Author: halo@bungie.org

Bryan4208 sent word that the ‘Spring Bundle’, containing an Xbox 360 Elite, Halo 3: ODST, and Forza 3, which went live a week ago at Amazon, is now also available at Gamestop. It’s available in-store (he has it in his store), or online (starting tomorrow). (Louis Wu 14:00:13 UTC)

Antithesis is back with more cool clay figures – this time it’s Engineers, Flood, and a Hunter! Awesome stuff – swing by Hawty McBloggy’s for pics.(Louis Wu 12:58:55 UTC)

Mike, of Mike and Cheese, let us know that they’ve posted ‘ODST In My Pants’, a parody of a famous Lonely Island tune. Go listen at YouTube!(Louis Wu 12:42:01 UTC)

Seraph XXVII has gotten the remaining action figures he’s selling for a couple of good causes online at eBay – you can see all the links in this post. There’s still a ton to buy – go grab something!(Louis Wu 12:41:41 UTC)

Matt Priestley, Senior Producer at Bungie, gave a talk at the GDC about how to keep engineers on task and productive. His Powerpoint presentation is now available for download at Bungie.net. It’s a pretty interesting read, if you’re looking to see how a studio the size of Bungie manages to keep things running smoothly. (If…

The Tag and Release feature today at Bungie.net used the word ‘Robot’ – go see what folks have built. There are some really cool ones!(Louis Wu 21:40:07 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has a photo of a Spartan who showed up at SXSW… hawt.(Louis Wu 21:28:30 UTC)

Trunks stopped in with word of a strip of Sure to be Ban’d, his new webcomic, with some Halo content. Check it out!(Louis Wu 21:21:15 UTC)

L0U1F3R noticed the Bungie Aerospace logo (we mentioned it on Friday) being worn by Joe Staten in a photo of the Fireside Chat he participated in with Ray Muzyka – definitely starting to get interesting!(Louis Wu 21:20:39 UTC)

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte put together another Halo render – a pair of Marines meet… a pair of nightmares. Scary work!(Louis Wu 17:36:47 UTC)

Computer and Video Games is floating a rumor that Halo: Reach might be released on September 14, based on “UK retail sources”. Given that just three days ago, Bungie said “we don’t have a release date set in stone just yet”, I’m inclined to take this info with more than just a grain of salt……

360 Junkies’ Jonathan Heier decided to take a look at what might be next for Halo Waypoint – swing by and see what you think!(Louis Wu 15:56:04 UTC)

cheapLEY noticed an Jay Weinland’s talk at the GDC at IGN – there are a bunch of interesting tidbits, but the most interesting (for me) was that Halo audio is actually better for users with a hard drive than for those without. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 13:12:53 UTC)

bloogyo is back with another episode of Rat’s Nest – 3 pages, with some spelling issues. He’s also got info about his machinima. Check it out.(Louis Wu 13:12:32 UTC)

AngelicLionheart pointed out a pretty nice sketch of the Master Chief, awaiting the opening of the Hushed Casket. Artwork is by KenanJ. (Louis Wu 13:12:13 UTC)

Grin + Bear It, up today at Hawty McBloggy’s, points out one of the hazards of customizing your gear…(Louis Wu 13:29:03 UTC)

Lt col hurd was one of the people at the Emerald City Comic Con yesterday – he told us he’d be covering the event on his website. You can swing by IamODST.com and check out his pics and tweets!(Louis Wu 13:24:38 UTC)

Joe Tung posted an update on the Bungie Reach Developer Blog last night – go give it a read to see where they are! The countdown to the Beta has begun!(Louis Wu 13:21:15 UTC)

ManKitten sent along a very simple, very elegant wallpaper; grab a copy by clicking on the thumb here. (I haven’t looked for a while, but I bet there are hundreds in our uploads folder… geez.) (Louis Wu 15:11:00 UTC)

This week’s Top 10 Halo Screenshots feature is called ‘Off With His Head’ (I guess in honor of the recent release of Alice in Wonderland), and shows off some pretty funny screens. Swing by Halo 3 Screenshots and see for yourself!(Louis Wu 15:10:26 UTC)