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One One Se7en does it again. A groan-inducing nightmare of a comic strip whose only saving grace is that it is mercifully short. Cruel? Read the pun and decide for yourself. Special Ed Ition

After a couple of leaks, Bungie is forced to make a statement regarding its current movie project. Statement inside.

In this weeks update, we concentrate almost exclusively on the new Halo 2 maps, announced this morning. Lots o’ details inside!

At last we reveal the two downloadable Halo 2 maps coming later this year. And no, it’s not an April Fool’s. Screens and info inside.

The Webmaster is back. Fat lot of good that’s going to do you. Misplaced letters answered by a drunken monkey.

The Video Games Live concert series’ next stop is Yale University in New Haven, CT, this Saturday, March 31st, at 8PM. These events feature music from a number of classic video game soundtracks for attendees to rock out to, including a medley of songs from the Halo series. Scores are performed by a full orchestra…

Xbox Live is offline today for scheduled maintenance and should be back online some time after 2pm PST, barring any unforseen hiccups. This will affect your ability to see Halo 2 stats and may affect other areas of the site today.

This week, we take a look at what’s probably the all time favorite vehicle in the enitre Halo universe. It’s the Warthog.

Our friends at HBO directed us towards “The Condemned” -  a Machinima contest hosted over at Machinima.com.  The contest ties in with upcoming ‘regular’ movie ‘The Condemned’.  Submit a machinima video telling them why you should be one of ten “Condemned,”  and win cool prizes.

A Halo 2 enters its twilight years and Halo 3 looms on the horizon, we’re embarking on a journey to determine which Halo multiplayer map is better than all the rest. Through a series of polls you can help us crown the ultimate killing ground in our Bungie.net “Map Battle.”  Get to votin!

We talk about atmosphere  and scale in this Week’s Update, and of course it wouldn’t be an update without a mention of water, would it?

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Halo 3 Legendary Edition and meet the people making it happen…

This week, artists and animators from Industrial Light & Magic took on Bungie for a fight to the finish in the Bungie Humpday Challenge.

Recent rumors that Bungie.net has been hacked, and that your personal data has been compromised or stolen, are utterly false. Bungie.net has not been hacked, and frankly, there’s nothing to hack. Bungie.net’s database does not contain any of your personal information other than your Gamertag and Halo 2 stats.

Welcome to the new Bungie.net. It’s the result of a long, hard and rewarding collaboration of art, technology and design.

This week we talk about AI and graphics in the Campaign, and talk about the thing on everyone’s minds today – the announcement and revelation of the Halo Legendary Edition. Lots of froth and panic inside. Enjoy!

This week we talk about AI and graphics in the Campaign, and talk about the thing on everyone’s minds today – the announcement and revelation of the Halo Legendary Edition. Lots of froth and panic inside. Enjoy!

Our friends at FASA, who’re working on the lovely Shadowrun for PC and Xbox, are looking for hardcore Xbox gamers in the Seattle/Redmond area for a fun event on Saturday – and possibly your chance to help shape competitive gaming on the Xbox 360. The requirements are pretty intense, but we know our folks have…

Thanks to a blown transformer, the Weekly Update is lacking imagery. That said, there’s a few nuggets of information in here for folks looking forward to the forthcoming public beta, and a revelation or two about what options will be available.

Hired Gun, the Microsoft team responsible for bringing Halo 2 over to Windows Vista, posted a blog update at IGN today. In this latest post you can read about the work they’re doing on the new Live achievements being added to the game.