Author: halo@bungie.org

Count3D let us know that Red vs Blue made Mashable’s Top 10 Most Watched Web Series for March 2010 – with nearly 4.5 million viewers. Pretty impressive, given that their most recent footage wasn’t added until April… those numbers are for OLD series! (Louis Wu 14:45:09 UTC)

FyreWulff is back with another Firefight Friday – this challenge is set on Chasm Ten, and available in any difficulty. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 14:44:35 UTC)

AngelicLionheart pointed out that the Halo Legends Heroes Journey Sweepstakes (we mentioned it in February) has had its winners announced – swing by and see if you’re on the list!(Louis Wu 14:44:03 UTC)

Patrick Ruane, of On The Run Productions and Detroit Starrzz, sent along a track the band wrote and produced recently. ‘Detroit Starrzz – Halo’ (mp3, 2.4 mb) is an electropop track inspired by Halo, and he’s interested in sharing it with Halo fans. If you want to check out more of his work, visit Nightstylers…

Lots of videos for your perusal over in Bungie’s Comm Chatter today:Anoj has been putting up a new series called ‘Bungie Explains’ – it’s basically a recap of their Weekly Updates. Links for the whole series can be found in the Comm Chatter post.Anoj ALSO posted Top 10 Halo 3 Sticks – Number 53 in…

Hawty McBloggy found a very cool controller cradle created by a DeviantARTist – now THAT’S storing your peripherals in (Halo) style!(Louis Wu 15:11:53 UTC)

Apparently, Bungie showed off the ODST costumes used in the ‘We Are ODST’ ad at the Emerald City ComiCon a few weeks ago – until now, we hadn’t seen any decent pictures. Luckily, though, a member of the 405th was there, with a camera, and documented it – great shots! (They do look a bit…

Anyone paying attention to the Reach information flood knew that this week was ‘Map Week’ – the week that some gaming website would get a chance to tell you about the maps we’ll be playing on in the Halo Reach Beta. That website is IGN, and ElzarTheBam was the first to notice the article; give…

mendicantbias00 ran across a gallery at DeviantART that seems to be full of Reach-inspired custom achievement medals – some really cool ones in there! (Not sure about the names, but the pics are great.) Go check out BlackOpsSpartan’s custom medals!(Louis Wu 14:51:46 UTC)

Bones153 kicked off a thread on our forum, wondering what little touches you’d like to see in Reach that would make the overall product greater than the sum of its parts. Comes with pretty cool title art, too! Go read what’s up there already, and toss in your own two cents!(Louis Wu 14:50:14 UTC)

newguy2445 has been playing with Reach art assets – swing by his DeviantART gallery for a collection of some of his newest Halo work! Powerful stuff.(Louis Wu 14:47:46 UTC)

Minime637 noticed a short article at IGN yesterday, in which Frank O’Connor spoke pretty confidently about the possibility of a Halo movie in the future; not the first time he’s said this, but a pretty definitive “it hasn’t been shelved”, nonetheless. (Louis Wu 14:47:08 UTC)

V10L3N7 JAY stopped in with word of Section 3 Issue 13 – it’s awful to be behind!(Louis Wu 20:12:00 UTC)

Bungie’s Favorites have been updated with a second batch of files from ODST Recon… and urk put up a request for future spotlights. Check it!(Louis Wu 19:39:25 UTC)

New vids available via Bungie’s Comm Chatter today:End of an Era is a look back at Halo 2 multiplayer, from Clan Halobox.Moving Violation is a Halo 3 vehicletage (are we getting out of hand with the tage moniker yet?) – nice camera angles.Beginnings is a Halo 3 montage from Gamble – some very nice moments.Enjoy!(Louis…

We’ve missed a couple of episodes of ‘Out of Reach’, the wishlist compendium being put together by Kombo.com; Chapter 4 went live on Monday, and Chapter 5 went live yesterday. Chapter 4 focuses on ‘Special Weapons’ – some of the new stuff we’re hearing about, like the Needle Rifle, or the Grenade Launcher. Chapter 5…

cheapLEY noticed a pretty nice piece of ODST-based artwork on DeviantART – go look! (Louis Wu 11:31:53 UTC)

Over at Hawty McBloggy’s, Chronicles of ODS Steve #66 is online. Looks like it’s a bad thing that Steve left such a big hole…(Louis Wu 11:31:32 UTC)

Halocharts has another Firefight Challenge for you – Chaos Den is a challenge on Chasm Ten, and you’ll have to perform a decent collection of actions to win this one. Go see! Thanks to urk for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 11:31:05 UTC)

a flyin hobo sent word that the Bungie.net group ‘Cardboard Productions’ is hosting a new contest, and giving away a copy of Halo 3: ODST, just in time for the Halo Reach Beta. Swing by their group to read the details – then get to filming your clip! (Louis Wu 22:36:46 UTC)