Year: 2009

Wow… you guys blew an easy chance at $20. We mentioned an Action Shot contest at The Social a couple of weeks ago – free MS Points to the winning shot. In this particular case, only ONE SHOT was submitted – congrats to Kamikaze8 on his win, and shame on the rest of you for…

Leviathan continues his graphic novel, “A Sangheili’s War Is Never Over” – Part 7 is now live on our forum. These seem to be growing in technical reach with every episode – layout, pacing, and artwork are all top-notch. Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:51:25 UTC)

TWENTY4pack told us about a new name generator – this one builds Grunt names (and ranks). It’s reminiscent of Stuntmutt and BOLL’s Elite Namelizer – but for Grunts.(Louis Wu 13:45:02 UTC)

CaLL Me ZeNy stopped in with word of a speed painting of ODSTs, done by Orkimede – it’s up on his DeviantART site, but you can find sharper versions at HaloDestiny – screen res (717×800) and high res (2248×2507). 5 hours in Photoshop – it’s fantastic! (Roscoe-128 added a link to this image to the…

Bungie’s got another weekend Recon contest going – create a cool landscape pic, win Recon for use in Halo 3 multiplayer. Go read the details! (Louis Wu 18:26:04 UTC)

Nathan Moeller sent word that Competitive Video Games is running a 4v4 MLG Prize tourney next weekend, 3pm CST over LIVE. Go visit for full details.(Louis Wu 18:23:41 UTC)

Heh – cool. McFarlane’s making a series of figures that each have a Mongoose – they look great! Thanks, InnerRayg.(Louis Wu 14:15:56 UTC)

JeSteR 343 noticed that Gameshark’s Madcatz Halo Skins/Faceplates are $5 for the pair now – that’s pretty cheap! (Louis Wu 14:15:26 UTC)

fragclone pointed out a new video entitled ‘Why We Kill 2’ (it’s a sequel to ‘Why We Kill’. He recommends it highly. I didn’t have time to watch the 17 minute original, or the 27 minute sequel – so you’ll have to either take his word for it, or judge it for yourself. (Louis Wu…

Z wrote with word of a new project being undertaken by a member of the Halo3Forum.com community – It’s a one-hour video, comprised of 60 1-minute segments. Full rationale and explanations are in the forum post – along with all the different tasks for which help is needed. Go read, and see if you want…

chris10023 let us know that the latest Halo 3 Fails – Creators’ Fails – is live. This one is made up of clips either performed by the creators of the series, or seen personally by them.(Louis Wu 14:13:46 UTC)

urk apologizes for the lightness of today’s Bungie Weekly Update – but then, what can you really expect, after a week like last week? Well, he’s actually got some more Firefight info for you, as a matter of fact. Screenshots, a Q&A with Lars Bakken, the works. And a bunch of other little bits. (I…