Author: halo@bungie.org

Heh – they’re playing Halo 3 EVERYWHERE. There’s an article in the Brunei Times (if your geography is weak, Brunei is a tiny country on the island of Borneo, surrounded by a piece of Malaysia) about how quickly the 40 copies of the Limited Edition that the country received were sold. I wonder if any…

Over at DaniWeb, there’s a blog post that looks at the sales numbers that have been tossed around this week, and what they mean, long-term. (And what they mean when compared to movies, or books, or anything else Microsoft’s been comparing Halo 3 launch numbers with.) It’s worth reading, just for the ‘let’s not get…

Heh – Trevelyan X ran across an interesting info message while messing around in Forge… always nice to see that Bungie’s retained its sense of humor. (For what it’s worth, the flipee in this case is an elephant. There are films in Trevelyan’s fileshare (labeled hhh and flippa) if you want more info.) (Louis Wu…

RVideo has been playing around with Halo 3 panoramas – he sent us three:EdenGreetings from the EdgeLittle People Firstbikeman704 also posted a panorama that resembles ‘Eden’ in our forum. These are spoiler-free, in my opinion – but they DO show locations in the campaign, so… (Louis Wu 14:55:07 UTC)

A bunch more reviews popped through my inbox:Techtree.com – 4.5/5 Sunday Herald Sun (Australia) – 4.5/5 About.com – 5/5 411mania.com – 10/10It’s been suggested that we simply point you to an aggregator, like gamerankings.com, and dispense with the review listings altogether… at this point, we’re probably just going to keep posting them, but the day…

The State, a paper in Columbia, SC, is running a one-mission-a-day recap of the game; the first two missions are done (one | two). Full of spoilers, of course. I’ll see if I can remember to link future missions.(Louis Wu 14:37:02 UTC)

The Cavegirls are now taking registrations for Fight Like a Girl, an online tournament to raise money for the fight against breast cancer. October 20, on Live, $10 to enter either a Halo 3 FFA or a 2v2 tournament (or $20 to enter both), proceeds to go to ot the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer…

A couple of days ago, Bungie posted a note about the reopening of the Gallery Forum – and the re-emergence of the Caption Contest. Visit the thread listed, write a funny caption to go with the funny picture, get famous. No profit, sorry.(Louis Wu 14:30:15 UTC)

Sane Intolerant looks back on how the characters in Halo Toy Box got started. (Louis Wu 14:28:24 UTC)

Wired takes another look at the Game Content Usage Rules Microsoft published a couple of months ago – not a lot new, but it does a nice job of comparing the situation facing Halo machinima creators with that of creators in the Blizzard camp. Thanks, Xavier Guerrero.(Louis Wu 14:25:13 UTC)

Cody Misura sent us word of Halo 3 League, an online tourney site with both free and pay-to-enter, win-cash tournaments. Look around!(Louis Wu 14:01:27 UTC)

We’ve finally turned on the option to block Halo 3 spoilers in our news – because the time has come to allow us to post Halo 3 spoilers in our news. If you don’t want to see Halo 3 spoilers at all, make sure you reset your cookie choices with the little ‘Change This!’ link…

Planet Halo is running a contest in partnership with the US Air Force called “The Do Something Amazing Movie Contest” (free registration required). Create a one-minute Film Clip in Halo 3 (which limits this to multiplayer, since clips can’t be made in Campaign), save it to your File Share on Bungie.net and send them a…

Halo 2 remained the most-played title on Xbox Live from the week it came out until Gears of War released, two years later. Gears has held the top spot since then – until now. Major Nelson posted the top 10 most played titles for Live this week (through Friday), and as expected, Halo 3 has…

Halo fans have done a lot of creative art work, from armor and weapon recreations to more traditional art. Last night bs angel sent word of a rather unusual piece on eBay right now – a Master Chief-engraved toilet seat. Bidding ends about 36 hours from this post, with a current bid of $20. The…

So last night, it was reported that the IWHBYD skull was ‘found’, after ‘countless hours’. (Never mind that the game’s been out for well under a week.) In Halo 2, this was the toughest skull to crack; in fact, because there’s probably an element of randomness in the triggering, nobody’s EVER figured out a consistent…

Heh – Sane Intolerant found an unused skull in Halo 3. (Louis Wu 13:44:55 UTC)

Geek.com reviewed Halo 3 – they believe that if someone remade Halo with Live functionality, this game would be instantly overshadowed. (Louis Wu 13:36:30 UTC)

Well, yesterday was Friday, so it was time for another Bungie Weekly Update – Luke used it as a way to address a number of issues that have come up over the past few days, from achievement glitches to tempest-in-a-teapot scandals. Worth a read – either at B.net, or in our Weekly Update Archive. (Louis…