Author: halo@bungie.org

I can’t say I know what it all means – but Avateur has posted a writeup of the events leading up to the opening of Server 5 in the Iris ARG, and Switchblade sent along a compilation of the starmap images from the servers. Things are coming to a head!(…

IGN has some better pictures of the upcoming Halo 3 Missile Case – looks like it’s changed color (from brown to green). There was also some discussion about this on our forum – it’s unclear if the larger pictures are doing the potential sales any good…

xIIEnderIIx received his Halo Kubrick figures in the mail today from EBGames (well ahead of schedule) – swing by for some pictures. (There’s another one here, too.)(Louis Wu 06:41:18 UTC)

RotaJota pointed out that Ars Technica has ‘reviewed’ Mountain Dew’s Game Fuel… they weren’t impressed. You can’t please everyone.(Louis Wu 06:39:19 UTC)

Zeouterlimits noticed the new Warthog shot highlighted in the Bungie Weekly Update – but he noticed it 12 hours before that update went live. Gotta give credit where credit is due; it didn’t get posted only because I was busy.(Louis Wu 06:36:35 UTC)

chewpathingy noticed that the Mountain Dew Game Fuel TV Ad is up over at the Mountain Dew website. Not a bad ad, actually!(Louis Wu 06:34:34 UTC)

reprobate found a shot of some high-level Bungie folks playing Halo in a textbook he’s getting rid of soon. Pretty unusual Bungie sighting!(Louis Wu 06:31:32 UTC)

DarkSim noticed another Halo 3 Preview based on the Sydney showing – this one is at MyGEN. They liked it.(Louis Wu 06:27:30 UTC)

GotFrag DPAD has a preview of MLG Chicago – give it a read if you need a summary!(Louis Wu 06:23:02 UTC)

Namloco pointed out that Podtacular’s Summer Tourney is over – and that Team SBG Omega won the Finals. (This doesn’t seem to be online yet – but information about the tourney can be found on Podtacular’s website.)(Louis Wu 06:20:53 UTC)

Dennis Powers wrote up his own thoughts about Microsoft’s Game Content Rules, and posted them at HaloMaps.org. Worth a read – check it out.(Louis Wu 06:17:23 UTC)

Okay, I’ve had a chance to go through our forum, and there were, indeed, a significant number of posts worth pointing out. I’ll try to go through them in order. First up: BitMaP posted a pretty funny comic yesterday – go read.(Louis Wu 06:15:47 UTC)

A few hours ago, Luke Smith posted the Bungie Weekly Update – info about the Halo 3 Epsilon playtest (if you’re not in it, you’re not gonna be, sorry), some cool IMAX Halo 3 action, info about the upcoming filesharing aspects of Halo 3, a teaser about…

Today’s One One Se7en takes a look at a Halo 3 change to the Brutes, as shown in the E3 trailer. Here’s hoping some of those brutes can FIND that Stuntmutt character and give him what he deserves for the pun. (As for the rest of the news for today – I’…

David Leggett points out that he’s compiled an archive of all the content available on the 5 unlocked servers in the IRIS ARG – no age gate, no flash. Just content. If you missed any of it – go grab it now!(Louis Wu 18:51:04 UTC)

3Suns wanted to make sure that HBO readers realize how much content is being posted over at MLGPro.com – there’s a preview of the Halo portion of the upcoming Chicago tournament, an archive news link for tons of stuff we’ve let fall through the cracks…

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)