Keep them plasma pistols glowing!

Now that the podcast is out, I would like to post some of the headlines.

Sandtarp! I told you about this before, but there are some changes. There will, of course, be no elephants. Instead of elephants, there will be Hornets and Banshees. There will be no more "Rapid fire capping."

Totally confirmed - ASSEMBLY IS NOT A REMAKE OF MIDSHIP OR ANY OTHER MAP! IT IS COMPLETELY NEW!

Poor senior programmer, has too many bugs too fast... I FOUND ONE! XD

Mat Noguchi is indeed on the show...

Bungie talks about their troubles trying to get a game to run off of nothing but a DVD...

Bungie talks a bit about how to get hired at Bungie, and how to be a good programmer.

According to them, if making a game, do not start with graphics.

Bungie hasn't talked about much more... Quite a bit of off-topic non-Bungie talk...

If you don't have time to listen to the whole thing, listen to the last ten minutes. Bungie starts talking about future projects, sorta...

Closing comments: Mat loves his dad for paying for his programming projects as a child. "...I wanna give a shout-out to my mom for making me a game before I was even born..."

Final words of the podcast: "We're just gonna go 'pbhbhbbhbhbhhbhpbhpbbhpbphpbphpb' and we'll be back soon!"

Assembly! Video!

Take a look - here you can see the whole map - every part of it.















So now you have seen it. It is Purple Reign. It is Assembly. This is awesome.

Finally the Bungie weekly update!

Well we have been waiting all day, and finally, Bungie posts.

Here is what they have to say.

TU2 is delayed. It will be released sometime this month, but not on the 16th.

The ban discussed in the last update is the awesome and horrifying no online multiplayer ban. The only type of live playable on Halo 3 would be a co-op campaign... Don't cheat, and you will be fine...

Bungie thanks the people for thanking them... This video should explain.

Be sure to download the new Bungie podcast (w007!)

I will post again after I listen to the podcast. I have posted what Bungie has posted. Time to listen to the podcast ;)

New Achievements! W00T!

Yes, the rumors are true, Bungie is giving us a harder game to beat by giving us even more achievements. Legendary MP is now required if you want your katana.

Bungie only told us a few of them, they say there will be others besides this, but these are what they told us.

Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch (0 points) – Get to the rank of Lieutenant in any playlist in the new EXP progression system.
Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7 (0 points) – Enter into any ranked or social playlist with 7 EXP on the 7th of the month.
Vidmaster Challenge: Annual (0 points) – After 9/25/08, complete Halo on 4-player Legendary LIVE co-op, with Iron, and everyone in Ghosts.
Double Double (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get two Double Kills during any ranked or social match.
Poor Yorick (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 3 Oddball melee kills during any ranked or social match.
Came…From…Behind (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get 3 assassinations during any ranked or social match.
Defend This (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get a flag melee kill during any ranked or social match.
Flag Dropped (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 2 flag carrier kills during any ranked or social match.
Road Rage (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 5 Warthog chaingun kills during any ranked or social match.
Look Both Ways (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get a Splatter Spree during any ranked or social match.

Also, watch out, your EXP will be set to 0!
Bungie is resetting everyone's EXP to 0, you will still have your same level, but all will have a fresh start.

Playlist Ratings are the playlist-level decoupling of Trueskill values (the in-game number next to your name) from Experience (the icon next to your name).
You will now have a separate military rating (based purely on EXP) in each playlist. When TU2 goes live, everyone will begin at 0 EXP. This means that being a General in a Playlist is based on how many games you’ve won in the Playlist, not based on the Trueskill number next to your name.
Your Trueskill values have not been reset. If someone checks your Service Record they will still see your Highest Skill.

Bungie is changing everything now, there will be so much work to be done. I see no point in trying to get your ranks up now, so don't go for a higher trueskill unless you want people to know you were a general... The level system is still there, however.

Bungie said these changes are both coming with the TU2 around the Halo 3 one year anniversary.

27 teams now have recon because of Bungie's recon challenge, this means about 108 players with the amazing armor we all lust after. Don't worry, just go next year...

Bungie also announced the following:

We have not been informed of any plans to make the Legendary Map pack free. Scoop it up.

Rocket Race had a great run. Plenty of folks enjoyed it throughout its lifespan, but the declining population and number of folks who weren’t playing the game properly moves this playlist off into the sunset. That said, it will receive a fond farewell via a Double EXP weekend and is sure to pop up again from time to time.

No, you cannot stop this retirement from occurring.

Read the post on Bungie.net


Bungie should have posted more about this, we just have to wait.

Killthembrutes Podcast!

Yes, from the makers of killthembrutes.blogspot.com, comes an all new, epic podcast: The KillThemBrutes Podcast! You can now take the blog with you on your iPod. We cover the latest posts on the blog and some other news you may not read here. We will try to have some special guests later on. The first podcast will be released soon, and I hope you are all ready.

What is Bungie doing?

Well we all know about the new maps, but don't we all want to know about the next Halo game? Bungie has confirmed (I'd source it but I don't have time to search my browser's history) that they are in fact making a Halo game that is unrelated to Halo Wars or Halo: Chronicles. This could mean only one thing: Halo 4. So in the Halo 4 spirit, lets take a look at some fan-created Halo 4 fun.















zomg that one looked freaky...















You will laugh at this one.



Well, I might as well search for that lost link... But just for any help it was on G4TV.com/thefeed if you want to search for it yourself.

Halo 3 Wins Edge!

Halo 3 won the Edge Award and they posted this movie!