Author: halo@bungie.org

Gamasutra has put up an article that looks at the importance of exclusive games to a console – and to the developers that create the games. It gathers its opinions from three industry analysts, and it doesn’t require a Gamasutra login to read. Halo 3, as you might expect, features heavily. Thanks, LegendaryMark.(Louis Wu 16:16:56…

Marc, from Halo Universe, let us know that they’ve got an exclusive preview of “Geister von Onyx” (the German version of Ghosts of Onyx) available now – you can read the first chapter. The book will be available in April or May.(Louis Wu 16:02:03 UTC)

Over at the website for Digital Producer magazine, there’s an article about machinima, and where it might be going. Part 1 (discussing machinima’s origins) starts here, Part 2 (aesthetics) starts here. Both mention Halo (via Red vs Blue).(Louis Wu 15:58:22 UTC)

As we mentioned last weekend, the mystery image first shown a couple of weeks ago on the Halo Wars forum was revealed on Saturday as a UNSC Sparrowhawk, a new unit that will be available in Halo Wars. Yesterday, Ensemble’s Community Manager, Thunder, posted some new information – a short history of the vehicle, and…

If it’s Tuesday, it must be Venice. Erm… I mean Tied the Leader. XerxdeeJ stopped by with a summary of the goodies available this week at this grandaddy of Halo blogging sites – there’s a 22 Questions Interview with Ellie Gibson, editor of GamesIndustry.biz, a recap of the most recent Tied the Leader Potluck (I…

Mister Froggy has released Halo, Articulated 21 – learn the deepest, darkest secrets of your favorite Halo characters!(Louis Wu 14:11:00 UTC)

Podtacular released Pod TV 8 – a video tutorial showing you how to get your hands on the Scarab Gun and the Soccer Ball on Metropolis. Tricksters have known how to do this since late 2004 – but most Halo players don’t even know they exist. They’re both pretty fun to play with, and the…

Chris Orgeron let us know that he’d created a version of the Halo 3 theme – you can check it out on his band’s MySpace page, or you can download it directly from us (mp3 format, 2.5 mb). Give it a listen!(Louis Wu 16:43:13 UTC)

Today’s One One Se7en was a no-brainer; I’ve been waiting for it since Friday’s Weekly Update. (I guess ‘no-brainer’ isn’t a very good descriptor for a specific One One Se7en… too general.)(Louis Wu 14:48:17 UTC)

link4044 got some more parts in for his amazing Assault Rifle – check out the progress pics (they start here). He says he should be done sometime next week! The detail is incredible…(Louis Wu 14:01:17 UTC)

NOKYARD sent word of a new country represented in the world Halo speedrun community – High Speed Halo has two new French runners, who are blowing away Legendary Coop records on Halo 1. Go check out some of their runs!(Louis Wu 13:58:11 UTC)

AnTi PRO stopped by yesterday to announce the launching of Froman Productions, a new machinima website. As our submission guidelines suggest, we no longer announce website launches on our front page – unless there’s something there we can point people to… and in this case, there is. They actually created a number of vids before…

We don’t do this very often (heh – more like ‘never’)… but he asked so nicely! ViralSyris asked us to wish his girlfriend a happy birthday today – what a guy!(Louis Wu 13:10:31 UTC)

Sigafoos writes to let us know that The Riot #39 has been released – the usual stuff, plus info about this summer’s Riot LAN in Western New York. 30 minutes, 12 mb – go listen!(Louis Wu 21:16:26 UTC)

Mostly, we leave tricking to the folks at High Impact Halo – but occasionally, there’s a trick vid that reminds everyone how beautiful it all can be. dantheman87 reproduced an old trick – launching to the top of the MAC gun – but did it with a new technique that shaves hours off the setup…

Jamie98s continues his feature-length movie of Halo – today he releases Halo 2: The Series Episode 3. This one is set in Metropolis – a Covenant Scarab is wreaking havoc on New Mombasa, and it’s up to the Chief to destroy it. The episode is nearly 21 minutes long, and weighs in at 152 mb…

SourceGuy pointed out an interview with Nick, Project Lead for Prometheus, the upcoming Halo CE map editor, over at HaloVicis today. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 11:50:13 UTC)

Shady IIV stopped by with an episode of Barbie & M!KE (a German Halo comic). Pretty pictures, even if I can’t read the balloons…(Louis Wu 22:20:35 UTC)

Mid7night continues to work on his Longsword model for X-Plane; check this post out for formation flying! (Nice cockpit, too!(Louis Wu 22:18:13 UTC)

A few days ago, 3 new screenshots from Halo 2 Vista circulated the web; we mentioned several articles about the program (news from GDC, mostly), and most of the articles contained one or more of these three pics. I didn’t really see the need to draw special attention to them. Today, though, WorthPlaying has posted…