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Expanding the Halo Brand
BuzzJuice pointed out the full interview that IGN did with Frank O’Connor (we mentioned the teaser quote Thursday) – if you’re wondering where Frank sees the Halo franchise going, this is worth a read.(Louis Wu 13:56:10 UTC)
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RT: Team Building Part 2
Today’s comic just makes me want to see an Orc on a JetSki. Luke? You listening?
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AH: Weekend Hunt 10th April
Good day to you internet people,
It’s a glorious day here in Blighty, and we have some glorious gaming action coming to you this weekend. If you want to host one of these fine events yourself, be sure to post the details in this AH group thread! You’ll be glad you did.
Now to business! This weekend is the big Weekend Hunt in Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, being joint hosted by Knuckles Dawson and myself.
Things will be kicking off this Saturday at 12PM PT/3 PM ET, which is 8 PM GMT.
To grab a piece of the achievement action be sure to contact me or Knuckles on XBL, Gamertags: Knuckles Dawson + Tudor VII
Next up, icypinksmurf will be hosting Splinter Cell: Double Agent multiplayer games, trying to get as many achievements as possible
The gaming will commence April 10th 9PM EST (If everything goes well then this may continue onto the next day as well)
Contact Gamertags icypinksmurf or iTz Homicide to be a part of the action!
Don’t forget, there are still plenty of spaces available in the War Face competition I’m running, the winner of which will receive a code for Modern Warfare 2’s Stimulus Package DLC.
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RT: Xbox 360 USB Drive Tests
Hey Everyone,
I’ve got a little something different for you today. As you may or may not know, April 6th saw a really cool update to Xbox Live. Thankfully, they’ve opened up Xbox 360s to support USB hard drives. This is pretty exciting for us in the office, as it basically allows you to turn a usb flash drive into a 16 gig memory card. However, as there’s no officially licensed flash drive yet (one is on the way next month), the wealth of options can be kind of staggering. So, Burnie and I took it upon ourselves to do some testing. We went to Best Buy, bought every card we could find, and filmed the results. Click the image below to see our conclusions.
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AH: Achievement HUnter's Crysis 2 Preview!
Hey guys, today I bring you a two-part preview of the upcoming 360 title Crysis 2. EA sent me out to New York City to get a first hand look at this upcoming title and holy crap does it look awesome.
Unfortunately I couldn’t get any in-game footage yet, but I did get a couple of interviews and some cool footage from within Times Square, so check it out in the two-parter below!
Part 1:
Part 2:
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Tinkling Glass – It’s Music, of a Sort
As expected, the Bungie Weekly Update went live last night. (Even though we didn’t front-page it then, you could find it in our Weekly Update Archive within an hour or two.) As has been true for a few weeks, this update is chock-full of multiplayer goodness – the focus is on maps, and you get an eyeful (and some really nice details in text form, too). Go read. (There are also a couple of tidbits about the end of Halo 2’s days, coming up next week; read carefully.)(Louis Wu 13:33:56 UTC)
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RT: Xbox 360 USB Drive Tests
Hey Everyone,
I’ve got a little something different for you today. As you may or may not know, April 6th saw a really cool update to Xbox Live. Thankfully, they’ve opened up Xbox 360s to support USB hard drives. This is pretty exciting for us in the office, as it basically allows you to turn a usb flash drive into a 16 gig memory card. However, as there’s no officially licensed flash drive yet (one is on the way next month), the wealth of options can be kind of staggering. So, Burnie and I took it upon ourselves to do some testing. We went to Best Buy, bought every card we could find, and filmed the results. Click the image below to see our conclusions.
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Submissions for Episode 223
IGN had an interview with the multiplayer Design leads for Halo: Reach which had some tasty new info (link: here). Our next episode will cover the information that was revealed in the interview. We will also have special guest, BS Angel from Hawty McBloggy to help us go over all the details. Make sure you go read the article, then send in your opinions.
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Podtacular 222: Halo 2 Farewell: Multiplayer Tales
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Continuing on in our coverage of Halo 2 before it dies on Live, this week’s show focuses on the multiplayer aspect of Halo 2. Because this podcast was started for Halo 2 multiplayer, we decided to bring the man, himself in to discuss the good ‘ole days: foomojive. Since Dust Storm didn’t have an XBOX or Halo 2 when it was new, Brent and foomo drive the conversation talking about all the different popular customs on all the maps. And there’s more Pokémon. Enjoy this 3 hour show.
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Teabag Prevention: Longshore
Brian Gilmore let us know that the last of the Mythic Map Pack has been covered by the Teabag Prevention Team – Longshore was the holdout, and with the newly-posted Tips page online, they can say that they’ve got a collection of articles that covers every weapon, vehicle, and map in Halo 3. Not bad! Go read the Longshore goodies.(Louis Wu 19:26:55 UTC)
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The Return, Part 2 Trailer
Joystiq has an exclusive trailer for the second episode of The Return, the latest story-turned-video on Halo Waypoint. Great-looking stuff… be sure to log into Waypoint on Xbox LIVE this Saturday to see the episode!(Louis Wu 19:16:40 UTC)
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Halo Reach : In-depth Multiplayer Trailer Analysis
FireDragon04 let us know that he’s put together an in-depth analysis of the Reach Multiplayer trailer – yes, these have been done before, but he’s incorporated information released subsequently. It’s 20 minutes long – give it a look! (Louis Wu 18:18:00 UTC)
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Sticky Business
ChrisOfTheDead is back with another montage – this one is called ‘I am going to stick you! (even if it kills me)’, and it focuses on (surprise) sticks. I think I’d have liked it better if a smaller percentage of the clips showed the sticker actually survive the encounter… thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:17:34 UTC)
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Prepare to Drop – and earn Double EXP
We forgot to mention this yesterday, but the Double EXP Weekend Playlist this week is ‘Prepare to Drop’, a list inspired by Halo 3: ODST. This is the third showing of this particular playlist. (Louis Wu 18:16:30 UTC)
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AH: Weekend Hunt 10th April
Good day to you internet people,
It’s a glorious day here in Blighty, and we have some glorious gaming action coming to you this weekend. If you want to host one of these fine events yourself, be sure to post the details in this AH group thread! You’ll be glad you did.
Now to business! This weekend is the big Weekend Hunt in Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, being joint hosted by Knuckles Dawson and myself.
Things will be kicking off this Saturday at 12PM PT/3 PM ET, which is 8 PM GMT.
To grab a piece of the achievement action be sure to contact me or Knuckles on XBL, Gamertags: Knuckles Dawson + Tudor VII
Next up, icypinksmurf will be hosting Splinter Cell: Double Agent multiplayer games, trying to get as many achievements as possible
The gaming will commence April 10th 9PM EST (If everything goes well then this may continue onto the next day as well)
Contact Gamertags icypinksmurf or iTz Homicide to be a part of the action!
Don’t forget, there are still plenty of spaces available in the War Face competition I’m running, the winner of which will receive a code for Modern Warfare 2’s Stimulus Package DLC.
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IGN interviews Bungie on the new Halo: Reach Beta maps
IGN got the chance to sit down with the multiplayer design leads at Bungie about the maps that will be present in the Halo: Reach beta. If you have not read the article, you can find it here. We will also be doing our next episode on the details revealed in this article with our special guest, BS Angel from Hawty McBloggy. Go read the article then send us your thoughts for episode 223.
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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft