Author: halo@bungie.org

Master Ph0bia was first on our forum with word of a new render someone’s created of Sandbox; DopeteK, from the Kill 4 Fun clan, posted it up on Bungie.net this morning, but it nearly immediately started making the rounds without any attribution… and so has appeared in a number of places as a leak from…

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has a story about one man’s goal to fund his MLG dreams… by getting local players to pay to play him. (In theory, they’re doing it because they might win themselves, and head to MLG tourneys on someone else’s dime.) I thought it was fun Sunday reading.(Louis Wu 18:24:52 UTC)

MasterChiefn noticed that Halo 3 Fails Episode 8 is now live – there are some awesome funny moments in there. (My two favorites were the failed ghost-jacking on Snowbound, and the invisibility-induced betrayal on The Pit.) Go watch! I’m happy to see there are people who make the same silly mistakes I make.(Louis Wu 17:12:05…

urk stopped in over the weekend (careful, urk, it’ll become part of your job description if you keep doing that) to post word of a stop-motion Halo machinima. It’s not what you might think – it’s not action figures, filmed in stop-motion… it’s Halo 3 action, filmed in stop-motion. Watch it to see what the…

Hawty McBloggy brings us an update on the Virtual Reality Halo helmet she first noticed a couple of months ago. Headplay has upgraded the optics, added speakers, and is working on an accelerometer. Check out the progress video!(Louis Wu 18:06:19 UTC)

The ‘Top 10 Halo 3′ series from Anoj continues with a Multikill entry – Episode 22 shows off 10 impressive multikills. Some have been seen before (the danger of multiple Top 10 series, I guess), but they’re all fun to watch anyway. Check ’em out! (There’s also an honorable mentions collection.) Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:01:41…

A Montreal-based 3D-animator who goes by the name ‘eL gRizZLy’ just put up a blog post bubbling about how he’d just wrapped up his 5-month-long work on the Halo 3: ODST cinematics. Looks like it was a crew of freelance animators that was brought in to work on these cinematics, rather than using in-house resources.…

The Catfish let us know that 2501 Episode 9 is live, and anthraxgoon also told us that X36 Chapter 2 Issue 1 is online. Have you gotten your Halo 3 Screenshot comic dose today?(Louis Wu 17:04:03 UTC)

ODST Sarge stopped in with word of a teaser for Sovereign, a new machinima series. Aspect ratio on the YouTube vid is a bit off, and there’s not much going on… but the storyline is laid out in the forum post and the teaser, so go see what you think.(Louis Wu 16:58:08 UTC)

Juesoni stopped by to say that the next episode of ‘David’ (his Halo 3 machinima’) would be broadcast live today at 12 PST (8GMT/UTC, 3 EST) – just three hours from when this post is being written. Swing by his forum post for full details.(Louis Wu 16:55:40 UTC)

Friday afternoon brought its customary Bungie Weekly Update – but it’s not as chock-full of sink-your-teeth-in goodness that last week’s was. A little bit about the Mythic Map Pack (thunder stolen by gaming sites around the world, beginning with Austria), a little bit about ODST’s development (intriguing, but vague), a sad memorial to the passing…

For fans who are interested in gigantic versions of the three press images available for the Mythic Map Pack, swing by Gamerscore Blog for a link to a 40 mb zipfile containing 5120×2880 images of all three maps. While you’re there, read the official press text on each map.(Louis Wu 20:49:41 UTC)

radiant penguin is back again, with 5 more panoramas – really nice work. Check ’em all out! (Louis Wu 20:22:31 UTC)

Wow. Denmark’s NextGenReport has posted a huge (almost 40 minutes long) recording of the Halo Wars Demo, due to be released next week to the public. If you want to watch what you’ll be able to do… go watch. If you’d rather experience it for yourself… hold off. Thanks, CrazedArabMan.(Louis Wu 20:06:54 UTC)

The website ‘Action-Figure’ has a piece about how the MEGA toy line (they make blocks, like LEGO, but bigger, along with accessories – here’s their Spider-Man 3 collection) has picked up the Halo Wars construction toy franchise. Lots of vehicles, apparently. The toys won’t be out until November, but it’s a good bet we’ll be…

Twinkykiller created an ode to the needler – I find it’s a wonderful weapon in Social Slayer matches. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:08:49 UTC)

pete_the_duck took a few minutes to compare the size of Sandbox (as shown in the newest screenshot) to the size of Foundry (our last extensively-Forgeable map). Go see what he came up with!(Louis Wu 17:45:01 UTC)

Ars Technica has a hands-on with Halo Wars; I’d thought the review embargo was in place for another 3 weeks, but maybe this doesn’t count as a review. Check it out for details about gameplay and such!(Louis Wu 17:43:38 UTC)

Bryan Simon posted another batch of funny voice messages he’s been getting – if you become Halo-famous, you can get these too!(Louis Wu 15:02:46 UTC)

Friday Caption Fun has returned to Hawty McBloggy’s, for a 33rd round – the answers from last week’s pic are pretty funny, and this week’s pic has some serious potential! Go see.(Louis Wu 13:11:45 UTC)