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[Tomcat]

Didnt see this getting posted so here it is:

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_4786_en.html

 

[tombur]

Co-op via Live seems to be something that gamers are looking forward to, can you confirm whether this is something you are hoping to implement even if it’s for two players only?
FC: Yes. There will co-operative play for up to four players both over Xbox Live and through local play.

OH SHIT 4 PLAYER CO-OP CONFIRMED!

Oh wait.

 

[Deleted member 21120]

Will the feature that requires you to press up on the D-pad to speak be in the final game?
FC: We’ve made a bunch of changes to ‘push to talk’ so that everybody can set up their game how they want it. It’s now extremely flexible and we’re confident that everybody will be able to settle on a scheme that they are happy with.

Sounds cool. But did you take out that terrible noise that accompanied activating your mic?

 

[ToyMachine228]

Gamersyde is seriously kicking ass as far as bringing content, locking up interviews etc. They're off to a great start. Good interview.

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

OH SHIT 4 PLAYER CO-OP CONFIRMED!

Oh wait.

XCN asked numerous sites to send in some questions long before online co-op was confirmed, so that explains why someone wanted to ask Bungie if they would include it.

 

[urk]

There really hasn’t been a single idea that we have wanted to implement in the game from the start, which we haven’t put in there.

There really hasn’t been a single idea that we have wanted to implement in the game from the start, which we haven’t put in there.

There really hasn’t been a single idea that we have wanted to implement in the game from the start, which we haven’t put in there.

There really hasn’t been a single idea that we have wanted to implement in the game from the start, which we haven’t put in there.

There really hasn’t been a single idea that we have wanted to implement in the game from the start, which we haven’t put in there.

There really hasn’t been a single idea that we have wanted to implement in the game from the start, which we haven’t put in there.

There really hasn’t been a single idea that we have wanted to implement in the game from the start, which we haven’t put in there.

Seven of 'em, for emphasis.

Can't wait. Gonna have me some fun.

 

[Blimblim]

Gamersyde is seriously kicking ass as far as bringing content, locking up interviews etc. They're off to a great start. Good interview.

To be fair, this is XCN's content they have sent us, we had nothing to do with this interview.

 

[PuppetSlave]

When he says 4 player coop local. Does he mean linked 360 or splitscreen? Anyone know?

Halo 3 sounds pretty cool. Don't know much more then screenshots from beta and never played 1 or 2 though. Coop split would make it a must buy though

 

[sableholic]

When he says 4 player coop local. Does he mean linked 360 or splitscreen? Anyone know?

Halo 3 sounds pretty cool. Don't know much more then screenshots from beta and never played 1 or 2 though. Coop split would make it a must buy though

Max of 2 per screen.

 

[voltron]

Seven of 'em, for emphasis.

Can't wait. Gonna have me some fun.

Yeah thats one hell of a statement if true. To get everything in with nothing on the cutting room floor... wow.

Spoiler

if true

 

[PuppetSlave]

Max of 2 per screen.

Thats plenty awsome. 4-split gives a bit too small screen anyway, even on fairly large tv's

 

[Proelite]

We could have implemented even larger battles with even higher numbers but this wouldn’t necessarily make the game better or more fun to play.

Bungie should optimize the Halo 3 engine into a crowd simulator and lease the engine to first and second party devs.

 

[NJ Shlice]

Seven of 'em, for emphasis.

Can't wait. Gonna have me some fun.

Flamethrower. Confirmed

 

[Skilotonn]

To be fair, this is XCN's content they have sent us, we had nothing to do with this interview.

Do you guys have the five Halo 3 scans from this weeks Famitsu?

Flamethrower. Confirmed

Been confirmed ever since the CE case actually...

 

[NJ Shlice]

Been confirmed ever since the CE case actually...

This is true but a few of us were kind of worried due to the fact that we have seen every other weapon from that case in detail and nothing more about the flamethrower.

 

[Deleted member 21120]

I guess this also means the option to switch to a female Spartan voice for multiplayer (although it would be really easy to read into that quote too much and use it to confirm any and everything :lol ). Frank mentioned it a long time ago.

 

[RobertM]

Haze 4 player online co-op, just saying. lolz

 

[Blimblim]

Do you guys have the five Halo 3 scans from this weeks Famitsu?

My friend there can't seem to find Famitsu Xbox anywhere. He's still looking

 

[tombur]

Haze 4 player online co-op, just saying. lolz

k

Spoiler

?

 

[urk]

Haze 4 player online co-op, just saying. lolz

Cool. Glad to see you're excited. Perhaps you should check out the Haze thread? lolz

 

[FFChris]

This is true but a few of us were kind of worried due to the fact that we have seen every other weapon from that case in detail and nothing more about the flamethrower.

I don't think the flamethrower will be in, it would change the game mechanics a bit too much.

 

[urk]

This is true but a few of us were kind of worried due to the fact that we have seen every other weapon from that case in detail and nothing more about the flamethrower.

Doesn't really fit into MP, unless it's been tweaked some, but it would make a nice Flood control tool.

 

[Proelite]

Haze 4 player online co-op, just saying. lolz

What's a Haze again?

Spoiler

Brutezone

 

[seanoff]

Why don't we just have a thread to get some questions for stinkles and he can answer them here rather than have some one interview him, have Blim and the boys post it and then have it referenced here?

Frankie/stinkles come on down

 

[urk]

Why don't we just have a thread to get some questions for stinkles and he can answer them here rather than have some one interview him, have Blim and the boys post it and then have it referenced here?

Frankie/stinkles come on down

Frankie brings us love all the time. He is like a little bald fairy, sprinkling infos and teasery like pixie dust.

 

[FFChris]

Doesn't really fit into MP, unless it's been tweaked some, but it would make a nice Flood control tool.

Could well be in the single player campaign. Lots of burning flood running about would be great.

 

[C.T.]

Seven of 'em, for emphasis.

Can't wait. Gonna have me some fun.

I hope they had a lot of ideas.

 

[urk]

I hope they had a lot of ideas.

I read they just sit around and eat pizza.

 

[Proelite]

Does anyone know if there are high quality scans of Halo 3 info in the newest Famitsu xbox?

 

[Dai Kaiju]

My friend there can't seem to find Famitsu Xbox anywhere. He's still looking

Holy shit, famitsu xbox sold out in japan!

Spoiler

Stores don't even bother stocking it anymore :-(

 

[NJ Shlice]

I read they just sit around and eat pizza.

Don't mind Urk, he's trying to "enhance" his post numbers

 

[Blimblim]

Spoiler

Stores don't even bother stocking it anymore :-(

Spoiler

I know, not even game stores...

 

[Proelite]

Spoiler

I know, not even game stores...

Spoiler

That's pathetic. They can make more money by selling them here

 

[Spider_Jerusalem]

Seven of 'em, for emphasis.

That question was given by my site (XCN asked several sites to give three questions, and then assembled them in the interview)

 

[Skilotonn]

My friend there can't seem to find Famitsu Xbox anywhere. He's still looking

Good to know - sucks about it being hard to find though - there's some great shots in there that I'd love to see in hi-res!

Does anyone know if there are high quality scans of Halo 3 info in the newest Famitsu xbox?

Seven hot pages...

 

[Mr Vociferous]

Seven of 'em, for emphasis.

Can't wait. Gonna have me some fun.

Y'know that survival mode you mentioned earlier? KP said that Bungie had considered it at one time. Don't know how heavy their consideration was, but if it was, that definitely puts an interesting spin on Frank's line in this interview.

 

[rostocker]

Do you guys have the five Halo 3 scans from this weeks Famitsu?

May be these are the scans, i don't know.
edit: oh, these are just pics, sorry :/

 

[GhaleonEB]

in the interest of balance, the following sentence:

Now it’s more a case of deciding where to rein things in and what to leave out.

 

[Proelite]

scans
May be these are the scans, i don't know.
edit: oh, these are just pics, sorry :/

A lot of recycled pics from the Edge scans. Btw, the edge ones are on the same blog.

 

[rostocker]

Btw, the edge ones are on the same blog.

Which is worth a ban, right? Just deleted it

 

[Doodlebug]

Does it annoy you when Halo fans seem to be overly critical of tiny things[snip]?

[Frank:] Not really. It’s important to remember that the only reason that this kind of thing happens is because the game is under a massive amount of scrutiny because it’s so popular and loved.

It just comes with the territory and the fact that people will analyse every last detail of what we’re doing is more a compliment than an annoyance.

I'm glad he sees it that way, that he realizes it's because the community cares.

 

[Proelite]

Which is worth a ban, right? Just deleted it

Speaking of the edge scans, I love how the armor reflects light from fire correctly now. That scene from the E3 trailer where Master chief is amongst some flames in a room looked Halo 2 level.

 

[ToyMachine228]

A question that I'd like to ask Frankie or Luke or anyone else at Bungie that I haven't seen asked...Halo 2 introduced Brutes, Prophets, and Drones. Will Halo 3 introduce any new races to the Covenant? I don't think they really need to add more races at this point but I'm just curious. That and the possibility of new forms of the Flood. I don't expect to see a straight answer unless the answer is a flat out no if anyone ever asked anyway.

 

[Stinkles]

A question that I'd like to ask Frankie or Luke or anyone else at Bungie that I haven't seen asked...Halo 2 introduced Brutes, Prophets, and Drones. Will Halo 3 introduce any new races to the Covenant? I don't think they really need to add more races at this point but I'm just curious. That and the possibility of new forms of the Flood. I don't expect to see a straight answer unless the answer is a flat out no if anyone ever asked anyway.

It will have surprises, but it won't be festooned with new species.

 

[GhaleonEB]

A question that I'd like to ask Frankie or Luke or anyone else at Bungie that I haven't seen asked...Halo 2 introduced Brutes, Prophets, and Drones. Will Halo 3 introduce any new races to the Covenant? I don't think they really need to add more races at this point but I'm just curious. That and the possibility of new forms of the Flood. I don't expect to see a straight answer unless the answer is a flat out no if anyone ever asked anyway.

There was an interview Frank gave recently - I think it was blim's "no comment" video - where Frank said Halo 3 won't introduce much in the way of new characters or even new races, since the story is focused on the conclusion of the series. He reiterated there would be plenty of "surprises", though.

Edit: goddammit!

 

[Littleberu]

Weren't Brutes in Halo 1, though?

 

[SpudBud]

Weren't Brutes in Halo 1, though?

Nope.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Weren't Brutes in Halo 1, though?

Brutes, Drones and Prophets were added in Halo 2.

 

[NJ Shlice]

There was an interview Frank gave recently - I think it was blim's "no comment" video - where Frank said Halo 3 won't introduce much in the way of new characters or even new races, since the story is focused on the conclusion of the series. He reiterated there would be plenty of "surprises", though.

Edit: goddammit!

Beaten by Stinkles. That's rough

 

[CreepingDea7h]

So the chances of seeing Drinol is low?