Author: halo@bungie.org

Nomi’s been pretty busy recently; if you check out her Paper Spartans page, you’ll find a number of new spartans (scroll to the bottom), as well as a cool reproduction of the UNSC logo. (It’s hard to tell from that photo, but it’s made the same way the…

Dry Ice, our reporter on the ground in Hollywood (heh), found a writeup of the Hollywood press event on Xbox.com – complete with video footage. Get a look at the place, the people, and watch an interview with Joe ‘New0001’ Tung, Halo 3’s Multiplayer Pr…

Shishka is a name that is familiar to most long-time Bungie fans; he’s been around for quite some time. He went from fanboi to Bungie employee to one of the first members of the Certain Affinity team – and you can read about that path in his new blog a…

Game Informer talked to Brian Jarrard recently about the beta – go read the interview. (He mentions numbers in the interview; he says “I wouldn’t be surprised if a couple hundred thousand people log in and try the beta at some point in time.” Accordin…

Yesterday was not the Halo community’s finest hour – anywhere you went, you found people frothing about the Crackdown/Halo 3 Beta issue, and while there were a number of cool voices counseling calm, there were many, many more strident ones, screaming f…

Deimos, over at Subnova, has resurrected Seeker, the Halo search engine. This time, he’s let Google do the heavy lifting – they’re pretty good at that stuff. This puppy will search, in one fell swoop, a whole bunch of Halo websites (the current list is…

BitMaP stopped by with a new episode of Strouperman – it takes a look at one of my new favorite weapons. And takes a shot at the stick-in-the-muds.(Louis Wu 12:49:52 UTC)

MLG has taken a look at many, many individual pieces of the Halo 3 Beta; each piece gets its own review. Swing by their news page for coverage of everything from maps to equipment. (Thanks, 3Suns.) While you’re there, there are a pair of interviews, co…

In the midst of all the Halo 3 Beta insanity, Ensemble decided to post a Halo Wars update on their forum – this one discusses playtesting, and the progress of the game’s visuals. Thanks, Littlebigman.(Louis Wu 12:04:16 UTC)

Sketch has updated the Bnet news post, explaining that the Crackdown issues have been resolved. There will be a quick title update to Crackdown for you to download, which will enable the Halo 3 beta download therein. Furthermore, as a consolation, Bung…

Today’s been pretty unpleasant for anyone waiting to get into the Halo 3 Beta with a copy of Crackdown – but there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Frankie has posted an update on Bungie.net – the problem “will be resolved shortly”. When there’s more …

Today’s Penny Arcade is, once again, Halo-related. Been there, done that. (Well, had that done to me.)(Louis Wu 19:14:12 UTC)

Today’s Penny Arcade takes a look at the Spartan Laser and the potential for, er… unintended consequences one might find. Tycho also continues with his impressions of the Beta that he began Monday on their news page. Check it out!(mnemesis 18:20:47…

I think Stuntmutt misunderstood those cool wireframes Bungie’s been putting up… check today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:31:56 UTC)

Major Nelson (whose site has been crushed by angry Crackdown owners looking to berate someone for not being able to play right now) has posted, on Flickr, some photos of the Halo 3 Beta Event that took place in Hollywood last night. Mountain Dew Halo F…

Wow, here’s some interesting news… Falling Leaf Systems has announced that they will be providing compatibility software that will allow Halo 2, an exclusive Vista title, to run on Windows XP. If you order Halo 2 through their site, you’ll get the co…

A couple of days ago, we mentioned a YouTube vid showing a funny Halo moment (lots of things will fly through a Mancannon, but few of us realized that plasma grenades were on that list). YouTube is great, and all, but I’m still nervous that if I come b…

sorahn points out that you can order a Zune Halo 3 Edition now from Gamestop – delivery will start on June 15. (Hey, they gotta sell those things SOMEHOW, right?)(Louis Wu 14:08:49 UTC)

As many, many people have noticed, there’s some sort of problem with the Crackdown method of downloading the Halo 3 Beta. Bungie knows about it – there’s a short note on the Bungie.net front page. Please – be patient, things WILL work out in the end.(L…

Over at GamingTV.org, you can read an interview with imSuck, of HaloGrid.com. Go see what drives him!(Louis Wu 13:10:59 UTC)