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)

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)