Author: halo@bungie.org

Andrew Squires wants to paint you a 12-inch Spartan. Your colors, your choice of details. The auction listing has some photos of work he’s done – but what you’re bidding on will be your own creation. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 15:28:18 UTC)

Wow. Over at High Impact Halo, HB sa’ lamee filmed a Halo 2 feat that’s been discussed for years – he successfully launched himself from the Covenant to the Human gondola on Quarantine Zone… and lived. Check out the newspost by Nofirefrog for the history on this one, then read HB sa ‘lamee’s writeup and…

Pete Cooper was watching Band of Brothers, and decided to write an ODST-themed version of ‘Blood on the Risers’ – his poem is called ‘Blood on the VISR’. (If you don’t know the song itself, it’s a parody of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, and a good version of it – with lyrics -…

RedGrimRune went to the IGN screening of Halo Legends in San Francisco yesterday – you can read the details on his blog. Awesome artwork!(Louis Wu 15:26:16 UTC)

There are many, many new pieces online from game journalists who were present at the X10 presentation yesterday – here are a few:IGN’s First Look discusses the ‘huge, epic battles’ you’ll be fighting.Gamespot’s First Look mentioned the conversation-causing assertion that “all of the multiplayer maps are taken directly from the single-player campaign”, among other things.Joystiq…

There are many, many new pieces online from game journalists who were present at the X10 presentation yesterday – here are a few:IGN’s First Look discusses the ‘huge, epic battles’ you’ll be fighting.Gamespot’s First Look mentioned the conversation-causing assertion that “all of the multiplayer maps are taken directly from the single-player campaign”, among other things.Joystiq…

So if you’re not cool enough to be invited to the X10 event in San Francisco today, you might want to swing by Bungie.net – they’re showing off new screenshots, new art assets… and a date for the Halo: Reach Beta. Is your calendar open on May 3, 2010? WELL, OPEN IT, SOLDIER!(Louis Wu 21:39:47…

Stephen Totilo revisited Desirai Labrada and John Henry one year after their famous Halo wedding – go check out his writeup at Kotaku.(Louis Wu 17:48:35 UTC)

Thursday movie offerings at Bungie.net:Nocturnal Emissions is a jump video.Full Throttle is a Goosetage.Queso Man 7 is a mishaptage.Go Watch!(Louis Wu 17:44:26 UTC)

A couple of hours ago, we posted that one of the Hide, Seek, Snap images from Round 10 was still unsolved – and provided a second clue. Almost immediately, chris101b sent us a screenshot. Nice work, Chris! We’ve posted two NEW shots for you – this time, there’s one each from Halo 3 and Halo…

For another couple of days, Amazon has a deal going – buy two Platinum Hits, get a third free. Halo 3 is on the list ($28), as is Halo Wars ($30) – go stock up and save a little scratch!(Louis Wu 15:29:12 UTC)

Folks STILL haven’t come up with a solution for the latest Hide, Seek, Snap image – so we’ve added a second clue. And we’ve had word from the first Round 10 winner that Sgt. Johnson codes do, in fact, still work, even though the original cards said that they’d expire on January 31 – so…

Last night, we heard from xoools that he was re-downloading the Halo 2 maps again – and the fact that they were back online was confirmed a few hours later on our forum, when urk stated that you could grab them again. Go do it – you want to have them in time for Bungie’s…

Hawty McBloggy called on the power of Google to discover the pitfalls facing Cortana – here’s hoping Google’s wrong this time around.(Louis Wu 14:10:01 UTC)

Nevan stopped in to let us know about a video created in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – it looks like Warthog Launching is back! (Well, sort of; they’re not actually Warthogs, but the physics allows for some great backseat flying.) Take a look.(Louis Wu 14:07:49 UTC)

Hey, it’s Wednesday – so it’s time for a Community Spotlight update at Bungie.net. Swing by to read an interview about the map ‘Good Time’, and make sure you check out the rest of the updated Favorites.(Louis Wu 19:27:48 UTC)

Totally forgot to post this yesterday – but Finnish Spartan sent us pics of a scratch-built Battle Rifle he’s put together – if you like what you see, he can sell you one! This one’s mostly designed off the Halo 2 model.156k93k146kHe also included a link to a YouTube video showing off the gun -…

DiabolicReborn has a few solo jumps (no explosions) that you might find useful – check ’em out! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:04:19 UTC)

Community Carnage is handling their own end-of-life event for Halo 2 – swing by this Bungie.net post for full details, and links to help you get involved. (Louis Wu 18:04:01 UTC)

The Chronicles of ODS Steve is up to #60 with ‘Demons Come In Black Too’, posted today at Hawty McBloggy’s. We neglected to post Sunday’s Grin + Bear It – I’m hoping that particular plotline is nearly finished. Still no word on when we’ll see the next Reclaimer.(Louis Wu 17:32:24 UTC)