Month: April 2003

SketchFactor has posted a note to the Fanfest 2003 Chapter to let folks know that a special mystery guest will be appearing at the Fanfest. Want to join in the speculation on who this guest might be? Hop on by, and post to the fanfest forum! (You don’t need to be a chapter member to…

The Halo50K tournament is well on its way to becoming a truly monster hoedown. Current prize purse is hovering around $8000, with a bunch of TVs to be given away as well. They were planning to accept registrations at the door, but they’ve decided to limit the tourney to 56 teams total (they were at…

Thesomeone writes to say that Halo.CombatEvolved is now online. Still being worked on, but many of the sections are live. Take a look…

Last month, we posted a news article about a program called Game Stars, running on ITV1, in the UK – web surfers could cast their votes for the best games in the UK. Griffon let us know that the show aired on Sunday… and Halo didn’t do very well. It took the Games Radar.com Award……

PC Halo gets listed in the ‘Big Games of 2003’ article at IGN PC – you’ll find it on page 3, in the First Person Shooters category. They suggest that folks might not like it because it’s old, and its graphics are dated… and that the multiplayer aspect might be weak. But except for that,…

Whew. Back from a (very pleasant) 5 day trip to Belgium… and attempting to deal with some of the backlog here. I was very careful to make sure there were folks minding the store here, with access to almost all parts of the bungie.org infrastructure. The one part I left out was the HBO hardware…

Newest addition to the product lineup at the Bungie Store: A Beanie! (Well, OK, not a beanie, but a cap)

Tom Clifford points out that the Valley Branch Retreat, in Indiana, is planning a Halo-themed paintball scenario on May 17th. There’s a sign-up form on that page, including details on the registration fees. If you’re tired of only getting hit by virtual bullets, check it out!

The newest episode of Red vs. Blue has been released to the public. The video has also been mirrored at Halo-Game.com. Those wacky marines…

The deadline for the America’s Biggest Halo Fan contest has been extended to April 25th, according to SketchFactor over on Bungie.net. The top three entries get a free trip to the FanFest next month, so get cracking!

A new logo tweak for our Logos section… and they keep coming.

Cybrfrk noticed an interesting new wearable appearing on the Bungie webcam… or is it wearable? (I guess it could be a backpack, or something.) Anyway, seems clear that the Store will be growing in available items soon…

mastasnypa wrote to us on Wednesday, but we seem to have lost the mail in the crush. VE3D has been running a poll all week (Most anticipated upcoming action sequel?) and Halo 2 is running a distant 3rd, behind Doom 3 and Half-Life 2. Ouch! Have you voted?

Four new desktops for you today in the Wallpaper section…

The second episode of an obscure comic has been added to our Miscellaneous Art section. It’s not quite as obscure any more.

Ross Mills points out that this month’s issue of XBoxGamer (on sale in the UK as of April 11) comes bundled with a free copy of Prima’s Official Strategy Guide (nice – I paid $15 for that a while back) and an offer for a free Xbox DVD remote if you subscribe. Not too shabby!

10 new stories for you in the Fan Fiction section today… [Contact – Chapter 1] Not Covenant…, by H@()$ Rogue Beast Final, by Frensa Geran Halo: 11th Strategic Interceptor Wing Part 6: Invasion, by LordofDestruction The Road to Earth Part One, by John Morris I’m Goin’ In!: Interactive fan fic – Stage 2, by el_halo_diablo…

I’m going to do my best to clear out the artwork/fiction queues before I leave today… but this is a formal request that all content for submission in the next week or so be mailed to halo@bungie.org, NOT my personal email. I will not be checking email (or doing anything else web-related) for the next…

Almost a month ago, Hickadam, the creator of the wildly popular Asshole movie, wrote to us to let us know that he’d found the original version on his hard drive.This one was taped off a TV with a camcorder (sorry for the quality), and was my very first try at video editing.It has some stuff…

Whoa – and the load shall be lightened. Gawyn [subnova] popped onto our forum to announce that Subnova has created an ‘Official Megg Forum’, dedicated to the search for the Megg. Benefits to visitors include feedback from the only folks who actually know where the dang thing is… benefits to HBO forumgoers should be even…