Author: halo@bungie.org

Hawty McBloggy has tallied up the votes and created very pretty graphics for her 2008 Best of Halo Award Winners – go see who took each of the 10 categories! (Louis Wu 18:00:44 UTC)

Music 4 Games’ Greg O’Connor-Read pointed us to the press release for the Halo Wars Official Soundtrack – see details, a track listing, and the cover art. (Thanks also to Fuzunga, who noticed the release date of February 17 on Amazon’s page.)(Louis Wu 17:59:32 UTC)

Morpheus noticed that GameDaily has a feature called ‘Top 10 Things We Hate About Gaming’ – Halo makes the list twice. (Well, not really. The first time it makes the list, it’s because a picture of Halo is shown on a point card – it’s the CARD they’re complaining about.)(Louis Wu 17:58:35 UTC)

The Catfish stopped in to announce the second episode of his Halo 3 webcomic, 2501. Swing by and check it out! (Louis Wu 17:56:17 UTC)

Last month, we mentioned a court case in Ohio in which a teenager was on trial for shooting his parents – and using the defense that Halo made him do it. The judge rendered a verdict last week, finding that the boy was guilty of the shootings – I had decided to leave the story…

Thos put together a nice graphic that shows, visually, how the number of multiplayer maps for the various versions of Halo have compared over the years. I can tell this is something I’ll refer to more than once!(Louis Wu 17:54:45 UTC)

Shacknews has a list of the Most Rented Games of 2008 – and Halo 3 is third on the list. That’s a lot of renters!(Louis Wu 23:44:56 UTC)

urk let us know that Bungie Favorites has been updated again with Week 2’s worth of goodies from Buddy System Gaming. There’s also a Q&A about one of the maps. (Louis Wu 20:52:59 UTC)

mrsmiley sent word that the Wild Card Round winner of the Happy Halodays contest has been announced – there’ll be an overall winner of all five entries soon.(Louis Wu 20:52:30 UTC)

We already had a bunch of comics this morning – but now there are more.Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 50 (‘The Reeking Cold’) is now online – it’s good to shower sometimes.anthraxgoon told us about X36 Chapter One Episode 11 – intrigue and deviousness.I bet there’ll be more…(Louis Wu 20:49:02 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy is annoyed at you. Yes, you. Why? That crappy video you made last week. Wait, you’re not sure if she’s talking to YOU? Go read her Halo Video Pet Peeves, and see if you’re guilty of any of them. I have to say… most of what makes her blood boil is stuff I…

2900d4u let us know about some Halo Wars Character Profiles over at GameDaily – go meet Forge and the Arbiter. Lots of info about attack bonuses and gameplay.(Louis Wu 15:36:31 UTC)

We heard from a number of people about new comics today:Adam Susskind reported that Chaos Theory Episode 7 is now onlineTTL Demag0gue announced that Reclaimer 136 (‘Suspension’) explains a bit about Intuitive PortentHawty McBloggy let us know that ODS Steve #10 (‘Down Comes Elite, Phantom and All’) is up – and Steve’s Spartan Lasers continue…

Mondo J. Gecko used to be addicted to Halo 2 (and then Halo 3). 5 months ago, he and his wife made an Xbox-free-year pledge – he’s started to blog about it. Go read.(Louis Wu 15:34:35 UTC)

2900d4u noticed that there are three new Halo Wars screenshots over at GamePro – I’m wondering about that ‘Rage’ ability… (Louis Wu 21:11:13 UTC)

Jase Dakota let us know that the Knothole Island DLC came out today for Fable 2 – one of the items you can trade for is Hal’s Rifle – he took a few pics. Pic 1 | Pic 2 | Pic 3 They’re not perfect, but it’s pretty clear what this gun is…(Louis Wu 21:08:16…

Bungie’s Blog notes that the latest episode of the Halo 3 Top 10 series is now online – it’s another recap episode. (That is, it’s the top 10 clips from 5 recent episodes.) We’ve got enough of these that he’s going to be able to make a “Top 10 Moments from the Top 10 Moments…

Back in November, we mentioned BringIt, a (then-) new service helping you find other gamers to play against – for real cash. Today, they’ve rolled out a bunch of new features – multiplayer tournaments, auto score reporting, and referral programs. Swing by and check it out – they’re growing quickly!(Louis Wu 21:04:51 UTC)

urk’s posted another installment of Bungie’s Average Joe series – this time he’s interviewed Insane54, a staff-member over at ForgeHub. Go see what keeps him coming back!(Louis Wu 21:04:27 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across a Halo meme looking for creative answers to Halo 3-related questions. Her response certainly fits the ‘creative’ part. (It should also make you laugh.)(Louis Wu 17:07:39 UTC)