Year: 2008

XerxdeeJ popped in with news of an interesting piece over at the Tied the Leader blog – it’s a panel discussion about downloadable content, where a large number of TTL stalwarts weigh in about whether they’d rather see totally new and fresh maps… or reimaginings of older favorites. While there is definitely a range of…

As most people expected, GTA4 has taken the top spot on the Xbox LIVE activity list published each week by Major Nelson. This pushes Halo 3 down to #3. It’s probable that if we mention this list on the front page again, it’ll be because Halo has climbed back up to the top. (It seems…

Today’s installment of Another Halo Comic Strip lets you in on the secret of how the Master Chief does all that he does. I KNEW it!(Louis Wu 13:16:42 UTC)

Australia’s Gameplayer got a chance to sit down in front of Halo Wars recently, and they’re anxious to tell you all about it. They’re optimistic that Ensemble can pull off an authentic-feeling Halo vibe for the RTS, and they’re looking forward to extras – lead designer Graeme Devine hopes that Ensemble will be able to…

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned that Belakor had visited the Armageddon con in New Zealand, and taken some pics of the WETA Warthog that was on display there. Looks like NZGamer.com was also there – they posted THEIR pics yesterday. Thanks, Wolverine Monkey.(Louis Wu 10:05:36 UTC)

Jean-Luc (who’s been rendering Halo images for quite some time) stopped by last night to announce an ambitious project; he plans to recreate the Halo cutscenes (all three games) in HD, with completely redone graphics and animation. His post contains some stills to show you ‘an approximation of quality’ – and I must say, if…

During the ramp-up to Halo 3, a lot of Halo 3-branded merchandise hit the streets; not all of it was for the public. Stores received cool display stuff – and some of that sort of thing usually makes it to eBay. Hawty McBloggy noticed a pretty neat little mini-cooler, plastered with Halo Game Fuel images;…

Dennis Powers wrote to say that Shipwrecked Episode 17 is up – I think these guys need guns.(Louis Wu 09:53:03 UTC)

Maximum Fear let us know that his site is running a weekly roundup of Halo 3 content, culled from the Halo 3 Files Forum at Bungie.net. They’ll be including stuff like map and game variants in the future – but for now, it’s just screenshots. Check it out – and submit your favorite links! (Louis…

It’s been a long time coming… but HBO is proud to announce that the Forerunner Terminal Network Archives are now online. You can read a history of this project on our forum – thanks go out to the recording crew (OboeCrazy, nico, bebop gastulum, and Venom Kitetsu), for collecting the info needed to create the…

Blackstar, in a fit of creativity, whipped out three new custom medals last night; check them out on his ‘Extra Medals’ page. (Remember, you can see full-sized versions of the medals simply by mousing over the thumbnails.) Links for examples of all of them (including the new ones ‘Returned to Sender’, ‘Watch for Falling Hogs’,…

Sigafoos wrote to say that The Riot 98 is now online – 23 minutes, 9 mb, full (of course) of community talk, deal of the day websites, and (not so expected) ‘foos drinking hot sauce on the video show. Which you couldn’t watch live, because they forgot to press record at the start of the…

TTL Demag0gue let us know that it’s Reclaimer Monday – Episode 44 sets up an imminent conflict.(Louis Wu 14:57:19 UTC)

I ran across a pretty nicely done vid using Halo 3 footage and sound from the Matrix: Revolutions trailer. Go check it out at YouTube.(Louis Wu 14:54:50 UTC)

Quartermann pointed out a Halo 3 Gamer Card app over at Facebook – I’m pretty sure there are many of them there, but we’re always up for others doing the legwork for us! If you want to include your Halo 3 stats on your Facebook homepage… here’s an option.(Louis Wu 14:44:53 UTC)

RVideo has posted a roundup of Halo-related artwork he’s dug up at Renderosity; it’s possible you’ve seen some of these before. The last one, from Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte, is new (posted Friday); I’ve added it to his renders gallery here at HBO. (It’s down at the bottom… maybe I should reverse those?) Fun stuff -…

If you live in New Zealand, you might want to check out this news post – Gameplanet has information about the qualifying event for folks looking to represent the country at the World Games Championship in France this November. To earn a spot on the NZ team, you’ve got to do well in the 3-day…

Speaking of tricks, Ducain posted a couple of fun pics he took while exploring the bottom of the lake on the Covenant. Did that guy fall in during the crash at the level’s opening… or was he there before? Weirdness.(Louis Wu 14:08:26 UTC)