Author: halo@bungie.org

Back in October, Leviathan kicked off ‘A Fistful of Arrows’, a really special piece of work following Jun (and all of Noble Team) before the events of Halo: Reach. Since then, he’s been posting new pages in our forum – but our forum is really not worth…

CVG is milking that interview they did with Frankie – a second page is up today, and Frank’s talking about going deeper. Next up from 343i: Halo: Inception.(Louis Wu 13:50:55 UTC)

Kotaku got hold of a machinima made as part of an application to 343’s cinematic team. (The creator didn’t get the job.) Interesting piece of work… thanks, BlueNinja. (Louis Wu 13:49:52 UTC)

nomis78 whipped up 12 Reach panoramas for your viewing pleasure – some really great stuff in here! (Louis Wu 13:48:49 UTC)

If you’re in the market for Halo (the original), as a downloadable game, there ain’t no better time than right now (thanks, bs angel) – jump over to Xbox.com and you’ll find that masterpiece selling for a mere 800 spacebux (that’s $10 to you and me). …

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)