Author: halo@bungie.org

The Bungie Weekly Update is now available, and basically, it’s a summary of the new and cool features that Halo 3 has gained this week. Tasty stuff! Go read (either at Bungie.net, or in our own Weekly Update Archive).(Louis Wu 02:16:08 UTC)

MLGPro.com has a Player Match Commentary vid from Ghostayame linked on the front page – thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 19:11:38 UTC)

As pointed out by both Funkmon, via email, and agenteks, on our forum, Edgeworks Entertainment has released The Heretic Episode 2. Love the effects! Great action sequences, too. Almost 10 minutes long – should hold you over until the next ep is released, in two weeks!(Louis Wu 17:02:55 UTC)

Heh – today’s One One Se7en digs back into some classic older work… yeah, like that’s any different than most strips. (Louis Wu 17:00:31 UTC)

Six new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section this week. (There were more in the queue, but it seems that authors are forgetting to read the basic guidelines for formatting and submitting their stories; I had to reject a few large blocks o’ text. Enjoy what’s left! (To authors who don’t see their…

Pezcore stopped by yesterday to point out a new blog post, in which he worries that the commercialization of the Halo franchise is a bad thing. Do you agree? (Opinion, at least on our forum, is divided so far.)(Louis Wu 16:16:00 UTC)

Dennis Powers, of HaloMaps, pointed out a thread on their forum about a fan-made Halo game using the Byond game engine. I can’t find any screenshots (and the Mac version of the engine is text-only, no graphics, but apparently, a lot of work has been put into it. Take a look!(Louis Wu 16:00:23 UTC)

Jonathan Rivas points out a new item at the Bungie Store today, a slick 12 oz. UNSC water bottle is now available for about ten bucks. Very cool.(KP 09:03:33 UTC)

Funkmon wrote to let us know about a bunch of new updates over at Halo: Portable. They’ve put up some new machinima mirrors, some classic Mike Miller content and a new Podcast. Go grab the podcast for your commute to work and/or school. Try not to watch the movies while driving, though.(KP 08:53:50 UTC)

Jamie98s dropped us a note to let us know that Halo 2: The Series – Episode 2 is done and available at GamingTV. Some really excellent work here, showing the Halo 2 story from the Pelican crash through the tunnels of New Mombasa. Great execution, on all fronts. The Jackal sniper shot, the Cortana sequence,…

We got word from trigger119 – GamingTV has put up a new machinima interview, this one with Bzerker01, of Treeskunk Productions. Go read!(Louis Wu 01:28:05 UTC)

bifflog pointed out an upcoming Halo 2v2 tourney in Virginia, on March 3. More details on this web page!(Louis Wu 01:15:27 UTC)

Mini Lego Chief… thanks, wheeler.(Louis Wu 01:13:42 UTC)

Yesterday, we mentioned a huge collection of Halo action figures for sale – cctobias41886 put up pictures to see what you’d be buying this afternoon. Still scraping my jaw off the floor…(Louis Wu 01:09:45 UTC)

Interesting. Complete.com did some analysis of what people looked at when they bought their Xbox360 recently… and they found that Halo 3 is selling 3 times as many 360s as Gears of War right now. Go check out their math and see if you buy the logic! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 01:06:32 UTC)

Neo-Genesis posted a link to a Kotaku story announcing a Halo 3 laser tag set. “Halo 3 Laser Command” is slated to feature the Plasma Rifle, Plasma Pistol and the Energy Sword. Not quite sure how the sword’s going to figure into that, should be interesting to see.(KP 20:45:36 UTC)

GryphonOsiris pointed out a set of Halo armor available on eBay right now; current bid is $750 with a day and a half left to go. If you like the armor, but miss the auction, the company that made it will be happy to sell you a full suit.(Louis Wu 16:40:13 UTC)

In Fond du Lac, WI, Game Crazy and Hollywood Video are sponsoring Halo for Hunger V, a tournament whose proceeds will benefit he Starlight Children’s Foundation. More details can be found at the Halo for Hunger website.(Louis Wu 13:39:44 UTC)

Quintin Kuntz pointed out Bashcon, a 3-day gaming event at the University of Toledo from February 23-25 – lots of gaming events, including a Halo 2 tourney. Full details at the Bashcon website.(Louis Wu 13:28:47 UTC)

F1rsTxLas7 sent us another huge update for Halomega; if we tried to list everything, we’d choke your browser. Go visit the site and look for Gaming Lessons, Videos, and local contests!(Louis Wu 13:11:25 UTC)