Author: halo@bungie.org

CNN has a meaty piece on Halo after Bungie – and Bungie after Halo. Even comes with a short video interview with Frank O’Connor. Go read!(Louis Wu 11:39:03 UTC)

For the next three days, Weta’s Master Chief and Flood sculpture is only $99 (in US dollars) – this is significantly off the normal price of $297. (We last mentioned this sculpture in September 2008, when it was still in the preorder phase.) The silver…

Ritchie Martin let us know that Team Four Star, the guys behind the Dragon Ball Z Abridged videos, has started playing Halo: Reach with their ‘Let’s Play’ series. You can see a trailer here – or jump right in with the existing videos on their Let’s Pl…

Sweet mother of pearl: M2KLink posted a YouTube video showcasing a “Twilight Princess” map and mod for Halo: CE. The Banshee is a little out of place, but other than that, this is incredible. Zelda customs, anyone?(Hitmonchan 19:30:22 UTC)

Episode 21 of Anoj’s “Halo Reach: Top 10” series has some ridiculous armor ability moments. Go watch!(Hitmonchan 19:22:19 UTC)

If you want some samples of the artwork inside ‘The Art of Building Worlds’ (the upcoming Halo art collection), swing by Kotaku – they got a few shots. Nice! Thanks, Steven Carson.(Louis Wu 19:15:25 UTC)

Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris sent word of Tyrant’s Mythic Tips & Tricks – Volume II – five tricks that can make speedruns or LASO runs far more feasible for mere mortals like you and me. Winter Contingency, Exodus, ONI Sword Base, and the Package just g…

Hitmonchan collected a bunch of new links about the Halo: Faith project – but he didn’t get around to posting them to our front page. I guess I’m gonna scoop him with his own work. Check out some concept art of Hunters in action (we pointed out the mo…

CruelLEGACEY sent word of The Grif Cannon, a weapon envisioned by RvB’s Sarge that could use Spartans as… well, bullets. Still needs work.(Louis Wu 14:00:30 UTC)

Quirel was the first to tell us about new updates at Isaac Hannaford’s blog – check out some early Spartan concepts, and a tie-in with a current DARPA starship challenge!(Louis Wu 13:59:35 UTC)

Today, I received a pretty cool sculpture in the mail – fansites can leave such a strong imprint on their creators that they want to honor the memory with a gorgeous piece of custom art. High Impact Halo will not be forgotten, for at least as long as m…

Last month, we mentioned ‘The Art of Building Worlds’, a new Halo art book. Today, Halo Waypoint has more information about the book – looking forward to this! Thanks, CaptainTony.(Louis Wu 21:12:45 UTC)

Marissa’s Dad, of Marissa’s Bunny fame (have you visited recently?), recently had Halcylon (once of the Hawty McBloggy forums, now working for Bungie) on the 20 Sides of Nerd podcast – interesting discussion! Go listen. (If you want to hear the rest of…

It’s kind of a slow news day, so I leave it to Bungie to pick up the slack: Halo biggest fan painted a portrait of B.net’s omnipotent overlord, the Bungie Webmaster. Forge Spotlight is back with a bonus round episode. This one …

Halo Waypoint has posted a nice little summary of Cortana, and how she fits into the Halo storyline. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:21:19 UTC)

Ajax 013 stopped in with word of an upcoming LAN tournament in the UK – swing by his post for full details!(Louis Wu 16:10:01 UTC)

Halotracks’ Spencermx14let us know about a screenshot contest they’re holding – submit a multiplayer screenshot, win a Blue Avatar helmet! More details on their site.(Louis Wu 20:08:50 UTC)

Black Six let us know about a live-size Master Chief costume… made of LEGOs. Read a post-mortem written by the creator at The Brothers Brick!(Louis Wu 20:07:03 UTC)