Author: halo@bungie.org

There are a couple of new writeups of the first level run-through that TeamXbox mentioned yesterday, along with some information about the detachable camera system – one article at Kotaku (thanks, Littlebigman), and another at GameDaily. Again, potenti…

Marcus-626 pointed out yesterday that HaloWars had updated their site with two new ‘World Concept’ wallpapers. One shows a lava-filled desert scene, while the other looks like a toxic wasteland. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 11:49:20 UTC)

Marty O’Donnell loves you. (Long time.) Check this. (Thanks to the master himself.)(Louis Wu 00:53:23 UTC)

Bungie has posted QuickTime versions of the Arms Race short – this is good, because I was trying to figure out if we had the bandwidth to supply these ourselves. Thanks, Mid7night.(Louis Wu 23:39:54 UTC)

We didn’t mention it last night, because we were afraid it was going to be buried in the Halo flood coming from the press conference… but another game announced during the evening was a title many thought they’d never see – Marathon 2 for Xbox Live …

What… you thought we’d forget One One Se7en on this day of stupendous news? Nah – everyone needs a puerile sex joke occasionally. If you don’t get it – you probably don’t live in the UK.(Louis Wu 20:47:45 UTC)

Sean Mortensen continues to compose music for Ghosts of Onyx – he’s released Spartans Never Die (4 mb) (written for Kurt), and Reclaimers (4.2 mb), written for Ash. Anyone with questions, comments, or suggestions can mail Sean. (Louis Wu 20:45:04 UTC)

That awfully cool short from Neil Blomkamp that was released yesterday? Looks like it’s the first of a series. w00t! Thanks, Dry Ice.(Louis Wu 20:24:21 UTC)

3Suns let us know about a few things at MLGPro.com – a profile of synide, an audio interview with Legend, and some predictions about upcoming tourneys and the like. Go read!(Louis Wu 19:49:47 UTC)

trigger119 pointed out a pair of montage vids hosted at GamingTV – the Eurotage, a Halo 3 Beta montage (that was first pointed out to me by synide, of MLGPro.com, actually), and a trailer for SiR Tyner’s Montage 2. (Louis Wu 19:42:48 UTC)

Some non-E3 news in the queue – should clear this out too. Deadly Warrior let us know of an online Halo 2 tournament being put together by SBG Omega – swing by their forums for more details.(Louis Wu 19:39:52 UTC)

x1zero noticed a new Valhalla shirt at the Bungie Store. (Louis Wu 19:27:48 UTC)

If you’re interested in Halo Wars, especially past the short (and abruptly-ended) trailer, you might want to read the articles at 1Up.com and the San Jose Mercury News – there are nice written descriptions of gameplay and the like. There’s also new i…

One story we didn’t get to yet involves the release of a Halo 3-themed Xbox 360. You can see pictures of it at Bungie.net right now, and there’ll be a full article about it later today, but the basics are a small (20GB) drive, gorgeous Halo 3 styling,…

Joystiq has put up a frame-by-frame analysis of the new trailer – I disagree with a ton of the commentary, but everyone’s allowed their opinion.(Louis Wu 14:05:12 UTC)

TeamXbox got to watch a chunk of the first level of the game being played last night, after the Press Conference – and they’ve written up the experience. It IS only the first level – but story spoilers abound; skip this one if you want to experience i…

Over at GameVideos.com, there’s short (31 second) trailer for Halo Wars; it seems to end rather abruptly, so it might be that there’s some of it missing, but it’s intriguing nonetheless. If you want to see how this RTS is coming along, grab this!(Loui…

Wow – spending so much time with the Halo 3 trailer, I’ve neglected to post a note about the Arms Race short. It’s linked at the bottom of the Bungie.net Media Blowout page , and it’s available (for now) only in WMP9 formats. It’s the first Halo-relate…

Apparently, a lot of you out there have never read Amaroq’s rant about download accelerators – because a small handful of people are KILLING 300Mbit/sec’s worth of bandwidth by using them. No, we’re nowhere near maxed out on the servers – but when 3 I…

If the movies weren’t enough for you… check out the Screenshots gallery at Bungie.net. There are 8 gorgeous new shots for downloading… I’m drooling.(Louis Wu 05:20:33 UTC)