Author: halo@bungie.org

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…

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)