Author: halo@bungie.org

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…

A bit earlier than usual, but the week’s Fan Fiction offerings are now up – 13 in all. At least one author didn’t bother to follow the rules… I guess there’s always next week.(Louis Wu 06:12:20 UTC)

We’ve posted a few ridiculous Halo schwag collections recently – we got one more in the mail today. (I posted it on the forum, because that seems like the easiest place to put it.) ZigZag Master says he’s obsessed – I’d have to agree. I think this is p…

Last week, we mentioned a charity auction in Australia, to raise money for the Make-A-Wish foundation… Spec_Ops_Assault pointed out that the auction is now over, with the custom-painted 360 going for a whopping AU $24,300.00. Now that’s some real cas…

MrJukes has been a part of the Halo moviemaking community since the very beginning; we still host an old mirror of his website, because his jumping vids ROCKED. If you swing by Bungie.net, you’ll find a cool interview with the man – and a link to ‘Beta…

Bungie.net has an interview with Joe Staten, the author of the next Halo novel, ‘Contact Harvest’, coming this fall. It’s the story of the first contact with the Covenant – told from the point of view of many, but primarily “a young UNSC Staff Sergeant…

I’m not sure I like the fact-checking (“five different Greater Cincinnati Gamestop locations’?), but the numbers are pretty amazing – according to Xbox Evolved, Gamestop is reporting that they’ve already taken 4 million preorders for Halo 3 (at Gamesto…

Looks like Europeans will be waiting longer than the rest of us – again. Yesterday, we mentioned that the US release date for Halo 2 Vista was bumped back two weeks, to May 22. According to Xbox 360 Wire and a Microsoft press release, the European date…

Last night, SketchFactor posted a note on Bungie.net – the playlist update and stat reset mentioned a few weeks ago are both now operational. (Well, according to sawnose, the full reset didn’t actually complete until about an hour ago – but you get the…

Jo Clowes sat down (well, stood up) with Tina Wood, of Microsoft’s Channel 10, to discuss Halo 2 Vista – interesting conversation. 7 and a half minute movie, various sizes – go watch! Thanks, darthbob.(Louis Wu 11:53:36 UTC)