E3 came on went without a whiff of anything Bungie related. There homepage had a countdown which has thus expired and tells us to wait longer for what they are planning. Now, we hear that a new Halo game has been confirmed. This game is not Halo Wars or the Peter Jackson project we have heard so much about. There is definitely something afoot at Bungie. We want answers. Please?
I found it very interesting that we got no mention of anything in the Halo universe at Microsoft E3 press conference. While they did drop a few bombshells, I fully expected to hear some details on Halo Wars, Peter Jackson’s Halo Chronicles games, and maybe even a new Halo game from Bungie. It appears that’s not the case.
The Bungie website is shut down with a service message. There’s a timer that’s counting down until around 10am July 16th. Will we hear about their next project then? Will Microsoft have Halo Wars details later in the week? Considering Gears of War 2 didn’t get as much face time as many expected, I figured Microsoft would have more in store for Halo fans since we know there is a lot already in the pipeline.
We’ll see what happens as E3 continues to roll. Stay tuned.
The above survey has surfaced. People want to know what is the next step in the Halo franchise and we all know it is not going to just fade away. Halo Wars is coming. When, no one knows. After that, what next? Some people want a prequel game. Some people want Marathon to be redone. What we want is fairly inconsequential because we are going to get whatever Bungie wants to give us. Some of the ideas above me sound horrible. Warthog Racer? That was an epic fail for Star Wars. I’d rather stick a plasma grenade up my ass than play a family Halo game. I’d rather stick a plasma grenade up my ass for no reason actually.
I am a huge fan of the Halo novels and have read and own every one. The next book, titled “The Cole Protocol“, will take place after Contact Harvest. For those of you who do not know, The Cole Protocol is a rule for every soldier and pilot in the UNSC. The protocol states that the Covenant can never know the location of Earth at any cost. You are forbidden to execute any slipspace jumps while they are present that could lead to the home world of the human race. You must jump from place to place so that you are never followed. If this means your death, than that’s tough shit. Very excited for this. Will have a release date for you soon as we get it.
The good folks over at College Humor have a lot of time on their hands now that Street Fighter: The Early Years has wrapped. What to do, what to do. How about playing homicide detective for Halo 3 kills? Sounds like a plan to me!
Here’s the first episode, which references the cool ass cone kill we posted a while ago. Check it out and go play dress up like these guys in your back yard. Go ahead, we won’t watch.
The voice of Bungie, Frank O’Conner, is no more. Frankie is heading to Microsoft to continue working on the Halo franchise.
Can’t say I really blame him, here. Microsoft is going to want to keep Halo as close to the vest as possible and Frankie has been with the series from the beginning. I wonder if this is a trend we’re going to continue to see occur with more Bungie employees heading over to their former boss?
Still no word on what the next Halo game will be, who will be heading up development, and what we can expect. I’m hoping for either a very early prequel with the ODST Hell Jumpers as the main playable characters before the Spartan II program, or maybe later on in the battles when the Spartan III’s got into the mix. Yes people, there are more Spartans. Read the books.
It is natural for a young man in his early teens to start noticing the fairer sex. Some kids start getting hard-ons in class for no reason and others have their voice crack and the most inopportune time. Others go on a 30k spending spree with their buddies that culminates in Team Slayer matches with some hookers.
A 13 yr old Texas boy, Ralph Hardy, swiped his dad’s credit card and took him and his buddies on a wild frenzy where they ended up getting a hotel room, room service, and eventually some female escorts. They brought their Xbox along and played Halo with their female friends. The hotel got a little suspicious after they kept ordering room services staples like Fritos, Oreos, and Dr. Pepper. When asked how they got the money by the hotel and the hookers they said:
They explained they had just made a big score at a “World of Warcraft” tournament and wanted to get some relaxation. On noting the boys age the delivery clerk informed the authorities.
Asked why he ordered two escorts, Ralph said he thought it was the thing to do when you win a “World of Warcraft” tournament. They told the suspicious working girls they were people of restricted growth working with a traveling circus, and as State law does not allow those with disabilities to be discriminated against they had no right to refuse them.
I would have at least made them play strip Slayer or something.
Thanks to EHT for sending this in!
::EDIT:: Unfortunately this story has been debunked and proven to be a hoax. Too bad I think a kid with this guys skills can go places.
Remember Nathaniel, the kid who had his insanely sweet Xbox 360 wiped clean by Microsoft? Turns out he’s getting some awesome stuff. Bungie already dropped a crap-ton of product on him. Check out the swag bag sent to him:
That’s an enormous amount of stuff. For me, it wouldn’t be worth it though because of the experiences and special drawings from getting the Xbox 360 to look that way. Turns out Microsoft doesn’t think it’s enough either and is working on something killer for Nathaniel as well. No exact word on what’s coming from the perpetrators of this crime, but they said it might take a couple weeks. We’ll see how cool it is. Anyone want to take bets that this includes a Halo 3 console?
EGM’s April issue has made it’s way into the hands of some readers who are going apeshit over an article in the magazine. As you can see from the image above, EGM comes with Bungie’s next project, naming Lego Halo.
Here’s the problem. EGM is notorious with their April Fools jokes, and their entire issue for that month is almost a joke. So to all those of you flipping out, take a deep breath. The game is not in development. This was a joke. Relax.
While I, for one, would jump all over the game, it’s not coming. EGM did a good job in this one.
[via Halo 3 Forum]
Even though the fight is finished, we all know Halo is not dead. There are talks that maybe the Marathon series will pick up or there will be more to the beloved franchise. Gearbox, the dev company who is behind Brothers in Arms, Half-Life, and Counter-Strike, has thrown themselves into the fray. This is what they had to say about their upcoming project:
I’ve started a new project. It’s big. It’s, like, look-at-our-line-up-and-imagine-something-even-bigger kind of big. I’m Directing it myself. I can’t mention it publicly yet. When you find out what this is, you’ll likely agree that I can’t oversell this one.
I know this is a reach, but lest you forget what their other major project was: Halo: Combat Evolved for the PC. Hmm. Something to think about.
[via Teamxbox]
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