Author: halo@bungie.org

InsaneViking115 ran across a recent interview with Hamilton Chu, Producer for Halo and Halo 2, over at A Softer World. It’s a great read, even if the Halo content is pretty slim (and by slim, I mean nearly nonexistent). Fasincating discussion on the role of the individual in game creation. Go check it out! (Louis…

Yesterday, Marvel released the cover art for the upcoming first issue of Halo: Helljumpers (scheduled for July 22). Nice! Thanks, LoneRanger 2.5.(Louis Wu 16:29:05 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update went up early this week – it contains some news bits, an interview with the maker of Punishment (one of the two user-created maps to make it into May’s Matchmaking update)… and details about that update. Give it a read! (It is, of course, also available in our Weekly Update Archive.)(Louis…

Hawty McBloggy was skeptical when she ran across a new zombie-based machinima… but upon watching it, was won over. I’d agree – it’s pretty nicely done! Check out ‘Infection’, by XxFreakFighterxX.(Louis Wu 20:06:03 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped in to let us know that Reclaimer is going to be on vacation next week – but he’s accepting submissions for guest comics while he’s gone. Also, there’s a pretty cool screenshot, along with the method for creating it – see what you can do with the technique!)(Louis Wu 20:03:55 UTC)

Today’s roundup of Bungie Blog-touted montages:MajorLeagueDriving has posted iTzSilverandrew’s Road to 1000 Goosetage, celebrating 1K mongoose splattersThe Skookumchuk’s Epic Goosetage is another 7 and a half minutes of mongoose-based carnageThe Funtage Crew has posted Funtage 23 – I don’t think it’s their 23rd montage, but more a combination of Halo 2 + 3 footage. (Contains…

The latest in jdars’ series of Aesthetic Artist Interviews is now live – screenshot maestro AusQB discusses what draws him to create spectacular Halo 3 screenshots, and provides tips on how to reproduce a pretty cool technique. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 15:42:55 UTC)

Just a few new strips today:According to the Bungie Blog, The Catfish has posted 2501 – Episode 44 (Watcher). anthraxgoon let our forum know that X36 Chapter 2 Issue 12 is live.Elnea put up Halo Action Figure Theater 171 – Bring It! (You know you can’t keep that guy down.)Bloogyo stopped in with word of…

Jake108 sent word that the Teabag Prevention Team has tackled Choppers this week, in their ongoing efforts to help you suck less at Halo. Go read tips and tricks for staying alive, and killing your foes. Get to da choppa! (HAH, JAKE!)(Louis Wu 14:19:46 UTC)

This week’s Friday Caption Fun, over at Hawty McBloggy’s, contains a pretty cool screenshot – can you come up with a funny caption for it? (There are results from last week’s pic, as well, of course.)(Louis Wu 14:17:50 UTC)

Ollie1515 dropped by with word of a trailer for ‘The Goose’ for the “Cpt. Jackhammer Movie”. (I didn’t understand that description, either… and the trailer left me scratching my head, too.)(Louis Wu 14:17:22 UTC)

There’s another episode of My Halo Life online – the fifth iteration contains a bit over four minutes’ worth of clips from submitters, compiled by the My Halo Life crew. Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 14:15:29 UTC)

The expansive document we mentioned yesterday, in which Gravemind began to lay down some ideas for ‘the Ultimate Halo Game’, has been getting some feedback – check the forum thread for a lot of discussion from Psychophan7, and swing by Rampancy.net to see Narcogen’s thoughts on the matter. Be warned – bring a BIG cup…

Only two stories submitted this week (both dropped off this morning) for the Fan Fiction section. Slow week for writers! Go read. (Louis Wu 14:03:11 UTC)

The latest Broken In is online at Bungie.net – Mat Noguchi, a tiny bundle of glowing rage and a damned good programmer to boot, talks about what he does for Bungie, why, and how you can join him. Just don’t get in his way.(Louis Wu 23:35:48 UTC)

We forgot to point it out 3 hours ago, when it went live… but the Double XP Playlist this weekend is Living Dead… swing by Bungie.net for full details on the gametypes and such. Zombies everywhere!(Louis Wu 21:23:23 UTC)

A pair of montages appeared on the Bungie Blog today: ClearlyMe has done some funky jumping (edited by KingHaloCinemas) in ‘Sky scraper’, and some impressive (and nicely-filmed) gameplay from MaStalee in his third montage for Halo3Forums. Go watch!(Louis Wu 17:09:45 UTC)

Scotty noticed that Xbox.com has a new page up for Halo 3: ODST… and while it’s sparse on info, it DOES contain a release date: September 30, 2009. Drops nicely into the ‘Fall 2009’ range we’ve had up until this point, and it’s coming from the game’s publisher, so it’s got a decent amount of…

Not long after we started hosting the Aesthetic Artist Interviews, which provide insight into the personality and trade secrets of Halo screenshot masters, we were contacted by RandomSauce, the man behind the ever-fascinating Halo 3 Mythbusters movies, wondering if we’d be interested in hosting a similar series that focused on Halo video specialists. We’re always…

Gravemind (who’s been known for writing monster articles (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5) before) stopped in with a huge (35,000 words) article explaining how he’d make a Halo game if he had the chance. Agree, disagree… you have to admit, it’s pretty in-depth. There seems to be some sort of formatting…