Author: halo@bungie.org

Exanubisleader pointed out a couple of articles at Kotaku. The first covers new avatars that will be available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace in the future – one of them is a Halo 3: ODST character. The second shows off the first look at the Xbox 360 controller that will be bundled with Halo 3: ODST…

B5DAmericanista continues creating montages from Bungie employees’ fileshare clips – his fourth Bungie Killtage is nicely composited and entertaining to watch. Thanks to urk for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 03:49:16 UTC)

Gonna get some news on the page for Tuesday, because I’ll be travelling for most of Tuesday morning, and taking in the E3 sights during the afternoon. First up: nearly buried in the wild discussing this afternoon, Mrguy pointed out a pretty slick digital image created by Mike Thompson. Old… but gaw-juss! (Louis Wu 03:48:40…

As almost everyone reading this by now already knows, Bungie had two rather hefty reveals at the Microsoft Press Briefing today – the first was a gameplay demonstration of Halo 3: ODST (followed by a boatload of information released on Bungie.net), the second was a heretofore-unknown game, Halo: Reach (this weekend’s title leak doesn’t really…

Bungie took the stage at Microsoft’s E3 press conference this morning to show off some Halo: ODST gameplay and to make official Halo: Reach. Check out all of the details at Bungie.net.(KP 20:22:51 UTC)

According to this press release, Into The Pixel (a juried digital art exhibition involving experts from traditional fine arts as well as the entertainment industry, now in its 6th year) will be showing off its 2009 collection at E3 this week. The specific website isn’t live yet, but the general Into The Pixel site has…

jake108 let us know that the latest Teabag Prevention article is now online – this one will help you suck less with a Hornet. (Or, alternatively, if you’re on the ground… kill one faster.) Take a look!(Louis Wu 15:31:42 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy watched the Top 10 Halo Exerminations vid from 360Cinema… and was inspired to write poetry. Of a sort. (Louis Wu 13:29:09 UTC)

Just a couple of comic updates for you today: Bloogyo pointed out that Rat’s Nest Episode 16 4 is up (but that you should start at the beginning of Episode 16 or it won’t make any sense)… and TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 191 (Introspection) is live, and the Reclaimer is beginning to…

chris10023 sent word that Halo 3 Fails: Top 10 Of Season 2 is online at YouTube – they’re not new clips, but they’re the best of the last 10 episodes. Fun to watch! (Louis Wu 13:27:20 UTC)

ODST Sarge dropped in to announce the first newsletter of the Machinima Voice Acting Association – it’s a 750k PDF file, available from their forums. It contains machinima reviews and interviews with folks making machinima (or machinima accessories), along with general gaming news and industry speculation. Check it out!(Louis Wu 22:21:58 UTC)

The online magazine Suit101.com has published a review of the Halo Graphic Novel (the one released in 2006 – yeah, they’re jumping in a little late); they weren’t really happy with it. Their impression: this book will appeal to hard-core Halo fans, but not to anyone not immersed in the videogame’s lore. Give it a…

Leviathan and UNSC Trooper have teamed up again for more graphic storytelling – this time, it’s called ‘Blue Dawn’, and it deals with the origins of the UNSC. Nice work!(Louis Wu 14:42:36 UTC)

A few days ago, Azrael pointed out some new concept art from James Cameron’s latest project, ‘Avatar’ – and the flying craft definitely bears a resemblance to Halo’s Hornet. (The mech also bears a passing resemblance to Halo Wars’ Cyclops, but that’s a little more tenuous.) I didn’t post this because life was crazy, and…

Bungie is running a special screenshot contest this weekend – not only do you have a shot at winning Recon armor, but you can win a printed version of your shot from the new Haloscreenshots.com service. Read all the details in the Bungie.net post – and get cracking! You’ve only got until midnight Sunday (PST).…

CrazedOne1988 posted three links showing off his nearly half-hour-long mashup of Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda and Bungie’s Halo 3 – if you played a lot of Zelda when you were younger, this will bring back memories! (Louis Wu 00:41:51 UTC)

A very astute Bungie.net denizen pointed out a new forum at Bungie.net – devoted to a game called ‘Halo: Reach’, apparently. His post (and the new forum) were removed posthaste… but in these days of Google caches, it’s hard to make ANYTHING go ALL the way away. Cocopjojo pointed out that the cached version of…

z0mbyjr pointed out that Grind Rider: The Preview was posted last month. (Last we heard about this machinima, it was summer 2008 – and THAT was 5 months after the time before.) Check it out – decide for yourself how Just Another Fan is doing! (Louis Wu 00:32:10 UTC)

Halopedia’s CaptainTony was the first to notice that the a cast photo for Halo 3: ODST was visible on the set of the GameTrailers TV vid (shown Thursday night) – and the first to point out another pic that showed the last ODST off to the left. (Kotaku picked up on this on Saturday evening,…

Fragclone noticed that Arby ‘n’ the Chief S3E13 is now up on YouTube. Commentary on machinima fanbois, and machinima in general. Long. (18 minutes long.)(Louis Wu 00:29:09 UTC)