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I think it's a safe bet to say that we all have heard about Halo 3: ODST. We know about its story, its background and its gameplay. In fact I'm pretty sure since it's a Halo game that there are plenty of people out there who know every detail they could possibly get their hands on about the game. So what was discussed at the PAX panel on the game? All that stuff of course, but the devs also revealed that ODST would feature a fully developed sub-story that is separate from the main plot of the game. Bungie has been working with Fourth Wall Studios to make "Sadie's Story," a secondary story that will be presented within ODST about the life of New Mombasa resident named Sadie during the final hours before the city is destroyed (as occurred in Halo 2). Not much was revealed about the story except a few flashes of images, but the story was written by Bungie lead writer and ODST Creative Director Joe Staten and Fourth Wall, and they both collaborated with well known comic artist Ashley Wood. Other than a brief glimpse of concept art for Sadie, there was no hint given to how the story would be presented in the game. It was revealed, however, that the work done on "Sadie's Story" doubled the amount of voice acting the studio had to do for ODST and that you'll be be picking up snippets of the story as you play through the main game as the rookie. "Sadie's Story" will also have connections to ODST's main story and the Halo universe as a whole. It sounds like Bungie is putting a ton of effort into something that many people might not even see if the story is optional. Makes that $60 price tag seem a bit more valid.
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Musician Sarah Schachner did a little arrangement where she covered the Halo, Modern Warfare 2, and Skyrim themes back-to-back. The covers sound wonderful, and it's all even more impressive once you see that Sarah played every instrument herself.
[Via The Awesomer] Five more games will be making their way to Xbox 360's Games on Demand service. Right now you can get Halo 3: ODST, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, and Power Rangers Super Samurai. Next week both X-Men: The Official G...
Holy moly, you guys, it's been a long week, and we had lots of news out of GDC to cover on today's Destructoid Show.
For starters, EA showed off seventeen full minutes of Battlefield 4, which looks very pretty, albeit exactl...
There were some interesting tidbits revealed about the design of Destiny. Presented by studio writer and design director Joe Staten and art director Christopher Barrett, they went into detail about the early conception of De... After its showing at the PS4 reveal, Bungie's Destiny is now one of the most anticipated titles for next-gen. In a fan Q&A, Bungie stated that current-gen versions, including PS3 and Xbox 360, will deliver the "full visio... There are plenty of reasons to like Bungie as a studio, and here's yet another. In its new Mail Sack blog post, the team fields a question many of us have been wondering this week: What was up with the four guys who presented...
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Hey gang, here's today's Destructoid Show.
Today, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance finally released, and Conrad posted his sparkling review this morning. We had some hints about Bungie's Destiny last week, but Hamza put his fu... With the internet ablaze over the official reveal of Destiny, Bungie's new IP, it comes as no surprise that Best Buy and GameStop have already begun taking pre-orders.
Both retailers have the game listed for $59.99. GameStop ...
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