Author: halo@bungie.org

Willy stopped in to announce that CE United has interviewed Team Killjoy, the crew who won first place in Bryan Simon’s song contest. (Louis Wu 14:03:40 UTC)

2900d4u noticed some news at the Halo Wars site – looks like they’re changing up the Matchmaking buckets a bit. Swing by either his post or the HW front page for details.(Louis Wu 14:03:05 UTC)

For those hoping that Neill Blomkamp would use the upcoming District 9 as a springboard to relaunch his shelved Halo movie… sorry. /Film’s David Chen caught up with Blomkamp at Comic-Con yesterday, and asked about the possibilities… Blomkamp’s done with Halo. Go read the article for full details. Thanks, BARBARIC RAGE.(Louis Wu 13:06:22 UTC)

A quick link roundup relating to yesterday’s Halo panel discussion at the San Diego Comic-Con:The event was live-blogged by IGN and G4TV (thanks, 2900d4u)The trailer that showed on GTTV last night is now available online on GameTrailers (and elsewhere, of course, but since they’re all stealing it from GT, I’m just linking to the original)There’s…

Jon Weisnewski is a test lead at Bungie – and it seems he likes to break people. Go check out the latest ‘Breaking In’ article on Bungie.net to see how he got where he is, and what he does when he’s NOT breaking people. (Louis Wu 22:33:27 UTC)

Looks like IGN is live-blogging the Halo panel at SDCC – in about two hours from the writing of this post. If you can’t be there, this might be the next best thing. (Thanks, CaptainTony.)(Louis Wu 21:33:59 UTC)

JeSteR 343 stopped in with word of the tournament held last weekend for the family of Megan Maxwell – over $1000 was raised. They’ve got some t-shirts left over (he’s got pics) – if you want one, you’d pay him for shipping (and whatever else you feel like donating), he’d send you one. He’s trying…

Renier let us know that ShopEcko.com has new limited edition Halo t-shirts featuring Master Chief, UNSC Sniper, and more. They’re not your typical mostly-empty T’s – go take a look. (These are definitely ‘limited edition’ – grab ’em while the grabbing’s good.)(Louis Wu 18:49:40 UTC)

maximumfear let us know that he’s compiled a list of theories relating to the Halo universe – and has posted them in one place for easy viewing. He’s looking for others to add their own theories to the mix, and maybe a volunteer who’d be interested in doing some organizing. (Louis Wu 18:29:36 UTC)

There’s a new Community Cartographers spotlight up at Bungie.net – Mini Waz discusses Benchmark, a large symmetrical map great for a number of gametypes. Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:20:14 UTC)

Geoff Keighley let us know that the first trailer for Legends will air tonight on GTTV on Spike, at 12:30am. Set your TiVo!(Louis Wu 15:30:06 UTC)

The Los Angeles Times has a story this morning about the blending of the roles of Hollywood and the game industry – and it reveals some of the material to be announced at the San Diego Comic-Con later today:Microsoft is producing seven short films titled “Halo Legends” in the anime style. Five production houses in…

CROSSFIRE stopped in with word of a new season of Dimension X, the machinima series from Blood Signature Films. (I’d never seen these before – but apparently the first season was almost 5 years ago.) The cinematography on this new material is quite good, and the story is intriguing. The three parts of Episode 1…

Another Top 10 for you – this one the latest ESPN/MLG Top Ten (thanks again, urk). The top clips are (as usual) snipes and BR mastery… but there are plenty of other fun tidbits strewn throughout. Go watch!(Louis Wu 12:05:24 UTC)

Anoj put together the top 10 clips from ‘Season 5’ (episodes 29 to 34) of his Top 10 Halo 3 Series – you can see if you agree with the compilation! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 12:04:28 UTC)

There’s a new Community Spotlight, complete with cool pics and more, over at Bungie.net – go read about Epic Pic, and see what sorts of Halo goodies they like in Bungie Favorites.(Louis Wu 22:12:22 UTC)

Not going to San Diego this week, but still want one of those oh-so-slick McFarlane Grifball figures? AlkalineProdigy noticed that ToysRUS is selling them online. Remember – they’re very limited… buy soon if you want it!(Louis Wu 18:29:13 UTC)

Lots of videos for you to watch, courtesy of the BungLog™: ChrisOfTheDead is back with Shenanigans 5 – it’s like previous Shenanigans, but different. (Well, different clips, anyway.) Music by Electric Six this time out.The VLU put together a LoLtage. The music they used was from the A-Team… I’m thinking they’d have been better off…

The second part of the Halo Wars Leader Powers dev blog is online – thanks, 2900d4u.(Louis Wu 15:27:57 UTC)

Ain’t It Cool News’ Quint got onto the floor of Comic-Con last night, before the doors opened… and took lots of pics. ONe of them even has Halo stuff in it! Thanks, Stuntmutt.(Louis Wu 13:43:44 UTC)