Author: halo@bungie.org

Exanubisleader noticed that IGN is kicking off a weeklong video series highlighting Halo Wars – the first piece is up now. Go watch!(Louis Wu 22:50:32 UTC)

The Bungie Blog posted a new ‘tag and release’ feature today, with some very cool Elite pictures. I’m sure you can find more of your own!(Louis Wu 22:48:20 UTC)

Fushiko came by to talk about a new machinima he’s released that illustrates Bible proverbs with Halo 3 action. That’s definitely different…(Louis Wu 22:46:44 UTC)

GeneticSpartan stopped in with word of Mario Vs Spartan 2, a pretty amazing piece of machinima. Go watch as Mario and his friends take on a Spartan army… effects are fantastic! 9:15 long… and worth it. (Hawty McBloggy had nice things to say about it, too.) (Louis Wu 18:02:39 UTC)

PsH Bling ran across a cosplayer who’s created a pretty cool Battle Rifle out of cardboard. There are four pics at Cosplay.com: cutout | midway | waiting for paint | finished. Really well-done! (Louis Wu 18:01:18 UTC)

AnTi PRO sent word of a new machinima series entitled ‘MicroMachinima’ – short skits for your enjoyment, while they’re working on larger projects. Episode 1: The Entertainer is online now. It’s… odd. (Well-done… but odd.) Go watch it! (Louis Wu 18:00:11 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue also announced a new how-to article on Halo 3 Webcomics – this one covers Halo 3 Filters, and was written by HolyJunkie. (Louis Wu 17:59:47 UTC)

urk got word that The Top 10 Halo 3 series has released Episode 24 – Top 10 Epic Fails. I looked for clips of me… but I got lucky this time.(Louis Wu 17:58:31 UTC)

It’s Monday, so it’s time for another episode of Reclaimer – Episode 149 shows off a new site design, and unveils some alterations made by Ferial.(Louis Wu 17:52:03 UTC)

The Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Has announced their finalists for the 7th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards – winners will be announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 26. The Halo Trilogy – Complete Original Soundtracks product is up for Best Soundtrack Album. Good luck!(Louis Wu 17:51:40 UTC)

Willy announced a contest on his clan website whereby you can win 16 months of LIVE, or a bunch of MS Points, by being a top scorer in an obstacle course he’s designed. Swing by the post to read the details. (Louis Wu 17:51:10 UTC)

New McFarlane toys were shown at Toyfair this weekend – InnerRayg found pictures at Toyark and more (with a writeup) at figures.com. If you just want to see the newest stuff, Bongo8789 pointed out the TOYSREVIL blog – nice pics snagged from Toyark, and no hunting. (Louis Wu 17:50:32 UTC)

The (London) Sunday Times reviewed five games this week – Halo Wars (and 3 others) received 4 stars each, while Killzone 2 received 5. Either it was a really good week for games… or the Times is generous. Also, over in Australia, five Kotaku readers were able to play Halo Wars at a press event…

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty neat little event captured (not so neatly) on video – a grenade is knocked off course by a rocket… and makes a stick around a corner. Ouch! (Louis Wu 17:49:20 UTC)

DigitalPh33r’s Hard Justice Episode 11 is up (thanks, urk) – it’s the first part of a three-part finale for the season. Things are getting a little hairy…(Louis Wu 20:42:29 UTC)

Wow… Kelli ‘Pinkuh’ Davis wrote in with word of a pair of shoes she’d customized… amazing!(Louis Wu 20:19:54 UTC)

Halo 3 Fails has released Episode 10 – almost eight minutes of funny screwups and bad luck. Go watch! (Thanks, sort of, to chris10023 for the heads-up… as a general friendly request, if you’re going to send in news, adding a link to the item in question would be helpful.)(Louis Wu 16:03:39 UTC)

reticence has been in our news before for LEGO Bionicles (July and December 2007) – he’s back again with a new Hunter. I think it’s pretty cool.(Louis Wu 15:02:23 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy wanted to you check out I <3 Halo 3 Screenshots on this special day… because she’s featuring heart screenshots. Her favorite is this one… but look at all the February 14 shots for some other cool ones!(Louis Wu 21:53:41 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, fin provided a link to Sins of the Prophets, a mod for the ‘Sins of a Solar Empire’ game. Screenshots look amazing.(Louis Wu 18:47:45 UTC)