Tyson “Ferrex” Green dishes details on the Construct multiplayer level over at GameSpot. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO.
That note about “significant changes to the Banshee” around the time of the public beta sure is interesting…
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Believe, From the Inside
Creativity Online has an interview with Scott Duchon and Mike Harris, of the McCann Group, the folks behind the Believe material. It’s a pretty interesting read – see what went into these videos!(Louis Wu 02:19:09 UTC)
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Bungie To Dole Out More Pre-Launch Halo 3 Goodness
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Luke Smith posted at NeoGAF that there will be plenty more information about Halo 3 released by Bungie every day before the game launches, including info on Forge, a Halo 3 humpday, and an unnamed “surprise”.
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Construct
The newest big thing from Bungie? Tyson Green talks to Gamespot about a multiplayer level we havent seen yet – Construct, an industrial multilevel map. Looks gorgeous! Thanks to Flamechu for the first heads-up.(Louis Wu 02:03:49 UTC)
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Halo 3 Opening Cinematic
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This looks like a legitimate, if somewhat low quality, recording of Halo 3’s opening cinematic, explaining the Chief’s arrival on Earth. It also appears to confirm the contents of the game story summary posted elsewhere on the Internet.
Again– if you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t view!
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Advanced Forge Editing
Haven’t had enough Forge yet? The third part of Bungie’s Halo 3 How-To on the tool is now up – go read Advanced Forge Editing for the lowdown on special objects. Thanks to all who wrote – Alekat was first.(Louis Wu 22:15:20 UTC)
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HIH/HSH Represented at G4’s H3 Countdown
NOKYARD wrote to let us know that two High Speed Halo/High Impact Halo regulars, djDAP and Riptor, will be headed to Los Angeles next Monday to speedrun Halo 1, Legendary Co-op… on live TV. They’ll be part of G4TV’s pre-launch extravaganza. An HIH forum thread about this already up and running. Congrats, guys!(Louis Wu 22:13:21 UTC)
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Halo 3 How-to: Advanced Forge Editing
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Tyson Green, Halo 3’s Multiplayer Lead details some high-level Forge trickery. Learn about CTF zones, Teleporters and more.
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What’s Coming to Bungie.net
DHalo points out a post on NeoGAF’s forum from Luke Smith, in which he outlines all the new Halo 3 content coming to Bungie.net in the next few days. (The link brings you to the single post; you will see nothing but Luke’s note if you follow it, there are no chances for spoilers unless you explore the site outside that post.)(Louis Wu 21:20:47 UTC)
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Wanna go to the London Gala?
MffnMn finds himself with a ticket to the London Launch Party – but cannot go. There were apparently 150 pairs of tickets given away – this is a full pair. (It says “non-transferable”, but he hasn’t sent his name in yet, so it shouldn’t be a problem.) If you’re interested, adn you’re over 18 and in the London area, shoot him an email – he’ll pick one at random and give the pair away in the next 24 hours. What a guy!(Louis Wu 20:58:06 UTC)
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Dust And…
I think Stuntmutt’s pining for interaction – check today’s One One Se7en. Just a few more days…(Louis Wu 20:56:06 UTC)
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MMontage
trigger119 let us know that there’s a new Halo 3 Beta montage up and ready for download at GamingTV – this one is from MMaster. Lots of snipes, lots of Spartan Laser kills. WMP9 or QT, 40-70 mb. Go watch for nostalgia!(Louis Wu 18:29:51 UTC)
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Another Halo 3 Preparation Guide
KEEZY, from PreGameLobby, let us know that they’ve put together a Halo 3 Preparation Guide. A significant number of the points match up nicely with RVideo’s guide from last week – but there are a few extra steps which might be useful. Check it out!(Louis Wu 16:27:38 UTC)
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A close look at Jasman’s Energy Sword
Jasman’s Plasma Pistol and Rifle have been news on the toy front for a long time – but until now, I haven’t seen a picture (or a price) for the upcoming Energy Sword. BigBadToyStore is preselling all three – but it’s the $120 sword that surprises me. They’re not promising that this is the final retail price… but even so, wow. Thanks, BARBARIC RAGE.(Louis Wu 15:21:44 UTC)
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Pro-G: Early Halo 3 Play May Get You Banned
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It’s unconfirmed for now (see the “rumour” category) but Pro-G is reporting they have unofficial news that any GamerTags with Halo 3 play associated with them before Sept. 25 could end up with their Live account banned.
Heads up, for those tempted by stores breaking street date… even playing offline may result in getting booted once you hook back up.
— Steve’ll keep an eye out for something more reliable than rumour… and isn’t certain whether he hopes it’s true or it’s false.
edited 12:46 EDT: Looks like Pro-G has just amended their report; MS is now saying that the ban will only apply to MS employees violating street date.
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Break street date – get banned from Live
Interesting… and maybe depressing for some folks who got their hands on Halo 3 early. According to Pro-G, Microsoft has confirmed that they will be banning Xbox Live accounts of folks who play Halo 3 before its street date – and they’ll do this whether you’re connected to XBL when you’re playing, or not. Ouch! Thanks, Anton P. Nym.(Louis Wu 15:10:24 UTC)
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The new phone books are here!
The Illinois Daily Herald (a suburban Chicago paper) has an article about folks waiting for Halo 3 – and it features two HBO regulars, Toby Dillman and Darren ‘ViralSyris’ Maughan. Nice going, guys! (And thanks to ViralSyris for the tipoff.)(Louis Wu 14:43:52 UTC)
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Paper Master Chief
Very cool. Mike McDermott created a really cool paper master chief – and provided information for creating your own. Spectacular! (The program he used is free, but Windows-based; you can find a link in his instructions.) I found this at Rampancy.net – Narc found it at Kotaku.(Louis Wu 14:01:15 UTC)
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Famitsu loves Halo 3
Sean Pfeil pointed out an article at CVG, which discusses a Famitsu review of Halo 3; one 10 and three 9s from the four reviewing editors – an overwhelming endorsement, especially for a first-person shooter in Japan. (You won’t be seeing too many of these reviews yet; there’s actually a press embargo in place, worldwide, until September 23. Not many magazines are willing to break that this time around…)(Louis Wu 13:04:26 UTC)