Author: halo@bungie.org

IGN noticed a preorder page for a Reach Wireless Controller at Xbox.com – snazzy! Thanks, CaptainTony.(Louis Wu 19:03:13 UTC)

Harmanius pointed out a Halo Waypoint video kicking off the Halo coverage – includes screenshots of lots of action figure stuff, and an interview with the Square Enix team. Interesting stuff!(Louis Wu 16:31:20 UTC)

It’s not strictly Halo-related… but it’s a cause that’s near and dear to our hearts, and it’s a chance for you to walk away with $250 worth of Crucial RAM. Marissa’s Bunny is a blog devoted to raising awareness for a condition called ‘Infantile Spas…

Last night, Dani noticed a page at G4TV – looks like they’ll be liveblogging the Halo Reach Press Conference tonight at ComicCon. Be there!(Louis Wu 14:16:21 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, The Crawf pointed out a link for the Halo: Reach Limited Edition Guide. It’s a normal guide in a lot of senses – has maps, walkthroughs, Achievement hints… but it also has an “[e]xclusive 96 page developer’s diary with concept art an…

ITSMYYARD stopped in with word of Orbidome, a gameshow set in the Halo space. There are already 6 episodes online; teams of contestants take on challenges to gain points, with the intention of winning prizes. (Not sure what the prizes are…) Check it…

Duncan pointed out a BungieTweets Twitpic – it’s a poster being given away to folks playing Reach on the ComicCon floor. Looks like Forge is back, baby… and has some new features!(Louis Wu 14:09:14 UTC)

Harmanius noticed a pair of pics tweeted by HaloWaypoint (one | two) – they’re showing off some high-quality figures being created by Square Enix Play Arts. (There’s a whole gallery of shots at Figures.com, if you’re interested.) They look pretty nice…

bs angel sent word of a blog post at ‘Gaming Bars and BBQ’ – these guys whipped up three special drinks to celebrate Bungie Day earlier this month, and two of ’em are Halo-related. Go check ’em out… and if you’re of age, test the recipes!(Louis Wu 2…

juices, over at NeoGAF, pointed out this thread on the MLG forums – now THAT’S a LAN mobile. (Louis Wu 18:44:02 UTC)

AvatarofChaos noticed sell sheets for both the Warthog and the Ghost, coming soon from McFarlane, while browsing the Collectorate forum. Go see!(Louis Wu 18:33:58 UTC)

Couple of new vids for you today in Bungie.net’s Comm Chatter:CruelLEGACEY put together a Bungie Day montage… lots of flaming helmets.Anoj is back with Top 10 Halo 3 Snipes (Ep 56) – lots and lots and lots of snipes.Go watch!(Louis Wu 17:15:32 UTC)

Jump Theory is back with Look Before You Leap 3, a new collection of jaw-dropping jumps in Halo 3 multiplayer maps. Absolutely, absolutely worth watching. (It’s available on YouTube, but the gorgeous 720p downloadable is currently only available on M…

Got a couple of new comics for you today – Chronicles of ODS Steve #75 (“Locked and Loaded”) is live (I’m no longer sure what’s going on), and TTL Demag0gue let us know about the latest Reclaimer (“Tapped Potential”) – Barcode does a bit of explaining…

MattDratt stopped in with word of Halo CE3 – the upcoming Custom Edition Entertainment Expo. There’s a trailer (volume is really, really low – I couldn’t actually hear most of it), and a website with more info. Check it out! Update: audio’s been improv…

Waypoint’s getting busy on Twitter – there are a couple of recent tweets that might be of interest to you. They’re bringing something new to San Diego this week (thanks, GrimBrother One), and will show it off soon; GLYPH added some details on timing (k…

A few days ago, T07WRX5 let us know that the ComicCon Exclusive Noble 7 Action Figure was available for order on the web. Well, it turned out that Toys R Us was a little premature with the page… and while they didn’t pull the entire page offline, th…

kornman00 is selling a pretty cool bit of Halo memorabilia: a posterboard, signed by Bungie employees, showing off the cover of the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack DVD. The auction has another week to run, starting bid is $75. Go look!(Louis Wu 18:34:32 UTC)

RedStar Media sent workd of ‘Turn It Back’, a music video for Halo Reach, utilizing clips from lots of live-action Halo stuff. Works pretty well!(Louis Wu 18:32:24 UTC)

Woohoo – Bungie.net’s back in the blog business! (Welcome back, urk!) Today’s offerings include a couple of new vids:ChrisOfTheDead is back with Shenanigans 9 – six and a half minutes of funny situations and wtf moments.Urine This Together is a bizarr…