Author: halo@bungie.org

We neglected to get back to the MLG Columbus wrap-up on Sunday – but congratulations (once again) to Instinct, who took first place for the second tourney in a row. Final Boss definitely benefitted from the addition of iGotUrPisto1a – they placed seco…

Today’s Tag and Release term at Bungie.net is ‘Death’ – it’s not really clear to me why some of the entries are on the list, but they’re cool pics nonetheless. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 21:57:55 UTC)

Chris101b sent along a link to a new ‘Things You Won’t Expect’ – he’s right.(Louis Wu 20:23:21 UTC)

EspenGenin’s been posting interesting fan art on the Bungie forums recently – a note on Bungie’s Comm Chatter today revealed the thread for the masses. Loving the Marathon/Halo crossover art!(Louis Wu 17:14:45 UTC)

A couple of new vids available at Bungie.net this fine Monday: Mike n Cheese put together a montage of submissions for the Kontrol Freek Contest (we mentioned it back in early May) – you can vote for your favorite… and Anoj posted his Top 10 Halo: R…

Over at Rooster Teeth, community member tsume is doing his own charity fundraising; he’s hosting ‘Run for Child’s Play’. Over the next 18 weeks, he’s going to be training for the Lewis and Clark Marathon, to be held in St. Charles, MO on October 3. He’…

FyreWulff wants to raise money for the Brian Morden Foundation – and he wants you to help. He’s going to be playing the entire Marathon Trilogy, plus all the Halo games, during Bungie Day 2010 (July 7, 2010) – and is looking for sponsors. Check out hi…

Hedgemony has been plugging away at his apparent goal of beautifying every Halo: Reach screenshot ever taken – HEDGEMONYlovesHALO has gotten an upgrade, and a lot more pictures. They’re easier to browse now, which is good, because there are more than 1…

ResumePlay has posted their list of Top 10 Videogame Swords – and Halo’s Energy Sword comes in at #6. Not too shabby! Thanks, Penguin Ninjoid. Update: Apparently, the same site had a Top 10 Melee Weapons feature last month, and Halo made that one, too…

New update this afternoon at the Reach Developer Log – Marcus discusses the bug-finding and bug-crushing workflow currently underway at Bungie Studios… and teases with hints of new gameplay that’s going to come out of the process. ChenK found this w…

DarkReign2021 created a small side-project he calls ‘Halo is for Suckers’ – cute and funny, with nice timing. Take a look!(Louis Wu 14:18:53 UTC)

Halo Action Figure Theater has been updated with #207 – and waffles! Go eat. (Louis Wu 14:18:27 UTC)

2900d4u and his brother were messing around in Forge, and ended up with a pretty funny little video involving a turret. Take a look!(Louis Wu 14:17:57 UTC)

Grin + Bear It looks at jobs… and how they might go. Punionaire…(Louis Wu 14:17:33 UTC)

Thanks, Metalingus627.(Louis Wu 20:50:03 UTC)

Ron Dagan let us know that he’s auctioning off a collection of Halo memorabilia, including all games in unopened packages, plus a bunch of statues, action figures, books, and ancillary DVDs. There’s also a piece of Halo 3 Limited Edition artwork by Is…

We’ve mentioned randomflyingpigeons a couple of times – she’s back with another supercool Halo creation. This time… it’s a Grunt Plushie. That little guy is SO CUTE! (Thanks, Mendicant Bias.) (Louis Wu 15:26:04 UTC)

If you visit Halo Waypoint on Xbox LIVE today, you can see a new episode of This Spartan Life – this one has Damian Lacedamian making me sound much better than I normally would. Cool community maps, too! Thanks to DEEP NNN for the reminder. (Louis Wu …

HaLo2FrEeEk stopped in with word that his HaloReachScreenshots archive is now set up for batch downloads; enter a gamertag, and you get a zip file of all of the screenshots that tag uploaded during the Halo Reach Beta. Pretty cool!(Louis Wu 15:22:41 UTC)

Wanna win cool schwag for creativity? Halo 3 Screenshots has a new contest running: Armor Abilities in Halo 3. Create a screenshot in Halo 3 that shows off one of the Reach Beta armor abilities… and you could go home with a remote control Hornet, or…