Author: halo@bungie.org

Games Radar has an article that looks at eight games that changed dramatically from initial announcement through final product. (I’m not sure you couldn’t find a hundred more, if you looked – but 8 is a fine number.) Thanks, Mike Carson.(Louis Wu 18:06:46 UTC)

Yesterday, we mentioned a set of new screenshots at the Radio Shack page that’s selling Halo 3 preorders. (There were 23, some of which were new.) Today, ComWave lets us know that another batch of 22 are up (a half-dozen or so of which haven’t been seen before).(Louis Wu 17:33:41 UTC)

Webnation’s Episode 12 contains an interview with Kathleen Zuelch, better known to Halo fans as Red vs Blue’s Tex. Great discussion – go watch! (The Halo portion kicks off around 16 minutes in, but the whole episode is entertaining.)(Louis Wu 14:53:30 UTC)

We got word from a Halownage mod about some of the new content available at their site – there’s a 1v1 tournament sign-up, their latest clip-of-the-month contest, and plenty of site goodies for members. Swing by to check it all out!(Louis Wu 13:25:29 UTC)

Awesome. WikiScanner is a tool developed by a guy who was interested in seeing who was doing the anonymous editing on Wikipedia pages. All sorts of interesting information surfaced once people started using it; companies saying good things about their own products, or dissing the competition… Halo’s now on the list. According to this Lasersharks…

Heh. This article, from Xbox 360 Rally, showed up in my Google Alerts mailbox – it rants about a piece at GameDaily that seems to have been written specifically to drive Halo fans into a tizzy. For that reason, they’ve actually posted the whole article… so you don’t need to visit the original and give…

The Philadelphia Daily News has an article that discusses how Marvel’s Halo: Uprising series is bringing more new faces to comic books. I guess that might be part of the new strategy to release these every 2 months, instead of every 2 weeks…(Louis Wu 11:48:15 UTC)

TVG has put up a preview of Halo 3, based on what they saw in Leipzig a few weeks ago. They’re skeptical about Forge, but like the way the game’s looking.(Louis Wu 11:44:08 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has put up an article that PROVES that she knew about Halo 3 going gold… OVER 20 YEAR AGO. Don’t believe her? Go read it! Then apologize for doubting her.(Louis Wu 11:38:58 UTC)

Halo makes the news in fields that have nothing to do with video games; DMN Newswire has a story this morning about how Microsoft is using Halo 3 as an example of Microsoft’s ‘world class competency’ in managing supply chains. The question is – can you fill the supply channel with product… and STILL manage…

Wow, bizarre. Daily Motion has a video of the Master Chief rescuing a woman being yelled at by her husband/boyfriend… on the streets of France. Um… what? Update: With a little digging, it becomes clear that these were created by the French TV channel TF1; you can download Part One and Part Two from Halo.fr.…

If you’ve read our news for any length of time, you’ve read the name ‘kornman00’ – he’s been a long-time Halo fan, and he currently has something he wants to share with you. Back in February, he won a charity auction that gave him a two-person tour of Bungie Studios. A FULL tour. The person…

Warbow gives you a good argument for staying away from tools like Forge in the latest Calvin and Halo. Sigh…(Louis Wu 22:23:27 UTC)

1Up has posted a preview of Halo 3, as part of its Halo 3 info flood – it’s a very short look at gametypes. Looks like Lichtonatus was first.(Louis Wu 22:21:57 UTC)

Stuntmutt was thinking about how much fun you can have with Forge – check today’s One One Se7en for more details.(Louis Wu 18:11:16 UTC)

Atoyot let us know that Windows Mobile is offering free ringtones and wallpapers, among other things, for Windows Mobile Owner Circle members. No clue how good they are, though… I’m not a member.(Louis Wu 15:01:20 UTC)

Haloplayer continues his Injured Knee Productions Countdown Comics – number 2 is now online.(Louis Wu 14:59:20 UTC)

Avateur stopped by last night to point out that Radio Shack is now selling Halo 3 – and their ‘screenshots’ section contains a few pictures that haven’t been seen before. (Thread readers seemed to like this one a lot.) (Louis Wu 14:57:07 UTC)

1Up’s Retronauts continues their look back at the Halo series – Revisiting Halo 2, Part 1 (covering gameplay on and near Earth) is now live. Go read!(Louis Wu 19:53:36 UTC)

Sigafoos sent word that The Riot 63 is now up – community news, challenges, tournaments, and love. (Love? Hmm.) 12 mb, 30 minutes. Go listen!(Louis Wu 19:40:38 UTC)