This week’s Bungie Update: default control schemes and image brandings

 

In this week’s Bungie Update, Bungie’s Frank O’Connor notes that conspiracy theorists should drop their 128-player theories at the door. He notes that Halo 3 is still a 16 player game, and that the reality is that most people still prefer games with populations smaller than that. He also ads that the hyped “Saved Films” feature, will also be in Beta but in a very, very limited form. He adds that we should hear more details about the feature in time, and of course, we can try it ourselves in less than a month’s time.

Back to the Public Beta. He notes that it’s pretty much almost done, and that although it may seem like a simple sampling of the MP levels of the finished game, he notes that extracting those and packaging them into a playable bundle was “a herculean task.” For those of you who don’t particularly care about what the devs went through, here’s some game details about Public Beta. Split screen will be available, but only limited to two players.

He adds that you won’t have the kind of control you’re used to with custom games. Fear not, as there’s a healthy selection of matchmade game types. He reassures that the playlists will have the gametype you’re looking for in there in some shape or form.

Controller schemes and Bungie-dispelled rumors after the jump!

In this week’s Bungie Update, Bungie’s Frank O’Connor notes that conspiracy theorists should drop their 128-player theories at the door. He notes that Halo 3 is still a 16 player game, and that the reality is that most people still prefer games with populations smaller than that. He also ads that the hyped “Saved Films” feature, will also be in Beta but in a very, very limited form. He adds that we should hear more details about the feature in time, and of course, we can try it ourselves in less than a month’s time.

Back to the Public Beta. He notes that it’s pretty much almost done, and that although it may seem like a simple sampling of the MP levels of the finished game, he notes that extracting those and packaging them into a playable bundle was “a herculean task.” For those of you who don’t particularly care about what the devs went through, here’s some game details about Public Beta. Split screen will be available, but only limited to two players.

He adds that you won’t have the kind of control you’re used to with custom games. Fear not, as there’s a healthy selection of matchmade game types. He reassures that the playlists will have the gametype you’re looking for in there in some shape or form.

The recent update also showed of the second part of Bungie’s Halo 3 image branding. This one is known as “Emotion:”

 

Frankie also busted several rumors that have been floating around the interwebs. First is the supposed script dialog that got revealed on Wired Magazine. Frankie notes that most of what’s in it are red herrings. As for the rest of the busted rumors, we’ll leave that for you to dig through. Head to the update via our “read” link below.

We’ll end this by leaving you folks with the current default control scheme for Halo 3. Bungie notes that this scheme is still subject to change, but you should have a good idea of what to expect with this set-up. Enjoy!