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Master Chief Goes Platinum
If you’re going to Comic-Con in July, be sure to pick up this Toys”R”Us exclusive Master Chief platinum action figure. The fully-articulated figure will hit stores in August, along with the rest of the “Anniversary” line. And if you are going to Comic-Con, on July 21, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Todd McFarlane will be available to autograph the figures at the Entertainment Earth booth No. 2343. Thanks, Homeboyd!(Hitmonchan 16:04:43 UTC)
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Gamasutra has more on Aerospace and ‘Crimson’
Going beyond the press release, Gamasutra spoke with Jordan Weisman, founder of Harebrained Schemes and the first revealed client of Bungie Aerospace, about the new partnership and the team’s game, “Crimson.” The site also spoke with Eric Osborne (urk) about the scope of Aerospace and the process of choosing who to work with. An informative read. Check it out!(Hitmonchan 15:40:25 UTC)
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Playing many instruments at once
Craig Haupert sent us a link to an article from last year in New Yorker Magazine – it’s written by a middle-aged non-gamer who has jumped with both feet into the videogame pool. One of the first games he tried was Halo 3: ODST – but the whole article is a pretty interesting read. It’s a viewpoint many of us don’t see often! (Louis Wu 14:31:25 UTC)
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Tools for Gameplay Change?
There’s definitely more coming down the road about the Halo: Anniversary package – Dan Ayoub teased Game Reactor with information about how there’ll be a reveal at Halofest in August that will discuss “tools we’re giving the player to maybe change that gameplay, if they want to.” Nice! Thanks again, wwm0nkey. (Louis Wu 14:30:27 UTC)
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Scarab
A new Halo: Faith song has been released – go listen to Scarab. Thanks to GAF’s wwm0nkey for the heads-up. Update: DOH! I mentioned Scarab over a week ago. (In fact, I thought I was being clever, then, because I found it on my own after munky pointed out The Landing.) Guess it didn’t stick… thanks, DHalo.(Louis Wu 14:29:56 UTC)
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DoublePlusGood
Hedge continues his Halo screen love – there are two batches today. This is the first. (Louis Wu 14:29:33 UTC)
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PCGR Ep 81
Robowski let us know that Postgame Carnage Report episode 81 is live – plenty of Halo discussion, focusing on Halo 4, Bungie’s preparations for Bungie Day, and more. (Plenty of other gaming discussion, as well.) Go listen! (Louis Wu 14:27:59 UTC)
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Monkey Suit-Up!
RedGrimRune has worked Halo yet again into his 6th Circle comic. You should read it because the art’s great. (Louis Wu 14:27:25 UTC)
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Phresh
RVideo shot word about Phresh – a very long Halo 3 video with editing by Orphanslayer and gameplay by Wafflebrains and Elite C56. In his words – there’s “a lot of good eye candy”. (I’d agree.) (Louis Wu 14:26:40 UTC)
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Rage
Sl’askia has gotten back to a fanfic she was stuck on for a while – and was inspired to create art for it, as well. Check her post for both colored and line art versions! (Louis Wu 14:26:10 UTC)
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McFarlane Reach Series 4 Coming Soon
Sniper94 pointed out that Spawn.com has put up some new info about the McFarlane Series 4 Reach figures – pics and all. (Louis Wu 14:25:42 UTC)
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Celebrating the love across the web
Braxton C has been writing Halo articles for Gamerfront.net, in honor of Halo’s tenth anniversary – swing by and read some! He’s got one explaining ways to improve your chances in Matchmaking, another looking at the Bungie Foundation, and a third focusing on Bungie Week. Always nice to see new people spreading the Halo love!(Louis Wu 14:25:13 UTC)
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Frostbite – Chapter 7
Ty Coker’s back with another episode of Frostbite – Tom Roland and Ben Scofield work together to come up with a plan to break Ryan Young out of the containment facility. As always, nice work! (Louis Wu 14:24:52 UTC)
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Examining the TU
CruelLEGACEY has posted an article looking at the Halo: Reach title update news unveiled in this week’s Halo Bulletin. Give it a read to see where he thinks it might be going. (Louis Wu 14:24:17 UTC)
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Aerospace Observations
Inevitably today, there will be multiple news outlets that will have their own reactions to Bungie’s exciting new project. We will continue to collect them and pass them along to you. The first of these is Kotaku’s writeup, which includes a few statements from Bungie COO Pete Parsons via phone interview. Thanks for letting us know, calmkiller!(GrimBrother One 14:18:52 UTC)
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Bungie Launches Aerospace To Support Indie Mobile, Social Games
The reality behind the mysterious Bungie Aerospace and its logo are now revealed on Bungie.net— it’s a new venture to “help independent developers create brilliant mobile and social games.”
First up will be a project with Harebrained Schemes, headed by Jordan Weisman of I Love Bees fame, and will be called Crimson (not to be confused with Certain Affinity’s upcoming XBLA hack-and-slash, Crimson Alliance). Crimson is due out this summer for iOS and Android. The phrases “briny waves” and “salty taste” used in association with Crimson, as well as the skull in the logo, might indicate a pirate theme, or at least a marine one. Pimps at Sea, anyone?
UPDATE: More articles about Bungie Aerospace at IGN, Kotaku, and Gamasutra.
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Bungie Aerospace Unveiled
It’s 8 am EST, which means the news embargo related to Bungie Aerospace has been lifted – let me be the first to point you to the official press release (it’s hosted on bungie.org, rather than HBO, because it’s not Halo-related at all). Aerospace is a new organization that will help independent developers build mobile and social games – and the first title they’re helping with is Crimson, a game coming to iOS and Android from Harebrained Schemes. Go check out the full release!(Louis Wu 12:00:18 UTC)
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Hedge’s Week of Halo Love, Part Wed
More beautiful pics from Hedgemony – that first one simply ROCKS. Reach, Halo 3, ODST – they’re ALL gorgeous. (Louis Wu 22:36:10 UTC)
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Catch Me If You Can
Avateur and CrazedOne1988 went into Matchmaking in a full party, and ended up on opposite teams most of the evening. The resultant Spy vs Spy meetings are chronicled in the Catch Me If You Can montage. (Pro tip: Avateur’s in the flaming helmet.)(Louis Wu 22:33:08 UTC)
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