This morning Atari and Cryptic announced that their MMORPG Champions Online has gone fully Free To Play. This means that not only is the client free to download but you can have an account an play for free. Now they wouldn’t be able to make ANY kind of money that way they use the current trend of making the service have tiers in this case being Silver and Gold (Full list of what both contain here). So go out and give this MMO a try and go and crack down on crime!

Download and account creation here!

Cody Miller stopped in to let people know that some archived runs from the Speed Demo Archive Marathon (you remember, the folks who raised $50k for cancer research a few weeks ago?) are now available to watch. If you missed them live, you can watch them now! (Cody says don’t watch his Halo run, though. He’s embarrassed by how long it took him.)(Louis Wu 14:03:13 UTC)

Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris and some friends attacked the Weekly Challenge yesterday as a team of 4 – the rendered 24 minute movie can be found on Bungie.net. Not only is it the second in their Quad Mythic series (the first was played on The Package, back in October), but if you’re having trouble with this challenge, this film can give you some pointers on what works at this difficulty level. (Some of the tried and true techniques we’re all accustomed to are useless with all skulls on.) Go watch!(Louis Wu 13:46:39 UTC)

Waypoint continues their Community OutREACH series with HC Firestream from Halo Charts. Check out some good video and great conversation!(GrimBrother One 13:38:46 UTC)

So last night, urk was kind enough to point out that Isaac Hannaford, the Bungie concept artist who’d revived his blog recently with a ton of Halo 3 concept art, had updated again yesterday – there’s some awesome stuff in there, including a really killer Forerunner combat skin concept. Here’s hoping 343 Industries is watching! (The conversation thread on our forum yielded more links – Bry noticed that Isaac’s CG Hub gallery had been updated, too (mostly weapons and vehicles), and TDSpiral followed some of the ‘Friend’ links to find Dorje Bellbrook’s Reach concepts (go forward for some amazing ODST work, too).) It’s an art explosion!(Louis Wu 13:29:03 UTC)

Monty likes to borrow my tinsnips and I borrow his hand mirror. It’s a good system.

What’s up guys! Sorry for the late entry. I totally uploaded the video and forgot to push it to the front page! My bad! Today’s AHWU is still incredibly relevant though! Promise!!!

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While we took a little break in light of Martin Luther King day last week, we managed to pull out one episode. Brent and I hold down the fort while Greg is not around, with working and all. This time, we read all the random frags and miscellaneous emails. Enjoy.

May I suggest that you upgrade to at least a Class Twelve combat skin?

Looking for something to get you through those dreary winter months? Good thing we have a new member contest! The concept for this one is to depict a moment from season 8 of Red vs. Blue: Revelation. Can be any moment, scene or whatever. Just something to do with Revelation. Two different winners will be announced. One for those who make something in the real world and send in a picture and one for digital entries. Email entries with your RT member name to RTContest [at] RoosterTeeth.Com The contest will be open for 2 weeks. The Kinetic videos were absolutely amazing and we want to keep the ball rolling. Check out past contests: RT Artwork, Photoshop Gus, Comic Mashup Grifball Pose, and Kinetic Photography

Now this is something I never get to type . . . Today Geoff and I present you a guide in Mindjack on how to get the Multi-Tasker achievement!

Bungie’s announced Week 3 of their All-Stars contest – can you show them what you think the Master Chief looks like under his helmet? You’ve got until Thursday to submit your entry.(Louis Wu 19:05:37 UTC)

Couple of new videos on Bungie’s Comm Chatter today – The Bungie All Stars put together a video showing off some of the entries into Bungie’s All-Star Contest, Week 2 (The Moa Edition), and LaCoz3 released his first Halo: Reach montage (eleven minutes long, lots and LOTS of sniper shots). Should give you something to watch during a break today!(Louis Wu 19:02:18 UTC)

Happy Friday everyone, this week’s hunting parties are right here:

First up is gir7b4 going for the multiplayer and DLC achievements in Halo: Reach.
Saturday 22nd 3pm AEDST.
To get involved, send a message here on AH or to XBL Gamertag: gir283

Next up, Newnebear14 needs some survivors to make it through Expert mode and some other multiplayer achievements inLeft 4 Dead 2.
Saturday Jan 22nd 9:00 AM Pacific time.
To get involved, send a message here on AH or to XBL Gamertag: Tazzz16

Finally, cysentinel is looking for a COG soldier to help with an insanity playthrough on Gears of War 2.
Starting Jan 21 around 5:30 EST.
To get involved, send a message to XBL Gamertag: CySentinel

If you want to host a future Weekend Hunt, post the details in this group thread to get some frontpage attention.

Do not adjust your internet, Duke Nukem Forver is coming May 3rd (or May 6th Internationally). And yes, he’s all out of bubblegum.

Wait. What?