Author: halo@bungie.org

According to Joystiq, the Guinness Book of World Records has created a ‘Top 50 Console Games of All Time’ for their 2009 Gamer’s Edition – and Halo comes in at #6. Nice! (Joystiq thinks there might be shenanigans involved.) Thanks, RevDotNed.(Louis Wu 20:02:21 UTC)

I left for a couple of hours, so there’s a lot of catching up to do, thanks to urk’s tireless blogging over at Bungie.net. Here’s the new stuff:ArmTheFlag has created a Halo music video, using Bryan Simon’s ‘My New Home in Halo’ as the soundtrack. I’m wondering how they got that Spartan’s armor off him…The…

BlueNinja put up a few new panoramas – many of which include Forged maps. check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:49:05 UTC)

Adam Grumbo let us know that his Podcast #4 is now up on YouTube. (The first three, which we didn’t know about, are in his YouTube channel if you’d like to watch them.) This focuses on making a Marine helmet (using the ODST helmet we mentioned yesterday)… and also contains a pretty cool contest that…

Matthew Rivera stopped by last night with some links to videos showing a team of four friends running the final level of Halo 3… on foot. Yes, on foot. (No, they couldn’t COMPLETELY finish; you can’t make the final jump without a vehicle. But other than that one… wow.) Go watch!(Louis Wu 14:42:24 UTC)

Once again, by early morning there are multiple Halo comics updated around the web:Elnea has posted Episode 155 of Halo Action Figure Theater (Baby Doctor (plus some french stuff)) – I can sympathize with the problem in this one, since I have kids too.The Catfish told us about 2501 Episode 20 (Counter-Attack), wherein a strange…

pete_the_duck put together a montage of ‘random little moments’ – there’s nothing spectacular, per se, but watching it brought a smile to my face multiple times. No music, just gameplay. Enjoy! In the same vein, Avateur put up a summary of some HBO-regular-attended gaming nights during the month of February, complete with pics and a…

FireDragon04 has updated his ‘Halo Wars Movie Poster’ (the first draft was mentioned last week), and has produced a collection of variants – you can see them all in his forum post. (We’ve put up local mirrors down at the bottom of the post, in case the originals stop working someday.) I think this one…

Red vs Blue has put up a walkthrough, of sorts, of Assembly – go watch it. Thanks to AvatarAang for the timely heads-up last night. (Louis Wu 14:38:47 UTC)

The ‘Applied to Life’ guy is back with another vid – this one adds some actual Halo footage ‘so it would be easier to relate to Halo’. Personally, I think it would have been better with just the live footage… but hey, he’s the guy making the cool vids! Thanks once again to urk for…

Bootstrap Boon created a Ghost Transformer – wouldn’t it be cool if your Elite could morph like this?(Louis Wu 21:34:23 UTC)

Another episode of Anoj’s Top 10 Halo 3 Series – Episode 25 looks at no-scopes. The randoms at the start are great, but they’re all pretty fun. Thanks again, urk. (Louis Wu 21:33:11 UTC)

AmX15 created a tribute to Bungie Favorites – screenshots, some short film clips. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 21:32:41 UTC)

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another Community Spotlight at Bungie.net, and a new batch of files in the Bungie Favorites section – this week it’s Black Water Ops, a Bungie.net group dedicated to fair play and fun. Go read about how they formed, and get a look at the files they’re proud of in…

koolaid51x made a screenshot montage out of some of the submissions for the Bungie.net ODST screenshot contest last week… swing through for some epic shots.(Louis Wu 21:31:48 UTC)

i like pie727 made a Mongoose Splatter Montage, and the Bungie Blog highlighted it. Ride it, baby! (Louis Wu 21:31:14 UTC)

The goatnet boys went up against some other Mythic holders last night on Orbital… and Devin Olsen posted a bunch of screenshots and a gameplay vid for your viewing pleasure. Go watch! (Louis Wu 21:28:27 UTC)

For the lucky few that have the Mythic Map Pack a bit early, Bungie has put up the Team Mythic playlist – Team Slayer, Team BRs, Team SWAT, Multi-Flag BRs, Neutral Assault, and Grifball. Enjoy! Looks like CaLL Me ZeNy was first on our forum with the news.(Louis Wu 21:28:06 UTC)

Kongregate is hosting a Halo Wars sweepstakes – all you need to do is play (and beat) Battalion: Nemesis by March 2, and you’re entered. One winner will receive a 360 plus a copy of Halo Wars, four others will win a copy of the game. Thanks, elpolloguapo.(Louis Wu 21:27:17 UTC)

Wow. So we wanted to give away a few Mythic Map codes yesterday… little did I know how much interest that idea would generate. The next giveaway is gonna be a bit simpler (on the back end), I think. In the six hours that the contest was open, the official thread received 943 responses, with…