Year: 2008

Lloyd Foley was the first to point us to this page at AddictGaming – it suggests that a Bungie employee (oh, who are we kidding, that’s recognizably Luke Smith) was playing “Robins Perch: Chronicles Alpha – Exploring Onyx”. The writers claim that this is evidence that Peter Jackson’s “Halo Chronicles” project is now in Alpha…

TrueDarkFusion wanted to remind everyone that signups for Forge Hub’s 2v2 Tournament are closing soon! If you have questions, their FAQ is here.(Louis Wu 18:52:00 UTC)

A discussion a couple of days ago over on the NeoGAF forums turned up a few interesting ‘mishap’ vids created by MiniWaz – they’re not that new, but they’re a lot of fun. Some lag, some silly mistakes – good watching. You can find a large two-parter on YouTube (Part 1 | Part 2), and…

Halo Planet noticed that the Ensemble team has posted a new Halo Wars Monthly Update – they discuss E3 Awards, improving AI for coop play, and new units. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 16:50:24 UTC)

odmichael posted a note last night about some interesting shirts and people dressed in Spartan armor that were showing up on the Bungie webcams yesterday. He stopped back by this morning with clarification – the shirts and the armor both belong to Blue Realm Studios, the brainchild of Devin White, a fan/Halo armorer living in…

c0ld vengeance noticed a pretty funny spoof of the Halo 3 Believe ad… using Viva Piñata. It was created by Buzzlegum01. Swing by Destructoid to watch it! (Louis Wu 15:02:54 UTC)

Morpheus let us know about Flying Mutant Comics, a new project bing put together by his friend, ChromeRatt. The first comic is called Halo: Crashdown, and it’s a really, really nice piece of work. Check it out! I can’t wait for the rest. (Louis Wu 15:02:13 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy is kicking off a new Friday tradition: this one is called What If, Halo Style. Round 1 asks the question “What if you could add absolutely any weapon you wanted to the current arsenal available in Halo 3… What would it be?” Swing by and see what others would add – and throw…

TTL Demag0gue announced the posting of Reclaimer 72 – things are getting clearer.(Louis Wu 14:57:18 UTC)

Bzerker01 let us know that Outpost: Isil Episode 8 has been posted over at Treeskunk Productions. It becomes a little clearer why the outpost is so understaffed…(Louis Wu 14:55:02 UTC)

Vegechan got us a higher-res copy of his Halo tribute trailer (we pointed out the YouTube version yesterday) – you can now download 640×480 versions from us in this post. They’re worth it! (Louis Wu 14:43:16 UTC)

The Social let us know that the Halo 3 RPG they’ve built is having its own ‘official double xp weekend’ to match Bungie’s. (Halo3RPG’s is Team Melee, as well.) If this doesn’t appeal to you, they’ve got a number of other ranked and unranked hoppers – Figure 8 has 8 teams of 4, and Big…

Only 5 new pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – but two are pretty monstrous. Go read! (Louis Wu 14:41:54 UTC)