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For those of you out there who are really into Forge, should know that Bungie has released some information about Sandbox. The map built around the idea of Forge, and what fans can expect to do with it.
First, Sandbox will have three layers that will you’ll be able to sink your Forging love into. The first is the ‘Sky Bubble’, which acts as an invisible plane. It will undoubtedly setup some humorous, and creative maps.
The next layer, will be your standard level. This is basically where you’ll be getting in on your matchmaking. So, nothing too much report on this front.
The last cog, in the Sandbox wheel is the layer known as, ‘The Crypt’. The third layer, will be set below the stage’s standard level. Which acts much like a ‘basement’. The main force behind the Crypt layer, was to giver forgers more options for gameplay styles like Grifball. Here you’ll be able to create more styles like it with better ease. The great thing about Sandbox, is that each layer is easily cutoff from each other, so creating a more unique and smooth experience has been made easier.
Tags: crypt, DLC, Forge, Map, Mythic, news, pack, report, sandbox
Master Chief
As I keep up with news about Halo 3: ODST I’m impressed with how liberal Bungie has been about releasing news of their upcoming shooter. Their latest site update has released even more news, mostly about what enemies will be in the game.
The latest piece of information, and what will be a disappointment to some is that no Elite will be making their presence in ODST. Instead, according to Bungie we’ll mostly be taking on the Brutes.
Some other cool info that Bungie decided to be let known, is the timeline of this game and how it compares with what was happening to Master Chief.
* October 20: New Mombasa, Kenya is destroyed by the Slipstream Space Rupture Backlash from the Prophet of Regret’s ship.
* November 2: The Prophet of Regret’s ship and In Amber Clad arrive at Delta Halo. Prophet of Regret liquidated by SPARTAN-117.
* November 3: Prophet of Truth leaves High Charity for Earth in Forerunner dreadnought.
* November 8: The Forerunner dreadnought arrives in the Sol system and proceeds to Earth at near relativistic speed.
* November 17: The Forerunner dreadnought arrives at Earth. SPARTAN-117 ejects and lands in the Kenyan jungle.
Tags: Brute, Bungie, Elite, enemies, halo 3, information, news, ODST, shooter, site, update
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For those who sit anxiously anticipating any kind of Halo 3: ODST news, today is your day. Bungie has graced us with some updates into how the game is coming along, and what they have completed. It sounds like everything is shaping up nicely, if I dare say.
Here are a couple of exceprts from Bungie’s Halo 3: ODST update:
-All of the ODST mission dialog is written and implemented thought the current implementation is often the dulcet tones of Joseph Staten coming through my headset.
-Halo 3: ODST is just a day away from the Representative Experience milestone and preparing for a team-wide playthrough of the whole game next week. (This means the game is playable from start to finish)
It’s looking like things are going great so far. The release date hasn’t been finalized yet, but that’s not surprise. It’s still slated for a Q3 2009 release.
Tags: 2009, Bungie, game, halo 3, news, ODST, Q3, Recon, release, update
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The past couple of weeks, Halo fans have been on edge trying to decipher what Bungie’s next project could be. People dissected the code that Bungie released in their teaser trailer. I was actually kind of sad to see the things people found, and how long it must have taken to look through it all.
Well Bungie isn’t too cruel, and has now announced what their upcoming title actually is. Halo 3: Recon is what the was the inspiration behind the initial teaser trailer. The information was dropped in yet another trailer, that expanded on the original. If for some reason you haven’t seen it, here’s a link.
There have been a few pieces of news dropped about the game. First, Master Chief will in no way make his presence known in Halo 3: Recon. In fact this game takes place right after Halo 2, so Master Chief is off somewhere doing his own thing. Second, Halo 3: Recon will allow gamers to complete the single player campaign with up to four players at a time Co-Op. And finally what I find most exciting/dangerous, is that the game will play unlike the Halo games before it. In an interview with Gamespot, Brian Jarrard explained that the protagonist in Recon isn’t a Spartan super soldier. Therefore you’ll have to play through the game much differently than Master Chief did in the previous Halo games.
As of now Halo 3: Recon is slated to released Q4 2009.
Tags: announcement, co-op, halo 3, news, Recon
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Title Update 2 is nearly upon us. In preperation, Bungie has released their weekly update on a Thursday. It sounds like they’re aniticpating armageddon when TU2 goes live. Here’s some things they’re anticipating when TU2 goes live:
“Title Update 2 will download when you log in to Halo 3 on September 23rd. Smart alecky types guessed it would be either today (the 18th) or the 23rd as we make a habit of doing our updates on pretty particular days. If you poke around you’ll see that some stuff has changed here on Bungie.net, some of that stuff will flick on when TU2 turns on next week, and some of it is Live now.
When TU2 goes live next week we fully expect a crazy period in Matchmaking. See, there will be a period after TU2 goes live where not everyone will have the Title Update for a number of weird reasons like: You left your box on and the TU came out so folks who turn their boxes on are getting the new patch and you’re playing the previous version of the game; Your Xbox doesn’t recognize a new patch (clear your boxes’ cache - Go to the System blade and select Memory. Press Y on the HD symbol and then press X, X, LB, RB, X, X. If you did this properly a message will appear saying: Do you want to perform maintenance on your Xbox 360 storage device. Selet the “yes” equivalent and then boot up Halo 3) or any number of other weird issues like the host has TU2 and the client doesn’t or the client has TU2 and the host is on TU1, it’s going to be a bit like the end of Ghostbusters, but we promise, that even though it seems like Matchmaking has fallen into the gaping maw of cement cracks - it will climb out.
We expect all of these issues to resolve within four or five hours of TU2 going live. We will be watching it closely.”
Tags: Bungie, halo 3, live, matchmaking, news, title update 2
