Author: halo@bungie.org

MLG’s Ryan Thompson was the first to let us know that Activision and Microsoft are teaming up to release the Halo theme, MJOLNIR Mix edition, for Guitar Hero III, for free – tomorrow only. You can read more details at most big gaming sites – say, Joystiq.(Louis Wu 21:31:27 UTC)

RVideo accidentally stumbled on a way that makes one of the toughest battles in the Tsavo Highway levels get a lot easier… he wrote it up for you.(Louis Wu 21:21:25 UTC)

Stuntmutt played with one of the easter eggs in Halo 3 in today’s One One Se7en. Geddit?(Louis Wu 16:33:41 UTC)

Jamie98s has released a new machinima project – this one is called ‘Eclipse’, and it’s about a mysterious planet that is engulfing suns as it passes through galaxies. When it reaches Earth, ODSTs are deployed to investigate. This movie is 12 minutes long, and created with a modded version of Halo 2, plus lots of…

As mentioned previously, the Halo 3 Official Soundtrack went onsale yesterday, in record stores everywhere (well, everywhere in the US, anyway). For those having trouble finding it locally, it’s also available via download – you can swing by the iTunes Store, and spend $19.98 for it (you’ll get DRM-encoded 128kbps AAC files)… or visit the…

A couple of days ago, we mentioned some wallpapers created by Capt Spanish, based on Terminal-inspired artwork he’d built in a vector drawing program. There was some interest expressed in the vector files – so he’s obliged. You can snag an Adobe Illustrator file (340k, zipped) or a generic EPS file (556k, zipped). The Illustrator…

Captain Spark has been collecting dialogue for a while now, even though his website is currently offline. He recently sent us several dozen snippets from grunts and marines – there are some hilarious ones in here! Go listen to the newest editions in our Halo 3 Dialogue Databank.(Louis Wu 13:27:28 UTC)

Trindacut is tired of all this hype about Halo 3. He’s written a piece over at Rampancy.net explaining how Halo 3 should be more like Pokemon Snap. I’m not sure I agree with all of his points… but it sure wasn’t cool for Bungie to kill his dog.(Louis Wu 12:36:07 UTC)

This Spartan Life has posted Episode 5, Module 4 – a travelogue that continues the storyline from earlier modules, which uses the new Halo 3 maps to great advantage. Nice camera angles! More details can be found on their front page, and their Episodes page.(Louis Wu 12:35:47 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer: Chapter Two, Part One is now online – this is your chance to meet Team Viper(Louis Wu 12:35:31 UTC)

Delta, inspired by SilverBrin’s Lost Spartan release yesterday, spent several hours putting together a video for it. I think it works really well, actually, and is pretty impressive for an afternoon’s work!(Louis Wu 12:35:12 UTC)

Whoa, nostalgia. JayWHY stopped by to annnounce that for a limited time (tomorrow, through the weekend, though it seems to be up now), the HBO-COERCE HaloPC server would be up and running for a Thanksgiving Reunion. The forum post also has a link for a Ventrilo server. Jump in and remember the good old days!(Louis…

grantix posted Issue 3 of his Helljumper screenshot comic – our hero learns something about himself.(Louis Wu 12:34:19 UTC)

Ultimate Dragon put together his own Rube Goldberg-esque creation in Forge; it’s not a suicide, like we mentioned yesterday, it’s more of a mousetrap. Er… noobtrap. Go see. (Louis Wu 12:34:01 UTC)

The MLG Halo 3 Film Festival is now in its public voting phase – 200 videos have been narrowed down to 20, 5 in each of 4 categories. Go watch, and vote for your favorites! There’s some decent money on the line for the winners… so pick carefully! Thanks, trigger119.(Louis Wu 21:56:36 UTC)

Xbox.com and Ziddio (a division of Comcast) have teamed up to sponsor a Halo machinima contest: “Halo 3: A Call to Arms.” Create a short (20 second – 2 minute) machinima project, win, and you’ve got a shot at a home theater system, a VIP trip for 2 to the first MLG event of 2008,…

Halo Uprising #2, the second of Marvel’s four-episode Halo storyline, is (after many delays) due to be released tomorrow. You can see a six-page preview of it (plus the cover and table of contents) over at the MySpace Comic Books MySpace Blog, though – thanks, So Hood. (Louis Wu 19:53:16 UTC)

So Gamestop increased sales by almost 60% over last year at this time, increased third-quarter earnings by more than 200% over last year, exceeded predictions for the quarter by 30%… and STILL lost 7.2% of its stock price today. (The market is worried about the fourth quarter.) This stuff is voodoo. Top-selling games for the…

John_117 got his hands on the Halo 3 Official Soundtrack (released today), and posted a mini-review in our forum. Go read what he thinks!(Louis Wu 19:26:04 UTC)

Spawn.com has a whole bunch of new screenshots of the final McFarlane Series 1 action figures – thanks, P1 Groupe Italia. (Some of the shots are older – some are not. None are dated.)(Louis Wu 17:39:16 UTC)