Author: halo@bungie.org

Heh – the boys at Penny Arcade turn their sights on the Halo 3 ARG – always good to get the cynical viewpoint. Thanks, Russ Robey.(Louis Wu 13:20:13 UTC)

Interesting. So back in May, Xbox Australia and Bungie auctioned off an airbbrushed 360, signed by Bungie, to raise money for Make-A-Wish. They pulled in almost AU$25,000. Now, there’s a box for sale on eBay in the US that seems to claim to be the sam…

Wow. This story would almost be funny… if it didn’t involve a poor, uninvolved bystander whose life was turned upside down by a series of coincidences. (As someone who is still – more than 9 months in – dealing with calls from the Xbox Live service c…

Nathan Gibson pointed out Maximum Fear, a summary of the Alternate Reality Game started with Adjutant Reflex’s appearance a bit over a week ago. It’s concise and clear, and pulls its data for the most part from the Bungie.net group CompoundIntelligenc…

RyanUltima has created a Mjolnir suit out of Legos – it looks pretty amazing. The YouTube video found by Wolverine Monkey is pretty low quality – we’ve contacted RyanUltima, who’s agreed to try and get us higher-resolution footage. We’ll keep you post…

James Falcon sent along another few pictures of his in-progress Mjolnir suit – there’s a belt, some gloves, the glove plates, and the beginnings of a chest plate. Go see!(Louis Wu 11:50:55 UTC)

Hmm… I think I might have done the math wrong – but the Parody selection for the Zune Giveaway is now available for voting. (I know, I said 8pm PDT – but I coded the page for 5pm EDT, subtracting 3 hours instead of adding them. Oops.) Don’t worry th…

Legendz sent us a news update about Halownage – they’re currently looking for replacements for a 1v1 ladder they’re running (cash prize) – check details here. They’re also hosting what they consider to be the best montage trialer to date – Brohan’s Fi…

bs angel (you may recognize the name – she’s a Cavegirl that hangs with the Bungie guys sometimes, she’s played some Humpday challenges) recently had a custom Halo faceplate created by Pavel Dolgov. (Search our news for him for other artwork he’s done…

Kostas Tzounopoulos has put the preloaded pictures you can find on a Halo 3 Zune online on his website, Zune-Online.com; these are extracted directly from the Zune, so the quality is as high as is available. There is some spectacular artwork in here. …

Wow. Not sure where the info came from – but Xbox360Achievements.org has posted a full list of 49 achievements for Halo 3. Peripheral information that can be gleaned from the list is enormous (including level names, gameplay hints, and more). Do not lo…

Major League Gaming has expanded into Canada! MLGCanada.com opened today – you can check the press release at MLGPro.com, GameBattles or Marketwire, or a story on CTV’s Canada AM – or just check out the new site. There’s tons of new content already – …

HaloGrid is running a series of Caption contests – week one kicked off 5 days ago, and the top captions for the first picture are now up for public voting. Thanks, Trindacut.(Louis Wu 13:25:13 UTC)

vnunet.com has reviewed Halo 2 Vista – they felt it took too long, and it offered too little. 3/5.(Louis Wu 12:24:12 UTC)

Wow. Now THAT’S cheap. sorahn points out a deal at Slickdeals.net whereby you can pick up Halo (the original Xbox version) for $6 – $5 for the game, plus a buck to ship it.(Louis Wu 12:21:28 UTC)

Last summer, Halo Mac went Universal – you had to pay $5 for the upgrade, but for folks with Intel Macs, it would run considerably faster. HookMeUpImLocal noticed that 2.0.2 was released yesterday – mostly bug fixes and tweaks. Grab the update from A…

Dweezle stopped by this week with the Tied the Leader update – swing by their site for a couple of new pieces (they’re still recovering from their Halo 3 bacchanalia) – there’s a 22 Questions interview with Kevin Steele, of RetroBlast (not even REMOTE…

GhaleonEB noticed a small item on the latest EGM Live podcast – sounds like the crew is headed up to Kirkland to see some Halo 3 singleplayer this week. Yes, you can be jealous now. (Louis Wu 10:29:21 UTC)

Mister Froggy let us know that Halo, Articulated #48 is now up – and I must say, it’s a little disturbing. (Looks like Gravemind noticed it before I got a chance to post this.)(Louis Wu 10:20:18 UTC)

Luke, on Bungie.net, has posted a short article, showing off some of the fan-created Forza cars that have resulted from Bungie’s offers for free (virtual) schwag – I’m thinkin’ Pimp My Ride’s gonna be calling any minute. Thanks, Fires7orm.(Louis Wu 10…