Month: March 2007

Nomi has continued her Paper Spartan-making madness (This… is… PAPER!) – she’s got new Spartans for mejp44, Blackstar, and TheDonWan… along with a paper Jackal, a dual-wielding Elite, and some cool mini-weapons. Check ’em all out!(Louis Wu 12:54:39 UTC)

Edgeworks Entertainment has released Episode 4 of The Heretic – we’re back to the Spartan side of the story, and things are heating up. An orbital MAC platform is invaded, and the Spartans are needed to save the day. Available, as usual, in hi-res QuickTime and WMP9 from their site, this one will remind you…

Over at Bungie.net, there’s a new Top Story – a look at the making of the Halo 3 Legendary Edition packaging. I know what you’re thinking – ‘wtf, a story about PACKAGING?’ Go read it – it’s pretty interesting. According to Jeff Sanborn, one of the Microsoft guys responsible for the production, they’ll be making…

Not bad – if you live in Canada, you might wanna check this out – trade in 4 games, get Halo 3 for free when it’s released! (And for an extra $10, you get the Limited Edition.) Remember that in Canada, the ERP of the Standard and Limited Editions are $70 and $80, respectively -…

Z pointed out a new montage from SiR Tyner over at Halo3Forum.com – lots of great gameplay, but I gotta say, I hated the logo stamped over the top left corner, it really distracted me. If you can be more flexible than me, it’s a fun watch – 7:47 long, 107 mb, WMP9 format.(Louis Wu…

Seven new pieces are up for you in the Fan Fiction section for you this week… go read!(Louis Wu 11:40:31 UTC)

Yesterday, Dojorkan mentioned ‘Triforce’, a new video series coming from the Promethian Guard. They might have been a little loose with their attributions, but their enthusiasm can’t be denied. Go grab the trailer – it weighs in at about 20 mb.(Louis Wu 11:07:01 UTC)

Link4044 sent along three new pics of his in-progress AR5 model – and man, does that thing look awesome! Scroll down to the bottom for the March 22 shots – they start here. Wowsers!(Louis Wu 21:41:21 UTC)

Devrous posted a note on our forum about a new project he’s working on – a Halo mod of Freespace 2. Give it a read – and check out the screenshot!(Louis Wu 21:35:30 UTC)

According to GameDaily BIZ, there’s an analysis article in Newsweek that discusses why the 360 will ultimately not be the top Next-Gen Console dog. The author of the article, N’Gai Croal, suggests that the 360-onlyness (Strunk and White, smite me now!) of the upcoming Halo 2 map pack demonstrates Microsoft’s desperation – they need to…

Mid7night continues his Assault Carrier importation work; he’s now managed to texture it properly. Check the forum post for cool pics!(Louis Wu 20:10:59 UTC)

Paul Maestri has posted the latest Halo Heads comic – if you’ve ever been in this situation, don’t feel bad, it’s natural. We all do it. (Well, okay, not ALL of us. But don’t feel bad anyway.)(Louis Wu 19:58:52 UTC)

Okay, so this isn’t really Halo news, but it’s an issue that’s taking over our forum, so it’s worth giving a bit of space to. If you hit up the new Bungie.net, and you get a message that “The page is unavailable or no longer exists,” you’re being bitten by a Windows Live ID problem.…

Ouch – I’ve seen a lot of reviews of Halo 2 Vista, and most have been pretty positive (even the ones that say ‘well, the graphics are 3 years old now’) – but there’s one over at Voodoo Extreme that… well, doesn’t sound so good. That dual-wielding issue sounds pretty strange!(Louis Wu 18:39:22 UTC)

Lone Ranger was the first to notice a writeup of last week’s Halo Humpday Challenge – Bungie employees (and friends) took on the guys from Industrial Light and Magic, and (with the exception of Frankie), acquitted themselves nicely. The game links are wrong (except for the first one) – they all point to the first…

Wow, nice. Leviathan is building a version of Halo for RPG Maker 2000 – he’s posted a LOT of pictures in this forum post. Check out how far he’s gotten!(Louis Wu 18:29:11 UTC)

Stories circulated yesterday that Bungie.net might have been hacked, and Xbox Live accounts compromised because of it. (Hanchen Lu was the first to mention it to us.) Major Nelson was quick to shoot the rumors down (thanks, JeBr0nie) – and Frankie put it up at Bungie.net, too. Bottom line – if someone asks you for…