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UK Street Date Broken?
Lutzie let us know that the UK chain Argos might have screwed up and broken Halo 3 street date at some of their stores; a quick search around the net turns up a lot of anecdotal evidence, but no first-person accounts (“I picked up a copy!”). It looks like some Comets and Woolworths, too, have sold copies. For folks in areas where it’s NOT for sale, be careful – the incidence of spoilers on the net is going to skyrocket.(Louis Wu 13:00:59 UTC)
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Famitsu Gives Halo 3 High Marks
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Okay, so th’ 360 isn’t settin’ sales records in Japan, and th’ Japanese aren’t really known worldwide fer their love o’ th’ Halo franchise, and dinna spare the whip, and a bucket o’ chum! Still, that di’nae stop flagship Japanese gamin’ magazine Famitsu from rankin’ th’ game quite highly. One scorer gave it 10/10, avast. The others? Ahoy! 9/10. Prepare to be boarded! Not bad, we’ll keel-haul ye! Load the cannons! PlayTM has th’ story.
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Halo 3 Hits Store Shelves… Somewhere
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A Kotaku reader snapped some photos o’ Halo 3 boxes arrivin’ at some game store, by Blackbeard’s sword. Not long t’ wait now!
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PePaKuRa Master Chief
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Halo fan Mike McDermott created a 3d paper Master Chief usin’ a program called PePaKuRa, and a bottle of rum! Ahoy! For more images, check his Deviant Art page, by Blackbeard’s sword. Story from Kotaku.
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It all start with a good control scheme
Kikizo has an interview with Harter Ryan, Executive Producer of Halo Wars – it’s an interesting discussion about how the game came together, what’s new and what’s not, and where the Ensemble team would like it to all go. Give it a read! Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 11:42:32 UTC)
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Bungie.net Upgrading
A quick warning – Bungie.net goes down today around 9 am Pacific (noon ET, 4 pm UTC), for infrastructure upgrades. The news post says the site will be read-only… but in the past, it’s been mostly unreachable during upgrades. We post this to keep you from panicking; the downtime is planned, and what comes out of it will be worth any loss in interactivity you were expecting today. (Plus, there’ll be more Forge content when it’s back. Maybe even… multimedia.)(Louis Wu 11:31:24 UTC)
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Halo 2 Power Rankings
DPAD lists the first official rankings for Halo 2 pros – see where your favorite team sits!(Louis Wu 11:21:48 UTC)
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Behind a Marketing Campaign
iMedia Connection has a massive article which looks at the marketing campaign Microsoft put together – lots of details about the whos, and whys, and hows. Comments like “Given the appeal of “Halo” to the emo crowd, […]” made me raise my eyebrows a bit… but all in all, a nice summary of the overall plan.(Louis Wu 11:20:28 UTC)
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Halo 3: The Facts
Curious about the numbers behind Halo? Wishing you could put your fingers on a list of stats about the game? 3Suns found a post at Evil Avatar that might be able to help.(Louis Wu 11:15:21 UTC)
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No longer just a game
KORHAL pointed out an article at PC World that talks about the Halo marketing juggernaut, and how it affects Microsoft as a whole. Worth a read.(Louis Wu 11:13:55 UTC)
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Spartans
Today’s Ctrl+Alt+Del has a matchup that seems… one-sided. Thanks to the millions who wrote in – Brandon Jones was first.(Louis Wu 11:12:06 UTC)
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Finish the Fight – Down Under
Chris Hamilton let us know that an Australian site will launch on the 25th – Finish the Fight is dedicated to the competitive Halo community in Australia (though they’ll have content for regular joes, too). Bookmark ’em! (Louis Wu 10:55:27 UTC)
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Midnight Madness – Official PR
The official press release for the Launch Madness events went out yesterday – you’ll find it at dozens of websites (including ours, actually). Major Nelson will be on hand in New York – but there will be bigwigs at all the named events.(Louis Wu 10:53:25 UTC)
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Comic Theme
Brodingo noticed a new theme for your 360 – it’s listed on Xbox.com, but not yet available on Marketplace. It’s based on the Halo: Uprising comic book. (Louis Wu 10:51:16 UTC)
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A Halo 3 SHOE?
PROPH37 found an odd mention on Gilbert Arenas’ blog – apparently, there’s a Halo version of his shoe coming out in the not-too-distant future. No pics yet… but this is the first I’ve heard of it. (Check out the post entitled ‘Introducing the GilIIZero’.)(Louis Wu 10:48:50 UTC)
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GTR Podcast – Halo 3 Interview
Godfree let us know that the current episode of Gamertag Radio contains a bunch of Halo content, including an interview with Francesca Reyes, Editor in Chief of OXM (and the first person outside of Bungie/MS to finish Halo 3). No spoilers. News post (and download link) are on the GTR website.(Louis Wu 10:46:07 UTC)
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The Three Towers Revisited
Over at High Impact Halo (CHECK OUT THAT NEW FRONT PAGE! and be sure to read Ducain’s explanation for how it works!), seven trickers got together and put together a half-hour video revisiting the Three Towers from the level Halo of the original game. This has got to be the definitive TT vid. It’s 212 mb, but there are some amazing tricks in there. Visit this forum thread for all the details, and a download link. Thanks, WLT and Ducain. (Louis Wu 10:42:47 UTC)
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Halo showing in TGS Press Briefing
Eva Ribs let us know that on Xbox Live Marketplace, you’ll find footage from the Tokyo Game Show, and one of the videos contains Halo footage. Most is old, but there’s also a Japanese TV commercial. To find it, head to Marketplace, and then Navigate: Game Videos -> Gaming Community Videos -> Bringing It Home -> TGS 2007: Xbox Press Briefing 2(Louis Wu 10:38:06 UTC)
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News Summary For September 18
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Bungie.net will reboot tomorrow with new features enabled. TeamXbox has an interview with Bungie.net’s development lead, Chris Gossett, about the new features.
IGN has previewed one of Halo 3’s previously unrevealed multiplayer maps: Isolation.
Tyson “Ferrex” Green has put up part two of his three-part series on Forge; this one is on advanced features like inventories, budgets, and quotas. If you missed part one, read that first.
Midnight at The Hushed Casket wonders if Halo 3 can overturn Halo 2’s sales records.
Kikizo interviews Harter Ryan of Ensemble Studios about the secrecy surrounding Halo Wars’ early development.
A midnight London launch of Halo 3 won’t be permitted on Oxford Street, but will be… apparently just about everywhere else.
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Bungie.net Reboots Tomorrow
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In preparation for Bungie.net’s relaunch tomorrow, we’re pressing pause on the site’s functionality.
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft