You gotta love hype and its firm place within the video game industry. Well, at least I do. It keeps things fresh and exciting and also keeps me away from writing for a-hole companies. Anyway, back on topic: It appears as if Bungie is all set to release some major and much-anticipated Halo 3 news very soon -- next week in fact. Here's the news via 1UP:
Frankie at Bungie is quick to point out that news on the long-anticipated Halo 3 public beta will be coming "fairly soon," so temper expectations in that area, as that's probably not on the horizon for a few weeks yet. Between now and the beta, Bungie will be distributing a new behind-the-scenes video with footage sucked from the Alpha version of the game -- the multiplayer beta will actually be based on the more advanced, more complete Beta.
What's mysterious, however, is the note Frankie leaves the latest update on:
"So yeah. Big changes coming. Big changes and big news. Next week [meaning this week, as the update went live last Friday] is going to be significant.
You're a mean one, Mr. Bungie.
Any guesses? If it's anything less than a firm beta announcement, then I think it's safe to say we will all be disappointed.
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1:18 PM on 04.09.2007
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I mean, does Master Chief hate Nintendo as much as Summa does?
I would think not...
But Master Chief and Samus = sexy
Sounds like a Win/Win sitution to me. The fledgling Destructoid site gained a big name journalist, and you gained the pleasure of writing for a group of fans that aren't so damn serious all the time.
and Snaileb...Samus Aran wouldn't go below herself and get with Master Chief!
Halo 3: I personally don't care about any announcement other than a release date. I'm not interested in playing beta versions of games.
I'm not sure what you mean by "90% of Halo 3 will be answered", but Bungie is sure to keep a few big new things under wraps even after the Beta is out (Single player campaign?). Supposedly the beta will include only a couple of multiplayer maps and one gametype, so that seems to leave room for a lot of "surprises".
This kind of shit pisses me off, though. Bungie either heavily overestimates their fans' reaction to mediocre news or is blatantly building up hype for no reason at all. I tend to think that it's a combination of the two, but as Summa said, anything less than a firm Beta announcement is going to be disappointing. And if it's some bullshit about profiling the Scorpion tank or some ridiculous shit like that, I might just smash my computer.
Seriously, it's not going to be about the beta. It's going to be a new vidoc. He practically admits as much in the update.
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Halo 3 on Wii. DS next year. PS3 never.
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Will support Guitar Hero guitar.
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Will have as the final boss Brumak from Gears of War. You see in GoW you never fight him so it must be destroyed. By someone somehow.
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Master Chief is not a robot. Just a girl looking dude with amnesia hence the voice in Dead or Alive 4.
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the "a**hole button" refer literally to the hole in the ass of people. More details to follow.
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A Brute on Brute sex scene.
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A Grunt on Brute sex scene.
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What I really want is a Smash Bros type game made by Team Ninja that features characters from halo, gears of war, fable, dead or alive, Viva Piñata, Jade Empire, and other IP. With new characters and stages as DLC... If I could hire some koreans to develop it using 2d handdrawn and a Mugen style program... I would definetly recieve a lot of cease end desist letters...
The Smash Bros. idea would be amazing! Maybe they could find a way to put Kratos in there...maybe...