Author: halo@bungie.org

Hawty McBloggy has posted Friday Caption Fun Round 101 – witty responses to the 100th round last week, plus a new image just dying to be captioned. Go play!(Louis Wu 13:08:00 UTC)

DocOctavius is selling off some his Halo schwag – he wanted HBO readers to know about a relatively rare Joyride action figure (you’ve got a day and a half). Other stuff coming… so keep an eye on his account!(Louis Wu 20:51:52 UTC)

What does Master Chief need after shooting one too many ugly bugs? A little frosty brew, of course.(Louis Wu 20:49:44 UTC)

bs angel noticed a blog called ‘Master Chief Off Duty’ – it’s a lot like Halo Action Figure Theater, except without the plotlines. Master Chief cleans up his house, takes a break by the pool, has a picnic with a friend, gambles a bit. Pictures are gre…

TCKaos pointed out that in the Xbox LIVE Marketplace Spotlight, there’s a video called ‘Add-ons, Avatar Gear, Arcade’ that details some of the new goodies coming on July 22. The Legendary Map Pack drops in price to 160 MS Points (that’s just over a bu…

This Spartan Life has posted a press conference (in-game, natch) to announce their new season on Waypoint. Swing by ThisSpartanLife.com to watch it! (There’s a written press release that goes along with it – this, you can find at Gamasutra.)(Louis Wu 1…

We’ve mentioned the PBS broadcast on PBS a few times – PBS posted a new page with a press release, a teaser vid, and a short description. I can’t find it in my local listings yet… but it’s coming soon!(Louis Wu 14:59:54 UTC)

Wow… Belakor built a cardboard Oonsk, and then created a papercraft template for the little guy, so you can make your own. I know some folks who might be unhappy about that…(Louis Wu 14:44:52 UTC)

onebitrocket pointed out a new tweet from Marty O’Donnell (5:17 am his time!) which says ‘Finished!’ Does Marty mean his work on Reach? His work on an Official Reach Soundtrack? That bagel he started at 5 am? Here’s hoping we find out at some point. (…

Brian Choi was inspired to create a new Spartan Heavy Arms variant – lots of cool armor and weapons! (A larger version is visible in his DeviantART gallery.)(Louis Wu 14:43:13 UTC)

BuzzJuice let us know that IGN has posted a ’25 Most Wanted Games of 2010 – and Reach comes in at #3. (Both Civilization V and Fallout: New Vegas are higher.) Not bad! (Louis Wu 14:42:42 UTC)

Bungie’s Derek Carroll posted a pair of pics of Bungie employees standing next to the Reach Legendary packaging, to give you a sense of scale. And a laugh. (Thanks, Hydranockz.) (Louis Wu 14:42:03 UTC)

Waypoint’s GLYPH stopped in with word of a video interview with Todd McFarlane – he’s showing off the signed Legendary Reach statue that will be given away during the Halo Universes talk at the San Diego Comic-Con. Looks spectacular!(Louis Wu 14:39:57…

We showed off a cool spike grenade from smick6 last year – Hawty McBloggy noticed yesterday that one of them just went up for sale on eBay. You’ve got a day and a half left to make your decision; starting bid is $150, and MAN it’s pretty. (Louis Wu 14…

Eep – almost missed it, but one of the articles disussing the media event taking place at Bungie today mentioned ‘Digital Content’ and ‘Making of Videos & Extras’ as components of the Legendary Edition – it’s unclear whether this info came from so…

2good4u2 stopped in with word of Elephant Cannon 3, another installment in a series of launching vids on Sandtrap. After watching this, I want a car made out of whatever the Elephant’s built from – that thing doesn’t even have a DENT on it!(Louis Wu 1…

Mid7night has released his X-Plane Sparrowhawk model – you can now fly it in-game, if you use X-Plane. Go grab a copy!(Louis Wu 18:12:31 UTC)

This was mentioned a few days ago, but I forgot to follow up on it – last Friday, Major Nelson clarified that the Halo: Reach avatars coming out on Avatar Marketplace (we mentioned them on Bungie Day) will not, actually, be out until July 22. Sorry fo…

Last night, CaptainTony pointed out a new post at the Official Anime Central Blog that got our forum buzzing. Steve Downes was in town, and in the course of talking on aa panel, revealed a number of tidbits… including the fact that “He provided work …

Running way behind today because of an extra-long airport run – but back to fill in known action in the Halo universe! First up – a comic roundup, the first in quite a while.Chronicles of ODS Steve is back in the saddle, with ‘When Things Go Boom, Part…