Author: halo@bungie.org

Dennis Powers, of HaloMaps.org, pointed out two new maps for Halo 2 Vista from NiTrOuSoXiDe2k (who was part of the H2V team, actually), showing off how easily new maps can be made using the Halo 2 Map editor tools. Check out Beach Battle and Earth Cit…

The latest rumor floating around is that Halo 3 is so huge, as a game, that it can’t fit on a single disc. Joystiq has a story about it, CVG has a story about it, Xbox360Fanboy has a story about it. (Actually, now that I read CVG’s entry again, it’s j…

We have a very special One One Se7en for you today – as of last night, Stuntmutt is a daddy! He’s going to be taking some paternity leave, but don’t fret – he’s lined up some awesome guest artists for the next few weeks. We’ll start rolling out those …

PEZ wrote to point out that halowiki.net has posted what might be the most complete Halo 3 medals index to date. Go look.(Louis Wu 16:25:25 UTC)

Gamespy has a sizeable interview with Shane Kim, Microsoft Game Studios’ Corporate VP, about Halo 3. There are lots of tidbits that might make you go ‘hmm…’ – let’s see if I can grab a couple of juicy quotes.”The feeling I want people to have after t…

Bunch of Pro Halo news; MLG’s second tournament of the season kicks off today in the Meadowlands, and there’s a bunch of buzz. The Newark Star-Ledger has a summary article, Amped eSports looks at the key matches, and MLGPro.com has plenty of its own c…

There’s a Halo 2 Vista preview at Cinema Blend (2.5/5, they didn’t think there was enough there to warrant buying at full price).(Louis Wu 15:38:54 UTC)

Eight new pieces available in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 15:32:29 UTC)

More newspaper articles from forum members – Spu7n1k grabbed the rest of the Singapore Digital Life article we mentioned a couple of days ago, Rosco-128 snagged some pics from the Queensland (Australia) Courier Mail, and plasmAGuy scanned (and translat…

Black Aye slipped something in my beer last night, and when I woke up, an interview was posted on his website. (Follow the link in the first news post.) And then he’s brazen enough to post on our forum about it… man, when this hangover goes away, I’…

Over on Bungie.net, you’ll find an interview with SmokedYeti. Who’s SmokedYeti, you ask? Oh, nobody… he’s just the first guy to gain ‘General’ rank in the Halo 3 Beta. Over 20,000 kills (in over 1100 games) – it’s unlikely you’re gonna catch up to h…

xMixMasterX pointed out a new stats site – it’ll take a while to grab your Halo 3 Beta data, and it’s switching back to Halo 2 on June 11, so if you haven’t registered yet, you’ll be doing it twice in a week… but if you want someplace that can add u…

This week’s Halo Humpday Challenge had a bunch of Blizzard guys meeting a bunch of Bungie guys on the field of battle – but not along company lines. They split up every game, making it really hard to tell who was challenging whom (and why). The writeup…

Last month, we mentioned a Pelican addon for Microsoft Flight Simulator – gijake noticed that a Warthog has been added to the same page. Check it out!(Louis Wu 22:35:15 UTC)

Blackstar found a pretty nice price for Halo 3 – saves you $10, at least. Check it out!(Louis Wu 22:32:31 UTC)

James “Peench” McCormick, of PreGameLobby.com, let us know that the site is giving away a Halo 3 Beta shirt (one of the green ones from the press event, not the charcoal or brown ones you can buy at the Bungie Store). You have to hurry, though – the c…

Almost forgot to post this – rapture found a version of Halo 2 for a platform nobody ever expected. (Local version of the image, if they happen to fix it.) Nice typo!(Louis Wu 16:56:49 UTC)

This isn’t exactly Halo-related… but phoenix.bungie.org is pretty dead, and the Phoenix team DID all move on to work on Halo 2, and it’s cool. John Andersen dropped Gholsbane a line (Gholsbane created the original EPS line art that folks messed with…

Dang. Those High Speed Halo guys are HARDCORE. Check out Full Path Halo – a project designed to see how fast Halo levels can be speedrun… with all baddies being killed. The Halo Vidmaster is finally defined. Thanks, Ducain.(Louis Wu 14:35:40 UTC)

Kiory dropped in with pictures of his new Master Chief model. Take a look!(Louis Wu 14:20:31 UTC)