Author: halo@bungie.org

Last week, we mentioned a story about Microsoft getting sued for patent infringment that involved code that was supposedly used in Halo games. Apparently, the suit has already been settled… neither side is disclosing details, but Microsoft said it was “an amicable agreement”, and PalTalk “is quite pleased with the outcome,” according to one of…

360Evolved has a review of the Mythic Map Pack up right now. Always good to get another opinion! (Louis Wu 13:42:39 UTC)

InnerRayg pointed out a site that’s selling McFarlane figures for some significant discounts – swing by if you’re in the market!(Louis Wu 13:40:56 UTC)

Another opportunity to pick up a Mythic Map code: GameDibs kicked off a contest last week, with a winner to be announced next week – looks like there’s still time to register. Swing by for details!(Louis Wu 13:37:42 UTC)

314 Tattoos is hosting a fundraiser for Idaho veterans in Pocatello today – Saturday, March 14 at noon. Details can be found in this story.(Louis Wu 13:33:28 UTC)

ikillbambis let us know that he’s got a Flame Warthog (from Halo Wars), a Mythic Map code, and a 48 hour LIVE code to give away today – he’ll be twittering them in random order beginning at 5 pm EST this afternoon. (That’s 2pm Pacific, or 9 PM GMT – or adjust to your own…

FireDragon04 sent word of ‘Relic’ – a Halo 3 short about a mysterious device found buried in the sand. Well-filmed! (Louis Wu 13:23:49 UTC)

fragclone noticed that Spawn.com has posted up a bunch of pictures of the upcoming Series 5 figures from McFarlane – nice stuff! (Louis Wu 13:22:59 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is up, as usual, since it’s a Friday night – custom Mythic maps, questions from fans (and answers from Bungie), and a code for at least ONE fast typist. Was it you? As usual, the update is available in our Weekly Update Archive, for those who prefer white backgrounds to black.(Louis…

Jake108 let us know that the latest Teabag Prevention feature is up at Geekscape – this one gives you tips on Assembly. Go read ’em!(Louis Wu 17:49:30 UTC)

The 405th’s Adam Grumbo let us know that Adam’s Podcast 5 is now live. Master Chief tries to get a date, Adam gets a sculpting tip from Blue Realm’s Devin White, and a winner for the Assault Rifle contest is announced (though I can’t actually find it). Go watch! Update: this is the video that…

Biff let us know that a video showing off the Master Chief buying Halo Wars at the Midnight sales event in College Station, Texas is now online. Fun night!(Louis Wu 16:53:06 UTC)

Is it Friday again? I think that means there’s another round of Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s. Check out last week’s top captions… and come up with something clever for this week’s truly bizarre pic.(Louis Wu 16:40:59 UTC)

This is totally random – but nice and short, and pretty funny. (An extra cookie for those who get the title reference.)(Louis Wu 16:37:21 UTC)

Zy1on submitted a three and a half minute montage to the Bungie Blog – it’s heavy on the editing, but has some nice gameplay. (I kept looking for synching between the music and the gameplay… but you’re gonna have to be happy with the play itself.)(Louis Wu 16:33:53 UTC)

Remember Bob? JeSteR 343 has made some Facebook flair for him. That’s actually a pretty cool button!(Louis Wu 16:27:09 UTC)

Edge Online listed what they considered to be The Top 100 Best Games to Play Today (it’s an abridged version of a full-length article in their 200th print issue) – and across all plaftorms, and all time, Halo 3 pulled in at the number 9 spot. Go check out the whole list! Thanks, LoneRanger 2.5.(Louis…

Loot Ninja wrote up a review of the Mythic Maps – go see what they thought!(Louis Wu 16:16:23 UTC)

Six new pieces are available in the Fan Fiction section this week – some monsters, even. Go read!(Louis Wu 16:14:25 UTC)

It’s Friday, so it’s time for another Comic update…The Catfish let us know about 2501 Episode 26 (Decisions)Chronicles of ODS Steve #17 (Onward to Bravo) was up on Wednesday, but we heard about it after the Wednesday updateBloogyo told us that there were updates for both Rat’s Nest and Vendetta (hopefully, one of these days…