Author: halo@bungie.org

Hmm… I’m not sure I like where this is going, but according to Major Nelson’s blog, the first five episodes of Red vs Blue (yes, Season 1) are now available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace – for a buck a pop. (Before you get totally bent out of shape about this: in theory, these…

A couple of days ago, we got mail from Benjamin Bailey-Webb, touting a short animated vid he and a friend made – I didn’t find time to watch it until this morning. It’s short, it’s sweet. 4 mb, in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats; check it out!(Louis Wu 13:00:25 UTC)

Big Goalie Dan noticed that Podtacular Episode 109 is now up – discussion of the Vidoc and the Halo 3 Beta. 1:27, 80 mb. (Louis Wu 12:58:07 UTC)

Nabsuh is rendering an entire Covenant fleet for an upcoming story; check out the work in this post. (The followup contains the same video, with some overlaid story text.)(Louis Wu 12:55:44 UTC)

DuBbLe continues his X-Plane work – he’s got some shots of a scratchbuilt Sparrowhawk. Not textured yet, but still fun!(Louis Wu 12:53:46 UTC)

Cheesemaster64 found this Halo/Sonic combo by TheWax at DeviantART – wild.(Louis Wu 12:49:44 UTC)

CaptainKirk let us know that he’s writing a Halo Fan Fiction, being released serially on his blog. The preface and Chapter 1 are up now.(Louis Wu 12:47:37 UTC)

Z let us know about a couple of montages they’ve announced over at the360forum.com; both are hosted by Mythica. The first is inX 2Bit’s Best of Both Worlds Volume II Trailer – a melange of Halo 2 and Gears of War. WMP9, 3:39, 76.3 mb. The second is J Mayne’s 1v1 Trailer (edited by Zola)…

communityhq.org noticed that link4044 is selling his AR model on eBay; nine and a half days left on the auction, current bid is $227.50, and the reserve has not been met. Remember, you can see lots of pictures of this gun on the gallery page we put up for him. Sounds like it’s gonna be…

The Seven Streak is broken; for three weeks running, we had seven new pieces each Friday in the Fan Fiction section… but today there are 11. It’s a natural!(Louis Wu 12:29:33 UTC)

Bizarre – Escape Station is trying to set up a Halo 3 Tournament, using the beta test. (Since there are no custom games in the upcoming beta, scheduling play is going to be…tough.) Thanks to RevDotNed for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 12:23:13 UTC)

Now that Bungie has made public the fact that there are ‘deployables’ in Halo 3 (we know of the bubble shield, the trip mine, and the portable grav lift, and Bungie’s made it clear that there’s more stuff we’re not being shown yet), folks are having a blast speculating on what happens when you mix…

Bryn Casey stopped by to let us know he’d updated the Halo Art page at Yayap.com – we’ve added the 8 new shots to his gallery here, as well. (Scroll down to the bottom; I’ve really got to set up a better navigation system on that page, there are WAY too many pictures now).(Louis Wu…

We finally got our hands on the actual press pack Certain Affinity sent out yesterday; turns out, we’d already put a good deal of it online with the stuff we stole off the CA website. We’ve added a couple of dozen first-person shots to the collection.(Louis Wu 17:06:13 UTC)

Archie Gates is at it again – if you visit his MySpace page, you’ll find his newest audio creation, ‘ESRB Notice’; it’s streamable for free, or downloadable for a buck. Anyone who has spent ANY time on Xbox Live playing Halo 2 will relate – instantly. Hilarious stuff!(Louis Wu 14:36:13 UTC)

Over at MLGPro.com, there are two new episodes of the Sound Arguments podcast – Episode 10 looks at gametype changes for the 2007 season, and Episode 11 makes predictions about this weekend’s opener in Charlotte. Go listen! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:34:20 UTC)

The Halo 2 Auto-update, mentioned (and described) in last Friday’s Bungie Weekly Update, is now live, according to sawnose at Bungie. (He quotes the weekly update in the rest of his post; the only new content is the fact that it’s live.) Thanks to The Vector Kid for noticing.(Louis Wu 13:17:44 UTC)

Over at The Age Blogs (commentary from an Australian newspaper) there’s a rant about the two new maps coming next week, and how they’re an example of Microsoft’s money-grubbing policies. The argument is that since the maps will show up in most matchmaking playlists, and if you don’t have them, you won’t be allowed INTO…

Last night, Bungie put up a pretty nice interview with Chris Wood, Certain Affinity’s Art Lead – they discuss the making of the two new maps being released next week. Worth a read – these look to be a blast! Thanks, masterchief2829.(Louis Wu 12:45:45 UTC)

DuBbLe continues his work on his X-Plane Shortsword – it’s now textured, and there’s a short vid. Give it a look!(Louis Wu 12:38:55 UTC)