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==2010== | ==2010== | ||
*Bungie releases a new ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[ViDoc]], "[[Halo: Reach ViDoc: Zugzwang Evolved|Zugzwang Evolved]]", explaining how traditional first-person-shooter multiplayer will be replaced with competitive chess | *Bungie releases a new ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[ViDoc]], "[[Halo: Reach ViDoc: Zugzwang Evolved|Zugzwang Evolved]]", explaining how traditional first-person-shooter multiplayer will be replaced with competitive chess. | ||
*One day before April Fool's Day, Bungie posts on Twitter about a Halo announcement the next day and include a picture of a Spartan. The next day, it proves to be a "new" Bollywood movie about Halo{{fact}}. | *One day before April Fool's Day, Bungie posts on Twitter about a Halo announcement the next day and include a picture of a Spartan. The next day, it proves to be a "new" Bollywood movie about Halo{{fact}}. | ||
*Bungie tells a website that ''Halo: Reach'' will be released for the Sony Playstation 3, a competing console to the [[Xbox 360]], which ''Reach'' was actually exclusive too. They went as far as to say they'd split their ''Reach'' development since the beginning, one team for the Xbox 360 and one for the PS3. The PS3 version would be $10 cheaper, and would come out a week earlier than the Xbox 360 version{{fact}}. | *Bungie tells a website that ''Halo: Reach'' will be released for the Sony Playstation 3, a competing console to the [[Xbox 360]], which ''Reach'' was actually exclusive too. They went as far as to say they'd split their ''Reach'' development since the beginning, one team for the Xbox 360 and one for the PS3. The PS3 version would be $10 cheaper, and would come out a week earlier than the Xbox 360 version{{fact}}. | ||
==2011== | ==2011== | ||
*Bungie announces PimpsVille, a facebook game based on their long-running faux "Pimps at Sea" franchise.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=31120 '''Bungie.net''', ''Welcome to PimpsVille'' (April 1, 2011)]</ref> | *Bungie announces PimpsVille, a facebook game based on their long-running faux "Pimps at Sea" franchise.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=31120 '''Bungie.net''', ''Welcome to PimpsVille'' (April 1, 2011)]</ref> | ||
*Bungie announces the "Halo: Reach Player Improvernator", which claims to be able to "magically" make a player better. Typing in one's gamectag will allow them to press a button that will begin rising up their stats, complete with congratulatory messages at being made better.<ref>[http://halocharts.com/improve.php Halo Charts.com, ''Halo: Reach Player Improvernator'', Site Update April 1, 2011]</ref> | |||
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