Author: halo@bungie.org

Wow, that was fast. Over at High Impact Halo, there’s already a video of some folks exploring Valhalla in a Banshee… OUTSIDE THE MAP. Looks like some texturing still needs to be done…(Louis Wu 22:13:18 UTC)

Check out Tina Leyk’s Halo Fan Art gallery – the top two pics are new. (Well, I’m embarrassed to say that the second image was posted at DeviantART back in December, but I didn’t notice.) Mombassa Sandstorm was created for her brother several months ag…

The Halo 3 Beta Matchmaking Playlist has been updated – Team Training has been swapped out for Big Team Battle Training (6v6, no Snowbound), and Team Skirmish has been tweaked. More details at Bungie.net. Thanks, Mike Scott.(Louis Wu 21:09:45 UTC)

trigger119 has started up ‘Monday Movie Playlists’ at GamingTV.org – random movie playlists, that you can contribute to. Read the details in this forum post, then check out the first list.(Louis Wu 20:55:59 UTC)

Ooh, cool – CertainAffinity.net scored 5 new pieces of Tombstone concept art. Check ’em out! Thanks, Ducain.(Louis Wu 17:05:41 UTC)

Stuntmutt decided to take a look at some of the new features of the Halo 3 Beta this week – he’s starting big. Check today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:00:32 UTC)

You might or might not have noticed the Seeker search box on the right side of our home page – as we mentioned last week, Deimos has resurrected this multi-site search tool over at Subnova, and it covers enough Halo content that it’s worth giving you e…

It’s been a little while since we’ve heard new music from Mothergoat – but the Halo 3 Beta has inspired him, and this morning he released ‘Blood Horizon’, a hard-rockin’ paean to the Master Chief’s fight against the Covenant. 4.6 mb, mp3 format, avail…

rapture has taken about 200 screenshots of Halo 2 Vista (originally 1600×1050, but Flickr went and crushed ’em down to 1600×1000) – you can get a pretty good sense for how the graphics look, compared to the Xbox version. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:46:16…

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)