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How Bungie is Using the Halo 3 Beta Data

This image is a "heat map" of the Valhalla map. It is an example of data samples taken from games during the beta that show where the choke points and hot zones of a map are.

The more red an area is, the more kills that have happened in that particular point. The heat maps are used to see where changes to the level's layout, spawn points, or weapon locations need to be made.

As the beta winds down, changes will be made based on the 40 million games played so far.

Magus8D6171d ago (Edited 6171d ago )

thats pretty cool. i want to see the heat map for the other map

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Quicksilva6171d ago

The whole things gonna be red ^^

WilliamRLBaker6171d ago

jesus 40m games played so far.....wow

Drew6171d ago

Yeah. The amount of time I sink into this game is ridiculous. Somebody help me when the final game comes out, because I don't know what I'll do. =(

But damn. 40,000,000 played? -Whistles-.

PS360PCROCKS6171d ago

Yeah 40 million is alot. But it's 40 million individually played. So if 8 guys play a 10 match game it counts as like 80 games. but still 40 mil is insane. This is a cool thing also that they can do this...this will make the game even better...complain now so u dont have to complain later.

gta_cb6171d ago

"As the beta winds down, changes will be made based on the 40 million games played so far."

yeh i know what you mean! wow!

rowdy 16171d ago

On why Warhawk is better, and what they're going to do about it. I bought my son crackdown to get the beta, and then played the warhawk beta at a friends and was like DAMN!!!! Now my boy wants warhawk.

PS360PCROCKS6171d ago

um your comparing a shooting game to a flying game, thats just weird...did you hear Tekken is better than madden

Ludwig6171d ago

Yes, I totaly believe a father would come to a gamer website and flame-post. 9.9 ...*S-A-R-C-A-S-M*

PS360PCROCKS6171d ago

::bows:: Thank you Thank you...lol I was hoping for a perfect 10 though... :(

rowdy 16171d ago

both have on soldiers fighting on foot. sounds like the same genre to me.

006171d ago

Are you thinking before you type?.

gta_cb6171d ago

yeh got to say what are you on about?! lol seriously you are actually making NO sence!

ps3gogetitt6171d ago

warhawk is not considered an FPS like Halo3 so if you enjoy flight games go for warhawk, serious FPS action then i believe halo 3 is the on eu want, i enjoyed halo 2 on my xbox and warhawk beta is fun to

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Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX

This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies19h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken14h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 6h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 6h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 6h ago (Edited 1d 6h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt17h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken14h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos1d 12h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 11h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d 11h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies1d ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.