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For a the last week or so, speculation has been flooding the internet about the new features that would be in the latest Dashboard update, for the Xbox 360 console. The guessing can be put to rest, because it has all been officially confirmed. On May 7th, 2007, 360 owners will get a bunch of goodies, to further expand their range of communication with their friends.
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Big news from Bungie! *Frankie* finally revealed the details today about the new Halo 2 maps.

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*Tombstone*

Halo 2 players can now play arguably the best Halo 1 map out there: Hang ’em High! Time to get the BRs ready and prepare for some mid-range pwnage across the map. This map is so awesome for juggernaut, moving KOTH, territories, and team slayer. It has a cool new look too… it looks like it’s in a loading dock area of Halo 2.

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*Desolation*

The remake of Halo’s Derelict, this map makes for some interesting rumble pit games and great 2v2 matches. It’s a small map with some carefully placed transporters and tunnels to make for some narrow escapes and just in time cover.

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Just when you thought that was all, Frankie tells us these maps will be $4 and they’ll be available for Xbox 1 and the Xbox 360. You’ll need a gold account to download the maps. They’ll be available April 17th. We can’t wait! More info at “bungie.net”:http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=certainaffinitymaps. Continue reading →

For weeks now, we have seen the rumors about an updated Xbox 360, that would provide gamers the much coveted HDMI connection, and a 120 gig hard drive. Microsoft has finally made it official, that the pretty Black edition, known as the Elite, is truly a reality.
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This week the fellas over at Bungie released their weekly update.
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For those who have dreams of becoming the next Cliffy B, look no further. Microsoft releases XNA Game Studio Express as a free download. Don’t miss this opportunity to show your friends and the world what you are made of. Read more about the goings-on in the world of XNA.
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Variety.com is reporting today that the Halo movie, recently pushed back to a release in 2008, has lost support from both Univeral Studios and 20th Century Fox. It seems that they were getting cold feet about putting so much money towards the project, especially with director without a feature film to his name.

Both of the studios that agreed to co-finance the screen adaptation of the popular Microsoft game have abruptly backed out of the picture. While rumors had the studios concerned over a budget that was rising above the original projected $135 million pricetag, the filmmakers said the double defection came after U and Fox played hardball and unsuccessfully tried to get the filmmakers and Microsoft to reduce their profit participation.

Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, WETA and director Neill Blomkamp are still onboard the project, but now it’s time for them to find a new studio to finance and distribute the movie. Here’s hoping that another big studio with deep pockets will take a chance on bringing Master Chief and his adventures to the big screen!

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In case you didn’t know, there have been some interesting changes to matchmaking recently. Team SWAT is now suddenly ranked (huzzah!) and the Team Carnage playlist has been switched out with a list from the “Real Custom Games”:http://www.bungie.net/Fanclub/rcg/GroupHome.aspx Bungie group. New game types include a game with tons of vehicles, a diplomacy oddball game, and a couple with sentinel beams. Details “on Bungie.net”:http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=communitycarnagev2. Another post by Ninja 0n Fire “has every excruciating detail on what was changed”:http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=communitycarnagev2. Sweet! Continue reading →