Submitted by Sideburnt on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 12:56am.
Wow, its been awhile since I posted a story. Working in the game business sucked me away from this haha. Hope everyone is doing well.
Anyway, I don't know if you guys caught this today, but my Mind = Blown. I am more excited for Reach every time I see it. The jet packs seem iffy, however it reminded of Tribes and I love that freggin game! I also found out, Sage, one of the leads on Shadowrun is a lead on Reach. I guess that explains why the MP looks rad as all hell. I am counting the days till May 3rd.
Submitted by rapture on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 11:56am.
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Peter Jackson says that nothing is happening with the Halo movie that he was supposed to be involved with. Internal politics have shut that movie down. The Halo game that he was working on, Halo Chronicles, is also dead.
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Halo Legends was announced. It's a new anime series set in the Haloverse and will include some of the maps we've seen in the video game series. Five production houses in Japan (Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio4 C, and Toei Animation) are making the series for Microsoft. A preview of the series can be found below or on XBOX Live. I'm guessing we'll have to pay x00 Microsoft Points to watch each new episode. Cash cow.
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Halo Wars downloadable content (800 points) is now available. It includes 4 new maps and 4 new achievements:
MAPS
* Barrens (1v1 Map): Difficult terrain channels units into killing zones. The side that controls the Forerunner artifacts will have the advantage.
* Blood River (1v1 Map): Secure base locations on nearby cliffs overlook this naturally red-tinged river. The soldiers that fought over its two narrow crossings gave the river its name, which has since taken on a greater meaning.
* Glacial Ravine (3v3 Map): A snow-topped mountain range forms a natural barrier that cuts this region in half. Control of the two energy walls at the narrow central pass often determines the outcome of the battle, though clever use of the Sentinel Factories may play a role as well.
* Memorial Basin (2v2 Map): The high ground in the middle offers good cover for infantry, while the generally open terrain transforms organized battle plans into bloodbaths.
ACHIEVEMENTS
* Tour Coming Through: Hot drop 50 squads to your Covenant Leader in a single game on Memorial Basin (30 points)
* Never Leave a Man Behind: Finish a game with 5000 net resources contributed to your teammates on Barrens (15 points)
* Drain Cleaner: Kill 20 enemy squads with a continuous Covenant Leader Power on Memorial Basin (30 points)
* Killjoy: Disrupt 5 active Leader Powers in a single game on Blood River (25 points)
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Microsoft has filed for a trademarking of 343 Industries and we don't know what that means. It obviously seems Halo-related. US Pat Office
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Microsoft has many Halo job openings. Microsoft has many Natal job openings. Microsoft is working on Halo Reach. Halo Reach may include some Natal support.
Microsoft will roll out the Halo Waypoint this fall on XBOX Live. It will be a portal for all things Halo. To me, this is proof that the XBOX Marketplace is hard to navigate. However, I'm sure they'll be some exclusive content in the Waypoint and like many other Halo titles have done, Waypoint will blaze a trail for other brands and games.
Our Halo PC dedicated server is online and running. We are getting smooth 66ms pings which will be great for gaming online.
The server is called "hushedcasket.com" in the game browser. You can join by entering "hpc.hushedcasket.com" as the IP of the server.
Tips on playing:
On XBOX Live, you hop online, you play a few games, and once you sign off that micro-community you just participated in dies. There’s no guarantee that those good games you just had will be there the next time you join up.
By frequenting the same dedicated servers that you like, you’ll eventually notice that others frequent those servers. A community emerges and you will have assurance that good games are to be had when you sign online.
Take some time. Find some good servers and stick in them. THX has setup a server with classic THX gametypes on good maps.
Over time, after enough players have been through the server, a community will form and the server will be populated with players who like to play the same gametypes and maps we do. That is, you won’t have to play all those heavy weapons only gametypes that are flooding online Halo PC svr population.
The Left 4 Dead community has been busy making L4D mods. One of them is a map of the classic Halo: Combat Evolved level Hang 'Em High. Check out the video above to give the map a look. Certainly brings back memories of Halo 1 LANs and Halo PC days.
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