Author: halo@bungie.org

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)

Last night’s unveiling of a third buildable area in Sandbox inspired Stuntmutt to send along a new One One Se7en. If, after you’ve read it, you find yourself filled with a murderous rage, maps showing his home will be available for a minimal fee.(Louis Wu 17:27:09 UTC)

Z pointed out a jumptage at Halo3Forum.com that’s really amazing. The first couple of Last Resort jumps are incredible… but the whole thing is full of jaw-dropping jumps. Swing by and grab a copy. (It’s 11 minutes long, in gorgeous 720p.)(Louis Wu 17:03:32 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy pointed out a pretty cool challenge hosted by Machinima.com – play a game of CTF via a series of interactive videos, win a shot at a free copy of Halo Wars! Check out Hawty’s post for all the details.(Louis Wu 16:51:55 UTC)

CaptainTony stopped by with a couple of links that shed more light on the ‘two new Halo comic series from Marvel’ story we mentioned last week. Marvel News has a publicity piece on the series, and IGN did an interview with the writers behind the comics. Salient points: The first series will be called ‘Halo:…

A couple of comics were announced on our forum this morning – The Catfish let us know that 2501 Episode 15 (‘Resupplying’) is up, and anthraxgoon told us that X36 Chapter 2 Issue 3 is live. Screenshotmania!(Louis Wu 16:21:43 UTC)

Last night brought another in a run of surprisingly meaty Bungie Weekly Updates – Bungie has unveiled yet ANOTHER cool feature of Sandbox – the Crypt. It’s an area underneath the ground floor… and it looks PERFECT to build Halo’s ‘Prisoner’ in it, if you ask me. Check out the gorgeous pictures (the lighting, in…