Author: halo@bungie.org

DJ Lars finished translating the entire Gamereactor.se article we mentioned this morning – swing by his newspost for a far more readable version than Google provides! Update: Looks like a different Gamereactor site has put up its OWN translation! Whee…(Louis Wu 21:44:40 UTC)

DJ Lars finished translating the entire Gamereactor.se article we mentioned this morning – swing by his newspost for a far more readable version than Google provides! Update: Looks like a different Gamereactor site has put up its OWN translation! Whee…(Louis Wu 21:44:40 UTC)

Today’s Tag and Release feature at Bungie.net focuses on the Hero logos seen everywhere in Matchmaking last week – lots of great shots! Check ’em out.(Louis Wu 18:51:03 UTC)

It’s Battle of the Magazines! Game Informer has posted ‘Halo: Reach Developer Commentary’ – a seven-minute video narrated by Marcus Lehto that gives you an overview of what you can expect from Halo: Reach. (The imagery is simply the screenshots and art assets already seen last night in the Gamereactor article, but the discussion has…

New comics for you today:Grin + Bear It gets more tasteless over at Hawty McBloggy’sTTL Demag0gue lets us know about Reclaimer 239 (Cold Storage) – and we learn something new, and surprising.Go read.(Louis Wu 16:45:40 UTC)

Edge has a new interview online – this one is with Mission Lead Niles Sankey and Campaign Lead Chris Opdahl, and it discusses battle sizes, and Bungie’s approach to combat for Reach. Go read it!(Louis Wu 14:50:46 UTC)

Not sure how we missed this – but GameInformer put up a second article a few days ago with an in-depth interview with Marty O’Donnell. (It’s matched up with the Reach Score video we mentioned last week.) It’s a pretty interesting read! Go take a look.(Louis Wu 11:36:50 UTC)

The Reach content embargo ends today, January 25 – and Sweden got to that date long before the US. Over at NeoGAF, Syringe pointed out coverage by Swedish gaming site Gamereactor – the text is in Swedish (though Google will translate… kind of), but the pictures are understandable in any language. There’s concept art, screenshots…

Asian Inferno sent us a link to a video he created in 2006, and uploaded to YouTube before Halo 3 was released – it sets Halo cutscene action to a song from the Mulan soundrack. To my surprise, it holds up reasonably well! However, there’s something really disturbing about watching Sgt. Johnson singing with Donny…

Hedgemony found some old World War 2 propaganda posters (Australian ones, since that’s where he lives), and updated them with Halo content to celebrate Australia Day today. Take a look! (Louis Wu 10:57:13 UTC)

Morpheus stopped by with HaloContest’s December 09 montage – take a look!(Louis Wu 10:56:04 UTC)

Chlazza got a Remote Controlled Warthog – but was unhappy with the power setup. So he rewired it to use lithium-polymer batteries. Swing by his site for full details – all that thing needs is a mini-LAAG! (If, for whatever reason, we break Chlazza’s site, we’ll put up a mirror.)(Louis Wu 21:46:54 UTC)

Silvac let us know that Retrograde Episode 3 has been released – quick followup to Episode 2, last week. I’m not sure I get the story…(Louis Wu 18:04:09 UTC)

Halo 3 Screenshots posted a new Top Ten list on Friday, as usual; this one is called ‘EVA’, and shows off some truly amazing views of the EVA armor. Check ’em! (Louis Wu 15:27:46 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 wondered if anyone had ever met Oonsk’s cousin…(Louis Wu 15:26:36 UTC)

TDSpiral stopped by with a whole new way of seeing Oonsk. I think Halopedia might be his first target… (Louis Wu 15:12:38 UTC)

Over on NeoGAF, dilatedmuscle whipped up a cool Reach-related wallpaper – and Cocopjojo helped out by hosting a larger, desktop-sized version. Take a look!(Louis Wu 15:11:28 UTC)

BlueTeam1138 decided to see if Halo footage could be coupled with audio from the new Mass Effect 2 trailer – I’d have to say he was pretty successful! Check out the “Halo Effect 2 Launch Trailer”. (Louis Wu 15:10:02 UTC)

Remember that awesome Oonsk/Mister Chief pic Frankie whipped up a few days ago? Looks like it’s going to be auctioned off by IGN as part of their IGN for Haiti Charity Event. Tune in on January 27 for your chance to nab it! Thanks to NeoGAF’s Tashi0106 for the heads-up.

Congrats to RobboForever and NICKOFSTEEL, for being the first to identify and reproduce the latest Hide, Seek, Snap screens – two more Sgt. Johnson codes out the door! We’re going to take a little break posting screens – there’ll be another image soon!(Louis Wu 19:56:40 UTC)