Author: halo@bungie.org

essentialparadox let us know that he’s selling a copy of the July 2000 PC Gamer, which contained an article about Halo before the move to the Xbox. (If you want to see the contents of the article, we posted scans of it back when it was released – but if you buy this, you can…

CaptainTony reminded us that 8 years ago today, the world got to play Halo for the first time on the (then) brand-new Xbox. Wow, how time flies!(Louis Wu 18:02:07 UTC)

We got word from grumpy about a Halo 2 trick. Explaining it is non-trivial; if you’re not part of the tricking community, it might be difficult to even understand what’s being done. Way back in late 2004, a special gun, hidden by Bungie just for tricksters, was found on the Halo 2 level Metropolis -…

Chaos Theory’s Adam Susskind has a new machinima for you – swing by his website for Edge of Reason, a seven minute tale of a cop slipping past the bounds of normal…(Louis Wu 15:10:52 UTC)

TDSpiral is back with a new piece of Halo artwork; this one is called ‘Chieftan Leviticus’, and it’s a really nice moody piece. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:08:38 UTC)

Thanks to FyreWulff, who noticed a thread on the Halo Wars forum detailing potential changes coming in a future Halo Wars Title Update. Looks like some Achievements might be getting easier! (Louis Wu 15:01:56 UTC)

rhubarb noticed a mention in the latest Game Informer of Starlight Runner Entertainment, a company we mentioned in passing back in March. A visit to their website turns up a press kit (thanks, General Vagueness) that contains this intriguing paragraph:In 2008, Starlight Runner was commissioned by Microsoft to prepare the company’s multibillion dollar Halo videogame…

rolandk73 noticed a silly auction on eBay yesterday – someone was selling a Halo 3 Legendary helmet for one million dollars. The auction was over by the time I saw it… but the seller relisted (at a FAR more reasonable $100,000) last night (thanks, Mid7night). That auction is still live. Really – can you put…

Yesterday, a rather unusual thread popped up on our forum – unusual because it was filled with a level of vitriol that doesn’t often show up around here. (Folks are generally more polite than all that…) It’s not really worth pointing out, for itself… but one graphical response from a regular made me laugh quite…

Cody Moore has written a Halo-related song – but he can’t play the music needed. He wants your help. Read his post, listen to his vocals, and if you can help, let him know!(Louis Wu 22:23:45 UTC)

I <3 Halo 3 Screenshots continues their Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots series – and in honor of Friday the 13th, the most recent collection is in the horror genre. Scary Pics!(Louis Wu 21:43:33 UTC)

IGN pointed out that NPD data (released yesterday for October) shows that Halo 3: ODST has now sold over 3 million units since its release 2 months ago. Respectable!(Louis Wu 16:12:01 UTC)

Just a quick reminder; Halo Waypoint is supposed to be posting the ‘Behind the Scenes’ video describing the making of The Babysitter, the first of the Halo Legends animes we saw last week. It doesn’t seem to be up yet (and even in BungieLand, it’s a third of the way through Saturday)… but it should…

The Bungie Weekly Update is live – it’s pretty short, but there’s some nice info in there. A peek at an upcoming goodie coming to an ODST Intel menu near you, soon… reminders about Bungie Pro Render options… and… well, that’s about it. A cool screenshot. Worth reading, though! (As always, it’s also in our…

Phoenix-06 has shown up a few times in our news for amazing Halo-related artwork – in February, then April, and again in September. Well, mendicantbias00 just pointed out that he’s released a pretty cool Wallpaper pack – it includes 10 images, in a lot of resolutions each, split into two downloads (because the total size…

QuickTactical stopped in with word of the release of Infiltration, by Epic Films – it’s a Halo 3 machinima that weighs in at 18 minutes long. He’s put up a plot summary, some notes, and lots of download options in his forum post – check it out!(Louis Wu 19:42:28 UTC)

Need new vids? Bungie’s Comm Chatter’s got a pair:RippenSkills made a montage called ‘SkillsTage’ – 4 minutes of Australian playWafflebrains1 created his fourth and final mongoose montage -this one focuses on the riders only. 8 minutes.Go watch.(Louis Wu 18:37:11 UTC)

Seems that the Teabag Prevention team has received reader requests for a walkthrough of Halo Waypoint – so they’ve written up an article that does just that. If you wondered what Waypoint is good for, or what it has to offer, or what the whole ‘Halo Career’ thing is all about… this article is for…

mendicantbias00 pointed out a very cool bit on DeviantART – a few days ago we mentioned a very cool piece of artwork by Rahll – he’s put up a walkthrough, showing the steps he took to create it. Awesome for starting artists, and for anyone interested in how this stuff comes to be!(Louis Wu 14:57:15…

Two comic bits for you today: Bloogyo has a bunch of new pages available in his Rat’s Nest series, and TTL Demag0gue told us about Reclaimer 225 (Precursors to Information) – new place! Go read.(Louis Wu 14:04:17 UTC)