Author: halo@bungie.org

If you live in Asia, you might want to swing by Play-Asia.com – they’re offering some killer deals on Halo: Reach right now, and even with the amazing discounts, money is going to the Japan relief effort. The standard edition of Halo: Reach is curren…

Marissa’s Dad told us about yet ANOTHER giveaway at Marissa’s Bunny – the winner of the last (absurd) giveaway gave back one Xbox, so you’ve got another shot at it. (She, in fact, gave away almost EVERYTHING in the prize package… but not all back to …

MaxRealflugelhas some ideas about how you could remake the original Halo, and still make it new. You can find his musings at The Secrets Within.(Louis Wu 15:25:29 UTC)

padraig08 did a little bit of interesting research – and discovered that the color of smoke emanating from a demolished warthog depends more on where that hog met its end than on what killed it. Useless, to be sure… but interesting! (Louis Wu 15:22:…

CruelLEGACEY is running a new contest – take a cool screenshot, and if he likes it, it’ll get used in the next Fails of Reach Fan Fails vid. More details on his site. (Louis Wu 15:21:49 UTC)

Hedgemony brought our attention to an upcoming book called Halo and Philosophy, by Luke Cuddy – there’s a call for abstracts here, which should give you a decent idea of what the book will contain. Looks exciting! (Louis Wu 15:19:39 UTC)

Computer and Videogames has an interview with Frankie today – he’s talking about the changing of the guard, as 343 takes over management of Halo from Bungie. Will you notice the change? Well, according to Frankie, that depends on how closely you pay a…

TD Spiral wanted to show off a new piece of fan art he created of the Master Chief. As always, great work! Stop by the thread on our forums and let him know what you think!(GrimBrother One 04:30:11 UTC)

Certainly an interesting find; it looks like the Tsunami Relief isn’t the only good deed the Bungie Foundation has been up to lately. Apparently, they also let a very lucky little guy get a rare glimpse of the hallowed grounds. Very cute, and very cool…

Kyle B sent us to Grunts R Us for an article on The Future of Halo – it looks at where Halo has come from, and extrapolates out to where it’s going. Go read it and see if you agree!(Louis Wu 18:15:33 UTC)

The march for the stars continues at B.net – Week 11’s contest was announced this morning. Create a cool pic using only spawn points… and you’re eligible for the coveted Star nameplate by the time this week’s out.(Louis Wu 17:21:02 UTC)

jake_108 has abandoned us for bigger ponds – I have to read about the latest Teabag Prevention article on Bungie.net. Oh, how the middling have fallen! (You should go read it anyway – it will help you get the most out of Condemned, one of the new Defi…

According to Bungie.net, The next episode of the Running Riot Podcast will be broadcast LIVE this Wednesday night (March 23) at 9:30 pm Eastern. GrifballHub’s GooseChecka will be the special guest… go get your fill of Grifball talk! (Don’t forget to…

You may already have noticed that the Weekly Challenge this week is Tip of the Spear, with most skulls on – as always, Tyrant’s got you covered with his Mythic Guide… but if what you’re looking for fast over safe, RC Master’s your guy. He’s got a su…

Last night, Team Schooly D held the first iteration of Sunday Night Fights (promotional poster visible here) – Foregunners took on Team NartFOpc in an epic best-of-5 competition. If you missed it live, Schooly D announced that the stream replay is avai…