Author: halo@bungie.org

Anoj is back with another Top 10 Halo 3 vid – this one (Episode 32) covers Warthog Kills. It’s splatterific! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:29:43 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy dug up a very odd picture on DeviantART – I think she likes it. A lot. It’s Halo-related… but… well, it’s Hawty McBloggy, so be warned before you click.(Louis Wu 18:05:22 UTC)

Adam Grumbo let us know about a new project from 405th regular LeeKegan – he’s carved the ODST pistol out of wood, then created a mold so that others could enjoy it. Check out the photos and the video! (Louis Wu 17:38:03 UTC)

Remember a couple of days ago, when we mentioned a model of the nighttime map for Firefight that Bungie showed off at E3, done in Google’s SketchUp? Yeah, well, Juzzz, over at Bungie.net, wanted to get a bit more detailed. His version looks a LOT more like what I played at E3. Swing by for…

The bonus of Sgt. Johnson for those who pre-order Halo 3: ODST got a serious hype boost this morning – pages went up both at Bungie.net (with great new screenshots of a never-before-seen Firefight map) and Xbox.com touting the offer. In the US, you can avail yourself of this deal by pre-ordering from Amazon, Best…

The Charisma+2 journalists at Kombo For Women talked to Corrinne Yu, the head of the Halo team at Microsoft. If you read carefully, there are some fun tidbits about upcoming Halo-related work in there! Overall, an interesting interview. Give it a read! Thanks, Jason Zook.(Louis Wu 23:30:48 UTC)

urk pointed out ‘Unidentified Failing Object’, a ‘failtage’ showing off some pretty funny stuff. HD, 3 minutes, M.I.A. soundtrack. Go watch!(Louis Wu 23:29:30 UTC)

Eep – almost forgot! Bungie’s updated the Bungie Favorites files with the second batch of goodies from Real 7alk – go read about one of the maps on the Bungie Blog, then check out the rest!(Louis Wu 21:42:51 UTC)

Over at the Halo Maps forum, ChocolateNugget and Yodajammies are building Spartan Armor in a pretty unique way – they’re milling the pieces on a CNC table, using 3D models, then molding and casting in more traditional methods. You can see a bunch of pictures in the HM thread – check it out! Thanks to…

There’s a new developer blog entry over at HaloWars.com – one of the animators discusses the animations he created for the Arbiter and some Spartans. THere are sketches and a couple of short videos illustrating his text. Check it out! Thanks, 2900d4u.(Louis Wu 19:43:46 UTC)

The Game Critics Awards Nominees for Best of E3 2009 have been announced – Halo 3: ODST pulled nominations for Best Action Game and Best Online Multiplayer Game. Winners will be announced on June 23 – stay tuned!(Louis Wu 17:08:05 UTC)

Wow, nice. Bry noticed that Argos (a UK game distributor) is selling Halo 3: ODST for £26.99 (about $44, US) – a heck of a deal! If you live on that side of the pond, you might want to check this out.(Louis Wu 17:03:26 UTC)

Rapper Asher Roth is the next celebrity to jump on Xbox LIVE to play Halo 3 with us little people – his Game with Fame session is Monday, June 24 at 4 pm ET. Read the Xbox.com page for full details!(Louis Wu 17:00:27 UTC)

Couple of entertaining clips for you today over at Bungie.net: ‘Halo 3 AA Gun Strikes Back’ shows that even machines can get in on the action… and ‘Mini-Mythisode 1: Killing the Elephant Driver’ looks at a strange glitch in the vulnerability of Elephant drivers, from the MythBusters crew. Go watch – they’re both short!(Louis Wu…

Bunch of comic listings for you today:Dennis Powers let us know about Shipwrecked Episode 71 – Weather Watch on Monday afternoon. Sorry for the delay! The Catfish is back to updating Bungie.net about 2501 – episodes 64-66 can be found here, and 67 is here. Hawty McBloggy let us know about ODS Steve #29 -…

CaptainTony noticed that Marvel’s posted a Details page about Halo: Helljumper #3.. with some fantastic cover art. (Looks like THOSE Helljumpers will be up against Elites…) (Louis Wu 23:16:58 UTC)

A couple of vids from your friends at the BungLog™ today – ‘Spartan Expose’ is proof that if you give people the tools, they’ll get sex into ANYTHING, including Halo… and ‘The Lawltage’ is a pretty funny montage made up of community clips showing zaniness.(Louis Wu 23:06:53 UTC)

Heh – Cody Miller put his… hmm, body where his brain was, and prepared to drop. And then dropped! With your friendly neighborhood Superintendent as a companion, even…(Louis Wu 22:46:52 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that over 160 maps and game assets were added to the Halo CE Maps file archive in April – the total is now over 4000 files. Notable maps include TM Fracture (a large Halo-based Forerunner canyon by the TM mapping team) and Captus, an abandoned Forerunner prison by CLS_GRUNT. There…

Minime637 is getting in on the Halo 3 panorama action – check out 12 new images in his DeviantART gallery. Great stuff! (Warning: some of the images are ENORMOUS. The Road to Voi, for example, is 18000×4589 (!!!), weighing in at 27 mb. This is probably enough to crash the browser of someone using an…