Author: halo@bungie.org

Okay… what? I thought JACKALS were the chicken-like aliens… (Louis Wu 11:40:17 UTC)

Videos worth watching, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter today: DewsRandom built an Eiffel Tower in Forge – then filmed it. The fast-forward version is awesome. Halo3Productions911 covered Never Forget, from the Halo 3 OST – beautiful. While you’r…

Interesting – there’s a post on Major Nelson’s blog announcing a preview program for the next Xbox 360 System Update – if you’re accepted, you get a free copy of Halo: Reach. Thanks, JDQuackers!(Louis Wu 19:10:14 UTC)

AlphaGamma let us know about a chance to buy a pretty cool piece of Halo fanart, in poster format – noprips is selling her Six and Four print (we mentioned it in early January), along with some other cool artwork, for $15 plus shipping for an A3-sized…

If you get a chance, stop by and check out the Community Spotlight on Firelight Studios up at CruelLEGACEY Productions. A neat look at one of the Halo community’s machinima production teams. Check it out!(GrimBrother One 17:26:29 UTC)

This video from DEEP NNN is just DYING for the right musical soundtrack. You know you want to help… Update: rofl – ZZoMBiE13 took me up on the suggestion (though he balked at the idea of Lady Gaga).(Louis Wu 13:51:26 UTC)

Speaking of Halo SPD: Flash, Hedgemony released a bonus four pages this morning on this latest work – it’s content that fits better at the end of yesterday’s release than it does at the start of next week’s offerings. Plus, it’s some fantastic Falcon …

Stephen Loftus tossed us 10 new signs for his Halo Signs collection last night – this is the first batch that I can place ALL of them. Pretty amazing; he’s now up to four pages’ worth! Go check out the end of the Civilian (page 2) and Miscellaneous (p…

Hedgemony is working to make his comics more accessible to late readers; while it’s quite cool that you can read his latest offerings on our forum, as he finishes them, he’s also making entire storylines available in one place – he’s just set up an Im…

FyreWulff pointed out that it’s Extreme Shopping Sale Week on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, and the Halo Wars DLC offerings (Historical Battle Map Pack and Strategic Options Add-on Pack) are currently 50% off (for the first time!). If you’ve been holding bac…

cardo 8 atl found us another Defiant review – el33tonline mostly liked the new maps (though they found Highlands a bit boring when objectives weren’t involved). Go read! (Louis Wu 10:57:50 UTC)

Our beloved Marty O’Donnell chatted with IndustryGamers.com about the new creative environment he, and the rest of Bungie, find themselves in. He has some interesting points about the change in focus for the studio, and how adjustments are made in rela…

Didn’t see this earlier today, but Halo Waypoint has news of a giveaway from Mega Bloks – they’re giving away 10 huge prize packs over the next few weeks. Go read about it – and see what you can get in on!(Louis Wu 22:08:40 UTC)

Domino Theory has been giving away tons of stuff through our website for over two years now… and his latest is pretty cool. Register on his standard giveaway page, and you’ve got a few chances to win: if your entry gets into the system before Wednes…

nomis78 stopped in with a nice baker’s dozen panoramas… everything from the small to the super-large is covered here! I love the Highlands shot, and that final one. Update: Eddy 071 added two of his own.(Louis Wu 20:01:31 UTC)

So, if you want to earn a medal that’s nearly unearnable – the ‘Unfrigginbelievable’ medal in Campaign – RC Master wants to help. He’s put together a tutorial guide that can show you what you need to do to get to a place that ALLOWS that many kills in…

If you have access to Facebook, the Halo: Faith team has put up a new piece of concept art, this one showing off a Scarab. Gorgeous! Thanks, Dart3rocks.(Louis Wu 18:55:17 UTC)

Rockslider, in his typically thorough way, has put together a Bridge Descent Guide for the AotCR first bridge; it incorporates a boatload of information he’s compiled over the past year or so, and shows off techniques of a variety of tricksters, going…

Feeling sad because you still don’t have a star next to your name in Matchmaking? Don’t fret – you’ve got another shot; Week 12 of Bungie’s All-Stars contest went live this morning. Snap a wallpaper-worthy screenshot (touchups are legal, apparently), …