Author: halo@bungie.org

I seem to have misunderstood – Halopen’s Threshold Part 1 is already out, and available on their website, in multiple formats. Very heavy on the effects, intriguing use of mods, nice cinematography. Story seems a bit slow, and somewhat capricious – bu…

The puns in today’s One One Se7en will make you wish Stuntmutt’s paternity leave had been longer. Maybe if we all chip in…(Louis Wu 17:59:10 UTC)

DarkSim noticed a piece of artwork at DeviantART created by the comic book artist Daniel Luvisi – It’s a rendition of the Master Chief, and is listed as ‘Sneak Peek’. More to come?(Louis Wu 17:56:11 UTC)

Boxer has returned to AiD (If you’re too new to the HBO community to remember Adventures in Disaster, check our news archive – some of the links still work). COMIX!(Louis Wu 17:42:26 UTC)

Geoff Chang re-edited the Arms Race video to be more ‘propaganda-like’, in his words. The end result is pretty interesting! There are two trailers in his first post, and another one in this post – all to the same movie, just different hosts/formats. W…

bryboy remix sent word of a new film from Halopen – it’s called Threshold, and it’ll be out soon. (Today, probably.) Read this description for more details – and then keep your eyes peeled for the final product!(Louis Wu 14:56:57 UTC)

Yesterday, Bungie also updated its Renders section – there are three new images available, two Master Chief poses and a really cool Golden Brute. As with all new Bungie renders, these are placed on a black background – they look cool, but it makes them…

Sean Mortensen sent in another Ghosts of Onyx-inspired piece of music – this one is a theme for Dante, and weighs in at 3 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 13:29:51 UTC)

Oh, my goodness. The Bungie Podcast has returned! Luke Smith has taken the reins – and apparently plied SketchFactor and Frankie with a LOT of booze to get them to come back. (Lars Bakken is there as a chaperone, I think.) There’s quite a bit of infor…

Nine new pieces available today in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 13:09:43 UTC)

Bungie put up a ton of content yesterday – too bad I was away from the netterwebz. A promised article about the Halo 3 Xbox 360 went live – it’s an interview with Aaron LeMay, Graphic Design Art Director for Bungie, a ‘key point person’ on the project…

Joystiq has an article this morning about the Gravity Hammer, and its potential playability in Halo 3. Certainly don’t bet your life savings or anything… but it’s looking pretty likely that you’ll be swinging that puppy later this year.(Louis Wu 12:…

Chad Souter let us know that Violated Gaming is allowing members to host Halo 2 tournaments free; even if you don’t want to host, there’s plenty to play.(Louis Wu 12:42:11 UTC)

More websites have weighed in on both the after-show demo of the first level of Halo 3 in a hotel room (Gamespot, thanks Smurfa) and the saved film editing toys (Next Generation, Joystiq, TeamXbox). That must have been a busy hotel room!(Louis Wu 12:4…

Dolbex takes another look at the Halo movie, in light of the recent Arms Race. Go read his musings at NewsPail.(Louis Wu 14:04:21 UTC)

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 …