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343 Industries Update on the Addition of Halo 3: ODST to the Master Chief Collection
Earlier today, in its latest Halo Waypoint update blog, 343 Industries announced that the campaign mode of Halo 3: ODST is ‘on track to release within Halo: The Master Chief Collection next month’ alongside its next content update. Grand news for fans of the series, regardless of the fact that Master Chief isn’t even in ODST. Even so, it’s a fun campaign, so go check it out when it hopefully hits in May.
As a part of ongoing efforts to save face after the slightly dodgy launch of The Master Chief Collection, 343 previously announced that it would be offering one month of Xbox Live Gold membership and an exclusive in-game nameplate and avatar alongside the campaign mode of ODST, completely free for all Xbox Live users. Now re-mastered in shiny new 1080p and 60fps, obviously.
Unfortunately, there are still no plans to include Halo 3: ODST’s Firefight mode in The Master Chief collection. I for one would love to see it included. I have many a fun memory of chilling out with friends and blowing up the Covenant. Like the time we spent four hours trying to unlock the Endure achievement only to have the game cut prematurely short because my mother loaded up her emails, causing my internet to crash and the game to collapse, naturally. Alas, I do not blame my mother; nor do I blame my lacklustre South-East England internet connection. This one’s on you, Bungie.
It’s not like I was angry about that. Anyway, if 343’s latest announcement isn’t enough to tide over your Spartan needs, then there’s plenty of other updates and tweaks listed in its latest blog update that will keep you playing until then. Like the addition of Halo Reach’s fan favourite quit and betrayal system that lowers your rank every time you leave a match or accidently kill your friend with a rocket after they run into that group of three enemies you spotted, eager for that triple-kill. Doesn’t mean anything after your friend kicks you from the match because you stole his gravity hammer kill by head-shotting the guy with a sniper rifle from the other side of the map does it? There there Tom, calm down. I swear, that game put me in therapy.
One player found an unusual way to roam Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s New York City as Venom again. However, intentionally crashing your game during a story segment requires nerves of steel, so we wouldn’t recommend it. Possible Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 spoilers!
UnderTheHood788 explained their method, which involves reaching a cutscene that switches players to Peter. They unplugged their PS5 when the screen blanked while switching to fidelity mode. As the game renders slower, fidelity mode was used. Players get Don’t Be Scared, a mission without an objective, after reloading the last save.
UnderTheHood788 advises, “Wait a bit and go to an unidentified target mission or talon drone mission to become Venom. Reload and become Venom, committing crimes against hunters, the flame, thugs, and even symbiotes. Bases are possible.”
If you like causing carnage, get a move on—Insomniac will spoil the fun in the next update. This indirect approach—what do you think?
On December 7, Ubisoft’s Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora hits PS5. Fans can expect new creatures, characters, and storylines that are influencing other Avatar projects as part of James Cameron’s canon.
Massive Entertainment director Magnus Jansén told IGN that the game’s new Western Frontier region—from plants to Na’vi clans—is now Avatar lore: “The Western Frontier is no less a part of the world of Avatar than what’s in the movies.” Jansén says one of their creations is in an Avatar exhibition, but most excitingly, “there is already some talk about maybe using some of the stuff that we did in the upcoming movies.”
Jon Landau, producer of the Avatar films, said: “I think clans are a perfect thing to someday try to weave into the movies. However, new environments follow. Go and say, “Okay, let’s explore what you did in the video game in the movie.” Frontiers of Pandora introduces the Aranahe, Zeswa, and Kame’tire Na’vi clans.
In addition, Lightstorm VP of franchise development Joshua Izzo teased: “I can say that there are going to be some future sequel elements in Frontiers of Pandora that will pay off when the movie comes out when Avatar 3 comes out in 2025. Because of ’25, careful Avatar fans may want to revisit certain things.
CD Projekt’s live-action Cyberpunk 2077 won’t arrive until 2025. In the company’s latest earnings call, the PM project was only mentioned as not expected in 2024.
During a call with IGN, chief commercial officer Michał Nowakowski stated that the company will continue to promote the game and develop the Cyberpunk IP through activities beyond the game.
Nowakowski said, “We’re not really discussing specifics here, but one of the obvious things that we have announced, not happening next year, but going to be developed or moved in the direction next year, is the project we have announced with Anonymous Content.”
Anonymous Content, which produced Crime & Punishment, True Detective, and Mr. Robot, seems like a good fit to bring Night City’s mean streets to life. We don’t know if the project will be a TV show, movie, game adaptation, or standalone story.
Would you attend a live-action Cyberpunk event? Would you like it in what form? Jackie and V lost six months. With Johny Silverhand, Behind the Music?
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