Year: 2007

Missed this last week – but Stephen Totilo, over at MTV, wrote up a speculation post about which studios might make reasonable choices for Halo 4, if/when it’s developed. This was written before news of the split was public, so the 1:1 odds on Bungie themselves are probably a bit off…(Louis Wu 15:32:19 UTC)

According to a story at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Microsoft’s stock is doing pretty well right now, thanks to Halo 3 – it hit a 2-month high yesterday after Goldman, Sachs said Halo 3 would boost profits. According to a different story at PS3 Center, though, an industry analyst thinks Halo 3’s record sales will be…

New material and news over at Rampancy.net – they’ve got a review of Halo 3’s campaign from VVV (he seemed to be pretty unhappy, though he said he wasn’t – and there’s quite a bit of meat in Narc’s first comment, as well); there’s a short text-based guide to Halo 3’s terminals, created by N’Thro,…

Interesting – thesoffish let us know that he and some friends had reenacted the dragon fight from Beowulf in Halo 3 – I thought it worked surprisingly well. Take a look!(Louis Wu 11:54:30 UTC)

Couple of interviews over at MLG – there’s a video interview with Carbon’s Karma, and a video interview with the Gilbert Arenas, sponsor of Final Boss. Thanks to 3Suns, who points out that MLG Vegas, this weekend, will probably be the last time Halo 2 is played professionally with MLG. (Louis Wu 11:52:27 UTC)

yankeyhotel stopped by to point out abstrakt, a new blog which showcases screenshots taken within the Halo 3 engine in an artistic way. The shots up now (if you have trouble getting to the site, you’re not alone; I have two internet connections, and one can’t get there at all) are pretty interesting. They’ve been…

According to LX925, the prologue to Contact Harvest, the next Halo novel (set to come out next month) can be found in the current issue of OXM. Initial impressions are positive.(Louis Wu 11:15:25 UTC)

Deekor announced halo-machinima.com, a site for hosting your Halo vids. No word on bandwidth stuff. (Louis Wu 11:13:01 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has an update on a custom Halo 3 action figure auction, plus ANOTHER custom figure up for grabs; swing by her blog for all the details. (Louis Wu 11:11:43 UTC)

cchapman stopped by to point out a new Halo 3 multiplayer song he’d written (and performed) – you can find the .mp3 and the lyrics in his forum post. This is a creative way to work out your matchmaking frustrations! (Louis Wu 11:08:32 UTC)

According to Kotaku, you can apparently buy a ‘Halo 3 Bundle’ in a variety of European countries – it comes with an Xbox 360 (the ‘Pro’ – 20GB hard drive and HDMI), and a copy of Halo 3. Seems to run about €400 or so. Not a bad deal!(Louis Wu 10:56:20 UTC)

Jake Seaton’s level-at-a-time overview of the game is now up to Mission 6 – I can’t tell you much about what he writes without delving into spoiler territory, so if you’re following this, go read. This level got a 5/5 from him. (Louis Wu 10:50:21 UTC)

finalcuthalo let us know that HaloGrid, too, is getting into the continuous videostream business (we mentioned some channels at GamingTV yesterday). The news post is here, and the stream, composed of HaloGrid’s biggest hits, is here.(Louis Wu 10:44:38 UTC)

The Hushed Casket had a LAN party last weekend, to celebrate their 5th birthday – pictures, video, and ridicule of Mintz can be found on their website. Sounds like a fun time!(Louis Wu 10:35:12 UTC)