Author: halo@bungie.org

A new pair of montages for you, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter: Dutchy whipped up a Halo Reach Beta montage… and so did Just Mad. Both have lots of sick kills, both are heavy on the effects. Enjoy. (Louis Wu 18:23:51 UTC)

We forgot to point this out yesterday – but this week’s Double XP Weekend Playlist, Team Control, is live, and waiting for your controlling influence! Check all the details in urk’s post. (Louis Wu 18:23:26 UTC)

Kotaku found a few pictures of a Malaysian Master Chief – great outfit, cool weapon! Thanks to GrimBrother One for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 12:55:38 UTC)

FyreWulff announced a new Fire Team Zulu challenge this morning – Tanks for the Memories is a Campaign challenge on Kizingo Blvd (two difficulties available), while The Dark Night is a Firefight challenge on Rally (Night) – also with a pair of difficulties open to you. Pick the one that appeals to you the most…

CE United’s Willy is back with a new 20 Questions interview – this one was held with TTL’s XerxdeeJ. Go read about how Tied the Leader got its start, what was good and bad about the Reach Beta, and how a good society is maintained. Great read!(Louis Wu 12:54:43 UTC)

This… is just wrong.(Louis Wu 12:54:21 UTC)

Over at Hawty McBloggy’s, it’s time for another week of Friday Caption Fun – highest-rated captions from last week’s entry, plus a new entry showing off a… new side of the Master Chief. Go play!(Louis Wu 12:53:30 UTC)

Couple of unusual(ish) tributes to the Reach Beta on our forum recently: hyokin put together a collection of his favorite screens for a screenshot montage, and Train Dodger used an active camera to highlight an Invasion match. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 12:53:01 UTC)

Three new pieces are up for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section – go see.(Louis Wu 12:52:37 UTC)

Elnea received some new toys in the mail – so Halo Action Figure Theater #206 involves a flaming skull. Ouch!(Louis Wu 12:52:15 UTC)

Bungie has posted another map post-mortem – go read how the Halo 3 multiplayer map ‘The Pit’ got its start, and how it changed into the map we play on today. Fascinating read – very cool pics, very cool concepts! (I’m sad for the loss of the Control Room.) Here’s to the next map that’s…

Latest batch of video goodness, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:CruelLegacy released a Halo Reach Beta Montage – good times, bad times, he’s got ’em all. Well… mostly bad times. Fun stuff!Funny Halo 3 Productions is back with the 12th iteration of their ‘Fails and Laughs’ series. Some definitely funny stuff in there.BLACKxOUTx put together a…

Congrats to Free Weights, who won Domino’s latest giveaway – enjoy your month of live, FW!(Louis Wu 20:33:44 UTC)

Antithesis, the guy who makes amazing stuff out of Sculpy, is back with some new pieces – there’s an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, an EOD Spartan, a Recon Spartan, a funky Human Flood, and a crazy-looking Elite. Swing by Hawty McBloggy’s for all the pics. I wanna take these home and hug ’em!(Louis Wu 12:12:12…

Nearly forgot – yesterday, Bungie updated the Bungie Favorites page with a second batch of files from The Bees Knees – their first batch was up for a while, because of the Reach Beta. Go see what else they’ve got!(Louis Wu 12:08:37 UTC)

IGN’s got a new Top Halo 3 Kills of the Week video up this morning – nothing really spectacular, but fun across the board. Thanks, BuzzJuice.(Louis Wu 12:06:54 UTC)

DragonSlayerMJC added a small LCD screen to his Halo 3 Xbox 360’s case – he no longer needs a TV to play Halo! (Or any other 360 game…) Thanks, Hawty. (Louis Wu 12:05:58 UTC)

Bungie’s Bill O’Brien answered a bunch of questions asked by an animation student… and the read is fascinating, even for those of us who know very little about the subject. Go read!(Louis Wu 22:23:22 UTC)

It’s Montage Wednesday at Bungie.net:New Top Ten Halo Reach Beta Kills from Anoj – this one is devoted to Armor Ability Kills. Gotta love the assassination from the invis guy that someone LANDED ON.Halo Reach Beta Montage from Mjolnir Battle Tactics – it’s called ‘Dominate’, and it’s certainly full of pwnage. (Very funky interlacing, though…)Abstract360.com…

kapowaz pointed out a piece at PC Gamer; it’s an object lesson as to why you shouldn’t teamkill. I couldn’t help thinking that if he’d just shaken his head at the first betrayal and moved on, he’d probably have had a much better night… (Louis Wu 12:55:06 UTC)