Author: halo@bungie.org

BungieTweets has posted a shot of the beverage menu from last night’s event (mnemesis mentioned it, but didn’t get a pic) – I think I’ll wait for the Brute Beer. Thanks, GrimBrother IV.(Louis Wu 15:33:13 UTC)

Man… you answer the phone, and the time just slips away. We knew the Firefight trailer was coming at 6 am PDT… but unfortunately, I wasn’t around to point it out when it went live. ‘Sokay, though, we’re only 20 minutes late. Go grab a copy. It’s av…

Ron Dagan has a bunch of Halo (and general gaming) stuff for sale – including a 360, a bunch of games, Halo 3 concept art, halo books, action figures, and more. Take a look! Auction ends in 2.5 days.(Louis Wu 13:00:32 UTC)

Quick break from E3/Firefight overload – Hawty McBloggy has a guest comic up in place of this week’s (and the next 4 weeks’) ODS Steve – it’s called Master Chief’s Pets, it’s drawn by waarrioronlydude, and it made me laugh. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:5…

Gamespot interviewed Lars Bakken last night – more details about Firefight (no, you haven’t heard it all yet). Thanks, ElusiveEagle519!(Louis Wu 12:36:47 UTC)

NeoGAF’s Voltron64 was also at last night’s Reach Event, and managed to grab some video footage of the presentation. The customization for Firefight looks ASTOUNDING.(Louis Wu 12:32:47 UTC)

mnemesis was actually AT the Reach event last night – and while he didn’t get any video footage or screenshots, there’s a writeup on our forum. Firefight details, Halo-themed drinks, celebrity spottings, a new combat dialogue actor identified… it’s …

IGN has a new batch of screenshots online – they’re not on B.net yet, so this is as good a place as any to see them. Thanks to GhaleonEB for the heads-up (and check out the Hunter shot he embedded… those guys have gotten SCARY). Update: Actually, Eur…

TDSpiral found a Firefight trailer at GameVideos – it’s recorded off the screen… but it’ll still get your blood pumping. I’m guessing we’ll see a high-res version of this one in the not-too-distant future… like maybe today. Update: this will be rel…

For folks who want their info more succinct, IGN has put up a text summary of the Firefight facts they learned last night (thanks, oddworld) – go see how this mode has evolved since its inception in ODST! All of the awesomeness, none of the disappoint…

G4TV also had a session with a Bungie employee – Brian Jarrard laid down some sweet facts along with the demo footage. Definitely worth watching – and discussing. There’s a big thread here (thanks, GrimBrother One), Minime637 found an archived streami…

IGN posted a 10-minute video of their behind-closed-doors session with Joe Tung, including lots of discussion and some campaign play. New tidbits about what’s coming, extended coverage of space combat, and a new weapon (the Concussion Rifle) is describ…

Tons and tons of content came out of E3 yesterday; I’m going to do my best to summarize. (Thanks in advance to our forumgoers, who did a bang-up job of keeping on top of stuff!) The earliest thing to hit was a text summary of Reach’s space combat, co…

Although Bungie has said that they’re focused on Reach for E3 this year, it sounds like Activision has no qualms about mentioning upcoming content from the studio – Computer and Video Games is reporting that Bungie’s next project will be released for…

Eep, nearly forgot. A new PSA went live on Rooster Teeth last night – it’s called ‘Game On’, and it will help you to understand the video game industry. So you can buy games! And stuff. Funny and helpful, all at the same time!(Louis Wu 15:12:49 UTC)

Brand-new screenshots are up for your viewing pleasure – swing by Bungie.net’s Reach Screenshot page for some high-res goodness. (The Sabre launch in 1920×1080 is about to become a desktop here.)(Louis Wu 14:59:55 UTC)

For Halo fans who don’t want to download the entire 170mb Controller Montage off Xbox LIVE Marketplace, we’ve uploaded just the Reach bit at the end (it’s just 10 seconds long): WMP9 format (6.8 mb) | QT format (7.2 mb). Contains equal parts of campai…

If you live in Great Britain (or possibly all of Europe), you have access to a video called ‘Controller Montage Trailer’ on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. According to 2900d4u, [It] shows a few seconds of reach footage at the end of the video. Grunts dropping …

CNN has posted their Top 10 video games of the past decade – the “best and most influential games”. Halo makes the list.(Louis Wu 14:13:18 UTC)

DHalo managed to grab a gorgeous HD version of the Microsoft press conference version of the Halo: Reach presentation (including the MS intro and Marcus’ part) – it’s in MP4 format, and weighs in at 160 mb. If you’d like a copy, you can grab it here.(…