Author: halo@bungie.org

GameDaily takes a look at the Master Chief as an endorsement property… some of these are pretty cute. Thanks, iN00B.(Louis Wu 21:31:08 UTC)

Sam Blau let us know that CyberZone, near Philadelphia, PA, is hosting a 2v2 tournament this weekend – $5 to get in, $25 to play, cash and prizes to be won. More details on their events page.(Louis Wu 21:10:52 UTC)

Halo 3 overload at MLG? You bet. Thanks, trigger119.(Louis Wu 20:29:19 UTC)

gdejohn is organizing a Halo 3 montage which will feature the best gameplay from the Halo community – but he needs you to provide footage. You don’t need editing skills or hardware; just save your gameplay films, and he’ll download and record them. Far more information can be found in this MLGPro.com forum thread (registration…

Over at The Hushed Casket, Midnight has been playing with numbers – he’s trying to predict the sales of Halo 3 (both in units, and dollars), in the first 24 hours. I’d disagree with some of his assumptions (the two biggies are total 360s sold to date and current number of preorders) – but whether…

S043 let us know that Bungie’s put up the second of three Forge articles – this one looks at Object Editing. Everything you wanted to know about Forge – but were too impatient to wait for Halo 3 to check for yourself. (Louis Wu 20:02:57 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy is counting down the time to Halo 3 with new activities every day – I suppose the theory isif you stay distracted, you won’t go hunting for spoilers on the net. Today’s activity: Photoshop a picture of yourself with Master Chief. There are a couple of her, plus some that folks have sent…

TeamXbox has interviewed Chris Gossett, Bungie.net Development Lead, about some of the new features you’ll be seeing soon on Bungie.net. Boatloads of info about what we’re getting – both in screenshots, and answers from Chris. Go read – and get pumped up! (Campaign spoiler-free.) Thanks, Red_Breast.(Louis Wu 18:51:57 UTC)

Hellhawk let us know that he’s released Floaty Silence 3. It’s basically ‘A Whisper in the Storm’, with an entirely new soundtrack. Pretty funny! You can grab it in WMP9 format (44.4 mb) or QuickTime format (Sorenson-encoded, 49.4 mb) from us… or you can grab a non-deinterlaced QuickTime version (H.264 encoding, 46.9 mb) from Mythica.org.…

GIMME A BEER lets us know that the Diorama and Making Of (Monument) videos are now available for download from Xbox Live Marketplace (in standard definition). (Louis Wu 17:13:51 UTC)

We got a press release from Deep Focus, an agency in New York – they’re promoting what has to be one of the oddest music vids I’ve seen in a long time. From the release:Only days away from the Halo 3 release, Superdeluxe.com and Team Tiger Awesome drops this boy-band ode to Master Chief and…

Many sites have stories about a launch night extravaganza in London (Games Dog, Eurogamer, Pro-G) – apparently Jonathan Ross and Pharrell Williams will both be on hand at the blowout at the BFI IMAX cinema. Over a thousand shops in the UK will be open at midnight to sell you a copy of the game,…

Andrew Koethe sent us ‘In Halo 3’, a not-safe-for-work song that talks about all the stuff that happens in Halo 3. Andrew has never PLAYED Halo 3, so the spoilers in the song are wholly fictitious… but it’s pretty funny, nonetheless. Again: the lyrics are R-rated, the content is made up from whole cloth -…

Stephen Fung, from Futurelooks, let us know that the publisher is giving away a Legendary Edition of Halo 3 – check this forum post for full details. See? it’s okay if you haven’t ordered it yet… you can still win it!(Louis Wu 12:19:46 UTC)

Another Top list – this time, it’s Top Twenty Starship Captains – and Kunochan.com says Captain Jacob Keyes is Number Nine. Thanks, Sparticus.(Louis Wu 11:52:34 UTC)

Will Turnbow has updated his Halo font to reflect changes made by Bungie over the past few years; you can grab the newest version here. (We’ve also updated the Misc Art entry that stores this font.)(Louis Wu 11:45:24 UTC)

Tech Gear wants to know what sort of setup you have for playing Halo 3 – visit this page for info on how to show them. Let the Gear Wars begin! Thanks, JamesD.(Louis Wu 11:28:39 UTC)

USA Today has posted a piece which looks at how the story of Halo has affected the people who play it. Good read – and it doesn’t hurt that it’s got a quote from our very own Miguel Chavez in it!(Louis Wu 11:24:28 UTC)

IGN Has posted a preview of Isolation, one of the Halo 3 multiplayer maps we haven’t seen yet. Six screenshots (check the screenshots section for the ones not included in the article) and some questions about gameplay answered by Tyson ‘Ferrex’ Green… go look! (A couple of the screenshots show off some of the UI…

Kiaffex has let us know that Podtacular 128 has been released – join the crew as they bid farewell to Halo 2. It’s over an hour and a half long. (Louis Wu 11:06:56 UTC)