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It's 7/7/07 ... Happy Bungie Day!
Today is Bungie Day, the day we celebrate Bungie and all the greatness that comes from their studio. From Gnop to Marathon to Halo, Bungie creates games that are teh roxorz! And this year is something special, not only because it's the year 2007 which makes use of three sevens, but because Bungie is offering up all kinds of goodies today. As we mentioned yesterday, you can download a free Bungie Day theme and gamer picture set off the XBLM. But hurry, because they are only available for download today and if you miss them they'll be gone forever. You can also head over to Bungie.net and download Quicktime VR's of the Brute Chopper and C.Q.B./E.V.A. armor variants and learn some interesting facts about them. Also, they put up a new Halo 3 wallpaper in their gallery which is the same artwork featured on the Gamepro cover. Finally, Frankie mentioned in yesterday's Bungie Weekly Update that the Halo 2 Blastacular maps would be free starting today. But, after signing into Halo 2, the Blastacular map pack still reads $4.00. Bummer ... but maybe it'll be fixed a little later in the day. Fixed! The Blastacular maps are now free.Thank you Bungie for creating some amazing games and being one of the most accessible developers out there. We just want to say that we love you too.
Bungie Day: New pics of Halo 3's Chopper, Spartan variants
Hopefully you put out your wooden Warthogs and left a plate of overshields and a glass of milk under the tree this morning, because (as you should already know) today's Bungie Day! So how does this stack up to other holidays? Well, it's Saturday, so many of you can pretend that you got off of work for it. Bungie Day: 1, Arbor Day: 0.Also, holidays don't typically bring us new, free picture packs and themes on Marketplace (available today only). Similarly, we can't remember the last time a fat dude or a bunny brought 3D screenshots from Halo 3 and a page of info on the Brute Chopper, and Spartan variants C.Q.B. and E.V.A. Bungie Day: 2, Christmas and Easter: 0.Unfortunately, Bungie Day offers no opportunity to steal candy from kids or dress up like a sexy nurse, which keeps holidays from getting shut out entirely. There's always next year, Bungie!
Reminder: Bungie Day goodies on XBLM tomorrow
Tomorrow is Bungie Day for the Halo 3 developer, as they've celebrated every July 7 in recent memory. Since it will be 2007 (i.e. 7/7/07, or triple 7s), there is some "extra special content" coming to Xbox Live Marketplace, according to the developer's website, in addition to new content on Bungie.net itself.As to what the goodies will be, exactly, Bungie isn't saying -- "don't get too excited, it's not Halo 3," said the newsbrief. We're predicting gamertag pictures, themes, and the like, of either Halo, Marathon or their long-running joke Pimps at Sea.Regardless of what the content is, there's only a small window of opportunity, as the mysterious content will only be available from 5:00 am ET until 3:00 am on Sunday. [Via X3F]
Special Bungie goodies on XBLM tomorrow
Tomorrow, whether you know it or not, is Bungie day. Fans of Bungie will know that the number 7 has a special significance to the company and its games. As such, July 7 (7/7, get it?) has become known as Bungie day. Seeing that tomorrow is 7/707, this year marks a super special Bungie day (so special, in fact, that it won't happen again for one hundred years). To celebrate, some extra special Bungie goodies will be appearing on Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow. What sort of goodies exactly? We don't know. All we do know is that it won't be related to Halo 3 and is "of a more decorative nature." Naturally, we're guessing themes and gamer pictures. You'd better act fast though, as these downloadable morsels will only be available tomorrow. At the stroke of midnight, they will vanish into the intertubes.
