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Bungie Podcast – Luke Timmins
Huge props to mnemesis, who covered the place yesterday when I simply couldn’t get to an internet connection. Let’s see if I can whip out a few posts in the short time I’ve got available this morning – he might be around later today. First up – almost lost in the noise of the AutoUpdate release yesterday was a new Bungie podcast, this time with Luke Timmins. Just under an hour, 66 mb Go listen! (Thanks, MasterChief2829.)(Louis Wu 12:58:47 UTC)
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Open thread: Making Gears of War better.
Today it was announced that Gears of War 2 is coming out in November. The original Gears of War was a fun game, but had it’s problems. What do you expect to be added, changed, or removed from Gears of War 2?
Open thread.
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Breaking: Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Ninja Gaiden II, XNA Community-developed games
The XBOX press conference at the Game Developer’s Conference just ended. Microsoft already has a press release ready. The highlights:
• Gears of War 2!! Coming this November. Continues the story of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad. Developed by Epic Games exclusively for the XBOX 360.
• Fable 2: In addition to the dynamic co-op mode unveiled onstage, Peter Molyneux also announced that Carbonated Games is bringing the “Fable 2†experience to Xbox LIVE Arcade. Before the game’s launch, gamers will be able to get an early taste of the “Fable 2†experience and gain a head start on earning currency for use in “Fable 2†by playing “Fable 2â€Â-themed pub games that will be downloadable via Xbox LIVE Arcade. The currency earned in these Xbox LIVE Arcade titles will enable players to purchase items in “Fable 2†when the game launches later this year.
• XNA games playable on the Zune.
• Ninja Gaiden II: Coming early June, with Ninja Cinema on Xbox LIVE. Tomonobu Itagaki debuted several tantalizing new Xbox LIVE features of “Ninja Gaiden II,†including the ability to capture and share videos of a player’s glorious battles via the Ninja Cinema feature and upload them to Xbox LIVE. “Ninja Gaiden II†launches worldwide this June.
• Xbox LIVE: 1 billion achievements earned!
• Xbox LIVE Arcade: New games coming include Braid, Castle Crashers, Defense Grid: The Awakening, Go! Go! Break Steady, and Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.
• XNA Community-developed games: By the end of 2008, Xbox 360 owners will have access to more than 1,000 community-created games. The first seven are available to download now from Xbox LIVE Marketplace: JellyCar, Little Gamers, Dishwasher, TriLinea, RocketBall, ProximityHD, and Culture.
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The Butt Of A Joke.
Almost forgot today’s One One Se7en, although you may have been happier if I did.(mnemesis 19:25:43 UTC)
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More Pinkuh Art
Pinkuh’s posted a new sketch of the MC with no helmet. Thank Pixellated for the heads-up. (mnemesis 16:38:10 UTC)
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Inside Halo – Episode 7
Inside Halo – Episode 7 is up and available for your inside-y Halo edification. Thank Smurfa for the heads-up. Funkakke!(mnemesis 16:32:20 UTC)
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AutoUpdate Reminder
There’s a new Top Story over on B.net detailing the stuff to come in the autoupdate. It’s nothing new, as it’s all copied straight from the WWU from two weeks ago, but I suppose it means the AU is coming soon? Thank MasterChief2829 for the heads-up. Update: Doh! It’s supposed to go live, uh, now-ish, or otherwise sometime this morning, according to the B.Net front page. (mnemesis 16:31:16 UTC)
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Halo 3 AutoUpdate
In the wee hours of Wednesday, Feb 20th, PST, the Halo 3 AutoUpdate will go live, and address some minor bugs and gameplay issues.
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Bungie Podcast: Engineer Luke Timmins
A rollicking adventure through Luke Timmins’ sordid past and into Halo 3’s engineering present.
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You Can Never Un-See It
There’s something weird going on over at Halo Action Figure Theater – I blame the Game Fuel.(Louis Wu 19:24:08 UTC)
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Travis
Both bonnie mccaleb, via email, and Hawty McBloggy, on her blog, recommended the latest offering from Darkspire films, entitled ‘Travis’. Oh, the wonders of lag…(Louis Wu 19:14:55 UTC)
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Don’t know what you’ve got…
ZZoMBiE13 kicks off a drone-related week at Another Halo Comic Strip. There’s more news in the pipeline – but no more time to post it. Sorry!(Louis Wu 14:57:15 UTC)
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Life after Halo 3
BBC’s Darren Waters caught up to Chris Butcher at the Game Developers Conference this week – you can listen to Chris discuss where Halo 3 fits into Bungie’s current plans, and talk about what’s coming next (without saying anything).(Louis Wu 14:53:05 UTC)
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Calvin Awards – Halo 3 wins Best Videogame
Box Office Prophets announced their Calvin Awards 2008 – and Halo 3 took Best Videogame. (The article will explain their surprise in this result.)(Louis Wu 14:52:40 UTC)
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Upcoming MC costume from Rubie’s
Someone from the Engineering department of E.CAB Elevator sent us this link to a site that sells costumes… and it looks like Rubie’s is making a Master Chief Halo costume! Preorder price is $900… pricey!(Louis Wu 14:52:09 UTC)
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GoO – shorter than it was written
The J3ster sent us a link to Eric Nylund’s blog – a story there this week reveals that there were two chapters cut from Ghosts of Onyx, for pacing reasons… Eric’s wondering if he should release those at some point. (I say yes!) (Louis Wu 14:51:34 UTC)
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Help in building your armor
We got word that there’s a new measurement tool with a model embedded, over at the 405th forums. If you’re building armor, this might help a lot in making things proportional!(Louis Wu 14:51:07 UTC)
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Lost Cause 17 – Leslie’s Plan
Haloplayer dropped in to announce Lost Cause 17 – “Leslie’s Plan“. Focus shifts a little bit… read his post for details, and download links.(Louis Wu 14:50:31 UTC)
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Teams Worth Playing
XerxdeeJ stopped by with a friendly warning, and news of a story about clans you might be interested in playing, if a good game is what you’re after. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:50:06 UTC)
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