Author: halo@bungie.org
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Populate Halo 3 – and help make a montage!
MixMaker1 wants your clips from tomorrow’s Populate Halo 3 event – read his post for details, and a promo video! (And make sure your Halo 3 disc is available tomorrow!)(Louis Wu 18:18:27 UTC)
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EGL5 – This Weekend
Blackpool, UK is hosting EGL5, a European tournament that includes Reach gameplay (among other games). There’s a trailer, and once things kick off tomorrow, there’ll be a live stream, as well. Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 18:06:03 UTC)
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Halo as Art
Wired’s GeekDad has a nice little review of Halo: The Art of Building Worlds – if you don’t have a copy, give it a read! (If you do have a copy, be happy it’s getting covered in Wired!) Thanks, mc_leprechaun.(Louis Wu 18:00:50 UTC)
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Legendary LNoS – now with Commentary
RC Master continues his re-release of older speedruns with brand-new commentary – today’s video is an 18:24 run of Long Night of Solace (originally posted back in December). Go take a look! (Louis Wu 17:56:27 UTC)
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Bungie Rides Along with Blueprint
Blueprint is a Bungie.net group devoted to mapmaking. Recently, DeeJ went on a Ride-along with some of their members. Go read the interview, and check out the pretty pictures!(Louis Wu 23:09:44 UTC)
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Master Chief in 3 minutes
Stumbled on a pretty cool Halo 4 Master Chief speed painting by Jordan Conlin – six hours boiled down to 3 minutes. Go watch! Update: ooh, another one, this time from Sean McCoy! Same release date… odd.(Louis Wu 22:10:57 UTC)
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Teasing, always teasing
The Halo Bulletin is live at Halo Waypoint (and in our Halo Bulletin Archive) – as you might have guessed, the Game Informer reveal is mentioned. There’s more, though – there’s also some great stuff about a Halo 4 network test conducted recently, and …
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Halo 4 gets GI’s cover
Game Informer’s May 2012 issue is chock-full of Halo 4 goodies – including awesome pics on the front and back covers. Even their Halo 4 Hub has some very nice artwork on it. Go explore! Thanks, Mixmasterchief and Metalingus627.(Louis Wu 17:41:22 UTC)
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Achievement PIG 69
hezekiah went all out with this week’s Achievement HORSE (well, PIG) announcement – he wrote a parody of Bryan Adams’ ‘Summer of 69’ to celebrate the episode number. You can watch the episode on AchievementHunter.com or YouTube. Gavin (4-0) squares o…
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Gamma Gamers Halo Reach FFA – May 5
Gamma Gamers (they make nutritional supplements for athletes – including video game athletes) is hosting a free-to-enter MLG FFA tournament in early May; registration closes the end of April, or when the 256 slots are full. Prizes include Gamma Labs su…
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Dutch ODST Helmet – for sale soon!
Laird convinced Sean Bradley to put together a Dutch ODST helmet for his (Laird’s) Child’s Play fundraiser coming up in May – Sean not only complied, he documented the process. Awesome pics, awesome-looking helmet – it can be yours for the right price…
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Bungie Artists at ECCC
Black Six pointed out a new update on Isaac Hannaford’s blog – he was at Emerald City Comic Con last weekend, and you can see him at work (along with the McLees!), as well as some of the sketching he did. Awesome MC! Go look.(Louis Wu 17:27:51 UTC)
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The Tyrant Documentaries: Episode 16
The Tyrant has posted Episode 16 of his Tyrant Documentaries – this one looks at Halo Wars (and RTS games in general). Go watch!(Louis Wu 17:25:41 UTC)
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Freelancer Heaven
Nikko B201 sketched up a whole bunch of RvB Freelancers – swing by the post to see ’em all! (Louis Wu 17:24:26 UTC)
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PGCR 110
Robowski told us about Post Game Carnage Report 110 – the PGCR crew is joined by Drunken Halo! Go listen. (Louis Wu 17:23:38 UTC)
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Gametype Design Issues 9 – Assault 2.0
RC Master let us know that he has posted Part 9 of his gameplay critique – this one provides alternatives for Assault gametypes. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 17:22:33 UTC)
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Anniversary Maps Cheap – in Europe
Wow – Hypertrooper noticed something cool for folks on the left side of the Atlantic; on the GB page, the Halo: Reach Anniversary Map Pack is currently 600 MSP. (That’s $7.50, in US dollars.) Not too shabby! Unfortunately, the US page shows the standa…
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Halo: Prometheus Trailer Mashup
Nice – MixMaker1 has mashed up the soundtrack from the Prometheus trailer with Halo footage… works really well! Go watch.(Louis Wu 17:49:50 UTC)
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BOB Video Guide Part 6: Long Night of Solace
Lord Friendship continues his amazingly complete BOB Video Guide – he’s up to Part 6, covering Long Night of Solace. This video will show you all the possible BOB spawns on the level, and what you need to do to capitalize on them. If you’ve missed any…
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The Island
Longtime contributer Dark Helmet dropped back in to share a very cool render he created – he calls it ‘The Island’. You’ll figure out why pretty quickly! (Louis Wu 13:13:50 UTC)