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Flying and Driving
It’s Friday (well, Saturday by HBO’s clock, but Friday where I am), so it’s time for another Bungie Weekly Update. It went up on time this week – about 4 hours ago – and you should enjoy it, since it’s the second-to-last one that’ll be posted before the game launches. This one covers what the Bungie public relations have been like for the past week – and throws in some fun stuff to boot. And as usual, you can read it in our Weekly Update Archive, as well.(Louis Wu 03:30:21 UTC)
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Episode 127: Bioshock Special
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So I’m back from a short vacation and it’s time to catch up on editing. This show we talk all about one of the greatest games to come down the pike in a long time: Bioshock. Joining JVB and I are Immortal Three from the Podtacular crew and Mintz from Halo Portable. Hope you like it!
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Bungie Weekly Update 09/14/2007
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The penultimate Update before the game launches in less than 11 days. ZOMG!
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halo3.com/believe. HALO 3’s best marketing to date! Diorama.
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If you look at any HALO 3 online marketing, you have got to see halo3.com/believe. This website contains an interactive flash movie that allows you to fly through the battle memorial seen in the commercial “Believe”. You can even take screenshots as you pace through the battle. Also, you can get personal interviews with the characters in the video.
Sample screenshots:
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Believe Hi-Res Mirrors
trigger119 let us know that he’s put up a mirror of the 720p WMP9 from Yahoo, as well as encoded (with H.264, 72 mb) a version in QuickTime. They can both be found on this page at GamingTV. For what it’s worth, We’ve put up a 720p QuickTime, as well (62.5 mb) – this one is Sorenson 3-encoded, which should work on machines that can’t handle H.264.(Louis Wu 19:57:32 UTC)
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NYC IMAX Writeup
KEEZY was at the New York IMAX event last night – and wrote it up for PreGameLobby. Go read!(Louis Wu 19:51:22 UTC)
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Edge’s View of Halo 3
Edge Magazine had a large Halo feature last month – it’s online at Next Generation now. (This was mentioned by Red_Breast a few days ago; I held off posting it because I’d meant to host his magazine scans as well, but haven’t found time to do that yet. The article showed up today at BusinessWeek, so I figured it was time to post it.)(Louis Wu 19:21:00 UTC)
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Win a Legendary Edition from CVG
CVG is running a contest whereby you can win one of five Legendary Editions by answering a question; I couldn’t find any info that limited entry to folks in the UK, but you might want to check that yourself.(Louis Wu 19:14:50 UTC)
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Master Chief Speed Painting
bs angel, aka Hawty McBloggy, let us know about a very cool Halo speedpainting at YouTube – watch the Master Chief come to life in 5 minutes!(Louis Wu 18:42:08 UTC)
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Halo 3: Believe Kicks into High Gear
There is quite a bit of new information out there about the Believe ad(s) – if you visit the Xbox.com BELIEVE page (thanks, Avateur and Sep7imus), you’ll find multiple versions of the ‘Believe’ ad (labeled ‘Diorama’ here), as well as a Making Of video (also visible at Yahoo, listed as ‘Monument’ – thanks, Fernando Paniagua), and finally a link to a Halo3.com page that contains a very cool flythrough of the diorama itself (with TONS of extra stuff). Go explore!(Louis Wu 18:39:35 UTC)
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Halo 3: Five Reasons You Want It
Yahoo’s got a ‘5 Reasons You Want It‘ list up – they’re all pretty common-sense, but hey. Thanks, Phoenix42.(Louis Wu 17:44:06 UTC)
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Believe is Up
The full, hi-res version of the “Believe” ad is now online at Yahoo Games. (Thanks, The Cancers.) You can watch it online, or download a huge HD (720p, 81 mb) version from them. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 16:30:29 UTC)
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MLGWiki opens
Broderick Shoemaker sent us a note that MLG has kicked off a Wiki that contains (or will contain) tips and tricks, strategies, and info on all three Halo games. (Other games, too – anything MLG plays.) They’re looking for input from you, the fans – because that’s how wikis work. Go see what’s there already, and add your own goodies!(Louis Wu 15:58:42 UTC)
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Big numbers from Wedbush Morgan
Another financial analyst weighs in – according to Next Generation, Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter believes that Halo 3 will sell 3 million units in the first 12 days, and help Microsoft sell more than 400,000 Xbox 360s by the end of September. He thinks that there’ll be some new news on the Sony front this week, in response.(Louis Wu 14:00:12 UTC)
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The Halo 3 Hype Hoedown
Sarcastic Gamers has put together a song they call ‘The Halo 3 Hype Hoedown‘ – you’ll finally understand what you can expect on September 25. This brought a smile to my face, at least…(Louis Wu 13:56:00 UTC)
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Alien Genocide Is Thirsty Work
Today’s Penny Arcade touches on the marketing fervor for Halo 3, as well. Guess it’s the theme this week. Thanks, RotaJota.(Louis Wu 13:45:47 UTC)
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Same As Aran.
Today’s One One Se7en looks at bleed-over between games. Intentional… and unintentional.(Louis Wu 12:41:00 UTC)
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Halo 3 Korea Promotion Part 3 (of 6)
This went live a couple of days ago, but I’m just noticing it now: the third video in the 6-part Korean Halo 3 promotion is live. (We mentioned Part 1 and Part 2 a couple of weeks ago.) Master Chief visits a… school? This would probably be funnier if I understood Korean.(Louis Wu 12:21:53 UTC)
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Halo History Pack Revisited
We’ve mentioned the Halo History Pack, a repackaging of Halo and Halo 2 for Japanese gamers, before – but this article at Thunderbolt Games has a bit more information, and pictures. The product is available now.(Louis Wu 11:57:59 UTC)
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This is how the game ends…
You knew it had to happen. Tied the Leader got their hands on an unauthorized copy of Halo 3… and have listed the Top Ten Surprises in Halo 3. Jerks. (I really shouldn’t have to write this, but I don’t want traffic to TTL to suffer because the internet doesn’t do droll very well… so I’m telling you now, there ain’t no spoilers here.)(Louis Wu 11:39:42 UTC)
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