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Bungie Weekly Update 12/21/07

The last update of 07. Have a happy holiday season and we'll see you all again online and in '08!

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Bungie Weekly Update 12/21/2007 3:28 PM PST

Bungie-Made Foundry Variants in Favorites

Some Bungie-made variations of Foundry arrive in Favorites this week.

Before heading out for the Holidays, a few Bungie guys wrapped up work on their own variations of Foundry via the Forge, those maps have been put into Bungie Favorites for your enjoyment.

Magic Manufacturer Tom Doyle on "Anvil":

Anvil is a slayer and team slayer map best suited for two to eight players. Although its primarily set up for slayer, it also lends itself to ctf, assault and territory modes. Climb the rocket tower or sniper duel from the catwalks to gain an upper hand over the opposition. Tactical players should enable BR starts on this one.

Multiplayer Designer Lars Bakken on "Deathpit":

This is an old school deathmatch map specifically designed for 1 v 1 battles, but it also works in a 4 player FFA. Controlling the power weapons is key to survival. The Rocket spawns in the center high walkway, and the sword spawns down below. Each side has a shotgun and grenades. At its simplest, it is a maze filled with tight corridors, and lots of action. I hope you enjoy it.

Mission Designer Dan Miller on "Pac-Man":

In this parody/homage we built the level to be as faithful to the original "Pac Man" map as possible, complete with two-way teleporters on the sides and even the four "Power Pellets" in the corners! This infection variant allows one person to play as "Pac Man" with Gravity Hammer, the rest are ghosts with Swords. Pacman's goal is to get to each of the four corners and grab a Power Pellet floating in the air (look for covenant equipment holders on the ground). Once he's obtained a power pellet, he'll become invincible for a short amount of time and be able to eat up the "ghosts." 4-6 players recommended.

Alkaline Prodigy and MDK 2002 contributed to the creation of the map and gametype.
 



Halo 3 12/20/2007 2:33 PM PST permalink

Humpday Challenge: Fragged by Dolls

Bungie is an old fashioned company in many ways. We're still trying to figure out if ladies even have teabags. Signs point to yes.

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Halo 3 12/20/2007 2:30 PM PST

Watch This Now

Watch this superb animated parody of Halo. You'll be glad you did: High Larity.

Watch this superb animated parody of Halo. You'll be glad you did: High Larity.

Community, Halo 3 12/17/2007 11:33 AM PST permalink

Bungie Weekly Update: 12/14/07

This week it's all about DLC and Forge, including some amazing maps and top tips for top men. And women.

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Bungie Weekly Update, Halo 3 12/14/2007 4:36 PM PST

Blank Versions of the Heroic Map Pack Maps on Bungie Favorites

Looking for emptied versions of Standoff, Rat's Nest and Foundry so that you can begin creating your version of these maps? Look no further.

Bungie.net user Chevmeister, on his own volition, clearned out each of the maps from the Heroic Map Pack and made those files available for download in his File Share. We've taken his files and placed them in Bungie Favorites where they can be downloaded directly in-game or if you're logged in to Bungie.net, you can download them to your Xbox 360 the next time you boot up Halo 3 by clicking "Download to Halo 3."

NOTE: If you haven't purchased the Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack, trying to download the free "empty" maps (or any other Forge creations) from Favorites will not result in you magically acquiring the maps.

Halo 3 12/14/2007 11:48 AM PST permalink

Humpday Challenge: Clan Practice

The kind and well-behaved folks from Clantacular met us on the Internet for a "friendly." Did we lose again?

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Bungie Podcast 12/13/2007 5:32 PM PST

Quick and Dirty Guide to the Heroic Maps

Fast and hard look at the maps: what they contain and what to play from the Halo 3 Heroic Map pack.

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Halo 3 12/13/2007 1:23 PM PST

Foundry Sketchpad

Away from your Xbox 360 with no way to play Halo 3 and Forge something on the Foundry? Here's work-friendly way to avoid doing actual work and do some paper drawing planning for your Forge creation.

Away from the comfy confines of your 360 gaming room? Stuck at work with images of Foundry blocks dancing in your head? Stosh, one of our web dudes, put together a quick PDF overhead view of Foundry so that you can put pen to paper and brainstorm your creation. In the lower left corner of the PDF file are a couple of box sizes (and the approximate size of a player) for reference. Click the link below and print out some copies and get to work.

When you finish your Foundry creations, head over the Official Foundry Forge Thread on our forums, follow the thread's directions and share the fruits of your creative harvest.

Download/View the PDF here (if your computer requires software to view a pdf, Adobe Acrobat reader or any number of programs are able to view that file type).

Halo 3 12/12/2007 1:40 PM PST permalink

Bungie Podcast: With the Elder

This week's Bungie Podcast features Marty O'Donnell, Bungie's Audio Director and the man who uncovered the fountain of youth.

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Bungie Podcast, Halo 3 12/12/2007 11:25 AM PST

Heroic Map Pack FAQ

The Heroic Map Pack, featuring three brand new maps, comes out on Tuesday, December 11th. Here's all you ever needed to know.

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Halo 3 12/10/2007 5:56 PM PST

Red vs. Blue Intro to the Heroic Map Pack Available on Live

In the very wee hours of tomorrow morning (2 a.m. Pacific) the Heroic Map Pack will be available on Marketplace. The Red vs. Blue dudes have a video preview of Standoff, Foundry and Rat's Nest available for download on Marketplace now.


The Red vs. Blue tour of Standoff, Rat's Nest and Foundry is available now on Xbox Live Marketplace. In order to find it, flip to the Xbox Live Marketplace blade and then go to the Video Store. Scroll down to "Game Videos," then click "New Arrivals" and scroll down to Halo 3. The video is called "Red vs. Blue: D.I.Y. "

The folks over at Red vs. Blue are now hosting the video, check it out.

Halo 3 12/10/2007 11:45 AM PST permalink

Bungie Weekly Update: 12/07/07

Upcoming changes to the matchmaking hoppers and some other housecleaning.

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Bungie Weekly Update 12/7/2007 5:16 PM PST

Fooling Around with Foundry

What do you get when you combine Foundry with a brand new Forge palette full of unique objects? Why Spartan Soccer, of course!

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Halo 3 12/7/2007 1:56 PM PST

Humpday Challenge: The Worst of Times

There are those who said this day would never come. Actually, no one said that.

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Halo 3 12/6/2007 6:17 PM PST

The Latest Episode of the Bungie Podcast Now Available

Christopher Barrett, the creative director on Halo 3's downloadable content sits, cracks open a cold one and chats about DLC, old school Bungie and how he got started in the game industry.

Long has it been, friends! Vacations have come and went (for Brian and Frankie) and the crew finally reconvened with special guest Christopher Barrett to talk about Halo 3's Heroic Map Pack, how he started at Bungie, what he's worked on and what's been canned.

Direct download for the impatient masses: 120407 show, 50:55, 58.3 MB

RSS Feed for non-iTunes subscibers here:

Subscribe via iTunes here

Bungie Podcast 12/6/2007 11:01 AM PST permalink

Journey's End ViDOC Available on Bungie.net

The final ViDOC, Journey's End, which debuted last week on Xbox Live Marketplace, is now available for download here at Bungie.net.

As folks gear up for the Holiday season, we’re getting a lot of consumers coming into Halo 3, completely unfamiliar with the series. This ViDOC is actually for those people and is designed to bring them up to speed on the characters, scenarios and events that have transpired up to and including the beginning of Halo 3. If you’re already invested in the Halo universe, much of this ViDOC will seem a little elementary, so be forewarned before downloading a hefty file. The ViDOC does however, do a nice job of summarizing our expansive and occasionally baroque universe and should give newbies a nice jumping off point for their journey into Halo.

Here's a bunch of file sizes and types.

Quicktime (small)
Quicktime (medium)
Quicktime (large)

Windows Media Player (petite)
Windows Media Player (deluxe)
Windows Media Player (gigantor)

Halo 3 12/5/2007 3:09 PM PST permalink

Heroic Map Pack Images Blowout

The Heroic Map pack is a week away and here's a metric ton of images to look at from Standoff, Foundry and Rat's Nest.

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Halo 3 12/5/2007 12:05 PM PST

Halo: Combat Evolved Now Available on Live

Halo: Combat Evolved is now available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace as a part of Microsoft's new Xbox Originals program.

Last night's update to the Xbox Live Dashboard enabled a new feature on Xbox Live that allows gamers to download "Xbox Originals" to their HDD. Halo: Combat Evolved is one of the titles available for download. For 1200 Microsoft points, you can download the same version of Halo: Combat Evolved that is available on disc at various fine retailers. No changes, achievements or online functionality have been added to Halo: Combat Evolved.  However, it will scale to 1080p through the normal 360 scaler, should your TV support it.

Halo (Xbox) 12/4/2007 1:33 PM PST permalink

1UP GOTY Awards

1UP is hosting a poll for its reader-voted Games of the Year and it's over at this link. We're against shameless self promotion however, so we absolutely forbid you to vote. Mind you... if we did win, that would be sort of cool and  we'd probably remember that when it came to handing out Recon armor...

1UP is hosting a poll for its reader-voted Games of the Year and it's over at this link. We're against shameless self promotion however, so we absolutely forbid you to vote. Mind you... if we did win, that would be sort of cool and  we'd probably remember that when it came to handing out Recon armor...

Community, Halo 3 12/3/2007 4:03 PM PST permalink

Forgeries Abound

If you enjoy playing around with Forge, our new maps are going to give you some useful tools to create wholly unique experiences. So here's a shout out to one of several community-driven Forge sites. This one is called Forge Hub, and is a cool gathering place for ideas and maps.

If you enjoy playing around with Forge, our new maps are going to give you some useful tools to create wholly unique experiences. So here's a shout out to one of several community-driven Forge sites. This one is called Forge Hub, and is a cool gathering place for ideas and maps. Click the link to go see: Forge Hub

Community, Halo 3 12/3/2007 3:31 PM PST permalink

Bungie on the Discovery Channel

Bungie Studios' Sandbox Design Lead Jaime Griesemer is appearing in the Discovery Channel documentary series "Rise of the Video Game."

A Discovery Channel mini series examining the penetration of the video game industry into society, titled "Rise of the Video Game" features an appearance from Bungie's Sandbox Design Lead on Halo 3, Jaime Griesemer. New episodes in this five-part series air on Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT. There's a whole mess of video game industry folks and a bunch of information on the industry's growth and change, with looks at various genres, consoles and franchises. Thus far, Jaime appeared in Level 2 (the Nov. 28th episode of the show, check local listings for repeat episodes).

From the episode description at the Discovery channel Web site, this week's episode  (Level 3) will look at the change from 2-D games to 3-D games and the rise of the first-person shooter.

Level 4 (the Dec. 12 episode) will include discussions on Machinima and how games like Halo "incorporate custom content that is shared with others through the Internet."

For more information on "Rise of the Video Game," check out the Discovery Channel's Web site.

Halo 12/3/2007 12:16 PM PST permalink

Bungie Weekly Update: 11/30/07

Applying soothing unguents to the Internet's furious rage, one calming paragraph at a time. The Weekly Update.

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Bungie Weekly Update, Halo 3 11/30/2007 3:32 PM PST

Humpday Challenge: Statistics Count

We show our junk to Halo3.Junk.ws and when it comes to junk, our junk is funky.

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Halo 3 11/29/2007 5:18 PM PST

New ViDOC available on Xbox Live Marketplace

The past is the new future. "Journey's End," a ViDOC tracing the events leading up to Halo 3 is now available on Xbox Live.


"Journey's End," the final Halo 3 ViDOC is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. "Journey's End" focuses on the story leading up to the events that unfold in Halo 3 -- there aren't any major Halo 3 spoilers in the ViDOC. However, if you haven't played the Campaign yet or are expecting it as a present for the holiday season, our Marty-esque advice is to unplug from the Internet and not watch the ViDOC until you've played the game. We'll have web versions available shortly.

Halo 3 11/29/2007 4:29 PM PST permalink