Year: 2009

Longtime forum regular Pynion has been working for Blur for a little while, and was involved in creating assets for Halo Wars. He sent along his Covenant Spirit dropship – front (1620×920, 204k) and back (1615×915, 201k) – very slick! (Pynion points out that the Banshees, the Ghosts, or Forge – just the dropship.) Check…

Pete Cooper stopped in with new progress shots of the Warthog they’re building for Operation Chastity. Looking great!(Louis Wu 13:59:13 UTC)

InnerRayg noticed a scan of a page of GamePro’s table of contents from the June 2009 issue over at the Spawn.com forums – it shows off a shot from Halo 3: ODST with what looks like a new pistol. You can visit the original post for the full image – or (to save yourself a…

FPSBuddy has posted a series of images showing some common Halo 3 multiplayer map callouts; if you’ve found yourself wondering how to tell your teammates where that guy who just killed you might be (or you’re having trouble figuring out THEIR callouts), you might want to check these. They’re limited – but it’s a a…

Kral let us know about a new Dualtage he’s edited – gameplay is from DarkAng3lz and Hell Bound411, action is primarily sticks and snipes. And more snipes. With some beatdowns – and more snipes. About five and a half minutes, available in HD on YouTube. (Louis Wu 13:33:46 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty funky-looking piece of Halo fan love – it’s a wreath, made up of lots and lots of Halo collectible bits. I will say one thing for it; it’s very unusual! (Louis Wu 13:28:59 UTC)

BigVariable sent word of a very cool little Pelican (and Warthog) over at The Brothers Brick – work done by Alex Schranz. Check it out! (Louis Wu 12:54:15 UTC)

Wired.com has an article that bids good riddance to Duke Nukem Forever (the eternally-in-development game that finally got cancelled last week) – it discusses how our tastes (as a society) have changed since this game began its life. Halo is held up as an example of a blending of action and drama, as opposed to…

urk posted word of a charity Halo 3 tournament in Dillsburg, PA (it’s a suburb of Harrisburg, in Central PA) – it’s happening on May 23, costs $10 to get in, has prizes available courtesy of Gamestop, and benefits the Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank. You can preregister for the event at this page.(Louis Wu 12:45:54…

There’s a rather odd blog post over at Gamasutra; it suggests that Doom (the original Doom) had it all right, and modern FPSs (including Halo) are breaking all that is good in the name of ‘realism’. Aiming? pfft. Strafing? Why? AI that’s actually intelligent? NO FUN! Go read the whole post, and see if you…

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for a changing of the guard on the Bungie Favorites page – this week, the Community Spotlight is on The Ghosts of Onyx, an enthusiastic group of Halo players. Check out the mini-interview – and their favorite files!(Louis Wu 19:20:12 UTC)

The BungLog™ has a bunch of montages for you today:Halo 3 ‘Funny Lines’ is a montage of campaign clips with funny NPC lines. Some of these are in our Dialogue Databank, but many aren’t. Cheap Ass Gamers put together some highlights from the 2009 Grifball Winter League gameplay – six minutes’ worth. MistahJangles put together…

In a random blog post about about potential Halo action figures at Poe Ghostal’s Points of Articulation, Poe Ghostal draws parallels between the advance in details between Halo’s Mark V armor and Halo Wars’ Mark IV armor with the advance in details between Star Trek’s 1967 USS Enterprise and the 2009 USS Enterprise. (For him,…