Author: halo@bungie.org

Kotaku sat down and talked to Frankie and Lars Bakken in Sydney this week – go read what they found out.(Louis Wu 18:33:33 UTC)

Six new stories in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 18:31:05 UTC)

PALGN has a review of Halo 3, based on the level they got to play in Sydney this week. They’re not sure it’ll be game of the year, given the competition it’s facing… but they did have a good time playing.(Louis Wu 18:23:17 UTC)

Major Nelson points out that the cover story in September’s Wired is Halo, focusing on play testing. I’m hoping my copy is waiting for me when I get home in a few days. Sounds like a good piece!(Louis Wu 18:19:14 UTC)

The Uber-Review has an article on Halo 3 – sort of a summary of all Halo 3 news to date, in a few paragraphs.(Louis Wu 18:11:17 UTC)

The Screenplay blog in Sydney’s The Age newspaper contains an interview, of sorts, with Frankie about Halo 3. Good stuff – and for folks paranoid that the new rules laid down by Microsoft about the use of game content are going to ruin the moviemaking…

The Bungie Podcast rolls on – this week’s special guest is Damian Isla, the AI lead on Halo 3. No Frankie – but Sketch is back. Lots of good stuff about AI and Halo 3 – and some bizarre stuff too. Thanks to MasterChief2829, who found the podcast a few…

The Leggett wonders if the grand finale of the IRIS ARG is happening tonight; evidence suggests that the last server will open at midnight (eastern). Would Microsoft really end the game more than a month before Halo 3 comes out – or will there be anot…

Anton P. Nym noticed a Q&A/hands-on Halo 3 feature at SPOnG.com – the hands-on is from play time in Amsterdam a week or two ago, and the Q&A is with Phil Spenser, MS General Manager, First Party Publishing. Good read, all around.(Louis Wu 18:4…

Amee Singh Bartenwerfer let us know that Black Turtle Media, a new organization that solicits user-generated advertising content, is running a Halo 3 contest; create ‘an ad that rivals the Halo trilogy hype’, win a chance at one of two $5,000 prizes. …

Xbox.com has a new Halo 3 Theme for Windows Live Spaces sites; swing by to Halo 3-ize your Spaces page. Thanks, DHalo.(Louis Wu 16:18:47 UTC)

Sean Mortensen sent along two new scores; Arrival was inspired by the idea of a Halo movie from Hollywood (mp3, 1.6 mb | PDF, 951 kb), and We Go Feet First! was written for the ODST Helljumpers (mp3, 3.1 mb | PDF, 438 kb). Go listen!(Louis Wu 16:02:03…

Gamespot points out that the Halo 3 Xbox 360 console has now been priced and dated in Australia; it’ll be out on September 20 (a day after the US), and cost $AU$680 (US$534, a significant chunk more than it costs in the US).(Louis Wu 15:50:45 UTC)

Kotaku’s got a writeup of the third level of Halo’s single player campaign, as played in Sydney – along with a discussion of the Saved Films option (which they see more as a cool screenshot composer). They’re happy with what they saw.(Louis Wu 15:43:1…

I’m not sure how CVG thinks this is news… but they’ve put up an article that states that Bungie hasn’t started work on Halo 3 for PC. In fact, there’s no word from Bungie about whether there WILL be a port, eventually – and Frank is quoted in their …

Amazon UK is finally selling the Legendary Edition of Halo 3 – if you’re in Great Britain, and haven’t ordered a copy yet, here’s your chance.(Louis Wu 15:26:04 UTC)

kornman00 ran across a Wikipedia page about a new superhero from DC Comics – her name is Forerunner, and she’s been tasked with serving The Monitors. Hmm… sounds like a DC writer has been getting some naming inspiration from video games!(Louis Wu 15…

GameDaily has posted an article entitled ‘Five Reasons Game Trilogies Suck’. Halo is one of their prime sources of examples.(Louis Wu 15:21:22 UTC)

trigger119 let us know that he’s put up an article discussing the new Game Content Usage Rules Microsoft posted recently. It’s pretty pessimistic; it looks at how these rules will affect current Halo moviemakers, and what you can no longer do without r…

Ah, bummer. Xbox 360 Fanboy discovered a fantastic deal for Canadians; the Canadian Dell Store was offering (yesterday only) a bundle that included an Xbox 360 Elite (MSRP is CA$499) and a copy of Halo 3 (MSRP CA$70) for a bundled price of CA$459 – thi…