and purchase is coming to PS3. Sony, Fox, Warner, Disney, MGM, Lionsgate and 20th Century will be on the PS3. After you download it to your PS3 you’ll be able to put it on your PSP. It’ll take 60 min to download a standard definition movie. Sony is offering 85 movies right off the bat. This service will be available tonight. $15 to purchase. $6 to rent in HD/$4 in SD.

    80GB PS3 will be $400 in September.

    $149 PS2 bundle comes with Lego Batman game and the Justice League animated movie.

  • Feast

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    Hawty McBloggy found a series called ‘Feast’ – it’s horror, Halo style. If you’re into that sort of thing – swing by! (Louis Wu 20:16:30 UTC)

  • Nintendo’s E3 press conference summary

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    rapture

    Nintendo selling 200K DS’s a week. 700K Wii’s a month.

    GTA: Chinatown Wars headed to DS.

    A new snowboarding game is coming out – Shaun White Snowboarding. Uses Wii Fit footpad.

    A new Wii Sports Resort game where you can throw a disc to a dog, ride a jetski, or sword duel. Yes, you can sword duel on a beach. WIN!

    Wii Speak is a community microphone that allows you to talk to other gamers.

    Wii Music: Play 50 musical instruments with your Wii remotes and footpad. This isn’t Rock Band. Create your one music as you move the instruments including drums, piano, saxophone (by blowing into the speaker on the remote), guitar, etc.

    Kotaku’s poll says that 2% of votes are Psyched, 81% Pissed, and 17% Satisfied with Nintendo’s conference. Wow. That’s harsh.

    Color me bored. Wake me when she rolls over. This was a lackluster E3 for Nintendo. Wii Music is going to be a great casual game. The snowboarding game will be a good buy for anyone with Wii Fit. Other than that, I see nothing that is going to make me want to go out and buy a Wii. Parents will certainly buy Wii Music for their kids.

    As I’ve been saying for a while, 3rd party developers aren’t going to want to develop for the Wii because of the niche motion controls. I think this may be a reason why we didn’t see more third party games during the Nintendo demo.

  • Halo Story Page Gets New Features

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    UNSC_Trooper stopped by the main forum with word of some additions to the Halo Story Page. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 18:15:25 UTC)

  • E3! ’08 Live

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    Seventh Column Troopers’s Recent News
    Big things are coming our way including a revamped dashboard and some of the best looking games yet!

  • Halo 3 Supplemental – what is it?

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Not sure where this is all going… but it’s interesting. Falagard dropped by with a report of a conversation that took place on the NeoGAF forums – the gist is that Alan Tudyk, an actor who did voice work for Halo 3, reported at Gencon (a gaming convention in Australia that took place a week or so ago, July 3-6) that he and Nathan Fillion and Adam Baldwin had recently “recorded voices for a Halo 3 supplemental” – could this be the Halo “Blue” referred to recently by Joystiq? It sure sounds like Bungie’s working on SOMETHING Halo-related…(Louis Wu 17:11:19 UTC)

  • Cold Storage as a Canvas

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Psychophan7 posted a ‘Mission Log’ – a series of (very cool) screenshots (well, screenshot amalgams) with some storyline tossed in. I hope he continues with this. Check it out! (And be sure to look at the full-sized versions. They’re spectacular.)(Louis Wu 16:25:39 UTC)

  • Cold Storage – now available for XBL Silver accounts

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    halo@bungie.org
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    sylntsniper reminded our forum that a week’s gone by since Cold Storage’s release on Xbox Live Marketplace – which means it’s now available for download by Silver account holders. Better late than never!(Louis Wu 16:08:59 UTC)

  • More Halo Wars stuff

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    Fluffy, over at Planet Halo, found another couple of Halo Wars vids – IGN has a short gameplay clip (embedded in the news post) and G4TV’s got a video interview with Dave Pottinger, discussing the game (and showing off some examples).(Louis Wu 16:04:42 UTC)

  • RT: RvB:re Chapter 7

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    Rooster Teeth News
    Please enable JavaScript to enjoy this flash-based video. Find out how at this link. videoEmbed(“player1786224036”, 480, 310, “http://files.redvsblue.com/RvBre/Ep07/RvBre07_Public.mp4”, “RvB Reconstruction”, “Chapter…

  • Repurposing CompoundIntelligence Once Again

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    CompoundIntelligence’s Recent News
    As the mysteries of the Superintendent and Bungie’s new IP begin to unfold and present themselves, CI will remain the leader in solving the riddles and exposing the Truth!  Join us and browse our forums to see the power of 5000+ dedicated members!

  • Control F-U

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    halo@bungie.org
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    Red vs Blue Reconstruction Chapter 7 is now up – both for sponsors, in an extended cut, and for everyone, on the RvB front page. What is Alpha, really? And who the heck are Burke and Delario? Go watch!(Louis Wu 10:29:42 UTC)