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Bungie Game Reveal Blocked By Publisher

kotaku.com — Today, a letter has been posted on the front page of the developer's website. Signed by Harold Ryan, Bungie's president, it says that the team were planning on revealing a new game at E3 this week, but their "plans were just changed by our publisher", so they won't be showing anything. Bummer.

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  • strictnein, on 07/16/2008, -21/+1Ughh... annoying *****. I thought Bungie was out from under the thumb of everyone?

    Rumor: Sounds like the FFXIII announcement was added at the very last minute so Bungie got bumped from MS's E3 presentation. Why that would cause them to also cancel their reveal tomorrow is beyond me.
    • B1663r, on 07/16/2008, -2/+11Everyone seems to have forgotten...

      Microsoft has right of first refusal as publisher of any new Bungie properties.

    • Nobi-Wan, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1Yeah it's annoying... but what's the big deal? It's not as if it's a game we know anything about or that's been delayed time and time again. It's not even announced yet. Just be patient and I'm sure it'll be something cool enough that'll be worth the wait.

      Most people seem to forget that making video games is a business and it was a business decision and probably for a reason that'll do more good than harm.
  • wngreenway, on 07/16/2008, -3/+59Wow, that's rude!
    • bigmac375, on 07/16/2008, -12/+1Microsoft's fault.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9o5_W6hn9k
      them:What's this game?
      us:IT'S A NEW IP!
      *break*
      them:It's delayed!
      us: GAAAHD DAAAAAMMNIT AAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • bagboyrebel, on 07/16/2008, -0/+2Even though the video was completely unrelated, I have to admit it cracked me up.
    • VipeNess, on 07/16/2008, -7/+1Harold Ryan is the General Manager (studio manager).... not the President of Bungie!
  • billjimbob, on 07/16/2008, -21/+2Bungie's up to something. Harold Ryan isn't the President of Bungie....

    http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Harold_Ryan (shamefully stolen from joystick comments)

    EDIT: old article, and apparently Harold Ryan is the president of Bungie now.... bummer...
    • HK4FN, on 07/16/2008, -0/+5Check the booklet that comes with Halo 3, He is listed as Studio Manager.
      It's wiki, don't listen to it.
      • AdmiralKarelia, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1If I recall correctly, Jason Jones is technically the president, being the only remaining founder. He's also listed first on Bungie's "Meet the Team" page. He used to be co-founder with Alex Seropian, who was the president and CEO, but I believe Jason took over that job when Alex left.
  • RisingAgainst, on 07/16/2008, -4/+98assholes. why? seriously, why?
    • scott1, on 07/16/2008, -1/+13I think Microsoft is going to end up regretting this.
      • JPong01, on 07/16/2008, -2/+4I think Bill had nothing to do with this.
      • ericrous, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6Actually, I think we should listen to michaelb323. He's spent countless hours in gay bathhouses, gay bars, and back-alleys behind gay bars--engaged in meticulous research. He has probed every crevice and hole of the gay lifestyle--sometimes for whole weekends at a time. Some of his findings were so shocking they made his jaw drop. And while his conclusions may be hard for anyone other than him to swallow, it's undeniable that the man KNOWS his *****.
    • Itsthezing, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4Be more constructive with your feedback.
  • e03179, on 07/16/2008, -10/+44KEEP IT CLEAN
  • sovietninja, on 07/16/2008, -8/+55My Comment on Kotaku: in reply to another poster

    " 3. The letter is an image, homepage_04 when previously the site was homepage_03. This means that chances are good it was planned."


    03+04=07 i tried to access that on the server.. no deal, there are no images number 01,02,05,06,07,09,10.

    Another 7.
    The files are also named Reboot.... remember the TV show.
    • kinseyincanada, on 07/16/2008, -0/+18also it was posted at 7:00 which i think you also posted on Kotaku
      • stevenbrown, on 07/16/2008, -0/+2The main page is collecting stats... View the source.. Strange
    • sovietninja, on 07/16/2008, -1/+23Another 7 guys.... you wont believe this.

      The speech? the actual message?

      Formatted to be 7 lines.

      Sort of

      Like

      This

      Message....
    • Wiinii, on 07/16/2008, -7/+1"Subject: E3 Announce" on a generic white text-looking spot over their nice flash page, LOL
    • scott1, on 07/16/2008, -1/+10Also there is another reference on the page: The timer says 00:12:00:00 or to simplify that:12. In the quinary number system (base-5) 12 is equivalent of 7 in the decimal system.
      • cvh™, on 07/16/2008, -0/+9there are 7's everywhere if you just look for them...
      • cvh™, on 07/16/2008, -0/+5E3 in hex is 227...
        o.. another 7!
        wow, this list could go on forever.
    • pagno, on 07/16/2008, -1/+2wtf?
      • Archfiend, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4Confused as to why people are obsessed with 7? It's in reference to Bungie's popular "pre-Halo" FPS, Marathon. Quite often, there were references to the number 7, whether it be the number of enemies in a room to the number of rooms in a level. Further research of this "phenomenon" can be found at http://marathon.bungie.org/story/seven.html
    • ManicA, on 07/16/2008, -0/+24the text is printed on a white background, white contains the 7 colours of the spectrum.
      OMGWTFBBQ!
    • Darkangel754, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6Man I still love Reboot, such a good show back in the day
    • chedabob, on 07/16/2008, -1/+2A couple of people still think it will go ahead in 11 minutes. Now that a couple of Microsoft people have said that Bungie are working on a new Halo game, it's put my mind at rest, because I honestly thought they were building up hype for a rank reset.
  • ConfusedCartman, on 07/16/2008, -3/+67If this is true, then ***** Bungie's publisher.

    If this is a bad marketing ploy to get us talking about Bungie's next game, then ***** whoever thought it up.
    • B1663r, on 07/16/2008, -7/+5Microsoft has right of first refusal on new Bungie properties. Sounds like thats what happened here.
      • Quicksilver4648, on 07/16/2008, -20/+6Bungie is independent. Microsoft has NO control over them. They only own the Halo license.
      • SupaDawg, on 07/16/2008, -3/+10Microsoft is the exclusive publisher for Bungie. Hence "right of first refusal". Quicksilver, you best bone up on your facts.
      • crowbar77, on 07/16/2008, -11/+5why is Quicksilver being dugg down? He's right, Bungie is no longer part of Microsoft and can even make ps3 games if they want to.
      • B1663r, on 07/16/2008, -1/+7crowbar77,

        They can make ps3 games if Microsoft refuses to publish their game. Thus the whole right of first refusal thing.
    • dafin0, on 07/16/2008, -6/+4hear that sound? its the sound of every bungie fan crying.

      and if this is marketing then god dam they have done there job well
      • Quicksilver4648, on 07/16/2008, -4/+2No they haven't. They just pissed off a whole bunch of people.
    • ABadPerson, on 07/16/2008, -1/+7Nothing can delay the Halocaust.

      http://www.break.com/index/halo-takes-over-the-wor ...
  • zephyrnug, on 07/16/2008, -7/+2this seems too real to be marketing. but then again, maybe that's what they're going for. and if it's real, wtf is wrong Microsoft, the publisher?
  • sovietninja, on 07/16/2008, -17/+3Another 7 guys.... you wont believe this.

    The speech? the actual message?

    Formatted to be 7 lines.

    Sort of

    Like

    This

    Message....
    • sovietninja, on 07/16/2008, -1/+4Please bury my above comment, this was a ***** mistake. I meant to reply to my comment.... I rectified this but firefox didn't register my hitting the delete button.... it disappear and when i refreshed the page the ***** was still here. Thanks.
  • billjimbob, on 07/16/2008, -5/+27Good news, this must have been planned by Bungie. :)

    http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=235 ...
    • strictnein, on 07/16/2008, -1/+12Not sure why you're being buried. A forum admin states that he has seen the plans and not to worry. Seems pretty decent info to me.
    • Wiinii, on 07/16/2008, -0/+12Actually he said he has seen the "blueprints", which links to a movie from Willy Wonka where they ride the boat and all the kids get scared. Who's the worried kids?

      But all turned out to be what Wonka promised.
      • theaceoffire, on 07/16/2008, -0/+8And then the children started dying.

        Mashed into fudge, squeezed for juice, incinerated/buried in trash, etc.
  • Wiinii, on 07/16/2008, -6/+82I am going to toss out a theory on this, it's more than just a new Halo game...it's also about the motion controller.

    EGM magazine said it over a year ago; Bungie is working on a new Halo game that will be bundled with a motion controller, see the EGM magazine clip for yourself here: http://arcade-junkies.com/2008/07/e3-2008-set-to-b ...

    Nintendo revealed their Wiimote 1:1 add-on before Microsoft's press conference. Why? Because their intel told them that Microsoft was releasing one with true 1:1 control. Nintendo eludes to the fact that they knew others would follow what they're doing several times during their press conference, saying that they can't just sit still on their success.

    Microsoft also suspected that Sony was revealing a motion controller, so they thought 'let's see what Sony reveals first, and we'll reveal ours after them on Wednesday to steal back the thunder'.

    Think about this last point; every single major Microsoft leak came true (Avatars, Lips, and even the 3D dashboard) accept the biggest one of them all, the motion controller.
    • Caleb83, on 07/16/2008, -2/+28eludes/alludes, accept/except. sorry, but someone was bound to do it.
      • Wiinii, on 07/16/2008, -0/+8E3 days are long days, no excuse though.
    • P0peRatz0, on 07/16/2008, -7/+0"..Lips.."??

      Microsoft leaked "Lips"? Wow, I'm so out of the loop. Sometimes I wish I didn't have a life so I could know about console games and Microsoft Lips 1.0.
    • trueshadow21, on 07/16/2008, -6/+3FFXIII wasn't leaked, and, so far, that was one of the most important announcement.
    • Wiinii, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6Forgot to mention that the source of the 3D dashboard rumor (now fact) also said it would use the motion controller, hard to believe he was right about only half of his insider info.

      http://digg.com/xbox/Xbox_360_To_Get_A_3D_Dashboar ...
    • chillypacman, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4man this is all so exciting, I wish I was working at one of those companies so my crazy theories about what the competitions had would be taken seriously.
    • estvir, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6You're one of the more finer Internet detectives, wiinii.
    • Gutterpunk, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4You sir make much sense. Can't wait for the "Wiinii was right" comments on Digg! (like if...)
    • ericrous, on 07/16/2008, -2/+1My theory is that they were going to announce either a PS3 or multi-platform game and MS used their "first publisher" rights to quash it from (embarrassingly) being announced the same week as they were pounding Sony for their lack of games.
    • Wiinii, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4What's this? Bungie has just confirmed a new Halo game:
      http://digg.com/gaming_news/New_Halo_game_Confirme ...
  • Quicksilver4648, on 07/16/2008, -7/+1What the hell Bungie! You don't play around like that. There were 12 damn hours on the. 12!
    • Quicksilver4648, on 07/16/2008, -1/+5GAH! I ran out of time to edit! "There were 12 damn hours on the clock. 12!"
  • Wiinii, on 07/16/2008, -9/+3Actually he said he has seen the "blueprints", which links to a movie from Willy Wonka where they ride the boat and all the kids get scared. Who's the worried kids?

    But all turned out to be what Wonka promised.
    • sovietninja, on 07/16/2008, -2/+2Your eyes have been opened as well.
  • AzzidReign, on 07/16/2008, -7/+2http://digg.com/gaming_news/Bungie_Our_Publisher_i ... Story has been updated; it's a Microsoft game.
    • Zantive, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4We've known this from day one of their independence.
    • agdtinman, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3It always was going to be a microsoft game. People don't have very long attention spans anymore. It hasn't even been a year since Bungie split from MS, and told everyone what the deal was...
  • shunterender, on 07/16/2008, -1/+17Aah, the great Bungie Kerfuffle of '08.

    Someday, we'll all look back on this and say, "those *****..."
    • Zyphon, on 07/16/2008, -1/+11"Today's word is kerfuffle. Yes, I know this sounds funny, and it sounds even funnier when you say it backwards, however don't try to say it backwards. I tried that once and ended up saying elf ***** instead."
    • joegibes, on 07/16/2008, -0/+2We won't be looking back on this, because we'll all be too busy playing the new Bungie game.
  • kilo15, on 07/16/2008, -8/+3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzDTlWKiIAI Om Nom Nom!
  • KillPenguin, on 07/16/2008, -3/+4This may be a joke. Let's hope so.
  • QuickSilverGunk, on 07/16/2008, -1/+4Not cool yo!
  • reaperer, on 07/16/2008, -1/+8http://www.bungie.net/defaultsi.aspx
    Direct Link
  • Deatheragenator, on 07/16/2008, -6/+5haha what a hoax
  • Tyrghast, on 07/16/2008, -3/+2It may suck but this happens all the time guys, just shrug your shoulders and move on.
  • Gazzali, on 07/16/2008, -2/+0what could be the reason though...
  • SgtQuackers, on 07/16/2008, -3/+13I'm guessing that Microsoft was going to show this game off after Sony's Press conference to steal their thunder. But after Sony's lackluster press conference Microsoft decided to save if for later. That is why Bungie was all ready to reveal it and got pulled at the last minute.
  • Khast, on 07/16/2008, -3/+1It is probably a marketing campaign. Yeah, you don't get to know what the buzz is about...but they are getting excitement built up.
  • justiceape, on 07/16/2008, -4/+36From the dude that runs halo.bungie.org (and he should know):

    "I can confirm, after speaking to more than one Bungie spokesperson, that this is no stunt, no joke. This is real, and they're as unhappy about it as we are."

    So, not a stunt, unfortunately.
    • BedPost, on 07/16/2008, -0/+8HBO is a fan website. However, if anyone were to know outside of Bungie/Microsoft (MS is the publisher, as confirmed by Bungie) - it would be Louis Wu of HBO.
      • TheBEAST205, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1His name is actually Claude Errera, but any way, I agree. He's a good source, he wouldn't just just spew a bunch of ***** like Kotaku.
    • Myonosken, on 07/16/2008, -0/+7If they're trying to do a marketing stunt, why would anyone in the company be allowed to tell people outside? Especially one who runs a popular site and would have put it on the web?
    • M724, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1It might not be a Halo title, so the guys at Halo.Bungie.Org wouldn't really know.
  • MillionsLivio, on 07/16/2008, -3/+2Had they previously stated they would reveal any game at E3? If not, why would they even post about not being able to show a game that they had not previously mentioned to the public? This is obviously a marketing campaign, a rather lame one at that, and I expect they will show a trailer at the end of E3.
    • kuwan, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1I haven't followed their updates very well but I wasn't expecting any announcement at E3. They have, however, been making a lot of noise about the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo at the end of August. I saw no evidence from Bungie that they'd be announcing anything at E3 but there's been a lot of "you might want to go to the Penny Arcade Expo if you can - hint hint, wink wink" type of messages in their weekly updates for some time.
      • Sasquatchxing, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1there was a countdown timer on their website set to expire on wednesday the 16th.
  • MacDevyn, on 07/16/2008, -4/+3Its all a scheme to build up hype for their new game. Bungie is known for their viral marketing and this is no exception. Bungie even posted when their site was down "expect delays". This was planned and we'll see stuff about their new project within the week.
  • soot, on 07/16/2008, -0/+20I was positive it was a marketing hoax at first, but now I'm not so sure.

    Some people are suggesting that the publisher (Microsoft) made the decision to axe the announcement because there were no big surprises from the competition's keynote this year (Sony). From a commercial perspective they probably decided to wait until "the right time" to show it.

    Man, competitive marketing ***** ruins everything. So much for the newly "independent" Bungie Studios.
  • HappyScrappy, on 07/16/2008, -5/+3Viral BS.
  • MasterThief117, on 07/16/2008, -1/+12I am dying to hear what Bungie is up to.
    I mean, look at my alias. I am a die-hard Bungie fan(boy if you will)
    • ace429k, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1lol, i bet you've been waiting ages to use your SN for a comment.
  • IWDA4, on 07/16/2008, -5/+1http://www.bungie.net/online/default.aspx
  • xepherys, on 07/16/2008, -7/+2Hey, I think I know the answer to the Bungie thing... and I DON'T think it's a real announcement. Check out: http://tinyurl.com/5bryfn I am Xepherys on that site (tfproject.org).

    No, it isn't a scam... it's just WAY too much to post here (and I'm too lazy to convert BBcode to HTML for all of my links) :)
    • Prathik89, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1I read your post and its pretty darn interesting. Especially that random post/bot on the Bungie forums last year. Freaky.
  • M724, on 07/16/2008, -2/+4Bungie is known for being creative with their marketing campaigns. Maybe this is one designed to play on our emotions.
  • VipeNess, on 07/16/2008, -7/+1Harold Ryan is the General Manager (studio manager).... not the President ( this is being posted on many forums right now ) bungie seems to be trying to trick us.
  • Boktai1000, on 07/16/2008, -3/+8"As a reader, I can only imagine just how frustrating it is to not have any new information just yet. Rest assured, dear vengeful, hypertense reader many things are in motion. Many things. These numerous things include the following:

    * Major changes to the Halo 3 Online experience
    * Sweet Announcements
    * Poignant Clarifications
    * Certain-point-of-view Truths
    * Things you will love
    * Things you will argue about
    * Things you will make angry videos about"

    taken from bungie.net, notice the last two, this is all most likely planed.

    http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topne ...
  • Vigilent24, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6Ugh I was waiting for the countdown to end, so pumped for their next game to be announced.... The superintendent mocks me!
  • xepherys, on 07/16/2008, -11/+6Meh, since people are digging me down, I guess assuming a spam link I'll try to post what I can... obviously links don't exist. I had a craptonne of them and so... deal with it :p

    So... are any of you following this? For those not in the know, the newly independent Bungie Studios was supposed to have a HUGE announcement during E3. Most people assumed it would happen on Monday during the MS Press Conference. It didn't... however www.bungie.net was changed to reflect some Superintendent stuff with a countdown timer (leading to 0700 Pacific Time... Bungie is huge on 7's).

    Now, exactly 12 hours before the supposed announcement (at 7:00pm Pacific Time... damned 7's), there's a letter stating the announcement was cancelled by Microsoft, ie- Bungie's publisher. Some people are calling *****. Who knows? I am FURIOUS! If there is no Bungie announcement tomorrow morning, I will curl into a ball and die. Or not, but I'll be sad as hell!

    At any rate, assuming there is a future announcement, my guess as to what it is is as follows:

    The Superintendent might be an indication of some sort of story-driven gameplay about a lowly robot (think Wall-E) in charge of monitoring and taking care of a Halo Ring or some other portion of the Halo mythos. There is mention here of "Custodial" bots:

    -QUOTE-



    Bungie Announcement, The Superintendent and The Cancellation?
    So... are any of you following this? For those not in the know, the newly independent Bungie Studios was supposed to have a HUGE announcement during E3. Most people assumed it would happen on Monday during the MS Press Conference. It didn't... however www.bungie.net was changed to reflect some Superintendent stuff with a countdown timer (leading to 0700 Pacific Time... Bungie is huge on 7's).

    Now, exactly 12 hours before the supposed announcement (at 7:00pm Pacific Time... damned 7's), there's a letter stating the announcement was cancelled by Microsoft, ie- Bungie's publisher. Some people are calling *****. Who knows? I am FURIOUS! If there is no Bungie announcement tomorrow morning, I will curl into a ball and die. Or not, but I'll be sad as hell!

    At any rate, assuming there is a future announcement, my guess as to what it is is as follows:

    The Superintendent might be an indication of some sort of story-driven gameplay about a lowly robot (think Wall-E) in charge of monitoring and taking care of a Halo Ring or some other portion of the Halo mythos. There is mention here of "Custodial" bots:

    Quote:
    Custodial

    The installations are designed to be run by advanced Artificial Intelligence constructs specially purposed by the Forerunners. The highest Intelligence on each Installation is a single Monitor. The Monitor's task is to ensure that the Installation's Constructors, Sentinels and Enforcers repair, maintain and defend the ring from damage, contain the Flood specimens, and ensure that their own Installation is ready to fire on demand, including running activation simulations.

    In addition, each Installation contains less intelligent constructs, known as Sentinels. The Sentinels serve virtually any purpose necessary to ensure that the Halo functions properly; they are also capable of combating small Flood outbreaks. Should a major Flood outbreak occur, heavier automations, such as the Enforcers and Sentinel Majors will be created to assist the Sentinels. In the meantime, Constructors are also created to ensure that the Forerunner structures on the Installation are kept in optimal shape, and that they are not damaged by conflict or weather.

    Save for the Monitor, all automations can be constructed at specialized Sentinel Production Facilities that float high in the Halo's atmosphere. These Facilities have never been seen (except briefly in the sky above the level Sacred Icon, one can be seen crashing as you exit near the end of the level, you then fight through the remains of it in Quarantine Zone), but they seem to contain limitless materials for constructing any number of automations.

    343 Guilty Spark was a noted Monitor-Custodian of Installation 04. Perhaps The Superintendent fits in with this somehow?

    Of course, this could be part of a new round of Bungie ARGing. This site for 101.9 Fox FM has a Bungie-esque countdown going on. Also, the i love bees website seems to have resurfaced. This was the ARG that kicked off the viral marketing campaign for Halo 2.

    At any rate, it's late, I'm retarded and need to kill this post. Please comment and keep me sane!

    -X


    EDIT: A few other things... Notice the countdown timer on the 1019foxfm site is different? Perhaps it is a short ARG? Perhaps it begins tomorrow with a kickoff... then the real announcement is at the end of that timer - which would be 08/07/08 (seven's again) at 7:00pm Pacific I believe (can anyone confirm this?).

    Lastly, look at the text from that site:

    -CODE-

    the SPDR-x.xx.x message (SYS7EM PERIL DIS7RIBU7ED REFLEX... again with the 7's)... isn't that one of the line errors on the terminals in Halo 3? The ones you need to view for the achievement?

    UPDATE: this thread on the Bungie forums has an interesting subject line for page 5 (the link). That is NOT the subject of the thread. Look at other pages to verify. It is definitely a viral thing, as far as I care to believe at this point. Very interesting...
  • handheldchimp, on 07/16/2008, -1/+4If this was real, then the site would have gone back to its normal state, and they would have posted this as a Weekly Update type story.
  • sovietninja, on 07/16/2008, -7/+1The Superintendent came across the Husked Casket, thinking it was a part of the destroyed ring that made it through the slipspace portal. Believing that it could contain Flood lifeforms, its programs began to assess the properties of the Husked Casket. However, before the Superintendent could complete its initial scans, a rogue signal burst through its connection relays.In a flight of panic, the Superintendent believed it scanners had picked up a lifeform similiar to its creator, and immediately fearing being overtaken by the rogue prescence hacking into its subroutines, it activated its emergency transmitter, sending one final message, "When a couple of SIs said "we’re up in no good", Started making trouble in my neighbourhood, I got in one little fight and my mom got scared, And said "you’re moving with your aunte and uncle in bel-air".
  • Westrunner, on 07/16/2008, -7/+1It sure seems real to me. This makes me want to not buy Microsoft products, specifically any that were advertised at E3. Bungie has always been good to me. Microsoft charges 200 dollars for a 120 gig hard-drive and an online service loaded with ads. I'm about ready to piss on my fanboy hat.

    Resistance 2 is looking pretty sweet.

    • sovietninja, on 07/16/2008, -1/+4Have some food....
    • koutetsu, on 07/16/2008, -2/+1Uh... you are aware that MS has nothing to do with the publishing for Bungie anymore, right?
  • chaos7, on 07/16/2008, -2/+2maybe this is new viral marketing.
  • RyeBrye, on 07/16/2008, -5/+3"Reveal" is a verb. "Revelation" is a noun.
  • xepherys, on 07/16/2008, -7/+5Can anyone tell me why I have so many -diggs? What am I doing that's pissing people off so much? :(
  • rowlodge, on 07/16/2008, -1/+1an announcement coming from the halo 3 bungie.net site, ....what could it be?
  • BedPost, on 07/16/2008, -0/+3Decent 1up article on the story: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168765. It seems pretty real.
  • TwwIX, on 07/16/2008, -9/+4Another subpar overhyped first person shooter!?
    • Balanced, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1Bungie used to make really good games. perhaps one day they will again.
    • Xplodzion, on 07/16/2008, -1/+1Nice band wagon you have there.
    • itsthebrod, on 07/16/2008, -1/+1Fortunately, no one cares about your opinion.
  • xepherys, on 07/16/2008, -4/+2Doubt it's real. Easy enough to get blogmedia in on it. Or to fool more people than you'd imagine. Either way, I almost assure you that something is going on... and it's not a cancelled announcement.
  • hamibal, on 07/16/2008, -1/+0Good Going marketing team... lets get the fans all excited about this "announcement". Personally, I think they may have genetically made a real master chief and are going to release him to run for president?
  • smitlet, on 07/16/2008, -1/+2Obviously the reveal is still going ahead. This is typical BUNGIE
  • Resiroth, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6"UPDATE:
    First off, open both of the following pages in 2 different tabs:
    http://www.bungie.net/images/games/Reboot_homePage ...
    http://www.bungie.net/images/games/Reboot_homePage ...

    Now, in the first picture, look to the left side where the 3 squares are (the first saying "ALERT STATUS", the second a picture of the SI, and the third one has a "bar code"). You see the 3 squares I'm talking about? Good, read on.

    In that same picture (link #1), to the left of the 3rd square, there is some text, but so small it's hard to tell what it says with the naked eye. Some have said that it says "DEATH ANGEL" (in l33t speak, of course).

    Now look at the second picture in the same spot. Clearly it's different. Can anyone with the necessary tools figure out what it says?"

    From animus on bungie.net forums. I guess I had the necessary tools ( control scroll lol ) and I think it says death angel.
    • Spem, on 07/16/2008, -0/+2On the second image, you not only have to rotate the text, but also flip that text horizontally (after rotation). I don't know what it might be considered saying, but the text is "J4 B4 N4 T H4 "
      The number 4 in both "B4" and "H4" may be something else. It is difficult to tell because character spacing doesn't look to have been maintained.
      In the first image, I can see where people see "D34TH ANG3L". However, again, character spacing is not maintained near the A in "Angel". There is a space after the letter... plus, the G looks more like a 3 when messing with saturation levels and color balance. but if it were to spell something, I think it would most likely spell "Death Angel" rather than "Death A Neel".
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