Multi-Player Icons Coming for Halo Reach August 24, 2010

I noticed something interesting in the Bungie Weekly Update that not too many others did.  It seems that they’re taking the famous Bungie Septagon (which can be seen next to gamertags in matchmaking for players that linked their accounts on bungie.net to their Xbox Live profile, dirt easy to do) and taking it a whole step further by awarding all different types of icons to be attached to their multiplayer gamertag.

This is also where the Halo 1 PC key unlock comes in, so read on.

• The Septagon – This option returns for anyone who links their LIVE account to their Bungie.net account.
• The DMR – A pro weapon for Pro members. Get Bungie Pro to bump up your File Share, render videos, and get this emblem. Active subscriptions bought in Halo 3 or Halo 3: ODST carry over to Halo: Reach, of course.
• Marathon – Play the full version of Marathon: Durandal on Xbox LIVE Arcade to enable the Pfhor Terminal emblem.
• Halo 1 – Enter your Halo 1 PC/Mac product key to enable this emblem. Each key can only be used once, so you’d better stop reading this and grab that key before your brother does. Since we have no way to validate who has played the Xbox version, this emblem is reserved for that dedicated community of computer gamers, with over 50k unique users still active each month, 7 years after release. Thanks for sticking with us. It’s been quite a ride!
• Halo 2 – Automatically available if you played Halo 2 for Xbox on your LIVE account before its tearful retirement. If it’s not active for you, no amount of wheedling will change that, sorry.
• Halo 3 – Take a guess… On the plus side, there’s plenty of time to head to your local purveyor of fine, shrink-wrapped games to snag a copy if you’re the one person who actually reads the news on our site and hasn’t played this game.
• Halo 3: ODST – Ditto.
• Assault Rifle – This fine armament goes to anyone who played the Halo: Reach beta a few months ago.
• Spartan Helmet – CLASSIFIED
• HALO – Like Blamite out of a Needler, these faceplate options can supercombine. Unlock the emblems for Halo 1, Halo 2, and Halo 3 to get this special emblem.
• The Star – Who knows? We haven’t come up with a use for this yet. Maybe we will in the future

There will also be a BUNGIE logo for Bungie employees.

Looks like I have an excuse to play that copy of Marathon which has been sitting on my Xbox’s HD for a few years now.  Also now we know exactly what the cirumstances are for the Halo 1 PC content unlock.  I know a lot of peope (myself included) were expecting to find special armor, but I’m not complaining.

Stay tuned here for when the CD-Key validation goes online.  I’ll try to break that news soon as it happens.

Halo Reach is coming September 14th, 2010 for Xbox 360.

The Latest Mortal Kombat News August 24, 2010

A lot of news has been going around about the new Mortal Kombat game. 

The majority of the characters in the game are going to come from the MK, MK2 and UMK3 games, but there is expected to be a ton of new characters avalible through DLC, which means that if your favorite character is not included on the list, don’t fret, they might be coming at a later point.

My favorite news is the return of the Krypt.  The Krypt, which appeared in later MK games (including Mortal Kombat: Armageddon) was a one stop shopping point for unlocking all of your in-game items.  You would recieve currency through playing the campaign, and with it could unlock things like behind the scenes videos, alternate costumes, concept art, and music.

Mortal Kombat is currently expected in the first half of 2011, and will ship for Xbox 360, PS3, and there’s even a good chance that it could ship for PC at some point.