It seems that Luke Smith first dropped the one-word bomb of confirmation in the NeoGAF forums, but in case anyone had any doubts, Smith immediately followed up with an official post on Bungie.net, which was then posted about just about everywhere, including HBO,
Ok, this time it is for real, because it's from the horse's mouth, which is certainly the most trustworthy orifice on a horse. Bungie.net says that Marathon: Durandal is being brought to XBLA by none other than Mac game developer Freeverse. They have a page on Marathon: Durandal at their site.
It will include single player, eight player cooperative play, and multiplayer.
Eight player coop? Zang!
Coming this fall with Halo 3, MS announced at E3 2007 this Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox, with an appropriate color scheme and matching accessories.
Detailed specifications are not available, but Bungie.net has stated this edition has HDMI, leading to a widespread belief that this console will be similar, if not identical, to the Xbox 360 Elite.
The mysterious "fourth console" that was on stage at the Microsoft press event and then surreptituously removed before it began was the rumored additional Xbox 360 SKU-- it's a special edition of the 360 for Halo 3, with a green and orange color scheme. No word yet on specifications.
UPDATE: Bungie.net's post says the console has HDMI, so possibly the other specs are also the same as the 360 Elite.
Bungie has swapped out the Team Training list for a Big Team Training playlist. This features Banshees when played on Valhalla.
Haven't played Wideload Games' debut effort, Stubbs the Zombie? Maybe you've never seen it in stores. Well, that's no longer an excuse; for $19.95 you can get a digital delivery of Stubbs via Steam.
The day before the Halo 3 Multiplayer Public Beta throws open its doors to the masses, Bungie pulled out the heavy guns.
Mark this date on your calendars, folks:
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Because that is the day that Halo 3 will be released.
Thanks for the heads-up to Louis Wu in #hbo.
Kotaku says they've received word of a big Halo 3 media event on May 11, just prior to the start of the public beta on May 16.
April 4 2007 Eric Nylund author of the halo books announced that there will be at least 2 more books following ghosts of onyx they will be based on showing exactly what was going on every where else while master chief was off blowing up a covenate sacred ring and disabiling a covenate armada on his way back.
here is my source.
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13188/Halo-Ghosts-of-Onyx-Enjoys-Mass-Mark...
Of course, you didn't think Bungie would just shovel the Multiplayer Public Beta date at you on a post-it note and call it done? No, of course not. So while Bungie.net now has a story that leads with this ultra-salient fact:
The Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta will go live on May 16th at 12:00 AM PDT and run through June 6 th at 11:59 PM PDT.
Surprise, surprise-- the new Halo 2 maps by Certain Affinity apparently won't be only for the Xbox 360, but will also run on the original console. Hang 'em High and Derelict are coming to the new engine as Tombstone and Desolation.
It has been confirmed that Kieth David (The Arbiter) has been put in the cast for halo 3. sothe Arbiter will return on halo 3 wether or not he is playable is yet to be discovered.
Think there's already too much Halo merchandise out there? Too bad. Corgi International today announced a partnership with Microsoft to add Halo products to their "Master Replicas" series of collectibles. No word on if they'll call them Master Chief Master Replicas.
From Corgi's site: