Author: halo@bungie.org

There’s a brand-new ‘Broken In’ article (I guess that’s what you get when you talk to someone who isn’t BREAKING in at the moment) – this one focuses on Roger Wolfson, the Server Software Development Lead at Bungie. He’s the guy that makes stats (and such) work so well on Bungie.net. Go see what got…

It’s Thursday, so it’s time to start a new Double XP Weekend! This week is a return to Legendary Brawl – 12-player FFA on mostly-DLC maps. Go play!(Louis Wu 19:28:28 UTC)

The GrifballHub.com crew put up ‘Pup and Friends – March 2009 Double XP’, a video showing Grifball enthusiasts being enthusiastic. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:08:46 UTC)

Wanna see how silly you can be and still earn achievements? Check out Rooster Teeth’s Geoff and Gav as they work on the Tank Dropper achievement. I think there must have been alcohol involved.(Louis Wu 17:04:55 UTC)

The Bungie Blog got word of ‘Alpha Zombie’, a machinima from Ze Royal Viking Productions. It’s a bit long (12 minutes, spread out over 2 segments – Part 1 | Part 2 – with about three minutes of credits between them), but it’s a coherent story. Give it a shot.(Louis Wu 16:50:31 UTC)

Luke McKay continues to play with Halo images – a couple of weeks ago, he sketched up a great angle on the Master Chief, and today he released a shot done in a new style he’s been experimenting with. Pretty nice work! We’ve added both of these to his Gallery here. Update: Oops, almost missed…

The 2009 Game Developers Conference kicks off in a little over a week – and here are the Bungie/Halo related presenters:Max Hoberman (former Multiplayer Lead for Halo games) has a talk called ‘From Bungie to Bootstrapping – Starting an Independent Developer Studio’.Allen Murray (Producer, Halo 3) is sharing production challenges in a talk entitled ‘Building…

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from This Spartan Life – but they’re coming back! There’s a new trailer up on their website, showing off their unique combination of interesting interviews and… well, bullets to the head. Thanks to finalcutmin for noticing!(Louis Wu 12:17:19 UTC)

The Bungie Blog posted a fan-made video showcasing the Mongoose – it’s a lot of fun. Go watch it in HD!(Louis Wu 12:17:00 UTC)

Wow. Just… wow. vector40 (who was once a large contributor to our Fan Fiction section) stopped by last night to mention that the textbook being used in a course he’s taking on video game structure contains a Halo-based fan-written poem… taken from our Fan Fiction section. In fact, it was written by UNSC Trooper, who’s…

Went out to buy a new headset for my phone, came back to a batch of new posts on Bungie.net. Lessee here…There’s a writeup on My Halo Life, a series of montages being put together by a tight-knit community (though they’re happy to include your fun clips). Episode 1 is online now.There’s some news about…

Bungie.net moderator Achilles1108 put together a montage called ‘Pals’ – it’s what Halo’s all about. Lots of betrayals, lots of cool kills and clutch saves, lots of wtf moments to laugh about with your friends. (The Rat’s Nest hog-on-a-bridge clip was way cool.) Streaming and download links can be found in the Bungie Blog.(Louis Wu…

If all these guys joined the Peace Corps… Okay… this is just silly. Very cool… but silly. Update: this is the same kind of film – a long setup for a well-planned payoff. In this case, it’s a suicide instead of a hole in one… but the concept is the same.)(Louis Wu 16:22:33 UTC)

The PraetoriaGuard Frag a Friend series is resurrected; if you’re the leader of a fan community, you can use this event to meet leaders of other groups, and play some Halo 3 at the same time. Game night is Friday the 13th, 9 PM ET – read the forum post for details on how to…

Ascendant Justice took a look at the story of Halo Wars, in their usual extremely detailed style. It contains spoiler for the game; if you haven’t experienced it for yourself, you might want to hold off. Otherwise, though – it’s a six-page treatise on how well the Halo Wars story fits into the Halo timeline…

OXCGN took a close look at Halo Wars, and came up with some ideas that they think would have made multiplayer better.(Louis Wu 15:14:42 UTC)

That VideoGame Blog is giving away a Mythic Map code to someone who can give them an opinion on a question they’ve got. Read the rules for full details.(Louis Wu 14:57:10 UTC)

Narcogen found a couple of positive Halo Wars reviews at large site – Spong liked it, and so did Slashdot.(Louis Wu 14:52:57 UTC)

The Top 10 Halo 3 Series continues with Episode 26 – Exterminations. It’s a lot of deaths… thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 14:51:47 UTC)

InnerRayg noticed that the Conceptart.org thread that we mentioned a couple of days ago (with Ensemble-employee-posted concept art for Halo Wars) has been updated with another batch of images, from another artist. Check out page 2!(Louis Wu 14:45:26 UTC)