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Oh man, so long to wait for ODST!!!

  • 12.12.2008 7:04 PM PDT

MadGex~

fun update... altho the Peyton Manning jokes were lost on me... i dont have a tv

also as long as we are going to insist on being exact...
Q. Dowell1088 asks: Generally, any new features we can be looking forward to in Forge on the new maps?

A. From a certain point of view (that’s from original Star Wars, kids).

this quote is NOT from the original Star Wars, but instead from its sequel "Empire Strikes Back." It is however from the Original Star Wars Triliogy, so i guess well let it slide since you are the lukems... but don't try any more crazy stunts like this, or i might have to start calling you a kid :)

  • 12.12.2008 7:34 PM PDT

lol

I'm impressed. Normally the updates are filled with riddles about sandtrap and recon armor, or new on the bungie golf tournement. I guess now that you guys are getting farther along you have more to say. Can't wait for recon, though I'll probably just rent it depending on the price.

  • 12.12.2008 7:37 PM PDT

Check out the group, Planet Reach and talk about Bungie's next game without the annoyance of the public forum. Oh and it's nice there too.

You thought you had lag, it took Jesus 3 days to re-spawn.

Ouch, last pick in a 16 team league. I thought my last pick in a 10 team league sucked. I feel sorry for you. I gotta get in on a Bungie fantasy football league, they'd be more of a challenge than the geniuses I play with.

Oh yeah, and good to hear about ODST. Some decent info there.

[Edited on 12.12.2008 7:53 PM PST]

  • 12.12.2008 7:49 PM PDT

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Posted by: lukems

Q. El Roboto asks: Winter break is going to be upon us soon. Anything special planned for the holidays?

A. Yeah, I’m really looking forward to a trip back to the mitten state. The studio is closed down for a couple of weeks and then we’ll be back in the New Year to keep making games. Is that what you meant?


Hey, i'm from michigan! woo woo, throwin' up a little love from the glove!

Hit me up - JaggedSpoon

  • 12.12.2008 8:12 PM PDT

It's nice to see it coming along well.

  • 12.12.2008 8:16 PM PDT
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My Best Bungie moment: finally beating all the Halo games on solo legendary.
My Worst Bungie moment: not seeing giant stuffie grunts in the Bungie store.

Not the best update. I liked learning more about the design process through the "representative experience milestone." But I was hoping for some screenshots, info or even a date for one of the new projects.
Look at it from the bright side, the less they tell us now, the more they will have to tell us later.

  • 12.12.2008 8:27 PM PDT

Oh, well good for you smart ass....

Posted by: D4rk50ul808
Great update. I'm kind of glad we didn't get a ton of into on the new maps, since we have no sure date for release due to Halo Wars. Better to not know what you are getting, it makes you want it even more.

So then if open testing will begin early next year, is a fall launch still planned? It seems like things would be ironed out much sooner than that. I know there is no beta planned, is there any chance that changes and b.net users get a shot at it?

It was mentioned, but I have a more detailed question if it can be answered yet. In the Bungie Pro render to film "planned feature", can we put multiple small film clips together to form a larger one (IE Montage)?

Don't forget to leave Santa lots of cookies and milk, its his version of Tums before New Year's Eve.

I would like some more Mythic Map picks BEFORE Bungie goes on Christmas/New Years break. Just so I can drool over them.

  • 12.12.2008 8:35 PM PDT

Q: Why is this important to both the particular dev team (in a multi-project environment like we are right now) and to the bigger Bungie picture?
CC: The important thing for the dev team, is that this is the build that we feel is playtestable from start to finish. That is, we’re ready to have real users (people from around Puget Sound) come in and play through the entire campaign. We’ll start that first thing next year. This is super important because having real gamers come in and play is the best way for us to understand if we’re making a quality experience. We try to do it as early as possible so we have enough time to react.
Does this mean that even someone such as myself could make a trip to the Studio and have a chance to playtest Halo 3: ODST? Where do I sign up?

I am really looking forward to next week's Bungie Weekly Update for the info. on the January playlist changes. Thanks for answering more questions from the Community this week.

  • 12.12.2008 8:51 PM PDT
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The too frequently asked questions mostly still go unanswered. :-(

  • 12.12.2008 8:54 PM PDT

Rebellion in small things to let the world know I haven't surrendered.

"Then we have the entire studio play it and tell us how much it sucks. "
LOL

So is anything going on in Halo 3?

  • 12.12.2008 8:57 PM PDT

Nice update. I love the secrets you guys put into this. Just like any other Weekly Update, you guys continue to answer questions in the way that you know it's not what people meant. Great work.

  • 12.12.2008 8:59 PM PDT

TOMA TU BANANA!!!

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  • 12.12.2008 9:03 PM PDT

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Great update this week.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas.
And I look forward to hearing about the Playlist Updates next week.

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It is great to see the progress of Halo 3: ODST coming along. With any luck, game betas might even be released.

  • 12.12.2008 9:57 PM PDT

Nice to hear about ODST, but really disappointed to hear that it will be at least March before we get Mythic maps. = (

  • 12.12.2008 10:03 PM PDT

I spend too much time here.. too much time indeed.

I tweet?

Dammit, Luke! You're the reason why we can't have nice updates. Now give the keys back to Urk and step away from the computer.


...But really, nice work this week Luke.

Carry on.

  • 12.13.2008 12:23 AM PDT

It's not coincedence that Santa and Satan are spelled with the same letters.

Wait, 2 weeks of no update whatsoever and now we get an -blam!- Q&A??????
DROP DEAD

  • 12.13.2008 12:46 AM PDT

"Seems to me you should spend less time on that article and more time working on that novel you've been working on!!!"

That was definitely an update of bungle proportions (see how I did that, since I can't really say epic proportions, because that's kinda like Epic, and you guys should have your own phrase so I say bungle and th----its getting late, what am I blabbering about...).

Cool tidbits on ODST, cool to hear people there will be getting their hands on an early state of it to run through.

Also can't wait for my magazine copy, that should be exciting.

No Xmas playlist? Not even a santa hat playlist or something?? Defend Santas Castle or something??? Maybe before you head off home for the holidays???? Hmm????? A little playlist?????? A litt-- nah but I'm just teasin', as long as the game works when I want to play it over break, that'll be enough for me.

For when then and there, it will be enough...
Welcome to the universe.

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  • 12.13.2008 1:40 AM PDT

My Best Game Ever
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=271730 257&player=xXSuperfleaXx

they always work there way around a serious question and dont give a straight answer and make a little inside joke its annoying

  • 12.13.2008 1:52 AM PDT
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Posted by: lukems
first. get smoked.

...great update, stupid pointless post...
Lame Duck Watch has finally made it to Bungie...it'll be nice to continue watching it passed Jan. 20th.

Here's to a happy healthy new year...maybe the play mechanics will improve also.

  • 12.13.2008 3:57 AM PDT

Caboose: Hay Chica Bum Bum.

Hey why is Halo 3 ODST coming out in the fall of 09?

  • 12.13.2008 5:04 AM PDT
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GAMERZOLO

oh yeah ummmm
wat about the mythic map pack
and i dont get the new achivements
like hammer time or the new skulls
please reply

  • 12.13.2008 5:15 AM PDT