Author: halo@bungie.org

Davis Beutler was watching an Australian show called ‘Rove Live’ (a hosted variety show, similar to The Tonight Show in the US), and noticed a news tidbit about the Halo 3 beta. I grabbed a clip of the relevant snippet – but if you like it, follow his …

Ross Mills noticed a Halo 3 Beta reference in a recent F@NBOY$ Mini comic. Definitely random…(Louis Wu 14:32:54 UTC)

A bit over a month ago, we mentioned the Affinity Machinima Challenge, a contest put on by the HaloGrid crew. Well, this morning HaloGrid announced the winners in all three categories (seems like the Montage category got dropped) – and impressively, So…

A few new Halo 3 Beta Impressions articles out now – Gamespy, Game Feed, Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows (heh – gettin’ in on the console action, I guess). The beta’s certainly picking up its share of press…(Louis Wu 14:06:39 UTC)

Obienator put together a great vid from a game he played recently – he calls it a ‘big slice of humble pie’, but I call it a lot of fun. His forum post contains a YouTube link, for those wanting a quick-and-dirty view – but there are also, now, downloa…

This has come up a whole bunch of times in our forum (and, apparently, even earlier on Bungie.net’s forum – thanks, Sain7) – Ibeechu finally got us a recording. The same console that has the Morse Code and Cortana’s scaryface also has a clip from ‘Und…

A-Power Gaming is manufacturing a Halo-themed PC, which comes with Halo 2 Vista and Vista Ultimate, all for CAD $1659. Take a look. Thanks, Engadget.(Louis Wu 16:22:05 UTC)

There are a few new items at the Bungie Store right now – a new Halo 3 pen (thanks, x1zero), and the Halo 3 Beta shirt distributed at the recent Halo 3 press event (in both Charcoal and Brown – thanks, darthbob). (Louis Wu 16:19:48 UTC)

GamerX5000 spent a little time customizing his Guitar Hero II controller – nice work!(Louis Wu 16:14:52 UTC)

Mintz is angry at a recent Extra Life comic – he says that they portrayed him without a shirt, when in fact he nearly always wears one while playing.(Louis Wu 14:01:36 UTC)

halwiki.net is converting over to Halo 3 (seems a little early, but…) They’re currently building a ‘Time to Kill’ chart, looking at each of the weapons in the Halo 3 Beta. If you’d like to help, swing by and see what they need!(Louis Wu 13:58:51 UTC)

CinemaBlend took a run at a few new gametypes in the Halo 3 Beta – and loved ’em. Go read why.(Louis Wu 13:56:46 UTC)

PC Authority looked at Halo 2 Vista; they’re unhappy with the general trend towards console games, but they still had a few good things to say about H2V.(Louis Wu 13:43:43 UTC)

Another company’s getting into the Halo merchandising game – by August 15, you should be able to buy Halo 3-branded leather items made by Enmon Accessories – ranging from a $10 belt to a $300 set of luggage. Hmm…(Louis Wu 13:41:35 UTC)

rapture was able to get his hands on Halo 2 Vista last night – it was sitting on a shelf in his local Circuit City. Check it out. (He was also kind enough to send along a copy of the Halo 2 Vista manual – sometimes these are hard to find down the road,…

The last few days have seen many, many reports around the net of information gleaned from the source files of the Halo 3 Beta; for the most part, we’ve stayed away from this information. If you want it – it’s certainly out there. We’re just not going t…

WhiteRaven performed the piano solo from Unforgotten, off the Halo 2 Original Soundtrack Volume Two, for a school induction ceremony a couple of weeks ago – he did a fantastic job, and today, he’s reposted the audio and a video. (Transcription is his o…

trigger119 pointed out a new movie he’s hosting at GamingTV.org – it was created by ClearviewPro, and follows the pattern of Jamie98s’ ‘Oh So Beautiful’ series… except with the Halo 3 Beta. That is – he’s collected a bunch of footage of cool tidbits …

Z sent us a link to a Halo 1 montage from B Sik – it’s called ‘Retrospect’, and it’s just loaded with nostalgia. WMP9 format, 90 mb, worth every byte. Take a break from Halo 2 and Halo 3, and check this puppy out!(Louis Wu 14:10:15 UTC)

Another cool little egg on High Ground – this one has been mentioned before, but it took Foxcross and Ibeechu to get a film out to you guys. That same computer console that plays Morse Code also has some video footage… and if you don’t blink, you get…