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Dream Of Super Caffeination
Sane Intolerant combined Halo 3 Game Fuel with Halo 2 action figures, and ended up with a new episode of Halo Toy Box. Check it out!(Louis Wu 11:17:53 UTC)
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Halo 3 gets a ’15’ from the BBFC
deftangel let us know that the official BBFC rating for Halo 3 (the game, not the extra discs this time around) is “15” – so the “12” rating of the supplementary discs in the Limited and Legendary editions is overriden. (The rating page also reveals that there are 41 minutes worth of cutscenes – a significant reduction from Halo 2. Bungie has already said that more of the story will be revealed through gameplay this time around, but this is the first hard evidence of that.)(Louis Wu 10:54:49 UTC)
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Greatest skip day of the year.
Nate R. did some interviews at the IMAX showing on Tuesday – you can watch the video at GameVideos.com. (Louis Wu 10:28:58 UTC)
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2old2clan
2old2play talked to Frankie about clan support (well, the planned lack of it) in Halo 3 – go read why Bungie’s not worried, and thinks you shouldn’t be either. (Louis Wu 10:28:35 UTC)
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News of the Halo 3 Official Guide
MCV confirms that Prima and Piggyback (the companies that created the Halo 2 strategy guide) are once again working together to bring you the Halo 3 Official guide, which will be on store shelves before the game. Do your best to avoid spoiling yourself!(Louis Wu 10:27:59 UTC)
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Worst Newspost Ever
There’s a ton of Halo news waiting to be posted – but I haven’t been around much the last couple of days. Start with tonight’s Bungie Weekly Update – more will come tomorrow. Sounds like Bungie’s busier than I am… (You can, as always, read it in our Weekly Update Archive if you prefer.)(Louis Wu 03:14:07 UTC)
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Bungie Weekly Update: 08/24/07
It’s short, it’s not really sweet and it’s dripping with apologies. But here’s this week’s Weekly Update.
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The big announcement: You can now set your gamerpic to the Podtacular logo! For free!
Thanks to our buds at Microsoft and the Gamerscore Blog, you can now set Podtacular or any of our fine affiliates at the Gamercast Network as your gamerpic… for free! Just go to the marketplace blade, then Themes and Gamer Pictures, then New Arrivals and you’ll see the Gamercast Network pics there under Community Gamerpics. Be sure to download them and set them as your gamerpic to show your Podtacular pride!
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1Up Blowout, Day 2
Day Two of 1Up’s massive Halo 3 coverage is now up – a post-mortem interview with Tyson Green and Lars Bakken about what was learned from the beta, a quick look at Guardian and Last Resort, and a blog entry that looks back at Halo 1. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 21:44:19 UTC)
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Tech demonstration. HALO 3 campaign videos from GC07. Cool factor.
FYI: I don’t consider there to be any spoilers in this videos.
Some notes:
Plasma grenade explosions look great!
Saved film cameras seem really powerful.
Fuel rod cannon is back.
Fire and flames look great.
Check out the pink 360 controller on the table.
Check out the Warthog with only one tail light.
Detaching the camera is amazing.
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Halo 3 Footage.
Bungie recently demoed some gameplay footage at the Leipzig Game Convention 07 in Germany. Here’s one of them. Be sure to click read more to see the other 3!
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More Tsavo Tsexiness!
Velez notes that Gamersyde has two new not-so-shakey cam videos of part of the Tsavo Highway level, plus footage of the replay feature. I’m tsalivating now!(mnemesis 17:53:28 UTC)
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Halo Grammar
This is something that had driven me crazy for too long and I have to get this out of my system. It’s dual wielding, not duel wielding. Plural for Mongoose is Mongooses, not mongeese, not mongoose. Let me know if you guys have any other beefs.
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Fan Fancies
The writers are quiet this week. There are three stories for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section today. Enjoy them. Pax.(Crux Fidelis 15:23:52 UTC)
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Make your own power-ups in HALO 3
Some more details on Forge, the map editor for HALO 3, come from an IGN report.
- New mode/feature called the “Forge” lets you edit weapon placement, spawn points, vehicles and more in real-time during the middle of multiplayer matches. You’ll take on the shape of monitor, similar to the Guilty Spark, and will even be vulnerable to gunfire and player attacks while you edit maps in real-time.
- Multiplayer customization options let you create your very own power-ups with specific attributes. For example, if you want to create a power-up that lets you run twice as fast, kill in a single shot and jump extra high, you can.
- You can share your edited levels with others by placing it in your “shared items” slot, which other players can then access and download to their 360.
- “Bungie Recommends” section on Bungie.net will spotlight Bungie-found user content, like screens, videos, edited levels, rule sets and more.
- Heroic and Legendary difficulties now tougher than ever. Bungie recommends experienced Halo gamers play on these difficulties rather than Normal.
Hrmm. Making customizable power-ups. My only concern is NOT knowing what power-ups are in the map. I would hate to be running around Valhalla and get beaten by someone because they place their custom power-ups somewhere on the map. But, Forge is going to all at a lot of replay and fun to the game. Forge is going to drive more people to sign up on XBOX Live.
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Boo, Indeed
Today’s One One Se7en reminds us that classics can be puns, and puns can be classic. Sometimes. Or not, as the case may be.(mnemesis 06:50:26 UTC)
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More IMAX Reportage
AvalonDrew checks in on the forum with a monster post detailing everything seen and heard at the recent IMAX Halo 3 gig. Go salivate some more!(mnemesis 06:46:53 UTC)
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IGN on Forge
ZD noticed a new article on Forge over at IGN. Nothing too new, but worth salivating over all the same.(mnemesis 06:44:02 UTC)
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