Author: Bungie.net’s Recent News

Bungie receives a high volume of emails on the subject of jobs. More than anything, people want to know how to get a job at Bungie. Take a look at Bungie’s shady hiring practices and see if you’re up to leaving behind the concept of “HR violations.”

We took some time this week to speak with Recon Number 54, long-time Bungie fan and one of our Master Forum Ninjas. Read about how he first became involved with the community and what’s kept him coming back all these years.

Today, I had to deal with several users trying to get access to other’s Windows Live ID accounts. The culprits were simply tricking some of you into giving your password away. While this particular case has been dealt with, I thought a simple security refresher was in order.

For several years, HBO has been accumulating dialogue from the two Halo games in their dialogue databank. Unbelievably, they continue to add significant batches of clips on a regular basis. Drop by and check out another of HBO’s vast resources.

The usual snooze and news about Bungie Studios during its media lockdown period, but Eric Nylund chats with Bungie about his upcoming Halo novel: Ghosts of Onyx and let’s you in on his life, his loves and the creative process that brings you the expanded Halo fiction.

Bungie accepted a challenge from some Halo 2 fans over at the NeoGAF forums this week. Over the course of three very close games, both teams performed admirably but one came to rise above the other. Possibly as a result of chetz and sploitz.

Bungie recently hired another member straight out of the community in the shape of Stosh. We also hired someone striaght out of our own office, Josh Rodgers. How does that work? What does Stosh do? Why is Shishka such a jerk? Read on for answers to these pressing questions and more.

There are two new action figures available from the Bungie Store today! The first is the Master Chief, complete with his trusty Shotgun and Pistol, with a Flood Infection Form. The second is a Jackal who comes with the standard green shield and Plasma Pistol. Read on for images.

There are two new action figures available from the Bungie Store today! The first is the Master Chief, complete with his trusty Shotgun and Pistol, with a Flood Infection Form. The second is a Cyan colored Spartan in their standard Mjolnir Mark VI armor, which comes with a Beam Rifle, SMG and both types of grenades.

This is Z from Halo3Forum.com. Few days ago I received an email from Brandon who is at a Camp Buehring, Kuwait in support of operations in Iraq. The camp has a recreation center which allows the US Soldiers, Marines, Sailors to interact with eachother and Halo has been a big part of their entertainment. Please…

This week’s update includes news about our Podcast, some interesting playlist data and a couple of interviews and bits of art. All in all, I’d call it a pleasant, friendly update and a good send off to the long weekend.

oTourneys.com is proud to announce that we’re hosting a Free FFA Halo 2 tournament over Xbox Live on Saturday September 2nd, with prizes going out to the top competitors.

This week Bungie took on 8-bit Brigade, a group of mature gamers ranging from old to older. They’re decrepit and no longer possess the reflexes to compete with our crew of young guns, right? That’s what we thought, too.

Hushed Casket, a long-standing gaming group that has that’s been around since the early days of Halo 1, is celebrating its fourth year of existence today. Its founder, rapture, has written a few words about their experiences over the years.

The next Halo novel is Ghosts of Onyx, by Eric Nylund. Let the celebrations begin! Our new publishing partner, Tor, will release the latest novel in November, 2006 continuing and expanding the scenarios and characters created by Nylund, and expanding the Halo universe a little bit more.

This past weekend was the Penny Arcade Expo, hosted locally by the fine fellows over at Penny-Arcade.com. A whole bunch of Bungie dudes made the short trip to Bellevue for the Halo 2 tournament, to take in a couple of Bungie-related panels and just to check out the show.

The Weekly World News, that bastion of truth and wisdom and freedom of the press, is reporting a disturbing news story. Earthlings are collecting the flags of Alien Nations. Presumably trading and acquiring them via places like eBay, without giving thought to where these flags come from. Especially disturbing is the most prized flag of…

Sketch reports back from Germany, where he’s continuing our Halo 2 Vista Vistravaganza Week. We also chat in loose terms about Halo 3 graphics, but nothing to get too excited about, and apologies once more, for a horrible, horrible piece of art.

We’ve compiled the top seven reasons that Halo 2 Vista rocks. Some might say it even has the potential to rock ever so slightly harder than the Xbox original. There are some things you might expect such as the map editor as well as some new tidbits that you may not have known.

The Halo 2 Vista page has just gone live on Bungie.net! In it you can find a screenshot gallery, an about page and an FAQ that holds everything we’ve addressed thus far on Halo 2 Vista. Along with this update, the web team has also added the long-awaited search function that encompasses the whole site!