Author: halo@bungie.org

Simply Greg stopped by to point out a trailer for ‘Emerald’, a new machimina project from SnowGlobe and FantasyCubed. I read the responses on our forum before watching the video – and I have to say, they all got it right. This one’s definitely a ‘What…

Neloms posted links to a set of YouTube vids that represent a school project in which Othello is reproduced (well, sort of) in the Halo engine. Interesting…(Louis Wu 14:30:11 UTC)

2P START! had a comic this week that looked back at the music of Halo; I think their predictions might be a bit off. Thanks, Walshicus.(Louis Wu 22:29:47 UTC)

Red vs Blue Episode 98, Same old, same old, went up for sponsors this morning. (It’ll be up for the general public sometime Monday, probably.) The storyline gets even more complicated (on its way to a conclusion in the next two episodes) – and there w…

The surfing comic Blue and Blond has a Halo 3-related strip today – thanks, Mathijs Buster.(Louis Wu 22:19:07 UTC)

Urban Reflex has written up his game of the week for his Halo 3 Beta blog, Ordained Insight. An interesting blow-by-blow… comments can go on the blog, or in his forum thread.(Louis Wu 22:11:18 UTC)

Great article at Austin360.com, focusing on the 100-episode run of Red vs Blue, coming to an end in the next few weeks. It includes a look back on the influence RvB has had on the machinima genre, as well as some of the best moments in the series. Giv…

Interesting. According to Major Nelson, the Halo 3 Beta was the 3rd most-played title on Xbox Live last week – behind Gears of War and Crackdown. (Heh – I guess all those people playing Crackdown while waiting for access to the beta added up… thanks…

alex chainsaw stopped by the forum to show off his Legendary tattoo – impressive detail!(Louis Wu 14:13:17 UTC)

CitizenErased27 has begun work on a Spartan Laser Replica – you can see plans (and read about them) in this post. Great start – looking forward to the final product!(Louis Wu 14:10:42 UTC)

Gamespot was pretty unhappy with Halo 2 Vista – too little, too late is overall feeling. Thanks, boesman.(Louis Wu 14:06:53 UTC)

Interesting – Peter Jackson did an interview for OnFilm Magazine in which he discussed, among other things, the Halo movie.Jackson said he expected renewed interest from Hollywood studios 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures to have Halo made as the…

Devin Olsen was in Wal-Mart, and noticed a new ‘Halo 3 Pre-Sell Kit’ – a poster and a reservation for the game. Costs $10, but that goes towards the price of the game, so the poster’s free. If you haven’t already preordered, and you want to – this mig…

oriol pointed out that the Grunts’R’Us team are working on a Rank calculator – they need your statistics to help. Swing by this page, and add your details – see what they come up with!(Louis Wu 13:48:16 UTC)

Xieros let us know that the Halo: Blood Covenant team has set up a new website and added a new screenshot. The site redirects to another domain for me – one that doesn’t resolve – but Marcus-626 pointes out that Halowiki has updated info about the revi…

Talkxbox has posted an impressions article about the Halo 3 Beta. Thanks, Joel Kownacki.(Louis Wu 13:30:33 UTC)

Mister Froggy has posted Halo, Articulated #42 – you can finally get an idea about who’s complaining about the Beta.(Louis Wu 13:21:07 UTC)

Wow. The Zune giveaway was announced just 3 hours ago, and already we have 31 people registered to be able to submit, and two actual submissions. Just wanted to remind everyone, the submission deadline is June 10 – over two weeks from today. There’s ab…

The Bungie Weekly Update is (predictably, in the middle of the Halo 3 Beta test) all about the Halo 3 Beta test. Good stuff. Go read! (It’s here, too, of course, in the Weekly Update Archive.) Looks like LoneRanger 2.5 got to it, finally. (He got it w…

Don’t say we never gave you anything… you know those cool Zunes with the Halo art and the movies and the other stuff? Thanks to Bungie, we’ve got a bunch of ’em to give away – and we want you to have one! (And you, and you, and you too.) All you’ve g…