Author: halo@bungie.org

Busy news night – last bit for a while. Jamie98s let us know that progress on Halo 2: The Series is moving at a much-faster-than-expected clip: Episode 1, Cairo Station has been finished. He uploaded a version to GamingTV.org – with his permission, we’ve mirrored the WMP9 version (124 mb), and added a QuickTime version…

UrbanLT created a new flash remake of the fan fiction ‘Halo: Halos in Space’ (we pointed out a version at ytmnd.com, as well as a movie remake – and Postman even added his own music in there somewhere) – this version is pretty well-done, so we’ve hosted a local copy. Thanks, And1balla2829. (This is likely…

Over at the RvB site, Sponsors will find a new PSA available for viewing. If your life is being taken over by useless technology… you’ll need to watch this. Soon. (Before it’s obsolete.)(Louis Wu 02:25:09 UTC)

Mister Froggy let us know that Halo, Articulated #12 is now live. That Arbiter… he shoots like me.(Louis Wu 02:24:45 UTC)

Looks like Bungie won ‘News of the Year’ from the Official Xbox Magazine (for the Halo 3 beta news), and Frankie and SketchFactor were on hand to accept the award. You can hear their speech on the KOXM Podcast Episode 51. Thanks, Kaboris.(Louis Wu 02:24:13 UTC)

bryboy remix let us know that over at the (newly re-skinned) Halopen website, you’ll find preview info of Threshold, an upcoming project. There’s a video render, as well as a preview of the modded map used during the filming. Check it out!(Louis Wu 02:20:52 UTC)

Over at MLGPro.com, there’s a Player Match Commentary Vid linked, with Saiyan talking about how he does what he does. Good stuff! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 01:53:46 UTC)

Great Pretender noticed a thread started at Bungie.net, containing some pretty cool model renders of an Elite. Check it out!(Louis Wu 01:42:34 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is available now at Bungie.net – tasty news about Jen Taylor, plus new weapon details, multiplayer tidbits, AudioBooks, and upcoming playlist info. And a really, really, really bad t-shirt idea. Thanks to goatrope, on IRC, for the heads-up. (Even if he DOES play far too much WoW.) As usual, there’s a…

Here’s some cool news. Our very own Finn, of the Halo Story Page, wrote to say that the final edits for ‘Halo Effect’, an upcoming collection of essays about Halo, were submitted today – it’s on track for its April release. This book was co-edited by Finn (and he’s got an appendix to himself)… and…

AfroRyan noticed a story at IGN discussing how 20th Century Fox and Universal (the two companies who jointly backed the Halo movie back in the summer of 2005, and jointly pulled out last October) are arguing about who owes what part of the $12 million pre-production costs. Doesn’t bode well for a future revival…(Louis Wu…

Paul Maestri continues with the Kitty 117 storyline in Halo Heads 48 – you gotta wonder about sending cats in to do a man’s job…(Louis Wu 20:54:39 UTC)

Last week, we got word that WizKids game was going to be creating Halo ActionClix. Stuntmutt acts the pundit about this in today’s One One Se7en. (The joke requires a basic knowledge of the WizKid product line; this forum post might help.)(Louis Wu 15:43:15 UTC)

Edgeworks Entertainment has released The Heretic Episode 1 – as we’ve come to expect from them, cinematography, story, effects, and voice acting are all top-notch. A fantastic beginning – can’t wait for Ep 2! Thanks to Funkmon, who pointed this out. (If you swing by their main page, you’ll find lots of other info; they’re…

Today’s Ctrl+Alt+Del takes a pretty funny look at some reactions to the idea that Crackdown is nothing more than a Halo 3 Beta facilitator… looks like Psychophan7 was first.(Louis Wu 13:52:28 UTC)

Eight new stories have been added to the Fan Fiction section this week – get to reading!(Louis Wu 13:50:40 UTC)

KP stopped by with word of the latest Halo Humpday Challenge (Halo 2 this time around), whereby a bunch of girls came in and owned the Bungie guys. Lots of swearing (though it seems mostly to be edited out). Psshht…(Louis Wu 23:56:14 UTC)

Schedonnardus noticed a story at Xbox360Fanboy which shows the invite card that comes with Crackdown – unfortunately for folks who planned to rent Crackdown in order to play the Halo 3 Beta, you’ll need the disc in order to play the beta. (It’s unclear, from the invite card, whether each disc will be limited in…

Paul Maestri let us know about Halo Heads 46 – Kitty 117 goes in. You gotta wonder about the wisdom of sending in a team of cats to investigate a possible rescue situation…(Louis Wu 20:31:38 UTC)

ckamp posted a series of pictures of a Halo 3-themed piggy bank created by his girlfriend to help save for a 360. Adorable!(Louis Wu 20:24:50 UTC)