OXM’s Ryan McCaffrey wrote to point out KOXM Episode 39, the latest episode of the Official Xbox Magazine podcast; it’s Halo week, so they’ve interviewed Frank O’Connor and Eric Nylund, and topics of discussion range from the announcements made a couple of days ago to Ghosts of Onyx. Nearly an hour long, playable 14 mb (downloadable or streamable from their site) – good stuff, go listen!(Louis Wu 20:03:27 UTC)
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No Tungs.
Stuntmutt takes a look at a new Halo 3 weapon in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 17:13:55 UTC)
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Ze movies, boss, ze movies!
TTL Demag0gue stopped by to let us know that there are a bunch of new movie reviews posted at Penitent Tangential, his Halo movie review blog. Go read – and chime in with your own views!(Louis Wu 15:29:37 UTC)
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Amazingicity.
Once again, the Miscellaneous Art queue has been emptied, and there are 31 new entries in the collection. Normally, I don’t like to draw attention to specific pieces when posting a large group, because I worry that folks will look at the highlighted bits and ignore the rest. (Don’t do that – everything posted today is worth a look.) I’m mentioning a few things, because I don’t want them overlooked by people who rarely visit our art sections. There’s a ton of great stuff from DeviantART regulars Kamino185, opticneuralinterface, and HyperSoldier… there’s an amazing wall painting done in tribute to ANOTHER piece of fan art… well, there’s just lots of Halooey goodness. Go delve!(Louis Wu 15:21:53 UTC)
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Bungie answer questions on German Xbox site
We got word from Marc, at Germany’s Halo Universe – their sister site Xbox Aktuell has an opportunity to take part in a Bungie Q&A. Readers can post questions until next Thursday morning. The page is in German, but English questions are welcome (that’s less work for Marc, translating). Questions should be posted on Xbox Actuell’s forum. (Looks like you have to be registered to post – this might be a little difficult if you don’t read German. However, if you’ve got a question for Bungie, it’s worth a little trouble, right?)Update: Matt wrote to let us know that Britxbox.co.uk is also participating in this Q&A – this might be an easier route for English speakers.(Louis Wu 13:20:54 UTC)
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Friday’s Fanfic
Twelve new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – what are you waiting for?(Louis Wu 13:11:48 UTC)
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The Twelve Games of Xbox
Blown-Upp noticed an article at Eurogamer, entitled ‘The 12 Games of Xbox‘; it looks back at ‘a list of the finest exclusive games ever to grace the system’. Number 1? The Halo franchise. (Yeah, I know. It’s two games. They doubled up on a few franchises. It’s hard to tie it into Christmas if you call it ‘The Fourteen Games of Xbox’.)(Louis Wu 13:07:38 UTC)
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The 12 Games Of Xbox
Eurogamer is doing a retrospective on the top twelve exclusive franchises for the first Xbox console. Halo 1 and 2 unsurprisingly clock in at #1.
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The 12 Games Of Xbox
Eurogamer is doing a retrospective on the top twelve exclusive franchises for the first Xbox console. Halo 1 and 2 unsurprisingly clock in at #1.
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Xbox 360 Sales May Be Making Profit
Ars Technica notes that recent decreases in the costs of parts and manufacturing may mean Microsoft no longer has to subsidize the sales of their Xbox 360 console with profits from software: they may be making as much as $75 on each console sold, according to iSuppli.
Meanwhile, it is estimated that Sony will lose about $240 on each PlayStation 3.
No Xbox 360 price drops have been spotted just yet, but Microsoft would seem well-positioned to offer one if they so choose.
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Xbox 360 Sales May Be Making Profit
Ars Technica notes that recent decreases in the costs of parts and manufacturing may mean Microsoft no longer has to subsidize the sales of their Xbox 360 console with profits from software: they may be making as much as $75 on each console sold, according to iSuppli.
Meanwhile, it is estimated that Sony will lose about $240 on each PlayStation 3.
No Xbox 360 price drops have been spotted just yet, but Microsoft would seem well-positioned to offer one if they so choose.
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Pfhor For Pfhriday
Four Aleph One netmaps and a Lua CTF script for Marathon fans today over at Aleph One, courtesy of eX and W’rkcacnter.
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Pfhor For Pfhriday
Four Aleph One netmaps and a Lua CTF script for Marathon fans today over at Aleph One, courtesy of eX and W’rkcacnter.
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Not Just For PCs Anymore
One of the oft-discussed topics among those following the upcoming Halo Wars RTS game by Ensemble for the Xbox 360 console is whether or not a workable interface for a strategy game can be created for a console. Many commenters have offered that RTS games just belong on PCs to be played with mice and keyboards, mirroring the comments of many PC gamers before the release of console FPS games like GoldenEye and Halo.
What are they to say now? Now that the Command & Conquer series is also coming to the Xbox 360?
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Not Just For PCs Anymore
One of the oft-discussed topics among those following the upcoming Halo Wars RTS game by Ensemble for the Xbox 360 console is whether or not a workable interface for a strategy game can be created for a console. Many commenters have offered that RTS games just belong on PCs to be played with mice and keyboards, mirroring the comments of many PC gamers before the release of console FPS games like GoldenEye and Halo.
What are they to say now? Now that the Command & Conquer series is also coming to the Xbox 360?
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OH SHEETS HE’S GOT A NEEDLER
This week’s Halo 3 Humpday wasn’t really a challenge – it was a 3-player game between SketchFactor, Frankie, and KP. What makes it interesting is that since High Ground has been described in detail (including concept artwork showing layout) by EGM and others, the writeup goes into minute detail about the game. Strategery abounds. (Shenanigans, too.) Thanks, Velez.(Louis Wu 02:24:28 UTC)
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Towering Cels
Dustbunny27 points out a new pair of cel-shaded pieces he’s created over at DeviantART – nice work!(Louis Wu 02:20:54 UTC)
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The Pros Pour It On
Tons of new content up over at MLGPro.com, just in time for Nationals – 3Suns has nicely laid it all out in this forum post. Stuff, stuff, and more stuff!(Louis Wu 02:19:23 UTC)
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Halo 3 Humpday
We had another internal Humpday this week at Bungie Studios, again in Halo 3. So, as you might expect, you’ll read a bunch of vague descriptions of rocks and weapons that may or may not sound familiar.
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Totally Random Act 2 [Directors Cut]
Pothole Studios has released a remake of their first ever video – you can grab Totally Random Act 2 [Directors Cut] on their website. Owned by a soda machine! Two and a half minutes long, available in both WMP9 and DivX formats. Check it out!(Louis Wu 22:51:01 UTC)