Author: halo@bungie.org

Interested in seeing what’s on tap during the month of June, in terms of Double XP Weekend playlists? FyreWulff’s got your back. (Louis Wu 19:33:24 UTC)

chris101b created a bunch of short video clips he calls ‘Things You Won’t Expect’ during the Reach Beta – the first one went live on Monday. (It had been seen a number of times, in a number of montages, so I didn’t bother to front-page it.) The second one is live now – it’s received…

The latest batch of Bungie Favorites has been submitted by Owners of the Katana, a bungie.net group for folks who’ve unlocked certain Halo 3 armor. Go read about their stuff, then download some of it!(Louis Wu 18:01:20 UTC)

Just a pair of new videos in Bungie’s Comm Chatter today: The Spartan 1 Project team has put together a full-blown trailer for their Annual Achievement services (funny stuff!), and Mini Waz created the Halo: Reach Beta Bash – it’s another Reach montage. Go watch!(Louis Wu 17:59:44 UTC)

If you’re looking for a new Halo wallpaper, you might wanna swing by Smyf’s gallery at DeviantART – lots and lots of cool choices. Thanks to urk for the heads-up!(Louis Wu 17:59:15 UTC)

The latest Chronicles of ODS Steve (#73) is now live at Hawty McBloggy’s – I’m pretty sure you don’t want to be standing next to a giant bomb when things go BOOM nearby.(Louis Wu 17:45:12 UTC)

Pete Cooper stopped in with some very nice shots of the Battle Rifle they’ll be using on the set of Operation Chastity. Love it!(Louis Wu 16:30:43 UTC)

Geez, nearly missed it… but DEEP NNN was a guest on the last 2old2play Community Pulse podcast, bringing honor to the OLD Halo crowd. Go listen!(Louis Wu 16:30:20 UTC)

Couple of fun vids at Hawty McBloggy’s cozy digs today – Halo3Fails posted ‘JK I Suck’, a funny failtage showing footage that most of us have seen far too much of, firsthand… and Mini Waz created a 3D Halo: Reach trailer that has versions for most standard kinds of 3D glasses. (There’s even a 2D…

Hey, remember that Nerf Assault Rifle we mentioned last week? It’s up on eBay now. You’ve got 3 days to bid – current price is $81. Thanks, Civil Protection.(Louis Wu 13:10:54 UTC)

Urban Reflex laughs at your sissy Forge – when HE was building Halo walls, he did the MANLY way… with a sword. And a Gauss turret. There’s an 8 minute video (it’s been shaved down to less than 15% of its original length!) showing how.(Louis Wu 13:07:59 UTC)

Urban Reflex laughs at your sissy Forge – when HE was building Halo walls, he did the MANLY way… with a sword. And a Gauss turret. There’s an 8 minute video (it’s been shaved down to less than 15% of its original length!) showing how.(Louis Wu 13:07:59 UTC)

Do you love Halo? Are you an artist? Would you like your art to appear in a Halo book? Halo Waypoint is taking submissions for the Halo Evolutions Community Art Contest, and will be until July 15. You have to be a resident of the US or Canada, and you should read the rest of…

HaLo2FrEeEk released another spherical panorama from Reach – this one is Sword Base, again… but this time, it’s an action version. Shooting, flying, blowing up. Take a look!(Louis Wu 17:59:22 UTC)

bevbor is building something. Something I haven’t ever seen before from a fan. Something really, really cool. Wanna see a human-sized Banshee made of cardboard? Go watch this video. Or swing by the 405th for pics and discussion.(Louis Wu 16:54:23 UTC)

Forge Hub wants you to remake a map from any non-Halo shooter in Forge – you could win a cool Sumo beanbag chair! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 16:50:47 UTC)

The Spartan I Project continues to help out fans looking to score the Vidmaster Achievements – check out this post to see some amazing stats on group members’ attempts with the Endure Achievement. You guys are DEDICATED.(Louis Wu 16:47:17 UTC)

urk’s back from a long weekend with a whole bunch of new video in today’s Comm Chatter:Power of the Pummel is a montage of beatdowns (assassinations, lots of sword/hammer action) from Clantacular. They called it ‘greatest hits’. Geddit? Anoj is back with another ‘Bungie Explains’ – recapping the Bungie Weekly Update for folks who have…

Back in August, in time for PAX, RvB’s MissZahrah painted a set of Russian nesting dolls as characters from the Red vs Blue videos. She presented them to Burnie at the expo (here’s a final picture of the full group) – what a fan! Well, last week, she unveiled a new collection – this one…

We mentioned Laird’s upcoming Child’s Play charity auction in passing yesterday; we got mail last night from Sean Bradley, who submitted a tricked-out ODST helmet to the mix. He made a commercial for it, plus he’s posted a collection of ‘in-progress’ shots and finished shots for the helmet itself. Finally, there’s a thread detailing all…