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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Master Chief Fist Sculpture

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    Eternal sent us a picture of a really cool sculpture he made (1024×1002, 204k, or a much larger version, 3200×3130, 1.1 mb) – he had this to say about it:

    This is an original sculpture that i created and then made a mold so that i can cast several of them. I call it The Fist Of The Master Chief. I have the entire build prosess posted on www.mjolnirarmor.com.

    Go check out the details!(Louis Wu 15:41:21 UTC)

  • Ladies and Gentlemen, Start your Engines

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    imSuck has kicked off the HaloGrid.com Affinity map tricking race – find (and record) glitches in the new maps after they are released, post your results in their movie forum. No prizes beyond a spotlight on your work, if you’re first. Thanks to Black Aye for pointing it out.(Louis Wu 15:22:46 UTC)

  • Counting Down

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    Urban Reflex has posted a new blog entry at Ordained Insight, looking at the upcoming Halo 3 beta. Let him know what you think, either in his blog, or in the forum thread he started.(Louis Wu 15:19:21 UTC)

  • MLG Charlotte Update

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    Both GotFrag DPAD and MLGPro.com are keeping track of how things are going in Charlotte – go see!(Louis Wu 15:15:42 UTC)

  • Halo 2 vs Halo 3

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    Adam Kovic, over at machinima.com, put together a short video that compares some of the early Halo 2 alpha and beta footage to the final product, in the context of the Halo 3 alpha footage we’re seeing. His point is that we really don’t have anything to worry about. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:12:14 UTC)

  • FS2H Teaser Video

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    Devrous put up a teaser for FS2H, his Freespace 2 Halo mod project. 25.5 mb, DivX format; we’re hosting a mirror in case his server gets swamped.(Louis Wu 12:37:17 UTC)

  • Twin bridges megabattle update

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    Rockslider has found a new way to have fun on AotCR – amazing. When will it end?(Louis Wu 12:05:11 UTC)

  • Nickel and Dimed to Death

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    Mister Froggy has posted Halo, Articulated #31 – I guess he’s unhappy about the $4 charge for Tombstone and Desolation.(Louis Wu 11:43:13 UTC)

  • MLG Charlotte

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    The MLG Pro Circuit kicks off today – and you can watch the action happening, live, at the MLGPro.com website. (You have to be a member of the site, but registration is free.) As 3Suns pointed out, coverage actually began last night – and if you check out this forum post, you’ll find a whole passel of links to additional content. We also got mail from Andz, who suggested that you join the #mlg channel of the ibo.bungie.org IRC server to discuss gameplay in real time. And finally, GotFrag’s DPAD column has a list of the top 16 seeds in todays’ FFA finals. I’m sure there’ll be plenty more coverage as the day goes on – keep your eyes open!(Louis Wu 11:33:50 UTC)

  • Retrothon

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    Retronauts is a 1up podcast which discusses, lovingly reminisces and laughs at the insanity of old video games on all platforms. Apparently due to a high demand, this week’s retronauts podcast is a little special (particularly for Bungie fans)… It’s a Marathon special!

  • Updatedness

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    The Bungie Weekly Update discusses the two big Halo newsbits this week – the Vidoc, and the Matchmaking changes that will occur as soon as Tombstone and Desolation are available next week. Good stuff, all the way through. Go read! (As usual, you can read it at Bungie.net, or in our Weekly Update Archive.)(Louis Wu 00:59:02 UTC)

  • Bungie Weekly Update

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    Most of the cool info was revealed on Tuesday in the Multiplayer Vidoc, but here’s some stuff on matchmaking and more.

  • Half a grand for a 2 man team

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    tS_veXed stopped by to announce an online 2v2 Halo 2 tourney, being hosted by NXGamers – free entry, $500 top prize. Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:54:38 UTC)

  • Ethereal Haggis

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    The crew’s been dormant for a while, but Jillybean awoke recently to process a bunch of the accumulated missives to the Halo Story Page. Ooh… tasty.(Louis Wu 19:18:04 UTC)

  • Bg 021.

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    I think Stuntmutt might be confused about a current Microsoft naming scheme; check today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:45:35 UTC)

  • RvB Season 1 – now for sale on Marketplace

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    Hmm… I’m not sure I like where this is going, but according to Major Nelson’s blog, the first five episodes of Red vs Blue (yes, Season 1) are now available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace – for a buck a pop. (Before you get totally bent out of shape about this: in theory, these are DVD quality (they’re definitely higher bitrate than the online versions), and the full season DVDs cost $20 for about 20 episodes – roughly a buck a pop. Also, though this is just temporary, the movies are NOT available on the RvB website, even to sponsors; I’m assuming that’s due to the recent maintenance/server upgrades, and not some nefarious plan to make people buy the content on XBL.) The current crop of comments on Major Nelson’s blog suggest that people think the price is too high for something that’s available for free (usually) on the web, and in fact is several years old. Microsoft might be pushing too hard for paid downloadable content? Maybe. Thanks, darthbob.(Louis Wu 15:39:28 UTC)

  • Man Cannons, Trip Mines, Portable Grav Lifts, Bubble Shields, ATV’s, Lasers, Spiker Grenades – Where is H3 going?

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    (and Bungie has many more special effects, weapons, and interactive objects waiting for us to discover in the game. Saving the best for last?)

    Reading a news post by Wu got me thinking. What is happening to HALO? Is it changing into a game that is too big for our gaming preferences? Do you welcome these additions?

    HALO 3 is going to allow the gamer to interact with the environment like never before. HALO 3 will feature deployable technology. We will be able to move and position gravity lifts around the map. We can use Bubble Shields to create temporary walls or roll them down a hill. Like our AI Marines are able to do in campaign, we can setup stationary turrets wherever we like. Game hosts will be able to tweak physical settings in the map like the force of gravity. We are getting new vehicles. The man cannon can catapult just about anything around the map. And there are plenty of new weapons like the Spiker Grenade, Land Mine, Spartan Laser, and a new Assault Rifle. And I also forgot about the stationary mortar cannons.

    When we started playing HALO, it was about spawning with an Assault Rifle, bouncing across Blood Gulch, and trying to capture a flag. Later it became about 3-shot kills on Wizard, Hang ‘Em High, and Rat Race – a style that made HALO the most competitive console shooter.

    With these new additions, can HALO remain the competitive platform that it has been for so long? Or will these new additions limit what a hardcore killer can do?

    In HALO 2, we had to be aware of the Energy Sword, the “n00b Combo”, no client-side force effects (e.g., Warthogs didn’t bounce through the air after being grenaded) and Dual Wielding weapons. That drastically changed how the game was played. All of those new factors, specifically the “n00b combo” were big turnoffs for many THX’ers. To this day, most of us would rather play HALO 1 than HALO 2.

    Now it seems that HALO 3 is pushing the envelope of interactive gameplay.

    With all of these new interactive and game-changing objects, it seems to me that HALO 3 is becoming a slow Unreal Tournament. I can’t help but imagine this game is turning into a big team battle fest. I’ve said for a while that HALO 3 appears to be getting CoD3’d. Perhaps it is getting UT3’d?

    Do you think that HALO 3 is getting too complex? Or does the new level of interactivity translate to “more fun”?

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  • Halo: Fall Of The Flood

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    A couple of days ago, we got mail from Benjamin Bailey-Webb, touting a short animated vid he and a friend made – I didn’t find time to watch it until this morning. It’s short, it’s sweet. 4 mb, in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats; check it out!(Louis Wu 13:00:25 UTC)

  • Podtacular Episode 109

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    Big Goalie Dan noticed that Podtacular Episode 109 is now up – discussion of the Vidoc and the Halo 3 Beta. 1:27, 80 mb. (Louis Wu 12:58:07 UTC)

  • Covenant Fleet, Rendered

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    Nabsuh is rendering an entire Covenant fleet for an upcoming story; check out the work in this post. (The followup contains the same video, with some overlaid story text.)(Louis Wu 12:55:44 UTC)