Author: halo@bungie.org

Hawty McBloggy has posted a new edition of Friday Caption Fun – great captions from the last round, along with a pretty cool shot that’s looking for your wit for this week. Go play!(Louis Wu 14:46:44 UTC)

Game Informer has posted a Special Edition Podcast, focused on Halo: Reach. It claims to feature ‘exclusive music from the Halo: Reach soundtrack’, though this seems to be simply the Lone Wolf score from the VGA trailer. The podcast has impressions from GI writers that saw the game in December, along with questions from fans…

FyreWulff wants you to to join him – he’s kicked off Firefight Friday, a site designed to facilitate ODST Firefight challenges and overall fun. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 14:43:49 UTC)

Halo Wars has become the most recent entry into the ‘Games on Demand’ collection – you can download it straight to your Xbox via LIVE, if you choose. It’s not the CHEAPEST way to get it (in the US, the price is $29.99, a few bucks more than Amazon’s price) – but it’s certainly convenient!(Louis…

mr.sci-fi noticed (via Halo Waypoint’s Twitter feed) that Todd McFarlane is working on Reach action figures, to be released at launch. Not a HUGE surprise, I guess – but cool to know!(Louis Wu 14:41:50 UTC)

Bloogyo poked his head up with Rat’s Nest Chapter 24 (six different pages – just keep pressing ‘Next’), and TTL Demag0gue is back with Reclaimer 240 (Pure) – Reclaimer is warned against hasty action. Check ’em!(Louis Wu 14:41:01 UTC)

Four new pieces are up for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section – go read! (Louis Wu 14:40:16 UTC)

Swing by Bungie.net – there’s yet ANOTHER batch of new art assets online for your viewing pleasure. More renders (that Falcon is GORGEOUS), and the Ordnance section has been updated, as well. (Extra little tidbit, courtesy of urk: the Plasma Pistol has splash damage now.) (Louis Wu 14:33:36 UTC)

Gilver was first to mention the newest Noble Team Profile at GameInformer – go check out the details on Jorge!(Louis Wu 14:33:12 UTC)

It’s Thursday – a new Double XP Weekend is kicking off. This week? It’s Grifball. (Unranked, I think.) Go hammer someone!(Louis Wu 23:31:37 UTC)

One of the two images we posted yesterday in our Hide, Seek, Snap ongoing Sgt. Johnson Code giveaway was reproduced (congrats, Crackshack) – the other one is still up for grabs. Get yerself a code!(Louis Wu 15:01:34 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a truly awesome bed covering – of course, she used the opportunity to make lots of ‘Clean/Dirty’ jokes. Regardless, the blanket is hawt – in many senses of that word.(Louis Wu 15:00:35 UTC)

Team Scoog is back with a new montage – the thing I love about these montages is the epic camera movement. in “Runnin’ n’ Gunnin'”, Phatcorns manages to make regular gameplay look deeply important! (There’s a moment when a hog flies gloriously off a Sandbox base… only to land and explode immediately; it made me…

Another Game Informer goodie: Noble Team Profile #3 looks at Kat, Spartan 320. Go see why you should be scared of her! (Louis Wu 14:57:13 UTC)

Bungie posted ‘Point of Impact’, an article that discusses some of the new weapons you’ll be getting your hands on when you dive into Reach. Go check out details on the Assault Rifle, the DMR, and the Needle Rifle! And if that’s not enough info about the new additions to the Halo Sandbox, the bottom…

We nearly missed this, but the second round of GrifballHub.com’s file picks went live yesterday in the Bungie Favorites – go check ’em out! (Louis Wu 14:55:09 UTC)

Game Informer posted an interesting interview with Alex ChinYu Chu, the artist behind the Reach issue cover art. It’s a great look at how this sort of thing comes together! (Louis Wu 14:52:03 UTC)

terminator182 let us know that his HBO News Widget has gotten a minor update – some little tweaks… and Oonsk! Go grab a copy. (Louis Wu 14:51:42 UTC)

There are just three days left in the IGN for Haiti auctions – there are hundreds of goodies up for sale, but if what you’re interested in is Halo schwag, here’s the lot. Frankie’s Mister Chief/Oonsk pic is up to $350! (Louis Wu 14:51:05 UTC)

Hide, Seek, Snap is back up and running! Swing by the Contest page for the Round 8 images – be the first to reproduce one of ’em, win a Sgt. Johnson code! Go!(Louis Wu 19:32:26 UTC)