Author: halo@bungie.org
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Winter Game Fest VI in San Diego
Tex let us know that UC San Diego’s annual Winter Game Fest kicks off on January 23 – lots of tournaments for lots of games (including, of course, Halo: Reach). Reach tourney starts at 2pm on the 23rd. If you’re in the area – sign up!(Louis Wu 20:17:5…
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A Titantic Coincidence?
So,G4TV’s The Feed thought it interesting enough to note an interesting connection brought up by the podcast “Legendary” on GameBreaker.tv. The gist of it is the rumor that the next Gen MMO Blizzard is working on codenamed “Titan” is actually a Halo MM…
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Lazy
Xorian noticed that today’s ‘Abstruse Goose’ is Halo-related. (And asks a legitimate question, to boot…)(Louis Wu 19:27:05 UTC)
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Halo Presents FTW
Wow, nice. Mankitten’s girlfriend (would that make her Womankitten? -Grim) made him a frosted UNSC candy jar. I want one!(Louis Wu 18:21:30 UTC)
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TPP: Noble Map Pack Week 3 – Breakpoint
Geekscape and the Teabag Prevention Team is still on the Noble case – their third Noble Map Pack analysis covers Breakpoint. Read it, and you might just stay alive a bit longer the next time you play!(Louis Wu 13:32:10 UTC)
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The Lesser of Two Doorways
TTL Demag0gue dropped in to announce the next installment of Reclaimer – and it asks the age-old question… which way should he go? (I wonder if there’s a tiger at the top of one of those ramps?) (Louis Wu 13:31:09 UTC)
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Puttin’ on The Chiefs
Tee Fury is a site that has a new t-shirt every day, for $9. Today’s shirt is Halo-related. Check it out – and place your order quickly! Thanks, AlphaGamma. (Louis Wu 13:28:51 UTC)
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A Cold-Blooded Christmas
Vengeance417 released a Christmas-themed Halo: Reach music video on Christmas Eve… but only got around to telling our forum about it last night. The humor’s a bit black – but I found it to be pretty well-done! Go see. (Louis Wu 13:28:18 UTC)
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Community Map Analysis: Aspirocity
GodlyPerfection is kicking off a series of full analyses of the new Community Slayer maps – first up is Aspirocity. Go see what he thinks – and why! (Louis Wu 13:25:03 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
Five new pieces are up in the Fan Fiction section this week – story starts, story middles, and a poem. Go read! (Louis Wu 13:24:30 UTC)
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Map Spotlight Week 9 – Preserve
Somehow we missed a Map Spotlight on Bungie.net yesterday – a rascal cat looked at Preserve, from WhtButterflyLiz. Go read about it – then grab a copy!(Louis Wu 13:20:47 UTC)
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More Mobile Stats Choices
Justin Kolberg, of Aelatis Technology, let us know that Aelatis’ Reach Service Record app for the iPhone has gotten a large update – it now includes features like Rank Progress, Stats by Playlist, Stats By Map, Medal Stats, and more. Changes for the A…
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Achievement HORSE #5 (and more)
Achievement HORSE #5 is now live over at the Achievement Hunter website. Fan-created evil challenges, tried over and over and over again by Jack and Geoff, with entertaining commentary. I love this series! (While you’re over there, you should check out…
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Halo Reach Challenges – on your iDevice
Aurum Aquila sent word that he’s released a Halo Reach Challenges app for iOS (which means you can use it on your iPhone, your iPad, or your iPod Touch). Shows daily challenges – and your personal progress towards each. Nice! (Also has a Service Recor…
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One Final Effort
7he grunt w/a plasma pistol had a successful (and satisfying) flag run last night in a game of BTB CTF – bedtime stories with pictures are always fun to read!(Louis Wu 14:28:50 UTC)
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A look at some Community maps
Lots of people on our forum (and other forums) have weighed in about the new fan-created maps currently found in the Community Slayer playlist – we’re highlighting FyreWulff’s mini-review (just 3 maps) because he’s done a pretty nice job of pinning do…
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Bungie Pentathlon 2011 Preview
This is Halo-related insofar as Halo: Reach is one of the featured events – but it’s interesting news to Bungie fans in any case. It’s that time of year again – the Bungie Pentathlon kicks off tomorrow. Go read about the events, and the players. (Lots…
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TOR Giveaways, in honor of Cryptum
Joshua Allen noticed that TOR got a boatload of Halo schwag from 343 Industries, and has been giving it away on their site. Of the 7 giveaways, only the last one is still open. Go enter, though; you’ve got a chance of winning a fantastic set of Greg B…
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Halo Waypoint Ordnance: Ghost
The newest Halo Waypoint Ordnance piece showcases the Covenant Ghost. As always, great pics and info. Boost on over and check it out!(GrimBrother One 20:03:50 UTC)