Year: 2007

boesman noticed a page at IGN that suggested something big is coming from Microsoft on August 22 – and it seems to have something to do with Halo. (I have it on good authority, though, that Bungie has nothing to do with this; make of that what you wil…

Eisen Feuer created an Elite Helmet pounded from metal; you can wear it, or you can use it to kill medium-sized animals. He posted about it on our forum, pointing to a DeviantART page – but he also gave us permission to put up a series of shots. Go loo…

The latest Halo Humpday Challenge is posted at Bungie.net; Luke and Frankie took on a pair of artists (Tom Doyle and Steve Cotton) and then spent the rest of the night coming up with excuses for why they (Luke and Frankie) lost. Okay, not that many ex…

Haloplayer dropped in to let us know that Lost Cause Episode 14 is now up – in a lot of flavors. They had some technical difficulties… but the story’s back, and you can watch it in many formats. Check out his post!(Louis Wu 06:55:00 UTC)

Dennis Powers pointed out a new Halo CE Map (not quite ready for download yet) – Crowpath has been working on ‘Church’, and has released a video (available in WMP9 and QuickTime) – it really is pretty amazing to look at. Grab a copy, check it out for …

The Halo 3 Missile Pack has been commented on a bit in the last couple of days – but there’s finally a picture up at Gamestop. As KP noted, the folks at Kotaku were underwhelmed. Forum consensus was that it looks cool, but it shouldn’t say Halo 3 on i…

Avateur stopped by our main forum to point out a summary of the content available from the newly-opened Server 4 at halo3.com – the Iris ARG continues on.(Louis Wu 06:06:44 UTC)

Namloco let us know that the SBG FFA tournament was a wild success – you can read about it on the SBG website. Cash payout came to almost $200, and people had a great time!(Louis Wu 05:25:03 UTC)

And the Halo-branded marketing rolls on. Over at Xbox.com, you’ll find a new Halo sweepstakes discussed; it doesn’t kick off until September 1, but there’s lots of goodies to win. Go read about it! Thanks, KP. (I found it mildly amusing that the Xbox….

According to IGN, the Halo 3 Xbox 360 now has an official street date – September 16, just 9 days before Halo 3 is released. You can preorder it from EBGames now. (Louis Wu 21:31:45 UTC)

Oh, man… preorder Halo 3 at Target, and you’ll get an exclusive ActionClix 2-pack (a Master Chief and an Elite). Sounds like collecting them all is gonna be hard… thanks, Anton P. Nym.(Louis Wu 21:23:03 UTC)

Sigafoos wrote to point out The Riot 59 – a bit late, but none the worse for wear. 32 mins, 13 mb, their usual community coverage. Go listen!(Louis Wu 19:07:22 UTC)

Marc “Zelahn” Swint let us know that No Scope Gaming will be holding a tournament in the Wilmington, DE area on August 18th, at 2 pm. FFA Slayer to 25, entry fee is $25 at the door, preregistration available on their myspace page; first prize is a Lege…

David Johnson pointed out three new items at the Bungie Store – a wall calendar, a poster using the ‘Emotion’ artwork, and a poster using the Halo 3 Logo/Ark artwork. Go cover your walls!(Louis Wu 19:02:25 UTC)

Back in December, we heard from GothicSlayer, who was working on a full-back Halo Legendary tattoo. He stopped by this morning with an update… and all I can say is WOW. That there’s some serious fan lovin’…(Louis Wu 17:40:59 UTC)