Author: halo@bungie.org

TeamXbox has posted a few high-res (3000×2400) pictures of the Legendary Edition helmet you can buy when Halo 3 is released – looks pretty nice! Thanks, RevDotNed.(Louis Wu 17:11:31 UTC)

GameTrailers interviewed a representative of WizKids, the folks who will be making the upcoming Halo ActionClix figures, at NYC Comic-Con a couple of weeks ago. He discusses the Halo products, including a tease about an unannounced Halo 3 item. Thanks, Wolverine Monkey.(Louis Wu 17:06:59 UTC)

Over at MLGPro.com, the front-page vid is a player match commentary from Ghandi, looking at some footage from MLG Las Vegas last year. I love these things! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 16:11:13 UTC)

Jump Tactics have been around for a long, long time; in the early days of Halo 2, they were everywhere, showing off ways to bounce around the multiplayer maps. They’ve been quiet for a long time – but they’ve finally released Transcendence, a jumping montage with some truly incredible footage. There’s some modding here -…

Scott Guthrie works for Microsoft – and recently, he got to be a guest star in a Red vs Blue segment. It’s not a segment I ever saw mentioned over at Rooster Teeth… but if you’re a fan of the show, it’s got some funnies in it. You’ll need to install WPF/E (mac | windows),…

Tons more Halo 2 Vista info coming out of the Game Developers Conference – a hands-on at Gamespot (thanks, LoneRanger 2.5), a preview at Shacknews, a hands-on at GamePro, and a summary of new features at Game Informer. Things you might not know yet (or that have changed in recent months):The game is expected out…

Hired Gun (the team putting together Halo 2 Vista) has posted a blog entry detailing some of the thought processes (and a few of the specific procedures) involved with the Halo 2 Gamerscore Achievements you’ll be able to unlock soon. Coolness abounds! Thanks, PsychoRaven.(Louis Wu 20:19:43 UTC)

trigger119 has posted an interview with machinima maker Jamie98s over at GamingTV; go read about what got him into machinima, where he’s going, and a little about Koko.(Louis Wu 17:09:13 UTC)

Next Generation is doing their annual ‘Hot 100 Game Developers’ list (last year, both Jason Jones and Alex Seropian made the list, which was ordered alphabetically) – this year, the list is ordered by influence. Seropian’s not on the list this time around (Wideload Games has been pretty much under the radar until very recently),…

Youngblood (AKA Indiana_Pwns) has joined in the blogging craze – Ghosts of Onyx starts off with some suggestions on fan fiction writing. Check it out!(Louis Wu 16:33:59 UTC)

Tied the Leader is back with another Tuesday Update – You can find a 22 Questions interview with UncleGamer Radio’s Robby Edwards, a hilarious (but sad-because-it’s-so-true) list of Halo 2 Rules of Thumb, an introspective look at the Halo online community (and what’s changed in the past two years), and a Community Profile of Second…

Microsoft recently announced that the Xbox Live service hit 6 million members (several months sooner than they expected), and they listed the top 10 Live titles (by number of unique users) – Halo 2 is at the top of the list. I guess that 2-year headstart on Gears of War made a difference! Thanks, GhaleonEB.(Louis…

Mister Froggy updated Halo, Articulated – #19 compares weapons from the first two Halo games.(Louis Wu 16:09:00 UTC)

Dennis Powers pointed out that the Halo CE community has been working on bubble shield-type tags – you can grab them here (a couple of maps that use them are Nhpgulch and Covenieye). There are also tags for Halo 3-style backpack weapons – they’re in use in Backpack Gulch. Cool stuff!(Louis Wu 16:46:12 UTC)

Last week, Bungie posted an analysis of the upcoming Brute Spiker; in it, one of the UNSC Marines referred to Brutes as ‘Bravo Kilos’. If this reference was lost on you, today’s One One Se7en might be, too… or maybe Stuntmutt will have cleared it up for you.(Louis Wu 15:58:24 UTC)

SpotlightPro.org is hosting a 2v2 tournament, top prize includes a 12-month XBL subscription. Go check out the details! Thanks, ClearviewPro.(Louis Wu 15:15:50 UTC)

Sane Intolerant has updated his Halo Toy Box series – today’s episode compares Cortana to the Crackdown announcer. Even if you’re Jillybean, you HAVE to admit our Cortana is better than this vision.(Louis Wu 20:49:35 UTC)

Sigafoos pointed out that The Riot 38 is now online – 9.5 mb, 23 minutes long. Highlights include site design discussion, clan challenges, halo news, and monkeys. (Bungie’s monkeys, not Second Foundation’s.) Enjoy!(Louis Wu 20:41:31 UTC)

Coweh stopped by to point out The Uneven Elephant, a new Halo-related blog he’s started up. The first real post is a speculation about the X-button functionality, but he promises more activity as the Halo 3 beta gets going.(Louis Wu 13:00:24 UTC)

DocOctavius and his buddies at the yayap.com forums were trying to work out the mechanics of the bubble shield shown off in last December’s Halo 3 ad; he rendered a local version, and it look pretty cool. Check it out! (QuickTime format, 232K)(Louis Wu 12:56:39 UTC)