2007-07-20 01:30:34 Halo 3's in the New EGM

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161414

Complete blow out of Bungie's epic single-player.]


Quote By 1UP Staff, 07/19/2007

By now, you've already heard that Halo 3 has again hit the cover of EGM, but someone handling the issue's printing managed to scan some of the goods online. Consequently, a whole load of misinformation has made its way around the net, and while we'll be delivering the complete goods to you very soon, patience is needed.
Jeremy tagged along with the EGM crew and ended up penning half of the cover story you'll be reading shortly, so he's obviously frustrated over the whole mess, especially how the online co-op details have been so blown out of proportion -- Bunige's working on the feature, they just weren't ready to commit to it shipping in the box when we visited them a month or so ago. Don't fret, they're working on it.

We'll have plenty more in the coming days, but first, have a look at the three covers that'll be hitting subscribers and newsstands. And make sure to check out Jeremy's blog for more.

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Halle Berry: Delgado i am feeling really reall dirty tonight, shall i call Jessica Simpson for a threesome?

Delgado: HALLE what have i told you about bothering me when i'm playing Mass Effect!!! now get out and dont come back for 2 months!! (Slams door

2007-07-20 01:34:28

What a load of useless information.

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Oh crap. I've said too much

2007-07-20 01:35:21

I'm letting this one stay open since its about 1up's response on their magazine leak.

2007-07-20 01:38:39 In reply to Phaethon360 (2007-07-20 01:35:21)

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Halle Berry: Delgado i am feeling really reall dirty tonight, shall i call Jessica Simpson for a threesome?

Delgado: HALLE what have i told you about bothering me when i'm playing Mass Effect!!! now get out and dont come back for 2 months!! (Slams door

2007-07-20 01:40:50

I don't like the cover.

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"That just happened 'cause that was awesome" - Randy Pitchford, Gearbox

2007-07-20 01:42:15 In reply to szaromir (2007-07-20 01:40:50)

Well there are two more, and if you don't like those you can do what I do and draw mustaches on them with crayons.

2007-07-20 01:47:10

this thread is now about drawing with Crayons.

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2007-07-20 05:27:20

New weapon, looks mean!

2007-07-20 05:30:49 In reply to Jin187 (2007-07-20 05:27:20)

2007-07-20 05:32:18 In reply to Jin187 (2007-07-20 05:27:20)

2007-07-20 08:35:11 In reply to GriftGFX (2007-07-20 05:32:18)

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Finish The Fight Sept. 25th

Halo 3 Bitches!!!

Beware, Heretic is on the prowl!!!

2007-07-20 09:26:31 In reply to Heretic (2007-07-20 08:35:11)

2007-07-20 09:45:16

damn, I can't find my crayons :(

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Oh crap. I've said too much

2007-07-20 13:15:13

I rarely dual wield as I like to have grenades available at all times, plus I lean even more heavily on melee. Dual spikers are definintely worth picking up though.

And that Gravity Hammer is brutal! King of the Hill matches with it are going to be absolutely hilarious! It'll make fixed hill games as awesome as moving ones.

GTFO!

2007-07-20 17:00:03

i love the Assault Rifle.

Assault Rifle + Spike Grenades + Heretic Soul = death to everyone!

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Finish The Fight Sept. 25th

Halo 3 Bitches!!!

Beware, Heretic is on the prowl!!!

2007-07-20 22:25:34 In reply to deftangel (2007-07-20 13:15:13)

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Ignorance is the true enemy of all things.

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2007-07-20 22:58:39 In reply to Heretic (2007-07-20 17:00:03)

2007-07-20 23:25:49

BR+Plasma pistol = roxwell owns your arse :)

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I'm Spartacus!

2007-07-21 10:54:45

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topne...

Bungie Weekly Update: 7/20/07
Posted by Frankie at 7/20/2007 3:41 PM PDT
Co-op Hokey Pokey

The Internet’s hair was lit on fire this week and in between running around the kitchen screaming and waiting for the faucet to fill up with the cool water of logic a bunch of hair got torched. Have you ever smelled burnt hair? We’re not recommending you go out and try and A) burn your own hair or B) burn someone else’s hair, but just take our word for it – the smell of burnt hair is the smell of a thousand failures being vomited from the gullet of a tentacled creature hiding in a wet hole. It’s gross.

We didn’t start the fire, but a series of reports that spread from an unfortunate leak of an upcoming issue of U.S. enthusiast magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly spiraled out of control and suddenly reports on the Internet included salacious headlines like “Halo 3 Co-Op Heads Offline” and heads needed to be dipped in ice water in order to prevail.

All we confirmed to EGM for their sweet, mind-twitterpating Campaign reveal (and other massive feature reveal) regarding Cooperative Play in Halo 3’s Campaign is that System Link co-op will be included in Halo 3. Just like we told EGM, we’re aware that people want co-op online but the challenge of getting our complicated A.I. systems, huge game world, and gargantuan encounters neatly packaged and transferring across the Interwebz is a mythic undertaking. Nonetheless, like other elements of Halo 3, online co-op is a feature we’re wrestling with somewhere in a muddy and muggy Florida swamp against a ton-toothed Alligator, but, what we haven’t really talked about is how big the knife we brought to the wrasslin’ match is.

All that said, EGM doesn’t really know whether or not Halo 3 will ship with online co-op, only Bungie knows. The only thing they did know is that co-op was available for split-screen and System Link. As we approach the tail end of development, we will have a clearer picture of whether or not that online feature will be included. Assuming either way would be foolish at this time. We will say more when we feel it’s prudent. Because that’s how we roll.

Talk-Talk

The third ever episode of the soon-to-be weekly Bungie Podcast is in the can and handed off to our Audio guys for final mastering. After last week’s 35-minute show, some folks clamored for a longer program – this week, we lovingly obliged. Writer Joseph Staten showed up for this week’s show and he talks a little bit about what he’s been up to, besides penning Contact Harvest, and of course, does Grunt voices.

Like a octogenarian with a bucket of prune juice, the Bungie Podcast is about to get more regular, at least once Brian and Frankie, the show’s co-hosts finish up the Halo 3 World Tour. In between now and then, we’ll make sure to mix up the formula in between now and release, before settling into the routine this fall. That routine will mark the return of the Waahmbulance, among other things.

The Pen is Mightier No More

Last fall, we told EGM that the Covenant Energy Sword would return in Halo 3, this time functioning similarly in multiplayer as it did in campaign (with a decreasing charge). Recently, though, the Energy Sword has been undergoing even more changes to improve it, tune it and balance it for Halo 3’s multiplayer.

The biggest of those changes is a much clearer separation and function for the way the sword is wielded. In Halo 2, players could both lunge and melee as an offensive measure when wielding the sword, however, the choices players faced when deciding to lunge or melee were simple: “Am I far away? OK, I will lunge to close the distance,” otherwise, players could use multiple melee strikes to hack apart foes in multiplayer.

Now, there is a clear and obvious difference between pulling the R-trigger and hitting the B-button when wielding the sword. The differences give each function its own purpose and both lunge and melee strikes have their own situational advantages and disadvantages. One isn’t “always” better than the other. Additionally, Sword vs. Sword combat is much more interesting now; in Halo 3 we’ll introduce a mechanic we’ve been calling internally “clang.” No, it’s not a passive sword block feature or a flat damage reduction a la the Sword and Wired Reflexes combo in Shadowrun, our new mechanic still very much requires a precisely-timed button press, and continues to utilize the tactical differences between lunges and melee strikes.

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Halle Berry: Delgado i am feeling really reall dirty tonight, shall i call Jessica Simpson for a threesome?

Delgado: HALLE what have i told you about bothering me when i'm playing Mass Effect!!! now get out and dont come back for 2 months!! (Slams door

2007-07-22 11:07:25 In reply to GriftGFX (2007-07-20 22:58:39)

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Finish The Fight Sept. 25th

Halo 3 Bitches!!!

Beware, Heretic is on the prowl!!!

2007-07-22 12:57:35 In reply to Heretic (2007-07-22 11:07:25)

2007-07-22 13:03:10 In reply to GriftGFX (2007-07-22 12:57:35)

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Finish The Fight Sept. 25th

Halo 3 Bitches!!!

Beware, Heretic is on the prowl!!!

2007-07-27 18:27:03

Didn't want to make a new thread but some more detailed impressions from the same session EGM went to. In English not Japanese!

http://entertainment.sympatico.msn.ca/Movies/artic...

2007-07-27 18:34:03 In reply to deftangel (2007-07-27 18:27:03)

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Halle Berry: Delgado i am feeling really reall dirty tonight, shall i call Jessica Simpson for a threesome?

Delgado: HALLE what have i told you about bothering me when i'm playing Mass Effect!!! now get out and dont come back for 2 months!! (Slams door

2007-07-27 18:35:52

Cool.. the Scarab battle sounds a lot more fun than it was in Halo 2.. not a bad scenario to revisit.