Author: halo@bungie.org

DHalo noticed that Mad Catz has announced that they’re going to be making official Halo 3 merchandise – at this point, that means faceplates.(Louis Wu 13:49:36 UTC)

Mister Froggy put up a Mother’s Day episode of Halo, Articulated – #39.(Louis Wu 13:47:59 UTC)

Everybody’s got a mother in their life – theirs, their kids’, their relatives’, their friends’ – find one and tell her how important she is. The fact that I’m not a mother will necessarily cut down the time I’ve got to post Halo news today – so I’m goi…

Joystiq interviewed Frank O’Connor yesterday at the Halo 3 Beta press event – it’s a fun read. Mostly beta stuff, but they certainly get into a few other subjects (Halo movie, Shigeru Miyamoto, Luke Smith…). Go read. Thanks, White Rabbit.(Louis Wu 18…

Mister Froggy sent word of Halo, Articulated #38 – he says “Master Chief proves he isn’t too smart”. Um, yeah.(Louis Wu 18:17:57 UTC)

Mid7night posted a couple of movies of his X-Plane Pelican flying around inside (and outside) a Marathon-class cruiser – cool stuff!(Louis Wu 18:13:37 UTC)

Wow, this is TOTALLY absurd. Some people have decided to sell their friends and family invites (yes, the ones that got them into the beta 5 days before the rest of the world) on eBay – this one is going for $910 right now, and the auction doesn’t even …

In San Francisco, Dean Takahashi snagged Brian Jarrard for an interview between fragging sessions – read the result in his blog.(Louis Wu 13:52:07 UTC)

Gizmodo posted pics of the new Zune Halo 3 Special Edition – thanks to MarkHawk, via email, and sorahn, on our forum, for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:50:41 UTC)

whiteraven found an easter egg in the Halo 3 beta – maybe the first? If you use your binoculars, you’ll string of binary code on the edge – this translates to ‘Dave’, the designer of the interface. Nice find! (No, marathon symbols visible on the AR don…

Major Silva pointed out that UNSCDF is back up and running – with a boatload of new content. You can find a summary – and links – in his forum post. (Louis Wu 13:46:15 UTC)

BOLL was hit with inspiration, and created a concept HUD for Halo 3 – very, very cool. Go read his rationale, and look at the final product!(Louis Wu 13:44:30 UTC)

There was other news yesterday, too. DuBbLe wrote up a summary of his Sparrowhawk in X-Plane, complete with pictures and movies, for example. Check it out.(Louis Wu 13:43:04 UTC)

If you’re realiy into screenshots, grab the Halo 3 Press Kit from Xbox.com – it’s nearly 700 mb, because it contains ridiculously high-res pictures (6400×3600) in uncompressed TIFF format. They are oh, so pretty, though… thanks to Metapfhor, who prov…

The Bungie Weekly Update got posted last night, by Luke Smith, who got left behind in Seattle as SketchFactor and Frankie hobnobbed with the press in San Francisco and New York, respectively. Nice interview – and a link to new screenshots on Bungie.net…

There is more Halo 3 Beta coverage out there than anyone can read or watch, I think – you can find videos at Xboxyde, Gamespot, Kotaku, there’s a roundup at Gearheads of War (thanks, 3Suns), dogsounds wrote a review, 1Up wrote a preview (thanks, LoneRa…

The big news today? Well the Halo 3 MP beta was previewed today for the press and industry, and for folks that are lucky enough and got into the Friends & Family program, you get an extra week of gameplay before everyone else (Crackdown owners, etc.) g…

Over at MLGPro.com, 3Suns found some new content worth taking a look at – there’s a Top 10 Plays of Charlotte video (a fun watch!), and a ranking of their favorite submissions to the new ‘Game Room’ user-fueled collection. Go see what’s there! (And… …

You’d think, from reading today’s One One Se7en, that Stuntmutt’s been hanging out for the past 24 hours in the #hbo channel on IRC. Maybe those guys really ARE that predictable…(Louis Wu 12:09:16 UTC)

It’s been a long time, but buying a house can take it out of you. Paul Maestri is back now, though, and there’s a new Halo Heads comic for you today – if it’s been a while since you read episode 56, you might want to refresh your memory. I’m likin’ whe…