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Team Hardcore Settings Posted
Bungie’s Tyson ‘Ferrex’ Green posted a summary of the base settings for the Team Hardcore playlist – they won’t make everyone happy, but they certainly seem like a decent first release. (Ferrex reiterated that this list will be evolving over time.) Thanks, Magni Harvald.(Louis Wu 16:39:11 UTC)
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A fantastic year for gamers
New Zealand’s Stuff put up a ‘games of the year’ list from The Press – Halo 3 is on it, but apparently just barely. (Louis Wu 16:32:56 UTC)
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Submission Request (with cash) from H3Forge
H3Forge.com is putting together a “playlist of competitive user forged Halo 3 maps to support 4 v 4 team play.” They’re going to use 24 maps, and this playlist will be used for Games in Action’s Shock & Awe 256-team Halo 3 tournament (among other things). For each map they choose, they’ll be giving the creator a $25 gift card for Best Buy. Swing by this post on the H3Forge.com site for full details, and to submit your Forged map!(Louis Wu 16:25:01 UTC)
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RT: 2 Videos, 3 Maps
Season’s Greetings – Today we bring you not one, but two new RvB videos. Bungie gave us a sneak peek at their new Halo 3 maps, and we’re passing on that sneaky peeking to you. ‘Tis the time of year for sharing after all. You may have seen the …
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Send In Stuff for This Week’s Show: Customs and Creations!
Allright gentlemen, let’s get freaky!
New custom: Nails vs. Hammers! (Spikers vs. Gravity Hammers)
Got a cool custom? Now’s the time to easily get the maximum exposure for it. Share it with the Halo Nation by clicking the big green button on the right and sending in a summary with your gamertag so we can give you credit.
I got a map: BIOSHOCK. Underwater battle with shotguns and assault rifles.
I know, a lot of times these go together like yin and yang. If you have a cool map, custom, or both, we want to hear about it!
Deadline is Tuesday night at about 6pm EST. Get your customs and creations in early for a higher likelyhood of being on the show!
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Heroic Map Pack FAQ
The Heroic Map Pack, featuring three brand new maps, comes out on Tuesday, December 11th. Here’s all you ever needed to know.
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LSG Halo 3 Music Video Montage
Raulboy found a pretty funny video montage on YouTube – it’s long, but it’s worth watching. (I’m not sure what it says about me, but I belly-laughed at the ‘Stupid Girl’ clip.)(Louis Wu 23:12:42 UTC)
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D.I.Y.
During the Spike TV Video Game Awards last night, a video created by the Red vs Blue team, showing off the new maps, was debuted. If you missed it, you can find it on Xbox Live Marketplace; go to New Arrivals, then Halo 3, then ‘Red vs Blue: D.I.Y.’ It’s pretty funny! (Louis Wu 22:51:53 UTC)
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HAFT 100: Surreality
Halo Action Figure Theater has reached Episode 100! Check it out. I must say, I’m not sure I like where this is going…(Louis Wu 22:07:39 UTC)
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Halo: Uprising comics REALLY delayed
PsychoRaven got some not-so-good news about the release dates of the last two Halo: Uprising comics – Episode 3 has been pushed back to January 30, and Episode 4 is now scheduled for March 26. And those might not be the final dates, either… ouch.(Louis Wu 21:05:32 UTC)
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Custom-Made Spartan at Urban Art Central
Wow. Mike Carson pointed out a 1/6 scale model of a Spartan, custom-created by Eric Barclay, aka callous. Now, we set up a page for callous’ work last year – but we had no idea he was this far along at this point. Check it out! (That page will be updated in the not-too-distant future.) Update: the original article seems to have been posted at figures.com – more pics there!(Louis Wu 20:47:40 UTC)
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The Best of the Bunch
Time Magazine posted a Top 10 Video Games of 2007 list – Halo 3 came out #1. Nice! Thanks, Avateur.(Louis Wu 20:23:21 UTC)
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Guerrilla Teaser
Underdawg253 stopped by with a teaser for Guerrilla, a new movie coming from Etzun Films. It’s short – but it looks pretty good! Check it out.(Louis Wu 20:21:07 UTC)
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Red vs. Blue Intro to the Heroic Map Pack Available on Live
In the very wee hours of tomorrow morning (2 a.m. Pacific) the Heroic Map Pack will be available on Marketplace. The Red vs. Blue dudes have a video preview of Standoff, Foundry and Rat’s Nest available for download on Marketplace now.
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Ten.
Because yesterday’s One One Se7en Advent offering was announced late, there are two today – but I suppose if you add up the humor content, you’re still under one.(Louis Wu 19:03:35 UTC)
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Ranks and Rank up Requirements
Current Ranks / Who has ranked up / What is needed for next rank
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Pod TV: Tsavo Highway
Download this videoCryptoflix is back with a legendary walkthrough of Tsavo Highway along with a tutorial on how to get the skull on this level. There’s also a hi-res version of this available on gametrailers.com
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Today @ Amazon: Xbox 360 Arcade + 2 Mediocre Games = $255 Shipped
As part of Amazon’s “10 days 10 deals” promotion, today they are selling the Xbox 360 Arcade along with Beautiful Katamari and Viva Pinata for a total of $255 shipped. The final discounts do not show up until you check out. See the picture above.
If you’re interested, visit the above link, follow the directions (check each item on the page and hit “add to cart”), then go to checkout and change the shipping option to “free” and you’re set. This would make a great Christmas gift for the casual gamer. The new Arcade SKU also comes with a memory unit, so it’s Xbox Live capable out of the box…and it has HDMI!
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Prophecy Episode 1
Lordstemplar1 let us know that Prophecy Episode 1: The Threshold of War has been posted on the 508th Brigade. Biggest complaint seems to be the rather long credits section (about 3 minutes, right in the middle of the movie), but other than that… it’s a pretty impressive piece of work. Nice CGI work, good voice acting, an intriguing story… this one has a lot going for it! Check it out.(Louis Wu 03:07:13 UTC)
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