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Ask the Chief
Tex found a pretty cool Tumblr site – unfortunately, right before she posted it, it went on hiatus for a few days, but check out the existing content, and keep an eye on it! (And while you’re waiting, if you haven’t given us feedback on our new shirt concept… please do!)(Louis Wu 18:21:08 UTC)
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Keeping an eye on Bungie
ncsuDuncan stopped in with word of some recent updates on his site – mostly Destiny related, but also including photos of his Swag Bag contents (which include, unsurprisingly, Halo items). Go check it all out! (Louis Wu 18:20:27 UTC)
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Post your news one word at a time
ElzarTheBam pointed out another OXM UK article – it seems they’re meting out tidbits from their print issue 76, and the latest one has a quote from Phil Spencer about how important Halo is to Microsoft. Yeah, cause you didn’t know that. (Louis Wu 18:18:21 UTC)
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Win PAX Tickets From Halo Waypoint
Got another doozie here for you folks. Looks like the guys, and gals, from Halo Waypoint are giving away PAX Prime tickets everyday this week via their twitter account. All you have to do is submit a picture of yourself via twitter holding a sign that says ”I want Podtacular to go to Halo: Fest.” … No really submit a picture of yourself holding a sign that says “I want to go to Halo Fest” Selections are at random so please don’t go overboard with the pictures. Though I personally encourage it.
What is Halo Fest you ask? Well if you don’t check the homepage often, or if you live under a rock, it’s the 10 year anniversary celebration 343 is holding at PAX this year in Seattle on August 26th through the 28th. If you’d like to hear part 1 of our celebration check out the Halo Decade Show episode.
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It’s Shirt Time Again!
We’ve sold shirts before – we sold a Bungie.org shirt in 2001, and an HBO shirt in 2006. Neither of these are available any more, however… and until recently, we had no real intention of changing that fact. A little while ago, though, kanbo contacted us and asked if we’d be willing to sell another one – if he did most of the work. That’s the kind of offer we like… so we contacted Leviathan to see if he’d be interested in coming up with a design we could use. Levi came through – in spades. kanbo’s printer is willing to print the shirt in any color variants we’d like (there’s a small charge for ink changes, but as long as the order number is high enough, this won’t matter) – but we need to decide about sleeve options. Here’s where you come in! Swing by our Shirt Poll page, and check off the color variants you’d consider purchasing. (This isn’t a commitment to buy; we’re not asking you for any money up front, or even a promise from you that there’ll be money later. We’re trying to get a sense for what sort of demand there’d actually be.) While you’re there, pick your favorite sleeve configuration. We’ll let this poll run for a while, and then make some decisions based on the data we collect. Thanks for your help!(Louis Wu 14:44:53 UTC)
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Project Aftershock Update
We’ve mentioned Project Aftershock a few times – it’s a Crysis Halo mod – today, =SW=warlord is back with a new video update showing off a bunch of cool changes – go watch!(Louis Wu 14:42:51 UTC)
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Halo Anniversary Kinect Integration Speculation
This may be old news but I just came across this today and I wanted to hear what our community thinks about Microsoft putting their Kinect into my Haloz. That’s right, MAI HALOZ. Eurogamer is reporting that Halo: Anniversary will have Kinect Functionality but it wont be groundbreaking, it appears to be something that would not really change gameplay but would add value to the product.
To be honest, I wouldn’t mind doing some virtual t-bagging on those elites. You know show’em whos teh bozz ’round MAI HALOZ. Not everyone seems to be excited about the potential of this marriage but I want you guys to be creative and come up with some cool Kinect Functionality you would pitch to Microsoft. Post your thoughts and ideas in the comments below!
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Boneyard Concept Art
Isaac Hannaford is back to posting Reach concept art on his blog – check out some awesome shots of Boneyard! Thanks, Black Six.(Louis Wu 14:04:29 UTC)
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Projet Alpha: Winter Contingency Teaser
Projet Alpha is a series of videos covering Halo glitches, organized by map. French gamer Cox and Team CRéA have been making these since 2008 – and are coming back now for Reach. The teaser for the series’ return is live now; the first episode should be up in August. If you’re interested in tutorials for these glitches, swing by Halo Creation!(Louis Wu 14:03:31 UTC)
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Fine Art – in videogames
Nicolas Bouvier is an artist currently working on Halo 4 for 343 Industries. He also created the cover art for Halo: Cryptum. Kotaku has a nice little retrospective of some of his work (including a Halo sketch I’ve never seen before). Thanks to PooBone, over at NeoGAF, for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 14:02:22 UTC)
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Free PAX Badges from Waypoint
Yesterday, Halo Waypoint gave away 4 3-day PAX badges on Twitter (folks just had to tweet back a pic of themselves holding a sign reading “I want to go to Halo Fest!”, winners chosen at random). They’re doing it again today (and tomorrow, and Friday). Keep an eye on their feed for full details! (Louis Wu 14:01:35 UTC)
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More on Halo: CEA and Kinect
Elzarthebam noticed a short article at Eurogamer that hints at the Kinect features that will be available in Halo: Anniversary. Key points: they’re optional, they’re cool, they’ll enhance your overall experience but will not affect your core game experience. (Louis Wu 13:59:54 UTC)
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10 Years of Halo in 10 Minutes
Stewie2552 and the Funny Halo 3 Productions crew put together 10 Years of Halo in 10 Minutes – a tribute to Bungie’s games, shown in the order they were made and compiled from cutscene footage with a soundtrack that’s made from various Halo pieces (some really nice combining here). Overall, a great look back at the series! (Louis Wu 13:58:49 UTC)
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Reach Matchmaking Playlist Changelogs Backed Up
FyreWulff collected all the posts Jeremiah made in the Bungie.net Optimatch forum concerning changes to the Matchmaking playlists – and now that the Optimatch forum is offline, he’s made the collection publicly available. Nice!(Louis Wu 13:57:37 UTC)
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Of AIs and their Features
OXM UK speculates about Cortana, and her importance in Halo 4, in a recent article on their website. Thanks, INSANEdrive. (Louis Wu 13:56:45 UTC)
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Bungie.net overhaul, new news
If you visit Bungie.net, you’ll notice a new layout, for the first time in a month. And new news, even – a reminder that the upcoming ViDoc will hit the interwebz on Thursday, and a small note about the facelift itself. Go explore! (I like the new Halo Universe page.)(Louis Wu 22:30:30 UTC)
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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft