Author: halo@bungie.org

Spartanx5 stopped in again with updated pictures of his Recon helmet render – swing by the Threedy forums to see the latest. (Louis Wu 14:38:42 UTC)

There was a Halo panel at the Emerald City Comic Convention yesterday… and Jake, from 8BitJoystick, was there to cover it. Swing by his blog to read all the details. Some of the news was announced earlier (for example, that Greg Bear is writing three new Halo novels focused on the Forerunner) but some is…

Decadence Night stopped in yesterday with a pair of new time-lapse panoramas – awesome! Check ’em out on Decayed Panoramas. (Louis Wu 14:30:17 UTC)

BlueNinja whipped up a few new panoramas recently – check ’em out at Views from the Edge.(Louis Wu 19:39:10 UTC)

ManKitten noticed that the two exclusive McFarlane figures from last year’s San Diego ComicCon are up for sale on eBay – the Hell Spartan is here, and the Active Camo CQB is here. Get to bidding – these end today!(Louis Wu 19:37:21 UTC)

Deadguy, from the 405th, let us know that the Spiker used in the Halo 3 Believe ad campaign would be going onsale soon at Profiles in History. It’s part of the Forry Ackerman estate, and is Lot number 1164 (visible in this PDF version of the catalog – page 313, to save you time). There’s…

I don’t think I ever would have imagined that this image would have made a decent subject for a high-res render… but Jean-Luc proved me wrong. Check out Unseal the Hushed Casket.(Louis Wu 15:10:17 UTC)

sharpsniper99 was the first to let us know about Arby ‘n’ the Chief S3E09 – the latest in the long-running series. This one’s called ‘Company – Part One’, and Chief wants to build a machinima company. Can you tell why this might be a bad idea?(Louis Wu 15:09:54 UTC)

SPU7N1K ran across a pretty impressive piece of artwork over at DeviantART – Phoenix-06 whipped up a Shield World, under construction. (Jordan 117 figured out where he got some of his source material, as well.) Take a look – it’s great!(Louis Wu 14:59:07 UTC)

Heh – Hawty McBloggy found a Spartan running in a 10k roadrace in Virginia last month. Nice! (Louis Wu 14:58:26 UTC)

We’re getting a lot of email about the HBO Mythic Movie Contest – folks want to know if they’ve won, they want to know if they can see the winners, they want to know if they’ve entered properly. Here’s a quick update. As we said in the rules, we are giving the winners a chance…

MtM9157 created a commercial for a Warthog as a school project – I think the announcer needs a little work in remedial math, but it seems like a solid buy! (Louis Wu 16:19:43 UTC)

ODST Sarge stopped in with word of a new series he’s putting together, called ‘Extortion’ – the pilot is online now. It’s a cop drama – it’s unclear where the title comes from, so far… but there’s potential! Check it out.(Louis Wu 16:19:24 UTC)

Leave it to Hawty McBloggy to collect images of an illegal activity… (Well, it’s illegal where I live. I realize that’s not true for everyone.)(Louis Wu 16:19:00 UTC)

Lost in the insanity of yesterday was a screenshot montage put together by A Deaf Boy, that includes some of the highest-rated user-created screenshots from the month of March. Thanks to urk for pointing it out.(Louis Wu 16:18:29 UTC)

It’s Friday, so Bungie has posted another Weekly Update – and there’s lots of good stuff in there this time around. There’s a discussion with Shishka about a new map we might be seeing soon, a bit about how the office handles changes, info about the Emerald City ComiCon, details on the April Matchmaking Update,…

Whoa. opog stopped in with some pretty impressive news for science fiction fans – it looks like Greg Bear will be writing about Forerunners. From his agent’s website:April 2009 – Science Fiction – A science fiction icon and winner of the field’s highest awards, Greg Bear has signed on to write three Halo novels set…

Subtheorist from MLG reminded us that the 2009 MLG Pro Circuit kicks off today. Swing by starting this evening to see streaming coverage of the Halo action all weekend long! The MLG Pregame Show, starting at 8pm ET, will break down what to expect at this event (and throughout the rest of the 2009 season).…

Bryan Simon submitted an entry to the Dr. Pepper Ultimate Gaming House Contest (hosted by MLG) – you can see it here on YouTube. I’d vote for him!(Louis Wu 18:11:28 UTC)

RandomSauce sent word that Halo 3 Mythbusters, Episode 10, is now live – once again, it’s chock-full of cool glitches and little-known facts about Halo gameplay. Great stuff! Go watch this one. (Louis Wu 18:00:13 UTC)