Comments on: Bungie fansite denies ‘Forerunner’ rumor

By: GameJunkieJim

GameJunkieJim — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:12:42 +0000

One last thing - wouldn’t something as anticipated as Halo 3 be at the very least mentioned on the front cover?

Sorry for the tri-post.

By: GameJunkieJim

GameJunkieJim — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:08:13 +0000

*author

No damned edit button?

By: GameJunkieJim

GameJunkieJim — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:07:25 +0000

Horrible joke. And to those that still doubt it was, bear this in mind. Every article in Game Informer has tabbed credit to the autor at the end. this one does not. And why go to the length to say it wasn’t an April Fools joke?

Horrible, horrible joke.

And yes, that really is Frankie.

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By: madmonsterman

madmonsterman — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:27:53 +0000

Hasn’t anyone actually read the article?

Game Informer states “rumor has it” and “from a reliable source”.

This isn’t April Fool’s and it’s not concrete news. It’s just info that could possibly lead to the truth behind the game.

By: Ikotsu

Ikotsu — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:09:31 +0000

Has anyone ever stopped to think that the details released were potentially viable details, and in an effort to conceal the information being leaked, they used the convenient timing of April Fool’s to cover it up?

It seems to me that it would take an incredible amount of time and effort to come up with such an elaborate setup, and especially to create all those vivid details; fabricated on the spot, no less.

By: Bryant

Bryant — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:56:33 +0000

Oh crap, I forgot to say something in my previous post, so sorry for the double:

Frank O’Connor used top be Editor-In-Chief of Official Xbox Magazine, and is now head of the Bungie PR office. He came up with the layout and spread for the Halo 2 Manuals and Box Art. He is also a major douche bag, as I learned while on a tour with my Programming class last month of MGS. He has a twisted sense of humor, and while I think (hell, I almost know it…) that he didnt spread it himself, he may have put GI up to it.

By: Bryant

Bryant — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:52:25 +0000

To add onto the topic of code names, Halo: CE was codenamed “Monkey Nuts”, no joke, read the Halo Art Book.

Any Way, I knew it was a prank, cuz my friend’s dad works for Microsoft Gaming Studios, and he told me that MGS and Bungie got pissed when they read it. J Allard was flamed. (My dad works for Microsoft, but he’s IT…)

On another note:

People who do this sort of stuff, like trolling BBS’s and spreading rumors, or posting bogus articles in popular gaming mags, should be shanked.

By: peacefrog78

peacefrog78 — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:55:07 +0000

Just got the issue in the mail. GameInformer has a special april fools section called gameinfarcer, like they do every year. On the fake cover(inside) the cover story is : Halo 3- featuring everything you could ever want… triple wielding, 90 player coop online, an ending, x-wings…….monkey chief….proof of God. there are actually a ton more. just to clarify this joke is a seperate section starting on page 77. the forerunner story is in the news section at the front.

By: CaptJ

CaptJ — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:21:33 +0000

I still think it’s true. Frankie hasn’t actually denied it, and it seems to be a credible article. I got it 2 days ago and I knew it was the AF edition, but this part, I believe, isn’t a joke. There’s a whole section for that, and also, they make it quite obvious when it’s an April Fools joke. They, as pointed out above, also wouldn’t blatently state it wasn’t an AF joke if it was, b/c they’re smart enough to know it would hurt them/their reputation.

By: hah

hah — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:24:37 +0000

dont take it to personal people. If it is an april fools joke, dont get mad cause well you feel like a fool! Laugh!

By: Tonezilla

Tonezilla — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:11:57 +0000

How is Frank’s post proof? I have other news on the issue. It’s amazing what constitutes proof.

Post of the (Proof)

By: zaksheskyman

zaksheskyman — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:56:52 +0000

It’s a shame, I really enjoyed that story premise.

By: Raven

Raven — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:45:52 +0000

Apparently you guys haven’t been paying attention to the kinds of April Fool’s jokes that get put in video game magazines. In the world of video game journalism they often *are* relatively believable, especially some of the ones EGM has done. Also, in a monthly magazine it is naturally the April issue that has the April Fool’s “joke,” regardless of whether or not the issue is available before April 1st.

And especially when it comes to all things Halo, I for one definitely trust halo.bungie.org more than Game Informer. Even if it isn’t more April Fool’s BS I wouldn’t give it much credence anyway.

By: superpepper

superpepper — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:40:01 +0000

It’s fake, it’s fake…oh, and it’s fake.
Halo 3 will be out Summer 2007, just in time to kick 360 into hyperdrive and tie in with the movie.

AND…if anyone from Bungie/Microsoft is reading this…I’m NOT buying a 360 until Halo 3 comes out.

By: asd

asd — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:30:29 +0000

not on the cover?? FAKE

Seriously, first source to get such great information regarding one of the biggest selling games and they DON’T put it on the first page??? It’s fake for sure.

By: redsprnt119

redsprnt119 — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:05:35 +0000

they never put anything about the article on the magz cover so its not just for sales.

By: TRIGGER M4N

TRIGGER M4N — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:56:20 +0000

I think they did it for partly April fools, and partly sales. Think about it - If it had any news on Halo 3, at all; every single Xbox owner would of bought it, regardless if they like Halo or not.

By: fidgetwidget

fidgetwidget — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:34:20 +0000

Well, none of this makes sence to me… Frank has still yet to flat out deny the rumor, all he did was roll his eyes.
Anyways, either way, I dont expect it to come out in time for the PS3, and MS is not going to use Bungi to be a one hit wonder. I doubt that the game they are currently working in is a Halo game at all. Either way, I dont care, and dont want to think to hard about it.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:30:51 +0000

That sucks. Game actually sounds Amazing. They should take that idea.

By: peacefrog78

peacefrog78 — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:29:26 +0000

Quoting Frankie:
“: Oh yeah, multiple persistent worlds, I remember confirming that when i : confirmed all that truth to their rumor section. ROLLEYES x a trillion.

And in their April issue. ”

I wouldn’t call that a definite denial.

By: Nino

Nino — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:05:30 +0000

McGrude ; I believe you :). The more I think of it, the less I believe Frank. Why in godsname would you make an April Fool’s joke while clearly stating that it’s not.

By: Curry

Curry — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:05:13 +0000

Hoffer: many game projects have different names during their development time than the one they get shipped with. Windows XP was called ‘Whistler’ until a few months before release, and Vista was called ‘Longhorn’ until a few months ago.

There is no reason to believe ‘Forerunner’ would not eventually be released as ‘Halo 3: Forerunner’, it would allow Bungie to deny Halo 3’s existence until the very end without actually lying.

By: McGrude

McGrude — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:56:32 +0000

Nino, like I said… It’s Frankie O’Connor.

By: Nino

Nino — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:23:34 +0000

Hoffer; you know that it’s fake for sure? Great, enlighten me ’cause I’m not convinced.

By: Hoffer

Hoffer — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:20:49 +0000

I knew it was fake. Why would they dump the Halo name. The name alone sells millions of copies.

By: Ponder416

Ponder416 — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:17:07 +0000

wtf…It would be nice if we could keep April fools in APRIL!!!

By: Nino

Nino — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:09:14 +0000

McGrude ; yeah a user called Frankie with a Bungie email addy ;). It’s an open comment system (just like this one), anyone could’ve done that. And even if it’s Frankie, maybe he’s trying to keep the secret from leaking…

Edit; I’ve checked it, some names require a password, Frankie is one of those names. It probably is him them.

By: Aruven

Aruven — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:08:48 +0000

Such a bad april fools joke really diminishes the credibility of the magazine in my opinion.

By: McGrude

McGrude — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:05:46 +0000

The Frankie that posts at Halo.Bungie.Org is Frank O’Connor of Bungie Studios.