Author: halo@bungie.org

newguy2445 announced a bunch of new Reach fanart he created with recently-released assets – some great stuff in there! (Louis Wu 16:01:47 UTC)

Frankie stopped by to point out a note on IGN – looks like Halo Legends will be presented in San Francisco on February 10 (this coming Wednesday), at the AMC Metreon. Tickets are free, and the IGN article explains how you can try and grab one. As ElusiveEagle519 reinforced, the article even has an exclusive…

So it turns out that Microsoft has already taken downloadable content for the original Xbox offline, in preparation for the termination of the service for that console in April. Why is this a bad thing? Because many of us haven’t grabbed recent copies of the Halo 2 downloadable maps – and the Xbox 360 has…

At the end of this month, Halo Waypoint will take over support of Halo Wars from Robot Entertainment, consolidating their hold on the Halo franchise. Thanks, Voho.(Louis Wu 15:56:38 UTC)

Don’t you just love it when weekends turn out like you planned ’em? Back for a little bit, to update you on a few of the things that have been going on since Friday. Let’s start with Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian, Part 4 – it went live, as expected, yesterday, and finishes the…

The Bungie Weekly Update was posted earlier this evening – it contains info to drool about (if you knew what urk was actually looking at, that is), some good news about Elites, some really cool news about shield effects, an update on the 1 vs 100 Halo event (looks like it’s going to be February…

Folks who love the details behind a project are gonna love this tidbit from Wonderland – one of the people responsible for finding public phones for use in the I Love Bees ARG has passed along the original scouting notes she wrote up to Cory Doctorow, for a new publishing project. Fun! Thanks, Ross “I…

Hey, did you know it was Friday? That means Friday Caption Fun at Hawty McBloggy’s! Check out the caption submissions for last week’s pic (funky backwards shot) and add your own for this week’s shot (funky frontwards double-flag jump). woohoo!(Louis Wu 20:27:47 UTC)

If you’re jonesin’ for a rave, swing by Bungie.net and watch ‘The Third Halo 3 Light Show’ – lots of colors, lots of explosions, lots of techno.(Louis Wu 20:23:38 UTC)

Bungie has word of a pretty cool fan-created desktop dedicated to Halo: Reach – check it out at DeviantART!(Louis Wu 17:22:46 UTC)

FyreWulff is back with another episode of Firefight Friday – this challenge is called ‘Lost Zoo’ (it’ll take place on Lost Platoon). Visit the website and sign up for the difficulty that makes you comfortable – and get to battling!(Louis Wu 16:33:51 UTC)

Tomorrow, Halo Waypoint will be presenting the final episode of ‘Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian’ – the banner below leads to a teaser pic. If you haven’t read the story in Halo Evolutions, this should be a nailbiter! (Louis Wu 13:14:43 UTC)

Rod noticed that there’s an announcement up on MajorNelson.com stating that as of April 15 of this year, Microsoft will no longer be offering LIVE service for the original Xbox – or (more relevantly for readers here) for original Xbox games. This means that if you want to play Halo 2 on Xbox LIVE, you…

Hedgemony found a page of pictures and text put up by cosplayer Scion, devoted to a costume of Cortana – she built her costume in time for the 2009 Canadian National Fan Expo, but this is the first we’re seeing it! Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:13:51 UTC)

IGN talked to Frank O’Connor about Halo Legends, and many other Halo-related things – swing by to read the details. (Did you know he thinks the Halo movie could be the next Avatar? Wait, maybe that’s not what he said…) Thanks, Gilver.(Louis Wu 13:13:22 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla is back – this time he’s created ‘Arbi7er’, set to Link Park’s ‘Numb’. The music may be tired, but the clips are well-chosen, and the timing, as usual, is quite good. (I will say that although I’ve seen FAR too many Halo videos set to this song, it’s actually quite appropriate here.) (Louis Wu…

Jordan491 noticed that (at least for US residents) the iTunes Store contains previews of all the songs on the Halo Legends Soundtrack, and gives you the opportunity to preorder it. Many of the pieces are off the Halo soundtracks – but quite a number are not. (The $9.99 download price is considerably lower than Amazon’s…

Just three new pieces available for you in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read ’em! (One of the pieces, Halo Clairvoyance Chapter 3, is also available at DeviantART, along with its cover art – thanks, Halochief89.)(Louis Wu 13:08:15 UTC)

There’s a fascinating writeup on Bungie.net right now – Steve Cotton looks back on the development process that brought Guardian into being. Give it a read to see where Guardian has been, and how it became what you play on today!(Louis Wu 21:58:23 UTC)

Alternative Magazine Online has a review of ‘Halo Legends, Part 1’ – pretty much all the episodes that have been shown in their entirety on Halo Waypoint. The second half is coming soon (I’d assume after February 16).(Louis Wu 20:41:29 UTC)