Author: halo@bungie.org

V10L3N7 JAY stopped in with word of Section 3 Issue 12 – looks like he’s serious about bringing it back! Very nice use of ODST screens.(Louis Wu 17:21:42 UTC)

Movies available for your viewing pleasure today on Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Transcendence makes a comeback (we originally posted it just over 3 years ago) – go enjoy the nostalgia.Status Quo is an MLG Pro team, and they’ve posted a Teamtage – 9 minutes showing off some of their highlights. It’s not just about the gameplay -…

Movies available for your viewing pleasure today on Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Transcendence makes a comeback (we originally posted it just over 3 years ago) – go enjoy the nostalgia.Status Quo is an MLG Pro team, and they’ve posted a Teamtage – 9 minutes showing off some of their highlights. It’s not just about the gameplay -…

The Ke$ha Tik Tok Remix we mentioned yesterday is now supplemented with a video – Bryan Simon is taking the Reach Beta pretty seriously! Nice work – go watch.(Louis Wu 13:56:30 UTC)

Rooster Teeth announced the next season of Red vs Blue – it’s called ‘Relevation’, and it debuts this Thursday! Get pumped. (Remember – they just hired Monty Oum, of Haloid fame. Stuff’s about to get real…)(Louis Wu 13:55:49 UTC)

Tied the Leader has posted a highlight reel, created by H3Wheelmen.com and showcasing Warthog driving (and Warthog destruction) from all around the Good Game Network … 8 minutes of vehicular carnage. Great footage, great camera angles, great gameplay! Go watch. Thanks, XerxdeeJ. (Louis Wu 12:39:49 UTC)

We got word that another story from Halo: Evolutions will be making its way to Halo Waypoint – The Return kicks off a four-week run this Saturday. The full Waypoint schedule for the week is now up at halowaypoint.com. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 12:38:16 UTC)

In a masterful piece of storytelling, urk takes us back to the early days of Halo’s development, and the evolution of the Flood – where the idea came from, what it started as, how it looked before being fleshed out (so to speak). It’s a fascinating read. And it comes with some great concept art…

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte has created another pair of renders (‘Pan_test01’ and ‘Pan_test02′) using the Hunter and Marine models he started working with a few weeks ago. The second one includes some Elite renders that add some killer atmosphere to the pic! Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 20:28:17 UTC)

The Tag and Release feature this week looks at orange screenshots. Mostly. Go see what got tagged!(Louis Wu 18:32:23 UTC)

The newest Bungie Podcast is up over at Bungie.net – Chris Carney and Sage Merrill dish the dirt about Reach. Just over an hour long – go listen!(Louis Wu 18:13:39 UTC)

Anoj has released his Top 10 Kills Episode 51 – Top 10 Kills on Narrows. Sticks, snipes, and some funky shenanigans. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:08:12 UTC)

Bryan Simon is back with a new song – it’s called Ke$ha Tik Tok Remix – Halo Reach Beta. You can find it linked from his Twitter account. (Thanks, I guess, to Bungietweets, who re-tweeted it… sort of.)(Louis Wu 16:26:52 UTC)

Last week, a video went up on Xbox LIVE’s Spotlight – it was an interview with Marcus Lehto, recorded by OXM at the Game Developers Conference. There wasn’t a huge amount of new content, but for folks looking for every tidbit of Reach coverage out there, it’s worth a look. It got posted on YouTube…

Tommy92L is back with a new film – it’s called ‘Without End – Part One’ and it tells a story of a Spartan escaping a crumbling, polluted civilization, hoping to start fresh. Nice cinematography – intrigued to see where this goes!(Louis Wu 13:26:16 UTC)

TDSpiral has signed on to Cody Brigan’s Fall of Reach movie project – swing by and see the latest piece of artwork he’s created for this!(Louis Wu 13:25:27 UTC)

Gtag=Reluctant Chaos found a video called ‘If Video Games Were Real’ – smosh.com took a look at a few video games to see how they’d play if they were realistic – Halo is among the targets.(Louis Wu 20:20:40 UTC)

NeoGAF’s Shake Appeal has taken a literary look at Halo 3: ODST – and drawn some pretty impressive parallels between the game and Dante’s Inferno. It’s a masterpiece of educated videogame discussion, and a fascinating read – and it makes me more enamored with Bungie’s story-telling after seeing some of the subtleties that worked their…

Dani, the man behind Forward Unto Dawn, received an in-game message last night during HaloGAF’s weekly custom games. The message came from his girlfriend, and was facilitated by DiabolicalBagel, a friend. The message resulted in a shiny new ring for Dani, some unprintable words for Bagel, and a pretty cool story to tell to the…

Nabsuh let us know about The Gift of Mercy, a machinima project directed by Drift0r that uses Halo 3, Modern Warfare 2, and straight-up CGI to tell a story of misunderstanding and betrayal. Narration is done by bs angel. Overall, a great piece of work – go watch it! (Louis Wu 16:29:09 UTC)