Author: halo@bungie.org

GameDaily wrote up an article entitled ‘Halo 2 for Vista: Why You Should Give a Sh*t’ – some of them are pretty lame, but the article’s worth a look. (Louis Wu 13:29:00 UTC)

Matt6908 sent us a note about High Resolution Halo, a new site he’s kicked off. We don’t normally mention new sites, but this one is chock-full of cool assets like medals, matchmaking ranks, emblems, cutouts, HUD pieces… a cornucopia of resources if …

Okay – I went through all mail to us in the past week, and plucked out some stuff that didn’t get mentioned, but maybe should have. It’s in (mostly) chronological order… sort of. First up: NuclearPinguin and Lt tuma put together a trailer for Halo th…

serpx noticed that halo3.com now has quite a bit of new content (updated about a week ago) – including tidbits like the fact that the M6D is returning (though we know nothing about its specs), some story details that have not elsewhere been confirmed b…

Today’s One One Se7en shows off Stuntmutt’s punache (pronounce that any way you like) while looking at the new artwork released by Bungie last Friday. (Which reminds me – Friday’s strip is now visible; don’t blame mnemesis, blame his tools.) And that d…

Martin Duffy stopped by our forum to point out a public reading he’d had recently – it wasn’t Halo-related, but he attributes some of his success in fiction writing in general to Halo, and to the HBO fanfic community specifically – good on ya, guys! (A…

macegac noticed an article at Playstation Universe, looking at series and how they’ve evolved, graphically, over the years. Halo, interestingly enough, had TWO series – the only game with that honor. (Louis Wu 18:15:12 UTC)

Self Induced seemed to have some free time yesterday – he shows clearly that my vocabulary could use a bit more variation. Point taken. (Gah.)(Louis Wu 18:12:56 UTC)

darthbob noticed that Microsoft Game Studios has posted ‘Map Tours’ of District and Uplift, the two new maps coming out with Halo 2 Vista; they’re available in Flash format by navigating through the new H2V interface at MGS. (Look under the Media tab.)…

Rockslider continues his ‘Spotlight with Suzie’ series – this time, Suzie looks at new Halo 3 gizmos. She’s a funny lady. (Louis Wu 18:08:38 UTC)

CougRon pointed out that Red vs Blue Episode 96 was released for sponsors late Friday night (it’ll almost certainly be available for everyone else by today sometime). There’s definitely some funky stuff going on in RvBLand… and my goodness, aren’t we…

jarrell88 took the net-famous The Ultimate Showdown music, and built a Halo vid. Nice work!(Louis Wu 18:06:43 UTC)

Black Asgard’s been working on a Halo fan fiction – you can find it on his blog. (Louis Wu 18:05:35 UTC)

Gravemind spent some time breaking down the Graphical Evolution of Halo – upshot is ‘Don’t Panic!’ Good advice.(Louis Wu 18:04:31 UTC)

Okay, on the assumptions that 1) KP and the crowd covering news this past week did a pretty good job keeping up with the halo at bungie.org address and 2) that everyone read my note last week and remembered NOT to send news to the lwu at bungie.org add…

Okay, so here’s the deal. I’m home from a week in pretty remote rainforests – but there’s no time to actually catch up on Halo news. (This would be a good time to pass along a HUGE thank you to the b.orgers who covered the Halo community this past wee…

Mister Froggy wrote yesterday to let us know that Halo Articulated #35 was available for your enjoyment and amusement. Poor Sarge. He just wants to spread the love.(mnemesis 19:26:07 UTC)

The Weekly Update is up (and has been for a few hours now) over at Bungie.net. Lots of info on the upcoming beta, control schemes, a bunch of rumors busted, a bit of teaser info on a new map, and an absolutely stirring Mister Chief. Oh, and some art….

In today’s strip, One One Se7en shows off his superior mental faculties. *snort* Betcha Stuntmutt never thought he’d see that on the front page.(mnemesis 18:13:43 UTC)

Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell can be found commenting on Halo 3’s potential impact on next (fiscal) year’s earnings for Microsoft on OXM’s UK website: In terms of the direct impact, obviously it’s a first-party product so it’s reasonably profitable fro…