Author: halo@bungie.org

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…

Laird (who’s likely enjoying CanWest right now, with a lot of other RvB fans) sent along a link to a teaser for Project Bob (WMP9 format, 12.8 mb). Your guess is as good as mine what ‘Bob’ is… but the teaser looks great!(Louis Wu 14:06:00 UTC)

Sane Intolerant pointed out a pair of Halo Toy Box comics – Beta Crazy and Crazy Beta. Guess he’s had a crazy week. (Louis Wu 14:02:56 UTC)

There’s another Halo 3 Beta first impressions article at Ars Technica.(Louis Wu 13:47:19 UTC)

oriol003 has gotten into the ranks and medals game – at Grunts’R’Us there are pages for Halo 3 Beta ranks and medals. That’s the third set I know about…(Louis Wu 06:14:51 UTC)

Oh, the dangers of changing your settings… check out Halo, Articulated #40. Thanks, Mister Froggy.(Louis Wu 06:12:27 UTC)

Edgeworks Entertainment has posted the finale of their machinima series, ‘The Heretic’ – a massive 23 minute piece that wraps up a great storyline. (Well, SORT of wraps it up – there’s some nice setup for future work here.) Beautiful CG footage, awesom…

CertainAffinity.net wrote up a bunch of great questions (and some silly ones) for Shishka, over at Certain Affinity – more than a couple are Halo-related, and even if they weren’t, they’re good readin’ – so go read. Thanks, Ducain. (And Shishka – those…

Major Silva wrote up his impressions of the beta over at UNSCDF, then told us about it.(Louis Wu 05:12:38 UTC)

Wolverine Monkey noticed a cool interview with some of the team behind the upcoming Marvel Halo comic – go read for details… well, not really, but there’s still some good stuff.(Louis Wu 05:09:42 UTC)

Wow. This sort of disturbs me. When nerd goes chic…(Louis Wu 05:05:14 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is up very early this week – mostly because Frankie is in Europe, where it’s later now. So for him, it’s the same. Or something. Anyway, go read it. Beta stuff (yeah, they’re sorry), a huge discussion about game ratings in Ger…