Author: halo@bungie.org

As discussed pretty heavily in our forum, a pair of auctions appeared yesterday on eBay in which PAL copies of Halo 3 were being sold. It’s unclear whether these are real or not – but it looks like they might be. The first auction is already offline; the second, as of the time of this…

Heh – if you live in Victoria, Australia, check out this auction – put Halo 3 plates on your car! Current bid is AU$3000, with a day left. Thanks, Boxer.(Louis Wu 09:52:46 UTC)

Z let us know about Zola: Trinity, a new montage that’s getting great reviews at Halo3Forum. 225 mb, almost 12 minutes long, WMP9 format. Go watch!(Louis Wu 09:51:05 UTC)

Avateur found a page on Xbox.com with pics of the Madame Tussaud’s Wax Master Chief, and a bunch of info. Nice!(Louis Wu 09:47:54 UTC)

Adam Grumbo let us know that (a little) against his will, he’s selling his personal Master Chief suit on eBay… check out the pics! (You get an assault rifle with the package, even.) Current bid is just under $1k, bidding’s open for almost 10 days.(Louis Wu 09:27:53 UTC)

Yahoo Games is reporting that they’ve got two exclusive videos to release this week – the ‘Museum’ video mentioned in Brandweek’s release yesterday, and the ‘Believe’ TV ad which went live this week. Keep an eye on the site for these! Looks like Samusaaron3 was first with the news.(Louis Wu 09:15:36 UTC)

halosavior stopped by to point out a map he created using the Starcraft Campaign Editor – it’s based on Relic. (If you’re curious about how close the matchup is, remember that Bungie’s overhead view of Relic is here.)(Louis Wu 09:06:48 UTC)

1Up.com has a story in which a regular on their site stumbled across a torrent containing a copy of Alex Garland’s original Halo movie script from 2005. For what it’s worth… the pages exerpted in the story match the copy I have, as well. (I didn’t get it from 1Up, I came by it back…

The Final Fight was poking around the Indian Halo 3 site (it may or may not be the official Microsoft site, but it seems to be), and they found four spankin’ new Halo 3 screenshots. Purty! (You gotta check out the Characters page, as well – I’ve seen insane-looking Cortanas before, but never quite like…

Zarathustra Studios and Krad Productions collaborated to create ‘[Company] Rulez!’, a humorous look at the Game Content Usage Rules published by Microsoft last month. Before they could release it, though, Microsoft made it clear that they were planning on revising the rules, and that things weren’t as gloomy as they first appeared. The movie’s still…

Banshee_105 was the first to mention the latest 1Up Halo content – it’s an article entitled ‘Beyond Halo: The Apocrypha of Master Chief’, and it looks at the non-game Halo universe. Go read!(Louis Wu 19:12:38 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a replacement case for your Xbox 360 that brings to mind the original Xbox Special Edition case – and in her case, it’s more visually appealing than the OFFICIAL Xbox 360 Special Edition. Check it out to see if you agree – it’s currently under $45, so if you’d rather go back…

Today’s One One Se7en is a Diamond(back) in the rough.(Louis Wu 17:07:45 UTC)

Gravemind wrote up a wordy rant about the accuracy of the Carbine as seen in the Halo 3 Beta. (The tone of the piece is “what a shame they didn’t fix this” – though how he can know whether they did or not without playing with the final version is beyond me.) Interesting analysis, whether…

Lots of places will be open at midnight on September 25th (as we pointed out earlier this morning, as many as 10,000) – many of them will be doing special promotions. AfroRyan works at an EBGames in Illinois – read his post for details on what HIS store will be doing. (Louis Wu 16:58:24 UTC)

Hellhawk stopped by with a teaser for his latest project… looks like fun!(Louis Wu 16:55:31 UTC)

We got word from Phil, at Sodaware, that he’d written an article about the gaming design lessons that can be learned from the original Halo. After reading it, I wonder how he’d interpret the changes made between Halo and Halo 2… but even on its own, it’s a fine read. (Louis Wu 14:32:27 UTC)

Haloplayer let us know that Injured Knee Productions’ Countdown Comic #3 is now online. A range of opinions about the various versions of Halo 3…(Louis Wu 14:05:49 UTC)

Cap KEEZ let us know about a new Flash vid at Newgrounds – Halo: Lost in Time. Funny, Nice artwork, and it runs longer than you might expect. (Don’t close it when it says ‘End’.) (Louis Wu 13:15:01 UTC)

Folks have wondered on our forum about the lack of TV ads for Halo 3 – wonder no more, BrandWeek explains how the ‘Believe’ TV ad campaign kicks off this week. 10,000 stores will be open at midnight for Halo 3 buying? That’s crazy! Go read.(Louis Wu 11:30:15 UTC)