Author: halo@bungie.org

Nine new pieces of Fan Fiction for you guys this afternoon. Enjoy!(KP 17:48:38 UTC)

Interesting, the kind of things one finds on one’s forum…(Crux Fidelis 04:51:39 UTC)

SpikeTV’s GameHead website is showing that their May 11th episode is going to be a “Halo 3 Beta Special.” No further details were given, so we’ll have to wait to see exactly what this entails. Thanks to seven days for the tip.(KP 20:44:45 UTC)

Dennis wrote to tell us that there are two new HCE maps available at halomaps.org. The first offering is Tensity and the second is Dissolution V2. Both feature improved visuals and slight alterations to gameplay, go give them a try!(KP 16:48:55 UTC)

3Suns wrote to alert us to the most recent updates at MLG. The first is a video recap of MLG Charlotte and the second is an interview with a newly formed team, The Agency.(KP 16:35:40 UTC)

Kotaku reported last night that there will be some type of press event on May 11th at which the press may get some significant hands-on time with Halo 3. Who may be there – that is to say, from which media outlets and/or mediums we can ultimately expec…

Last night Frankie put minds at ease by updating the situation surrounding the playlist update and rank reset. Currently, top men are working to resolve the issues remaining for the few of us who still cannot get the new maps, which is causing them to …

Gamespot posted a Halo 2 graphics comparison yesterday featuring some side-by-side (well they’re more like mouse-over vs un-mouse-overed, but really that’s just too much to say and I don’t think overed is a word) shots of Halo 2 Xbox and Halo 2 Vista. …

GamePro has posted a list of their top 52 video games of all time, ranked in order of importance – the amount of influence they’ve had on the industry. Halo fits in at #45, slightly more important than Super Mario Kart but slightly less important than …

Last night we reported a story from PlayThree.net which was making some pretty outrageous claims. Narcogen filed his dismissive rant last night, which does a fine job of defeating these rumors with logic. FoolsRun wrote this morning, however, to alert …

Stuntmutt takes note of the recent autoupdate, and how certain… er, substances might work against it in today’s One One Se7en.(mnemesis 15:36:40 UTC)

MLG has updated its site with a couple new interviews with two of its teams. There’s one with Str8 Rippin which focuses on their revamped roster and how they look to improve this year and then an interview with 5k, a team that qualified via online play…

Awesome O and pillar of awesome have concocted a Halo quiz which it seems they’ve put a fair amount of work into. The questions aren’t half-baked and there are definitely a few head-scratchers. Go check it out and share your score with the forum.(KP 15…

JeBr0nie pointed out last night that Major Nelson made a quick blog post yesterday afternoon running through his initial experience with Halo 2 Vista. He describes the ease and fimiliarity of the experience and tells us about the three achievements he …

Whoops. RvB Episode 95 came out for sponsors a few days ago, but we missed Twilight Draco’s post. Quality episode, lots of laughs and yet another cliff-hanger ending.(KP 15:00:59 UTC)

There’s an article over at PlayThree.net which is reporting a rumor that Halo 3 will support true 1080p, as opposed to upscaled which is what most were expecting. According to the article, Xbox exec Shane Kim believes that 1080p is becoming increasingl…

Shogo Ishii has updated Hired Gun’s IGN blog with an interview with their Software Design Engineer, Kevin Weston. The interview touches on several UI issues and the obstacles overcome in creating it. After that Ishii goes on talk about a bunch of minor…

Wired’s Geekdad blog has some really interesting stuff for Halo fans this morning. Geekdad was lucky enough to spend a day at Bungie Studios recording dialogue for Halo 3 and goes into a fair amount of detail describing the process. There’s a lot of co…

Xerxdeej made his weekly forum post apprising us of all the goings on of the folks over at TiedTheLeader. This week they lament the loss of the Big Team Battle Skirmish playlist, give TheGameDame her day in the TTL sun via 22 Questions and celebrate th…

In Halo, Articulated #34, the darkest of our Halo 3 casting and plot nightmares are realized. Thanks to Mister Froggy, for the heads up.(KP 11:53:38 UTC)