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Noble Prize.
Today’s One One Se7en takes a cynical look at Bungie’s motives with respect to friendly non-player characters… hmm.(Louis Wu 17:59:45 UTC)
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Bungie’s Global Challenges – via RSS
A couple of weeks ago, brokenwatch (the name is not unknown here) posted some quick code on NeoGAF, showing you how to host your own RSS feed for Bungie’s daily challenges. Well, not everyone has the resources to host a feed – so we’ve taken the liberty of doing this for you. (We’ve also cleaned up the output a little, for validation purposes, and cached the result, so that there’s no hit on Bungie’s servers for this content.) It’s pretty bare-bones… but that’s all that’s really needed here. Load this in your favorite RSS reader, and you’ve got a tiny, easy-to-read record of today’s challenges! (Thanks to Yossarian Drew for the push we needed to make this live.)(Louis Wu 14:37:13 UTC)
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AH: Achievement Challenge 13 Reminder + UK Only Competition
First off, got a little reminder for a competition open to all of you with an XBox Live account. Achievement Challenge 13 is currently open for sign ups, a week long race to see who can rack up the biggest Gamerscore increase. If this sounds like your kind of thing, head on over to the Achievement Challenges group to join up! The Challenge begins Friday morning at 9am GMT.
This next bit UK only!
Hunted: The Demons Forge is still a few months away, but you could be wearing this snazzy t-shirt much sooner than that.
To be in with a chance of winning, youll first of all need to live in the UK, is that clear now? Good! Now to win, youll need to keep an eye on my Twitter page @TudorVII other the next few days. Ill be putting out tweets with a few letters from a game title I tried while attending Eurogamer Expo 2010 last weekend. Each one will have the hashtag #EGXComp and Ill let you know when the last ones been tweeted. Once theyre all done, unscramble the collection of letters to form an upcoming game title that was at Eurogamer Expo and send me a message here on Achievement Hunter. The winner will be the first one who messages me with the correct answer, so make sure you’re quick.
Good luck guys, thisll be kicking off tomorrow.
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Obligatory
Anton P. Nym noticed that the latest VG Cats is Halo-related. I kinda wish this sort of thing happened more often on CSI, actually.(Louis Wu 13:39:04 UTC)
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Gorgeous end-of-Reach panos
Al7eredBeasT let us know that he’s whipped up a couple of Halo Reach panoramas – they’re gorgeous, but they were compiled from images taken near the end of the campaign, so if you haven’t finished, they have spoilers. That said, you should see ’em: Final Days of Reach and [title redacted for spoiler reasons]. Gotta love those skyboxes…(Louis Wu 13:21:04 UTC)
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OLR S2 Ep 10
We’re a couple of weeks behind (as usual), but joncjg’s One Life Remaining Season 2, Episode 10 has been out since September 24. Katyhryn gets kidnapped while being taken into custody… things get weird. (Louis Wu 13:20:38 UTC)
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More goodies from Halo Waypoint
bs angel sent along a few links from the Halo Waypoint blog that you might be interested in:- Anoj is back with a new Top 10 Reach Kills vid – this one focuses on multikills. There are some great ones in here!
- Halo Reach Forges showcased a Quiddich map – if you like what you see, the map and gametype can be downloaded here.
- REJ put together a trailer for a full Red vs Blue movie – 8 seasons, compressed into three minutes!
While you’re there, you should check out the trailer for Apt. 117, a new animated series created by Powerhouse Animation for 343 Industries – thanks to onebitrocket for the heads-up. Good stuff! (Louis Wu 13:19:57 UTC)
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Halo Typography
Hedgemony noticed an artsy Halo-themed image that you can buy on a lot of surfaces – t-shirts, laptop skins, canvas. Interesting! (Some of our forumgoers were unhappy with typos and misquotes.) (Louis Wu 13:19:21 UTC)
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MLG.TV
MLG Pro has opened MLG.TV, a new site with lots of video. If you’re looking for pro gameplay, this seems like a likely spot. Thanks, Devin Olsen. (Louis Wu 13:18:56 UTC)
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AH: This Dead Won't Stay Down!
Hey guys, today I bring forth another couple of achievement guides for Dead Rising 2. Today is a boss battle guide and a follow me guide! Enjoy.
Up first, the “Come on! Follow me!” achievement guide.
Up next is a very spoiler-riffic boss battle guide. Don’t click if you don’t want to know the final boss!
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What if the world… persisted?
Not really Halo-related, but we don’t have a site up yet for Bungie’s next title… looks like Joe Staten has started some speculation with a comment he made yesterday at his GDC Online talk. Hmm…(Louis Wu 17:51:09 UTC)
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Halo: Reach Fan Trailer
NeoGAF’s Popeck put together a trailer for Reach that started with the premise, “what if you played the game as Master Chief?” Interesting piece of work! (Spoilers abound, of course.)(Louis Wu 17:49:30 UTC)
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Horrible plot, cliche’d characters, and repetitive gameplay
Yahtzee has found the time to review Halo: Reach. Visit the Escapist for his typical snarky but hilarious jibes, this time aimed at Bungie’s latest. (Warning: it’s full of campaign spoilers. Though he’d disagree.) normanthesquid brought it to our attention.(Louis Wu 16:37:39 UTC)
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Making Safe Pockets
A couple of months ago, we mentioned a talk that would be given by Joe Staten at the 2010 Game Developers Conference Online conference, which kicked off yesterday. Over to Gamasutra, you can read a summary of what he discussed – sounds like the problems some people have with Reach have actually been part of the plan for years! Thanks, Anton P. Nym.(Louis Wu 16:19:02 UTC)
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Halo Movie Rumor Surface Yet Again
According to IGN, Stephen Spielberg is interested in obtaining the screen rights to make a Halo movie based on one or more Halo novels. (He’s staying away from the games themselves to avoid a lawsuit from Fox/Universal, apparently.) Interesting to see if this goes anywhere… thanks, Gilver.(Louis Wu 16:12:54 UTC)
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RT: Mocktails
For those of you who happen to be playing Dead Rising 2 and would like to know more about the Look At All That Juice! achievement… um… I just linked a walkthrough. Just now. You’re welcome.
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RT: Ghosts That Linger on iTunes!
At long last, Trocadero’s awesome album Ghosts That Linger is now available on iTunes for your iPod, iPhone and iPud enjoyment. It features many awesome tracks used throughout the Recollection series, including First Wave, my personal favorite from the final scene of Reconstruction. Hats off to Nico and crew for another incredible album. We <3 Trocadero!
Ghosts That Linger available on iTunes now!
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AH: XBox Live Marketplace Upcoming and Current Deals
There’s going to be plenty of new content to buy this month, even today there’s a new Arcade game Comic Jumper as well as “The Sacrifice” DLC for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 which was delayed from yesterday. I’m sure AHWU will have you covered on the new game releases, but in terms of deals, here’s what’s on offer for the rest of the month so far:
Week of October 4th: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Stimulus Package and Resurgence Package are both reduced to 600 MS Points each.
Week of October 11th: Mass Effect 2
Overlord DLC and Kasumi: Stolen Memory DLC both reduced to 400 MS Points.
Week of October 18th: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (XBox Live Members’ Choice)
Onslaught DLC package reduced to 400 MS Points.
SPECACT Upgrade Bundle package reduced to 320 MS Points.
These may be some great deals, but unfortunately they don’t count towards the best deal currently on the XBox Live Marketplace. If you spend 2400 MS Points or more on full price Arcade games or Game Add Ons (DLC), you’ll receive 800 MS Points back for free!
For all the info on this deal, check out the Official page.
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Kill Stuff for a Helmet
Dust Storm let us know that Podtacular is giving away a Noble 6 Avatar Helmet code – all you have to do is last the longest on the Campaign level ‘Lone Wolf’ on Heroic. Deadline is this Saturday – more details on their site!(Louis Wu 15:33:06 UTC)
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I was wondering if you knew what time it was…
FoxmanFX pointed out a Halo Reach Stop Motion vid in Robot Chicken format on YouTube – KoBaCaaTT, the creator, has a ton of other ones (check the Suggestions box), as well. Halo Love!(Louis Wu 15:16:10 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft