Author: halo@bungie.org

It’s Friday (well, Saturday by HBO’s clock, but Friday where I am), so it’s time for another Bungie Weekly Update. It went up on time this week – about 4 hours ago – and you should enjoy it, since it’s the second-to-last one that’ll be posted before the game launches. This one covers what the…

trigger119 let us know that he’s put up a mirror of the 720p WMP9 from Yahoo, as well as encoded (with H.264, 72 mb) a version in QuickTime. They can both be found on this page at GamingTV. For what it’s worth, We’ve put up a 720p QuickTime, as well (62.5 mb) – this one…

KEEZY was at the New York IMAX event last night – and wrote it up for PreGameLobby. Go read!(Louis Wu 19:51:22 UTC)

Edge Magazine had a large Halo feature last month – it’s online at Next Generation now. (This was mentioned by Red_Breast a few days ago; I held off posting it because I’d meant to host his magazine scans as well, but haven’t found time to do that yet. The article showed up today at BusinessWeek,…

CVG is running a contest whereby you can win one of five Legendary Editions by answering a question; I couldn’t find any info that limited entry to folks in the UK, but you might want to check that yourself.(Louis Wu 19:14:50 UTC)

bs angel, aka Hawty McBloggy, let us know about a very cool Halo speedpainting at YouTube – watch the Master Chief come to life in 5 minutes!(Louis Wu 18:42:08 UTC)

There is quite a bit of new information out there about the Believe ad(s) – if you visit the Xbox.com BELIEVE page (thanks, Avateur and Sep7imus), you’ll find multiple versions of the ‘Believe’ ad (labeled ‘Diorama’ here), as well as a Making Of video (also visible at Yahoo, listed as ‘Monument’ – thanks, Fernando Paniagua),…

Yahoo’s got a ‘5 Reasons You Want It’ list up – they’re all pretty common-sense, but hey. Thanks, Phoenix42.(Louis Wu 17:44:06 UTC)

The full, hi-res version of the “Believe” ad is now online at Yahoo Games. (Thanks, The Cancers.) You can watch it online, or download a huge HD (720p, 81 mb) version from them. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 16:30:29 UTC)

Broderick Shoemaker sent us a note that MLG has kicked off a Wiki that contains (or will contain) tips and tricks, strategies, and info on all three Halo games. (Other games, too – anything MLG plays.) They’re looking for input from you, the fans – because that’s how wikis work. Go see what’s there already,…

Another financial analyst weighs in – according to Next Generation, Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter believes that Halo 3 will sell 3 million units in the first 12 days, and help Microsoft sell more than 400,000 Xbox 360s by the end of September. He thinks that there’ll be some new news on the Sony front this…

Sarcastic Gamers has put together a song they call ‘The Halo 3 Hype Hoedown’ – you’ll finally understand what you can expect on September 25. This brought a smile to my face, at least…(Louis Wu 13:56:00 UTC)

Today’s Penny Arcade touches on the marketing fervor for Halo 3, as well. Guess it’s the theme this week. Thanks, RotaJota.(Louis Wu 13:45:47 UTC)

Today’s One One Se7en looks at bleed-over between games. Intentional… and unintentional.(Louis Wu 12:41:00 UTC)

This went live a couple of days ago, but I’m just noticing it now: the third video in the 6-part Korean Halo 3 promotion is live. (We mentioned Part 1 and Part 2 a couple of weeks ago.) Master Chief visits a… school? This would probably be funnier if I understood Korean.(Louis Wu 12:21:53 UTC)

We’ve mentioned the Halo History Pack, a repackaging of Halo and Halo 2 for Japanese gamers, before – but this article at Thunderbolt Games has a bit more information, and pictures. The product is available now.(Louis Wu 11:57:59 UTC)

You knew it had to happen. Tied the Leader got their hands on an unauthorized copy of Halo 3… and have listed the Top Ten Surprises in Halo 3. Jerks. (I really shouldn’t have to write this, but I don’t want traffic to TTL to suffer because the internet doesn’t do droll very well… so…

An article over at Geezer Gamers looks back over the the last few years, and how their community has changed… and how they’re coming back to their Halo 2 roots, in preparation for Halo 3. Bungie: Bringing People Together All Over The World.(Louis Wu 11:32:22 UTC)

Stephen Totilo (writer for MTV) was one of those invited to play Halo 3 this week – he can’t tell you about it yet, but he CAN tell you how his weekend went. Interesting read!(Louis Wu 11:15:13 UTC)

As long as we’re doing the Kotaku thing, check out this post; there’s been word for a while that Mountain Dew Game Fuel would be available in “a few select markets” in an aluminum bottle… but until now, I hadn’t seen an example. Pretty!(Louis Wu 11:12:00 UTC)