Author: halo@bungie.org

Z pointed out a new montage from SiR Tyner over at Halo3Forum.com – lots of great gameplay, but I gotta say, I hated the logo stamped over the top left corner, it really distracted me. If you can be more flexible than me, it’s a fun watch – 7:47 long, 107 mb, WMP9 format.(Louis Wu…

Seven new pieces are up for you in the Fan Fiction section for you this week… go read!(Louis Wu 11:40:31 UTC)

Yesterday, Dojorkan mentioned ‘Triforce’, a new video series coming from the Promethian Guard. They might have been a little loose with their attributions, but their enthusiasm can’t be denied. Go grab the trailer – it weighs in at about 20 mb.(Louis Wu 11:07:01 UTC)

Link4044 sent along three new pics of his in-progress AR5 model – and man, does that thing look awesome! Scroll down to the bottom for the March 22 shots – they start here. Wowsers!(Louis Wu 21:41:21 UTC)

Devrous posted a note on our forum about a new project he’s working on – a Halo mod of Freespace 2. Give it a read – and check out the screenshot!(Louis Wu 21:35:30 UTC)

According to GameDaily BIZ, there’s an analysis article in Newsweek that discusses why the 360 will ultimately not be the top Next-Gen Console dog. The author of the article, N’Gai Croal, suggests that the 360-onlyness (Strunk and White, smite me now!) of the upcoming Halo 2 map pack demonstrates Microsoft’s desperation – they need to…

Mid7night continues his Assault Carrier importation work; he’s now managed to texture it properly. Check the forum post for cool pics!(Louis Wu 20:10:59 UTC)

Paul Maestri has posted the latest Halo Heads comic – if you’ve ever been in this situation, don’t feel bad, it’s natural. We all do it. (Well, okay, not ALL of us. But don’t feel bad anyway.)(Louis Wu 19:58:52 UTC)

Okay, so this isn’t really Halo news, but it’s an issue that’s taking over our forum, so it’s worth giving a bit of space to. If you hit up the new Bungie.net, and you get a message that “The page is unavailable or no longer exists,” you’re being bitten by a Windows Live ID problem.…

Ouch – I’ve seen a lot of reviews of Halo 2 Vista, and most have been pretty positive (even the ones that say ‘well, the graphics are 3 years old now’) – but there’s one over at Voodoo Extreme that… well, doesn’t sound so good. That dual-wielding issue sounds pretty strange!(Louis Wu 18:39:22 UTC)

Lone Ranger was the first to notice a writeup of last week’s Halo Humpday Challenge – Bungie employees (and friends) took on the guys from Industrial Light and Magic, and (with the exception of Frankie), acquitted themselves nicely. The game links are wrong (except for the first one) – they all point to the first…

Wow, nice. Leviathan is building a version of Halo for RPG Maker 2000 – he’s posted a LOT of pictures in this forum post. Check out how far he’s gotten!(Louis Wu 18:29:11 UTC)

Stories circulated yesterday that Bungie.net might have been hacked, and Xbox Live accounts compromised because of it. (Hanchen Lu was the first to mention it to us.) Major Nelson was quick to shoot the rumors down (thanks, JeBr0nie) – and Frankie put it up at Bungie.net, too. Bottom line – if someone asks you for…

Awesome. agdtinman (who used to work for Bungie) has put up a page that contains all the Top Story icons he had a hand in creating – since they won’t be seen any more on Bungie.net. Gawjuss!(Louis Wu 18:19:44 UTC)

Stuntmutt gets back to straight punnage in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 17:57:25 UTC)

Pro-G noticed that Halo 2 has seen a total of 4.75 million unique gamertags, according to Bungie’s latest stats. Now, Narcogen wrote a lot of words recently about Xbox Live, and its 6 million user milestone (and why the raw numbers aren’t that useful) – but this Halo 2 number is pretty darned impressive… almost…

Z pointed out a Halo PC community montage from 17 different players, over at Halo3Forum.com. 15 minutes long, 183 (!!) mb, WMP9 format. This should satisfy your Halo PC jones!(Louis Wu 17:18:53 UTC)

Sane Intolerant updated Halo Toy Box – The Master Chief goes channel-surfing.(Louis Wu 17:16:29 UTC)

Apologies for the lack of news; things here have not been… good. Yesterday, we received a cool little vid from Benjamin Tuck, a Lego enthusiast from the UK. He’s expecting to create longer animations over the spring and summer, so think of this as an appetite-whetter. It’s quite small (about 3 mb), in either WMP9…

The new Bungie.net layout is now live. There’s an interview with the guys responsible over there – worth a read. I gotta say… I like it. I’m having a little bit of trouble with the drop-down menus… but all in all, it rocks. Check it out! Looks like broony was first, on our forum.(Louis Wu…