Author: halo@bungie.org

Been a while since there was a Game with Fame event – but there’s one coming up tomorrow. Check this page on Xbox.com for details.(Louis Wu 16:47:02 UTC)

J C told us about some Halo 3 bundles available in the US; Costco has a $500 package that includes the Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360, a Limited Edition of Halo 3, and a McFarlane Halo 3 controller (they’d cost you about $530 individually), and Sam’s Club has a set of bundles that I…

cchapman updated his ‘Open Letter to Halo 3 Players’ (released yesterday) – the new version is significantly more polished. It’s also available streaming, from his MySpace page. (Louis Wu 16:02:42 UTC)

GamesBond007 pointed out a YouTube vid of a boy getting the present of his dreams. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.(Louis Wu 16:02:14 UTC)

Heh – Free Radical announced they’re making TimeSplitters 4. Check out the trailer. (Yes, this is on-topic.) Thanks, Pixellated.(Louis Wu 21:50:49 UTC)

Have you noticed that your Halo 3 online stats are a little screwy right now? Bungie has, too. They’re working on it. Thanks, Dan Szarmach.(Louis Wu 21:42:33 UTC)

Video Games Live just announced another 25 shows, with a newly designed show that includes music from Halo 3. Read the press release on their site.(Louis Wu 18:35:43 UTC)

The Cavegirls would like to remind everyone that they’ve doubled the size of both Fight Like a Girl tournaments, the FFA and the 2v2, so there’s plenty of room. The tournament goes down on Saturday October 20 at 2 pm Eastern – if you haven’t signed up yet, you can get more info in this…

You would think that Stuntmutt would find some spectacular way to celebrate 700 regular strips of One One Se7en, some truly clever pun or intricate puzzle. You’d be… wrong. (Congratulations, Stuntmutt! Getting to 700 without being tarred and feathered… I’m impressed!)(Louis Wu 15:59:26 UTC)

fullbore let us know that Rolling Stone issue 1036 (October 4) has an article entitled ‘Inside Halo’s Secret Lab’ – there’s a copy of it online, as well. fullbore is unhappy with the unflattering epithets they’ve come up with for Bungie employees. (The fact that Marty’s music is classified as ‘New Age’ bugged me more……

Wavehawk bought a Gundam model and painted it – and when he was done, was pretty surprised by how much it looked like a Spartan robot. See if you agree!(Louis Wu 15:37:51 UTC)

Missed this last week – but Stephen Totilo, over at MTV, wrote up a speculation post about which studios might make reasonable choices for Halo 4, if/when it’s developed. This was written before news of the split was public, so the 1:1 odds on Bungie themselves are probably a bit off…(Louis Wu 15:32:19 UTC)

According to a story at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Microsoft’s stock is doing pretty well right now, thanks to Halo 3 – it hit a 2-month high yesterday after Goldman, Sachs said Halo 3 would boost profits. According to a different story at PS3 Center, though, an industry analyst thinks Halo 3’s record sales will be…

New material and news over at Rampancy.net – they’ve got a review of Halo 3’s campaign from VVV (he seemed to be pretty unhappy, though he said he wasn’t – and there’s quite a bit of meat in Narc’s first comment, as well); there’s a short text-based guide to Halo 3’s terminals, created by N’Thro,…

Interesting – thesoffish let us know that he and some friends had reenacted the dragon fight from Beowulf in Halo 3 – I thought it worked surprisingly well. Take a look!(Louis Wu 11:54:30 UTC)

Couple of interviews over at MLG – there’s a video interview with Carbon’s Karma, and a video interview with the Gilbert Arenas, sponsor of Final Boss. Thanks to 3Suns, who points out that MLG Vegas, this weekend, will probably be the last time Halo 2 is played professionally with MLG. (Louis Wu 11:52:27 UTC)

yankeyhotel stopped by to point out abstrakt, a new blog which showcases screenshots taken within the Halo 3 engine in an artistic way. The shots up now (if you have trouble getting to the site, you’re not alone; I have two internet connections, and one can’t get there at all) are pretty interesting. They’ve been…

According to LX925, the prologue to Contact Harvest, the next Halo novel (set to come out next month) can be found in the current issue of OXM. Initial impressions are positive.(Louis Wu 11:15:25 UTC)

Deekor announced halo-machinima.com, a site for hosting your Halo vids. No word on bandwidth stuff. (Louis Wu 11:13:01 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has an update on a custom Halo 3 action figure auction, plus ANOTHER custom figure up for grabs; swing by her blog for all the details. (Louis Wu 11:11:43 UTC)