Author: halo@bungie.org

SilverBrin has made a bunch of Halo-related music in the past; he’s back, with a piece he created for the MySpace Halo 3 Soundtrack contest a month or two back. It’s called ‘Lost Spartan’, and this is what he had to say about it:”My objective was to write something that I wanted to hear while…

Mass Effect is released today in the US – and Another Halo Comic Strip is there to comment. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 16:38:00 UTC)

Bart Gordon pointed out an article in DC Velocity’s current issue on upcoming changes in the protection of retail sales. DC Velocity is a logistics trade magazine (Halo 3 made the cover!), and the article is talking about enhanced RFID chips that can actually enable an electronic-based item (like a video game) at checkout. (That…

AusQB posted a screenshot compilation on YouTube – this wouldn’t really be news, except that he’s actually got a Bungie.net group, Ar7is7s of Halo, devoted to cool shots. (The screenshot compilation is pretty well-done, but the shots themselves suffer tremendously from being forced into YouTube’s tiny, overcompressed format.) Swing by the B.net group if you’re…

Xupaosso has kicked off a website called ‘Weekly Forge Contest’, which houses a… well, you can probably guess. Week One – build a Slayer map on Guardian using at least two crates. Read the page for full rules and a description of the goals. (No prizes; this is all about making cool stuff.) (Louis Wu…

Nitro288 pointed out a fun glitch found by AxS Kamikaze – not at all sure what caused it, but man, that Phantom pilot needs driving lessons. (Louis Wu 16:00:55 UTC)

Heh – Ice V spent considerable effort setting up a Rube Goldberg-style suicide on The Pit; the saved film doesn’t seem to be available, but the YouTube version’s still pretty cool. There’s a forum thread started by a friend of his at Bungie.net, for comments – thanks, InAmb3rClad.(Louis Wu 15:33:23 UTC)

MLGPro.com has an interview with their league commissioner, John Nelson, about the changes to gametypes that are made possible by the flexibility in Halo 3. There’s also plenty of info about what will, and won’t, be included in competition setups; for example, maps with shield doors will NOT be included, nor will equipment. It’s a…

Contact Harvest went on sale 3 weeks ago – and the press release sent around yesterday (visible, among other places, at Game Daily) suggests it’s a hit. It debuted at #3 on the November 18 New York Times Bestseller list, and is still at #4 this week. (You probably have to be logged in to…

Z pointed out an article written by Steam, over at 360WTF; it covers some of the top montages made in Halo 2, the Halo 3 beta, and Gears of War. (Examples are included.) Go watch! (Louis Wu 14:37:00 UTC)

I saw this article via Google News yesterday morning – but passed on front-paging it for a number of reasons. Anton P. Nym noted it on our forum yesterday afternoon – but I was busy, so I didn’t take a second look. When I got up this morning, the report, from a company called ‘BrandIntel’,…

If you missed the initial announcement of the upcoming Halo Downloadable Content, or the followup screenshots, you should swing by Bungie.net, and read this story. Actually, even if you DIDN’T miss that other stuff, you should read the story. A large chunk of it is a Q&A with Chris Barrett, the creative director of DLC…

Stuntmutt looks at the downloadable version of the original Halo (due on December 11) in today’s One One Se7en. Funny man.(Louis Wu 20:17:45 UTC)

Blackstar has been creating new medals for new experiences in Halo 3 for a few weeks; we’ve finally gotten around to adding a page for them. His latest medal is ‘What Goes Around’, awarded to bark0de for an amusing death on Sandtrap. Check out the whole collection!(Louis Wu 20:08:52 UTC)

Interesting; cortinator points out that GeeVee.com is offering a beta service whereby they’ll automatically convert your fileshare’d saved film clips to streamable video… this could be pretty useful for folks without a capture card! Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:41:58 UTC)

Thanks to Edelman; I hadn’t noticed the link to screens earlier.Standoff: 1080p (517K) | 480p (121K)Rat’s Nest: 1080p (470K) | 480p (106K)Foundry: 1080p (441K) | 480p (102K)Gotta say… they’re pretty! (Louis Wu 17:58:01 UTC)

Wow, this is truly strange to me. According to EarthTimes.org, Lycos has posted its 8th annual list of the most popular toys and video games, based on web search activity… and Halo 3 came in 10th, well below 6th-place Halo 2. How is this possible? Are Lycos users living in the past, or something?(Louis Wu…

Over at Xbox.com, the big announcement alluded to in last Friday’s Bungie Weekly Update has gone up – on December 11, 3 new multiplayer maps will be available for download, for 800 Microsoft Points ($10 US). These will all be free by spring 2008, just in time for the NEXT wave of downloadable content. Go…

Stuntmutt sent us links to a couple of Flash games available on Australian websites; there’s ‘Halo Fore’, a golf game on the Red v Blue charity site, and ‘Grunt Attack’, a twitch shooter. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 17:19:29 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue has posted the last part of Chapter One of his Reclaimer comic – we’ll be moving on to Team Viper soon.(Louis Wu 14:44:17 UTC)