Author: halo@bungie.org

Heh – Devin Olsen almost got away with a Halo 3 Legendary Helmet for cheap yesterday. I HATE it when store managers foil my plots!(Louis Wu 14:11:39 UTC)

Velez noticed a summary of the McFarlane pieces scheduled for the next year, over at Spawn.com; the Halo Series 2 data (near the bottom of the page, due June 2008) is new. (Louis Wu 14:09:02 UTC)

Australia’s Gameplayer has put up a review of Halo 3 Multiplayer – they say it goes ‘Beyond the Beta’, but there’s not a lot in there that wasn’t already known, and it’s missing some of the newest info out there. Thanks, MasterChief2829.(Louis Wu 14:0…

Ducain pointed this out yesterday – but it wasn’t until today that I had a chance to actually look at it. Juggertrout and Big Grunty Thirst have released a new Halo 1 trick vid – one that is pretty darned clever. They noticed that a particular Shade s…

Outback Heh – deadguy71 stopped by with word of a heretofore unseen level in Halo 2 – ‘Outback’. The grass is AMAZING.(Louis Wu 13:51:24 UTC)

NovusVir let us know that he’s created a Halo-themed iGoogle skin; if you want your customized iGoogle page to reflect your favorite video game, check it out! (He says the gadget is safe; I have no way of confirming that, so use at your own risk. Goog…

Littlebigman noticed a gallery of new shots of the McFarlane action figures coming soon. (They’re mixed in with other McFarlane stuff; you’ll have to hunt.) Pretty! (Louis Wu 12:13:23 UTC)

Seven new stories in the Fan Fiction section this week – check ’em out!(Louis Wu 12:12:35 UTC)

Bungie has a full list of Halo-related stuff at ComicCon in the next couple of days – if you’re there, or going there, make sure you check out the list.(Louis Wu 12:06:26 UTC)

Remember last week, when we mentioned that EGM had 3 covers coming out for their September issue? Well, Kotaku has posted much larger pics of them – very, very nice.(Louis Wu 12:04:20 UTC)

Games Digest has a list of academic subjects that could benefit from the study of video games; Halo pops up for Etiquette. Um… yeah.(Louis Wu 11:58:28 UTC)

Bungie posted an article showing off the huge Scarab that WizKids is selling, in very limited quantites, at ComicCon this week. (There are 500 of ’em, and they’re going for $250 each.) There are stories about this piece at Gizmodo and TeamXbox, as wel…

I’m leaving tomorrow; the last week has been a blur. Downside for you – Halo news lags, sometimes. I took off midday yesterday; let’s see what’s popped up since then. There’s an in-depth story about upcoming features in Halo 3 (including some that cou…

Eurogamer has good things to say about Halo 3, in their summary of E3; interesting change of heart over recent articles. Thanks, Walshicus.(Louis Wu 17:30:46 UTC)

There are some interesting stats in this report from Nielson, about video game play; I’m not sure I understand them. It breaks out time spent playing video games on consoles (by console), and on PCs. On the Console side, Xbox + Xbox360 take up 25% of …

Heh – Ain’t It Cool News wrote up the Preview Night walkabout at San Diego ComicCon – and there are some Halo shots, with a pretty prominent ‘No Pictures’ icon right in front of them. I’d bet these make up the Gentle Giant Master Chief Mini Bust Case P…

The BBFC (the British equivalent of the US ESRB, a rating entity, though their version has more legal clout than ours does) has rated Halo 3 (specifically the Limited Edition) as ’12’ – the same rating they gave the Halo 2 Expansion Pack. (They didn’t…

Advanced Media Network gave out its Best and Worst Awards for E3 2007 – and Halo 3 picked up just a single award: Most Disappointing Game. Ah, well.(Louis Wu 16:20:07 UTC)

Xbox.com is holding a series of sweepstakes – you’ve got a shot at winning copies of Halo 3, books, schwag – and a Halo 3 Xbox 360 console. Grand Prize winner for the last round gets some amazing stuff, including an “Xbox 360 Halo 3 X-shaped Ibanez Xip…

MLG is rebroadcasting the Dallas Video on Demand footage; if you missed the gameplay last weekend, here’s your chance to catch it! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 10:11:48 UTC)