Author: halo@bungie.org

It looks like the Q&A kicked off by Frankie yesterday afternoon might be over; he was still answering questions this morning, but I haven’t seen anything in the past several hours. I’ve compiled all of the actual questions that he answered in one place, to make it a little bit easier to read what’s been…

Frank O’Connor talked to Kotaku about Halo Waypoint, the upcoming Halo portal on Xbox LIVE. Swing by to read some details of the service! Thanks, GrimBrother One.(Louis Wu 20:44:04 UTC)

More ODST previews, courtesy of the London showing: T3 IncGamers Videogamer.com Times Online WorthPlaying VG Reloaded CVG Online (Interview) Beefjack.com Play.tm I’m sure there’ll be more.(Louis Wu 15:49:24 UTC)

Bungie’s Lars Bakken and MGS’s Ryan Crosby were in London last week, showing off Halo 3: ODST to journalists – and they sat down for an interview with VGChartz. There’s discussion about what’s new with ODST, why ODST is a full game, and a taste of what’s coming (or not) in the future, both from…

Gravemind noticed an article at IGN with an in-depth look at Halo Legends. It answers a lot of questions about the project – you should definitely read it before jumping into your favorite fan hangout and asking for a lot of info.(Louis Wu 15:21:00 UTC)

Joel Albert let us know that 2old2play is hosting a Halo 3 tournament strictly for older gamers, with more than $1000 in cash and prizes up for grabs. This tourney will take place at their annual LAN, being held in Chicago from August 7-9. You have to be a member of 2old2play to participate, and…

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to many people, but at the moment, Bungie has no plans for releasing DLC for Halo 3: ODST. This from Bungie’s Lars Bakken, speaking to GamerZines in London. Thanks, 2900d4u. (Louis Wu 15:13:01 UTC)

Peter Jackson talked to Joystiq after a screening of District 9, the new Neill Blomkamp-directed movie that Jackson produced. The discussion was mostly about the Halo movie (and the Halo Chronicles project that Jackson was also involved with) – sounds like both projects are toast. (Frank O’Connor has said recently that “the Halo movie is…

When the idea of a Halo movie was being bandied about many moons ago we created the Halo Movie Cynics Database: a user-created list that let you propose the most outrageously cliche scene, motif, or piece of dialogue you’d hate to find in a Halo movie. Something that’d make you groan and hide your poor…

He might be done (I’m a few hours late to the party), but Frankie kicked off a thread in our forum, agreeing to answer questions about Halo Legends (if he could). There’s quite a bit of info already there, so even if he’s finished adding new answers, it’s still worth a read.(Louis Wu 00:57:05 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update tonight is very heavy in the picture department – shots from Comic-Con, shots of very cool fan-made armor sent to Bungie, shots of Shishka (okay, some of it could have been left out). There’s also a recap of the 10-year-anniversary video released last week (this time around, you’ve got a link…

IGN, too, was present at the UK showing of Halo 3: ODST; they’ve even got some new screens. (Thanks, Kibbles.) If there are more of these, we’ll compile a single-post list.(Louis Wu 18:23:06 UTC)

The Guardian (a UK mainstay) has posted a preliminary review of Halo 3: ODST, based on a hands-on play session provided by Bungie this week. (Same deal as E3, and other ODST sessions so far – a demo of the first level, played by a Bungie employee, followed by some Firefight.) Interesting impressions!(Louis Wu 18:12:00…

Goodies for you today on the BungLog™:Forge Cafe is having a ‘Sandcastle Contest’ – build a sandcastle with Forge, win stuff. More details in their Contest post.The Zoxin It Up! LIVE Podcast will be recording (as the name suggests, live) at 9pm EST tonight. Swing by for the interview with GrifballHUB.com’s Puptastrophe.Arbiter 617 put together…

maximumfear has started a ‘Screenshot Spotlight’ – looks like it’s another sort of ‘Tag and Release’ feature, much like Bungie’s, but picked by him. He’s got two up right now – Star Wars and Films/Movies 1.(Louis Wu 17:23:40 UTC)

2900d4u noticed a video by Kotaku’s Brian Crecente, showing off the Avatar Marketplace on Xbox LIVE. Crecente bought the Halo Warthog, so you can see what you get for 320 MS Points. (Not much, it appears.)(Louis Wu 17:20:19 UTC)

PsH Bling decided to make his Legendary Helmet a little more personalized; first her removed the plastic liner (so that it fit on his head), and then started in on the paint job (pic 1 | pic 2). He’s thinking about adding LEDs soon.(Louis Wu 14:52:26 UTC)

Here are the Halo-related comics we’ve heard about in the last couple of days:The Catfish released 2501 Episode 79 yesterday – thanks, urk.We mentioned Part 1 of the finale for Chaos Theory on Wednesday – since then, Adam Susskind has released Part 2 (Horizon’s Finale), Part 3 (Some Kind of Therapy), and today Part 4…

Five new pieces are now up in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 14:37:51 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has not let Halo anime or new fan portals get in her way of bringing you fun pics to caption – it’s Friday, so go caption!(Louis Wu 14:04:17 UTC)