Author: halo@bungie.org

Simpsons Rule has decided to give away a Halo 3 Legendary Edition package – to the person who can guess the release date of Halo 3. (He got the idea from c0ld vengeance.) He kicked this off last night, but it seems a lot of people aren’t bothering (or …

The flood of thoughts and impressions about the Halo 3 Beta continues to roar through the internet’s tubes, flooding the habitats of poor ferrets the world over: Associated Content discusses some of the changes between Halo 2 and Halo 3 (I don’t know w…

Sigafoos pointed out that The Riot 48 was released – discussions about – well, given that the Halo 3 Beta kicked off a couple of days ago, I bet you can guess what some of the discussion is about. 33 minutes, 13 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 21:22:45 UTC)

Now that the F&F beta preview is in full force, it’s time to come clean – I like to dress up like a gru.. oops, wrong confession. Look at my post here for all the details on how we contributed in getting some names on the F&F list – why the forum was a…

I know there’s more news out there – but it’s gonna have to wait. Last tidbit for a while – the Winnipeg Sun has a review of Halo 2 Vista; they think it’s more about the synergy between consoles and PCs than it is about the game itself. Hmm… maybe.(L…

Late Friday night, Red vs Blue Episode 97 was posted for sponsors. As you might expect, with the end coming soon, the action and storylines are heating up – this was a funny one. Only 3 left! (This should be available for the general public some time t…

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…