Author: halo@bungie.org

Have you ever felt jealous of Bungie employees for being able to wear Flaming Helmets in Halo 3 Matchmaking? (You shouldn’t, really, because it makes it very hard to hide when you’re using Invis…) For today only, Bungie’s making that option available…

Just a reminder: FyreWulff’s Bungie Dayathon 2010 is under way; he’s about to start playing Oni, and a large block of Halo is following that directly. Go watch, go contribute – all money goes to the Brian Morden Foundation!(Louis Wu 17:34:28 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy posted her Bungie Day Community Project – it’s many, many poems and images from fans showing their love for Bungie and Halo in a myriad of ways. Go explore! Without fans like Hawty (who give other fans a place to express their love for …

Looks like Gamestop is offering an exclusive bonus to folks who pre-order Reach at one of their stores (or online): UA Multi-Threat Mjolnir Mark V(B) Armor. Sigh… (Thanks to eLcHuPaNiBrE 93 for finding this.)(Louis Wu 17:19:33 UTC)

Dream053 had created a 13-minute audio play in honor of Bungie Day ’08 – we didn’t mention it then, and he’s reposted it, so we’re mentioning it now! Go listen to John, Steve, and Joe’s EXCELLENT Recon Road Trip. (Louis Wu 17:17:14 UTC)

Looks like Xbox LIVE Marketplace will be releasing new Halo Reach avatars next week – thanks to wwm0nkey, over at NeoGAF, for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 17:14:18 UTC)

padraig08 created a Bungie Day wallpaper – a little busy for me, but everyone’s different! (Louis Wu 17:12:52 UTC)

G4TV has a preview of some of the new Reach toys coming from McFGarlane – an orange Spartan, and Emile. Very cool! (If you just want the gallery, it’s here.) Thanks, InnerRayg. (Louis Wu 17:11:49 UTC)

GrimBrother One noticed a Guide to First Person Shooters at Kotaku – lots of history, and Halo shines! (Louis Wu 17:09:57 UTC)

Okay, as much as I want to make sure everyone sees that truly awesome Bungie Day video from Bungie and RvB, we DO have a bunch of Halo news in the queue, and a lot of it is fan-created celebratory material, so let’s get to it! First up: hyokin whipped…

So Bungie made it clear that there wouldn’t be any new maps coming, or Xbox LIVE Dashboard Themes, or gamerpics, or any of that stuff. Sketch even made it clear that they needed to outsource the actual product, because the studio didn’t have the time t…

Been a little while since I used that headline… but Laird found a collection of images at Sterling Davis Photo labeled ‘Biscuit Filmworks/Halo’, showing off some greenscreened photography of what LOOKS like a Noble Team Spartan. (The armor looks like…

There’s an interesting breakdown of the visual effects used to create the ‘Birth of a Spartan’ trailer for Halo Reach over at fxguide – discussion includes choice of environment, how the external shots were done, what was modeled and what was real, ho…

pete_the_duck’s Fall of Beta story gets another pair of pages – he’s up to Page 10 now. The game’s afoot!(Louis Wu 15:57:20 UTC)

Looking for ways to show off your Halo skillz? Stop by HaloChallenges, recently opened by the crew of HaloCharts. At the moment, there are 6 Firefight challenges, 1 ODST Campaign challenge, and Splatacular 2010 – a vehicular challenge that needs to be…

For folks expecting massive reveals/gifts/whatever from Bungie tomorrow… pare back your expectations. Brian Jarrard posted a note at NeoGAF that because of internal schedules and travel, Bungie had to outsource their ‘official Bungie Day surprise’ – …

Hawty McBloggy has posted what she considers to be the Top 10 Best Halo 3 Screenshots of All Time – definitely some impressive ones in there! (While you’re visiting, remember that tomorrow is Bungie Day, so your chance to submit something cool for her…

Dennis Powers sent us some statistics, and some intriguing creations, all seen at Halomaps.org recently. Since January 1 of this year, almost 300 new files have been added, and they’re averaging almost 300,000 downloads/month – not bad for a 7-year-old…

dogchow33 pointed out that Newegg is offering the standard copy of Reach for $15 off today – the $44.99 with free shipping deal is good until 11:59pm PT today, according to their weekly email flyer. If you were looking to preorder to save a little mon…

ElzarTheBam pointed out another video showing off modded content from Halo Reach – Elite models colored to look like Power Rangers! The video’s ridiculously long for its content, but the creator really wanted to include the entire Power Rangers theme …