Author: halo@bungie.org

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)

It sure ain’t music to Tim’s ears… check out today’s Ctrl+Alt+Del.(Louis Wu 13:00:27 UTC)

Looks like Kotaku was right – Halo 3 will be released on September 25, 2007. Newsflash can be found on Xbox.com. Bungie’s take – an interview with Executive Producer Jonty Barnes. (Europe gets the game one day later than the US – hey, that’s WAY better…

Previews of the beta at andPOP and Xbox.com (thanks, Spec Ops Assault), interviews with Shane Kim (thanks, madcowjim) and Lars Bakken – it’s a busy night for Halo 3 news.(Louis Wu 03:45:18 UTC)

MTV has an article on what Bungie could do to make the game more fun for losers. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 03:36:36 UTC)

There’s a hilarious new Red vs Blue PSA either on the RvB website or (in much prettier resolution) on the Xbox Live Marketplace – it’s called ‘beta complex’, and it should give you an idea of what to expect in the beta. Well, if you’re like the RvB guy…

Okay, we don’t usually post rumors – but this one might be solid. Kotaku is running a story that the Halo 3 release date will be announced soon – and that, in fact, they have that date already. They’re calling September 25 (which would mean that Nevan …

In preparation for tomorrow’s official Halo 3 Beta kickoff (for the vast majority of participants, rather than the small group that’s been playing for the past few days), Bungie has put up a comprehensive guide to the Beta – check it out for details ab…

Bungie has updated the beta, to allow for easier future updates. The biggest change – existing saved films won’t work any more. Sorry!(Louis Wu 19:28:21 UTC)

Heh – cool. goatrope stopped by our forum to point out a new vid – [T]rickity Trick Four. Lots of jumping, a cool film glitch, and a hilarious use of a Bubble Shield on Snowbound – take a look! DivX format, 66 mb, hosted by Mythica.(Louis Wu 18:42:14 …

Ars Technica has an article entitled ‘Why can’t I win a round?’ – it’s a good read. Halo 3 beta impressions from someone who wishes he were better…(Louis Wu 17:43:41 UTC)

Wayward Spleen™ has started to model the Halo 3 medals, in high resolution; you might remember that he did this for Halo 2, back in the day, as well. sorahn is doing a great job of keeping track of the known medals at this stage, and Narcogen, at…

Tied the Leader has a bunch of new content for you (kudos, as always, to XerxdeeJ, for allowing us to be lazy and click through from our own forum) – the standard features, a 22 Questions interview with Chris Paladino, of GamerScoreBlog, and a Communit…

Z pointed out a nice montage of Halo 3 Beta footage at halo3forum.com – 83.3 mb, WMP9 format. Gameplay from Harenil.(Louis Wu 13:38:12 UTC)

2old2play has a review of the beta, as well. Hefty. Thanks, Sunburned Goose.(Louis Wu 13:34:34 UTC)