Bungie News Next Week

Bungie's weekly update is always an interesting read, but this week they have a hint at a surprise to come next week. From the update: "Oh. Keep your eyes peeled next week for a surprising, cool, awesome Bungie-related announcement. No it is not Halo 3, nor is it the surprise revelation of our next project (whatever that may be) but it's sweet. It's something I've hinted at in the past. And you'll probably like it. More than that I can't say. Which even I know is aggravating. But it ain't up to me. So just be patient." News site pundits seem to think this may be a revelation that a Halo character may be in DOA 4. Guess we'll find out next week. Update: 10/04 20:00 GMT by Z : Well, that didn't take long. A Halo character *is* going to be in DOA4, and Peter Jackson is set to produce the Halo movie.

Holloween Costume

[MBraynard]

Perhaps it will be the ideal Holloween costume of Master Chief. High quality materials and realistic.

Its a recrusive press release

[FidelCatsro]

It's an announcement of an announcement of an announcement .

Re:Its a recrusive press release

[xerxesVII]

Its a recrusive press release

Nice to see that your dyslexia isn't restricted to your user name. Or was that some kind of recursive meta joke?

Re:Its a recrusive press release

[ben0207]

Dudes, dudes, dudes. Please stop it. Your giving me a headache.

Re:Its a recrusive press release

[FidelCatsro]

YRO:Man makes spelling error on slashdot
Fron the I am bored and have karma to burn dept.
Fidelcatsro reports : I have made another spelling error on slashdot .

I just submitted this as a story .It seems very important .The Guardian ,BBC and NY times said they will get back to me when they print it .User xerxesVII (707232) was quoted as saying "Nice to see that your dyslexia isn't restricted to your user name" , My Catséro was heard commenting " I made the same spelling error in my user name on 14 other sites , doh doh doh" he was later heard saying"

YRO:Man makes spelling error on slashdot
Fron the I am bored and have karma to burn dept.
Fidelcatsro reports : I have made another spelling error on slashdot .
 
I just submitted this as a story .It seems very important .The Guardian ,BBC and NY times said they will get back to me when they print it .User xerxesVII (707232) was quoted as saying "Nice to see that your dyslexia isn't restricted to your user name" , My Catséro was heard commenting " I made the same spelling error in my user name on 14 other sites , doh doh doh" he was later heard saying"

Re:Its a recrusive press release

[xerxesVII]

genius!

Snore

[Winterblink]

"News site pundits seem to think this may be a revelation that a Halo character may be in DOA 4."

How underwhelming.

Re:Snore

[Seumas]

News site pundits?

What kind of "news" site talks about bungie potentially putting a Halo character into DOA?

Maybe they just meant "videogaming" sites.

Re:Snore

[Winterblink]

Oh no you don't. ;) Don't go blaming Slashdot. Blame Zonk. There's far more interesting news out there... hell the nearly five grand XBox360 package from Gamestop's more interesting than this.

Re:Snore

[MBraynard]

Do you think the plasma comes with a free replacement after you burn in the stats and aiming rheticle on whatever FPS you play for days on end?

Re:Snore

[KDR_11k]

The other way around would have been more interesting, at least.

Oh please!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Will I FINALLY be able to add "Kellogg's Halos" as part of my complete breakfast?

Re:Oh please!!!!

[kisrael]

Perhaps. Until then, just eat your Cheerios and pretend.

Pundits!

[Anonymous Coward]

Today, I saw a comment on a message board that a blog I was reading TrackBacked to a blog post in response to a press release that a pundit commented about hearing mentioned on the radio station in the morning. Good thing I had the presence of mind to moblog it on my Sidekick and e-blast it on over to Slashdot, where it attracts meaningful comments like this!

Re:Pundits!

[xerxesVII]

It looks to me like you've really gotten your head around the dominant paradigm. I can't wait to hear your podcast about the ramifications of this announcement for the world of cyber-entertainment.

Master Chief? DOA 4?

[steveo777]

So, is the Chief going to get to wear his armour with the sheilds? Does he get to waste everyone with the energy sword? Is he really an uber hot chick underneath like Samus Aran?

Will he be in the next DOA BEACHVOLLEYBALL?!

Is this some sort of Metroid thing?!

[the_skywise]

Are you insinutating that Master Chief is a.... a... girl underneath that armor?!

Re:Master Chief? DOA 4?

[phxbadash]

If it is a girl then she's got an exceptionally deep voice.

Re:Master Chief? DOA 4?

[Blakey Rat]

It could be Dr. Girlfriend from The Venture Brothers, I suppose...

Re:Master Chief? DOA 4?

[Prophet of Nixon]

Hmmm, they could use 343 Guilty Spark for a ball... don't know that it would actually make the game good, but being able to punch around that smug electric POS might be amusing.

Re:Master Chief? DOA 4?

[FinchWorld]

The worrying thing is some of the spartans are female.

It must be like fucking a nuclear bunker door.

In other words

[deinol]

A company might announce the possibility of announcing that they might in fact do something in the future. But it won't be something actually major, and might not even be worth mentioning it once they say it. We at /. news are dedicated to tracking this breaking story to let you know if this in fact becomes an item of news.

News at 11.

I forsee...

[georgewad]

Microsoft selling them off and returning to a Mac-only developer.

hype

[RasendeRutje]

They're going to write the word 'Hype' in soap bubbles?

"No it is not Halo 3"

[telstar]

Halo 4?
Somebody had to do it...

Re:"No it is not Halo 3"

[phxbadash]

Halo: The toilet paper

Re:"No it is not Halo 3"

[Loonacy]

Halo: The flame thrower

Re:"No it is not Halo 3"

[C0rinthian]

Halo: The Doll

Adorable.

Rant

[jaredcat]

If its not Marathon 4, I don't care.

Re:Rant

[Prophet of Nixon]

I'm still hoping that (somehow) Durandal is the ancient, powerful AI on the ark at the end of Halo 2. That perhaps its the Jjaro dreadnaught that he captured at the end of MI, and that galactic civilization has fallen, and then risen again since then. Durandal manipulating newly formed alien races into a religious covenant to find the remains of humanity (they were apparently seeking Earth) wouldn't be too far-fetched for me.

Re:Rant

[FLAGGR]

Actually, the Master Chief is a reincarnated Leela. Whoops spoiler.

Pimps At Sea!

[GaryPatterson]

Finally! It's being released after years of development.

I'm so looking forward to the much-vaunted 'turn them out' technology.

Re:Pimps At Sea!

[Frodo Crockett]

That's the only game that'll ever convince me to buy an Xbox. Too bad it was an April Fools joke.

Oh please! oh please! oh please!

[Goyuix]

Let if be co-op multiplayer for the PC version......

* holds breath *

(expect me dead long before that announcement is ever made)

Duh

[fanboyslayer]

It's obviously Halo 2 PC.

Confirmed

[atarrri]

This has just been confirmed on Bungie.net The animated gif strongly suggests that the character will be Cortana, notice the bouncing breasts (a feature pioneered by DOA).

Open Sourcing The Halo Engine?

[GaryPatterson]

Wouldn't that be nice!

They open sourced the Marathon Infinity engine, so maybe... just maybe...

(Then we can find out why the thing requires 16 nVidia SLI cards working in parallel on a supercomputer just to render at a constant 60fps in complex scenes)

RTFWS

[787style]

Or maybe, if you guys read the website, it would tell you yes, there is a Halo character in DOA4, but that wasn't all.

http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=doa versushalo [bungie.net]