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Operation Chastity Trailer – coming soon(ish)!
johnny be good, from Halo.fr, sent word that the Operation Chastity crew will be filming scenes for a trailer during the next two weeks, according to Peter Cooper, and they should have something for us to see by the end of the summer! Swing by Halo.fr for a shot of Pete with a brand-new Magnum.(Louis Wu 14:43:28 UTC)
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HaloReachShots Kicks Off
HaLo2FrEeEk has offered up a service to archive your Halo Reach screenshots – it’s similar to the (now-defunct) Haloscreenshots.net service we used to host, except that it’s online and functional. If you want to be able to embed screens on other forums, this is a great option!(Louis Wu 14:41:31 UTC)
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Halo’s Story – Alive Again
The Halo Story site has woken from a many-month slumber – UNSC Trooper has dug through the mailbag and pulled out a few gems! Go read ’em. Thanks, Avateur. (Louis Wu 14:41:14 UTC)
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Success – judged by an odd measure
xIIEnderIIx pointed out this year’s ‘Develop 100‘ – it’s a list of “the world’s most successful games development studios’ rated by their UK sales. Bungie comes in at #16, based (presumably) on their Halo sales in the UK. (The performance is surprisingly low, given that ODST was released last year, and sold over a million copies in PAL countries…)(Louis Wu 14:40:38 UTC)
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Views from Reach
BlueNinja has been taking more Reach panoramas – visit his Views from the Edge for the latest batch!(Louis Wu 14:40:18 UTC)
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Art Contest at The Guardians
newguy2445 has kicked off a forum devoted to Halo art – and he’s running a contest now. Design a game cover for Halo Reach’s Multiplayer, you could win a 3-month LIVE card. Full details are on the forum.(Louis Wu 14:39:54 UTC)
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A Noble (Actual) Sacrifice
The price Bungie employees are willing to pay for great sound in Reach… ouch. TravisSch was the first to notice.(Louis Wu 14:39:16 UTC)
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AH: Weekly Recap – May 15th
Community
–Crazy Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood site
–Episode 11 of Gamers Rapport
–Magic the Gathering update issues
–Metro 2033 DLC confirmed
–Free Portal download
–Red Dead Redemption achievement race
–Even more Mass Effect 2 DLC
–Stat-urday
Videos
–Bubble Blaster, Mysterious Lights, Pie Island, and Mr. Snowman Easter Eggs in Just Cause 2
–Invasion walkthrough in Halo: Reach
–100% Pure Adrenaline, Extreme Grindage, Objectifier, and In Stereo video guides in Skate 3
Achievements
-Added achievements for Snoopy Flying Ace
-Added achievements for Transformers: War for Cybertron
-Added achievements for Aqua: Naval Warfare
-Added achievements for Naughty Bear
-Added achievements for Pure Football
-Added achievements for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
-Added DLC achievements for BioShock 2
-Added DLC achievements for Magic: The Gathering
-Added secret achievements for Alpha Protocol
-Added secret achievements for Way of the Samurai 3
-Added secret achievements for Chaotic: Shadow Warriors
Trophies
-Added trophies for UFC Undisputed 2010
-Added trophies for Castle Crashers
-Added trophies for World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars
-Added trophies for Rocket Knight
-Added trophies for Split/Second
-Added DLC trophies for Battlefield: Bad Company 2
-Added secret trophies for Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
-Added secret trophies for UFC 2009 Undisputed
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AH: Stat-urday
So while in the shower this morning, I got to thinking, what games have received the most coverage from Achievement Hunter? Luckily, super smart Ben was able to do some quick database querying for me. Here’s the list:- COD: Modern Warfare 2 – (43)
- Grand Theft Auto 4 – (24)
- Left 4 Dead 2 – (24)
- Resident Evil 5 – (21)
- Left 4 Dead – (20)
- Halo Wars – (20)
- Dead Space – (19)
- Star Wars the Force Unleashed – (19)
- Mirror’s Edge – (18)
- Just Cause 2 – (17)
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Halo Multiplayer Unlock Weekend
Just a reminder – this weekend is the ‘Halo Multiplayer Unlock Weekend’ – it means all Halo multiplayer – Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and the Halo Reach Beta – are free to ALL Xbox LIVE members, not just Gold members. (I wondered if this meant that non-Gold members – or non-ODST owners – could actually DOWNLOAD the Reach Beta and participate… but I logged into LIVE with a Silver account, and there doesn’t seem to be any way to download without ODST. Still – you can PLAY this weekend without a Gold account – so take advantage!) The festivities began last night at 9pm PST, and run until Monday at 9am PST. (Thanks, Jon Goff.) (Louis Wu 12:59:09 UTC)
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Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots: Sports
The Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots collection this week is called ‘Sports’ – they’re seriously amazing pictures. (We won’t complain that one of them is actually a Reach pic…)(Louis Wu 12:58:42 UTC)
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Spherical Panorama: Swordbase
HaLo2FrEeEk is back with another massive panorama – this one is on Swordbase, and it’s available as a scrollable image (spin that camera!), a screensaver, and a really cool spherical image. Go look!(Louis Wu 12:58:22 UTC)
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Lock Beats Rockets
Hawty McBloggy has highlighted a new montage from Americanista123 – it’s called ‘Halo Reach Bungie Employee Bloopers Minitage’, but there aren’t a lot of bloopers. Mostly, it’s a demo of Armor Lock, and how you can use it to kill the poor guy who didn’t choose it at the Loadout screen. Go watch! (Louis Wu 12:58:04 UTC)
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GS: The History of Halo
thatSeniorGuy noticed a Halo video on Gamespot – it’s part of ‘Video Game History Month’. In it, Joe Staten describes how Halo developed from an offshoot of Myth to the complicated multigame universe it is today. Interesting piece!(Louis Wu 12:57:45 UTC)
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Hedge Loves Halo
So yesterday we mentioned that Hedgemony was offering to take standard screenshots and make ’em prettier; a few people took him up on it, and he’s collected the results in a Tumblr site. Go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 12:55:10 UTC)
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Bacteria in a Petri Dish
The Bungie Weekly Update is live – and if you’re playing the Reach Beta, it’s worth reading. Info on Network Test 1, the real reason behind Spartans vs Elites, a call for specific bug reports. (Well, they’ve been calling for bug reports during the entire beta – but in this case, they’re looking for some very specific information, and need it in a very specific format. Read the update for full details.) Oh, yeah, and some details about what you’ll face for quitting too much. And a gun that simply scares me. All in all, a good read! So go read. (It is, of course, available in our Weekly Update Archive.)(Louis Wu 00:05:26 UTC)
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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
