Author: halo@bungie.org

We took yesterday off, to spend the day with family… but there wasn’t a huge amount of Halo news anyway. One thing I ran across was a trailer for Arby ‘n’ The Chief, Season 4 – the first episode isn’t actually out yet, but the trailer gives you the …

Just a quick note, to apologize for the lack of Halo news… and wishes for a Happy Fathers Day for all those who are fathers, or who have fathers in their lives. News tomorrow!(Louis Wu 21:18:59 UTC)

The theme this week for the Top Ten Halo Screenshots at Halo3Screenshots.com is ‘Pretty as a Painting’ – some of these are definitely frameable. Check ’em!(Louis Wu 19:31:57 UTC)

Chris10023 let us know that Halo 3 Fails Episode 30 is now available – lots of head-slapping moments! Go watch. (Louis Wu 19:31:37 UTC)

ElzarTheBam noticed a Firefight 2.0 video from GrabGeekPoints – quality’s iffy, but gameplay is solid! (Louis Wu 19:31:18 UTC)

newguy2445 has added some new artwork to his Halo Reach collection – swing by DeviantART to browse it!(Louis Wu 19:30:40 UTC)

TDSpiral whipped up some very cool storyboards for a film class project – check ’em out!(Louis Wu 19:30:01 UTC)

One more interview from the Waypoint crew – Nathan Fillion talks about how Halo saved him a while back. Fun stuff!(Louis Wu 19:29:34 UTC)

Mid7night has been working on bringing the Halo Wars Sparrowhawk to X-Plane – go see how he’s doing!(Louis Wu 19:28:43 UTC)

urk’s back in Seattle – and the Bungie Weekly Update is live – a summary of some of the highlights of E3… and a ridiculous list of all the options available for Firefight customization. (It’s long. Very, very long.) There’s some other fun, stuff, to…

Voting for the Golden Joystick 2010 Awards is now open – Halo 3: ODST is up for Shooter of the Year and Soundtrack of the year, while Reach is in the running for One To Watch. Go vote!(Louis Wu 11:14:37 UTC)

VideoGamer.com interviewed Joe Tung and Eric Osborne at E3 this week – space talk, Kinect and why it’s not in Reach, a distinct lack of discussion about Master Chief, and more! A key tidbit (one focused on by VG.com, actually) is that nothing was cut t…

FyreWulff has challenged you with a new Fire Team Zulu – this one has both Campaign (on Data Hive) and Firefight (on Rally Point) components, with multiple difficulty options. Go play!(Louis Wu 10:49:40 UTC)

TheRecreator whipped up a pretty cool Red vs Blue Timeline – It’s an interactive Flash app that makes sense of some of the ins and outs of the evolving RvB storyline. It includes all five seasons of the original series, plus Reconstruction, Relocated,…

Gizmodo Australia is giving away an Xbox 360 Elite bundle, complete with Halo 3: ODST and Forza 3 – if you’re a resident of Australia, swing by to see how you can win it!(Louis Wu 10:46:36 UTC)

Would it really be Friday if there were no Friday Caption Fun? Hawty brings you the best captions for last week’s pic, plus a new Halo 3 vehicle that really needs your help to be properly named. Go play!(Louis Wu 10:46:01 UTC)

Ten days ago, we mentioned a contest at Hawty McBloggy’s – she was looking for you to come up with novel uses for your Legendary Spartan Helmet. Today, voting for the top 7 entries went live – go vote! (Be sure to follow all of the links in the opening…

IGN posted their own Firefight demo, with Lars doing the narrating – thanks, Lifejumper. And Talk Xbox has summarized the high points of Reach’s Firefight mode – worth a read if you’re feeling overwhelmed. (Louis Wu 10:43:30 UTC)

Six new pieces are up for your viewing pleasure in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 10:42:31 UTC)

Last night, Dani found a bunch of videos done by the Waypoint crew – Lars Bakken talks Firefight (and general Reach goodness), Hip Hop Gamer raps about Master Chief at the Reach Party, and CS Lee from Dexter is excited about Reach. Cameras for the win…