Year: 2008

xMixMasterX has posted Week Ten of Mix’s Picks over at The Social – new maps, plus the winner of a Story Board contest. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:59:59 UTC)

Heh – Ash continues his Assault on the Control Room antics. Way back in July 2002, someone discovered that you could alter the ending cutscene (but not the final outcome, actually) to this classic Halo level by bringing a baddie with you as the scene ended. Lennox did it with a Hunter, Warbow did it…

Dennis Powers sent us an update of new stuff posted over at the Halo CE Map Archive in the past week – there are 43 new maps, but the ones he wanted to highlight were Seclusion (a small winter map) and Highlands (a small impenetrable valley). Browse – check ’em all out!(Louis Wu 14:15:23 UTC)

Gamesradar listed 10 Industry-Shattering Stolen Exclusives – and Halo makes the list, for its yanking from the Mac platform back in 2000. Thanks, elessar787.(Louis Wu 14:12:33 UTC)

kuroni13 stopped by our forum to announce a 3v3 objective tournament at GAMEBREAKERZ in Bonney Lake, WA on August 16. The full details are not up on their website yet – but they should be soon.(Louis Wu 14:10:37 UTC)

Urban Reflex found a pretty nice fan-made Halo suit on eBay yesterday – it’s in the UK, and the auction ends in just under 2 days, with the current bid at £670 (a bit under $1300 US). If you’re in the market – take a look! (While at eBay, I swung by the Weta MC…

What if you had a website with a regular Friday update, but you forgot it was Friday? Hawty McBloggy has posted her latest ‘What If’ scenario (which has nothing to do with the day of the week, really) – she wants to know about map remakes. Go check out the post (which has some great…

mrsmiley let us know that Part 1 of the Master Chief Theater 3000 season finale is now available on YouTube – info is up on Pyrosmile.org. (They’ve also added an Extras section, containing outtakes from production – you have to register to get a link.)(Louis Wu 09:38:28 UTC)

The McFarlane 12″ Figures have been hinted at for quite some time – we mentioned them indirectly over a year ago, then more directly in November, then more concretely still in April. Toy News International finally has details about these – including points of articulation, accessories, and release dates. Check it out! Thanks, Littlebigman.(Louis Wu…

The Bungie Weekly Update went up later than usual (about 7 pm PT) Friday night… but it’s full of stuff that’ll keep the geekiest among us busy for a while. The Bungie Publications section of their website has been updated with five new talks – well, with five talks it didn’t have before. (At least…

Sarcastic Gamer has an informational piece on the Vatican City Olympic Halo 3 team, gearing up for domination this month in Beijing. Will they win? Only time will tell!(Louis Wu 23:04:05 UTC)

JustAnotherFan pointed out a post on Bungie.net advertising the Grind Rider trailer – a Halo-based Western. Looks fun… but you’ll have to wait until October for the actual machinima!(Louis Wu 22:57:04 UTC)