This week we have the chance to talk to Kitty about her involvement in Clan PMS, sordid tales of E3 after-parties and American Cheese. Read on to see why she never gets to sleep, ever.
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When you need to curb-stomp the competition…
For folks wondering about the timing of the current Halo 3 publicity blitz (and there shouldn’t be a lot of you; it’s pretty obvious, if you spend a little while thinking about it), there’s an article over at Newsweek that pins down some numbers in next-gen console sales (well, let’s be specific, Xbox 360 sales), and discusses what might be needed if Microsoft’s going to hit some self-imposed targets by year-end. Marketing event needed to reach goals? How about a Halo 3 ad on Monday Night Football? Thanks to Narcogen for pointing out the article.(Louis Wu 17:08:49 UTC)
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Now THAT’S Just-in-time Delivery.
Over at High Impact Halo, scurty’s been playing around in the Pillar of Autumn; he’s managed to get himself into the escape pods without activating them, something which doesn’t seem to have ever been done before. And it’s pretty cool to see the totally bare inside of those pods; I guess they don’t get seats until you get close. Thanks to Ducain for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:03:20 UTC)
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CVG looks at Halo Wars
Computer and VideoGames has a ‘preview’ of Halo Wars posted; I hesitate to really call it a preview, since it’s more an attempt to determine gameplay features from posted concept art… but it’s up, nonetheless. Thanks to Mike Smith for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 16:57:29 UTC)
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OSX Halo Folder Icons
sorahn created a bunch of Halo-related folder icons for Mac OSX – pretty! Check ’em out.(Louis Wu 16:37:30 UTC)
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If it’s Tuesday, this must be TTLland
It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for another Tied the Leader update from XerxdeeJ – he stopped by to point out the new stuff; a 22 Questions interview with Jessica Chobot of IGN.com, a Clan Profile of the Cayote Cavegirls (I haven’t forgotten, Indian Princess!), and a kind word for a tired old man. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:47:42 UTC)
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Hi-res screens
Bungie has put 5 of the new screenshots (floating around the net at this point, victims of a misunderstood embargo date) on Bungie.net, in hi-res splendor. 2 are at standard 720p size (1280×720), but three of them are huge – 3840×2160 – and give you a wonderful chance to zoom in on details. (There are lots – look around.) Clearly, more will be coming in the not-too-distant future. Thanks to KP, who pointed these out on our forum.(Louis Wu 13:49:21 UTC)
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LEGO my Halo!
2:18 Mins
From HBO
Yes, that’s right, a new video. Mintz has been ignoring your emails so much, he’s to the point where he has forced me to work. So, I bring you a pretty cool movie made by Marshall Brecka, aframe by framebrick by brick recreation of the Halo 2 trailer…entirely in LEGO blocks. It’s pretty much the coolest thing ever, and it mirrors the original trailer perfectly. Has to be seen to be…well, not believed, but appreciated.Also, we’ve…uh…arrived at the social. We’re now doing Zune videos, and they should work with most other video players.
<3 Tex for the lolpix, btw.
PSP – 8.1MB
Zune – 4.9MB
iPod – 7.8MB
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Seventeen Seconds In A War Zone
That’s how long a look 1Up actually got at Halo 3’s campaign mode. They described the area they were in as an outdoor war zone on Earth. They mentioned Covenant air craft that disregarded them, and a new Ghost apparently specialized for use by Brutes. Oh, and the Gauss Hog returns.
Other than that… not much, but what did you expect?
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Seventeen Seconds In A War Zone
That’s how long a look 1Up actually got at Halo 3’s campaign mode. They described the area they were in as an outdoor war zone on Earth. They mentioned Covenant air craft that disregarded them, and a new Ghost apparently specialized for use by Brutes. Oh, and the Gauss Hog returns.
Other than that… not much, but what did you expect?
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Halo 3 Multiplayer Screenshots Released
A selection of the screenshots of Halo 3 multiplayer that have been featured in gaming magazines and embargo-breaking European websites for the past week or so are now up at Bungie.net in pretty high resolutions. Inside the main Halo 3 image gallery, Rampancy now has a Halo 3 Multiplayer screenshot gallery for them. Enjoy!
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Halo 3 Multiplayer Screenshots Released
A selection of the screenshots of Halo 3 multiplayer that have been featured in gaming magazines and embargo-breaking European websites for the past week or so are now up at Bungie.net in pretty high resolutions. Inside the main Halo 3 image gallery, Rampancy now has a Halo 3 Multiplayer screenshot gallery for them. Enjoy!
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Hi-res Halo 3 Screenshots on Bnet
We’ve released our hi-res versions of some of the screenshots that you’ve been seeing in magazines and web sites for the past few weeks. You can find them in our Halo 3 Screenshots section.
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Halo 2 Lego Trailer – in Hi-res
Several days ago, jester_343 pointed out a video at Google; someone had gone to great lengths to reproduce the original Halo 2 announce trailer (the one released back in August 2002) using Lego bricks. It’s an amazing piece – but I was unhappy with the quality, so I contacted the creator – Marshall Brekka of InfalliBull Productions. He was kind enough to give us a higher-res version of the film – one that does his work better justice. You can grab a copy in WMP9 format (28.5 mb) or QuickTime format (29 mb). Compare it to the original – it’s beautiful! (In the discussion thread that was spawned by jester’s post, RVideo pointed out a vid he’d made – as he calls it, the ‘thematic reverse’ of this video; it’s a flythrough of Turf, modded with Lego textures. Definitely interesting stuff – worth a look, as well!)(Louis Wu 01:31:24 UTC)
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New Info on Halo Wars Coming Soon
Interesting… Thunder visited the Halo Wars forums to announce that he’s the Community Manager at Ensemble Studios, and will be the liason between the developers and the fans – and that there will be a new update coming in December. Noticed by RedNovember… keep your eyes open!(Louis Wu 01:19:46 UTC)
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Immure 2
NeuroKoNeza stopped by our forum to announce that Immure 2, a sequel to a map created back in September 2005 by himself and Mothergoat, will be released this coming Friday, November 24. He’s removed the Wasp, the flying single-person fighter, that unbalanced gameplay in the first version, and replaced it with another new vehicle – a Flame Hog (a custom warthog with a massive flamethrower on the back). Lots of pictures are available.(Louis Wu 01:17:47 UTC)
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Build it yourself.
PEZ wrote to point out a neat feature at halowiki.net – any user can create their own variant of the main page. He wanted to highlight a new alternative built by LegendaryMark – he liked it so much, he actually MADE it the front page!(Louis Wu 22:55:03 UTC)
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Win a Tour of Bungie Studios
At the Child’s Play annual charity dinner/auction one of the items you can bid on is “A tour of Bungie and a line of dialogue in Halo 3.”
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Gears of Huh?
1Up’s 3 Weeks of Halo coverage continues today, with Luke Smith’s blow-by-blow recounting of the tiny clip of campaign action the EGM boys saw while they were at Bungie’s offices last month. He does a great job of making you wish you worked for a gaming magazine… thanks to Saint for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 21:32:45 UTC)
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1up Talks About Halo 3 Single Player
Luke Smith is talking about the Halo 3 campaign footage that he was privy to last month during his visit to Bungie Studios. He only saw “17.25 seconds” of footage, but he was paying enough attention to write down every little detail for you guys. Check it out!