Author: halo@bungie.org

Didn’t remember to post this on Tuesday, when FyreWulff announced it – but his Noble Fundraiser (with funds going to the Brian Morden Foundation) ended up bringing in $301 from generous Halo fans – nicely done! Read FW’s post for a full breakdown.(Lou…

Hydranockz, at NeoGAF (and FyreWulff, on our forum) pointed out that the Halo Wars website is going offline on December 19 – the Halo Waypoint team are making a forum to give folks a place to discuss the game, but the other functions of the website (mo…

We mentioned the Honor The Code contest (Mountain Dew and Doritos) a couple of times, and the grand prizes (a pair of Reach life-size Mongooses, built by Weta) have made the news on September 6 and September 22… but the first drawing is tomorrow, an…

Whoa. One of the glitches shown in the E.O.A. 3 video posted this morning involved flying a Seraph on Long Night of Solace – the group has now released a tutorial vid showing how you can do this yourself. (No modding required, though it DOES look like…

Bungie’s Comm Chatter highlighted a pretty cool assisted stick – guy throws a sticky, then uses rounds from a concussion rifle to place it where it does the most damage. Pretty cool! (The YouTube version adds absolutely nothing to the film – so here’s…

Gamasutra has posted the Game Developer 50 – their choices for the people behind the most significant contributions to the game industry over the past year. In the Programming section, Bungie’s Jon Cable gets a tip o’ the hat for Forge World. Congrats…

INSANEdrive noticed that the VGA 2010 nominations are live – and Halo: Reach is up for 7 awards (Game of the Year, Studio of the Year, Best Xbox 360 Game, Best Shooter, Best Multiplayer, Best Original Score, and Best Performance by a Human Male (Natha…

Halo Waypoint has a new ordinance piece up, and this time, it’s on everyone’s favorite LRV, the Pum- er… Warthog. Go and check out some nice renders, specs and info about the Jeep that helped save humanity!(GrimBrother One 15:38:52 UTC)

TWT Productions is back with another episode of E.O.A., their trick/glitch highlight series. Ep 3 has some very cool out-of-map moments and some fun tricks – go watch! Thanks, MelkorTheGreat.(Louis Wu 15:23:30 UTC)

Bryan Simon is back with a new song – this one is called ‘I Wanna Get A Killionaire’ – Travie McCoy might rap better, but he ain’t got nothin’ on Bryan’s Halo love. Go listen! (Louis Wu 14:50:52 UTC)

The latest from Jon CJG is an episode of Arby ‘n’ the Chief entitled ‘The Mail Room’ – Arby and Chief answer reader mail. Turns out pretty much as you’d expect…(Louis Wu 14:47:00 UTC)

Morpheus pointed out that the latest GameInformer (print) has a list of the Top 30 Characters that Defined the Tip of the 21st Century – and Master Chief is at #4. He also provided a link where you can vote for your OWN Top 30. Go see what they had t…

Sl’askia has been inspired to build her own comic – she’s starting with a rendered model that she’ll work from. Go see how it begins! (Louis Wu 14:39:13 UTC)

GhaleonEB has finished up his Crossroads map – and finished the blog writeup of its creation. Nice wrapup! Check it.(Louis Wu 18:33:53 UTC)

Game Rant has put together a list of five places from the Halo universe they wouldn’t mind seeing brought to life in the next Halo game. See if you agree!(Louis Wu 13:12:04 UTC)

Jason Davies let us know that The Signed Page (a site devoted to helping fans get books signed by their authors) is selling preorders of Halo Cryptum, signed by Greg Bear (personalized, if you want it). They’re charging cover price on the book – yes, …

Higuy wrote to let us know that Project Lumoria (check our news if the name isn’t familiar) will be releasing their first map on November 26 (next Friday) – get psyched! (If you have a Mod DB account, you can vote for Project Lumoria as Mod of the Yea…