Author: halo@bungie.org

Katherine ‘Vexona’ Joplin let us know that the latest issue of the ‘405th Source’ magazine was released yesterday – it’s a monster 36-page PDF, chock-full of articles, artwork, fan fiction, and more. There are great shots from the fan filming session that took place in Austin a couple of months ago (we mentioned it here),…

Looks like Games Magazine (a UK-based publication) has a cover story on Halo 3: ODST (though it went to press before the name change, if the cover shown by Kotaku is any indication) – in contrast with Halo 3, you will be shuttled among a series of memorable characters, rather than kept in a faceless,…

Tied the Leader had the chance last week to talk to Tim Dadabo – it was a group interview, of sorts, with XerxdeeJ and Dweezle (and OboeCrazy) asking their own questions, along with questions contributed by their community. Dadabo, the voice of 343 Guilty Spark (among many other roles) held forth on voice acting, inspiration,…

Bryan Simon is going to be doing a live concert of his Halo 3 material next week – mark the date! December 11 4 pm PST, check out this Ustream page for all the goodness! (Louis Wu 14:17:49 UTC)

Heh – Dojorkan wrote a parody song that someone seriously needs to put to music. If the lyrics don’t sound familiar to you, you can find the original here. (Louis Wu 14:17:19 UTC)

IGN has put up yet another faceoff article – this time it’s Gears of War 2 vs Halo 3. They gave Gears the nod for graphics and story, but felt that Halo 3 was stronger in other categories. Metalingus627 found this one. (Louis Wu 14:16:11 UTC)

Major Nelson has some pretty cool news – if you don’t already have the Legendary Map Pack for Halo 3, you can buy it for just 400 MS Points, starting tomorrow. (That’s $5, US, for the point-challenged among you.) The lowered price is good for a week. Thanks, KP.(Louis Wu 20:34:46 UTC)

Bungie’s posted yet another collection of cool images, found by using the newish tag system to look for Hunters – try your own searches!(Louis Wu 19:37:20 UTC)

If you haven’t grabbed a copy of The Cole Protocol yet, you can swing by Bungie.net for an excerpt – they’ve put the prologue up for your reading pleasure. Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:04:26 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 118 is now live – there’s some philosophizing in there!(Louis Wu 16:54:26 UTC)

Dennis Powers sent along an update for the Halo Custom Edition game Archive – 58 new maps and assets were added last month, bringing the total to 3660 items. Maps of note: Sciophobia by Ranger (an abandoned UNSC Space Station), and Desert b18 by adumbass – (a large desert terrain). Check ’em out! (Louis Wu…

The latest Digital Unrest comic is just plain silly… but it’s got a Halo reference. Thanks, Ross.(Louis Wu 13:50:45 UTC)

David Anderson let us know about an app called ‘IG Brainz’ – it’s a standalone app that runs alongside HaloCE to enforce Zombie rules. Pretty cool! It can be downloaded from HaloMaps, and Intergalactic Morons (the guys who created it) have WIP threads on both Modacity and Halomaps. (They’ve got a bunch of other goodies…

The Halo Trilogy – the Complete Original Sountracks has now been officially announced; you can read the press release over at Music 4 Games. It’s available tomorrow, and it looks like I was wrong – it’s not just a compliation of released discs up to this point. Well… not entirely. It DOES have the Halo…

TheGameReviews.com has posted a substantial interview with Dave Pottinger, Lead Designer for Halo Wars. There’s a lot of info there – some of it has been covered before, some has not. Go read!(Louis Wu 18:28:02 UTC)

PFG has tossed up some rare action figures on eBay, and is donating a chunk of the proceeds to Hollywood Arts – go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 18:08:44 UTC)

Rockslider has moved away from huge battles… and is now studying Covenant social interactions. Check out ‘Covie Stroll’ for a way to see a large contingent of Covenant fighters… not fighting.(Louis Wu 18:05:04 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy had a pair of decent back-to-back games in the Lone Wolves playlist recently… and her rank jumped from 22 to 26 from one game to the next. Have you seen jumps bigger than this?(Louis Wu 18:00:35 UTC)

HaloBabies is kicking off a 4-week screenshot contest, with one winner each week, and one grand-prize winner at the end. Weekly winners get 1600 MS Points, GP winner gets a 360 game of your choice plus a t-shirt. Check out the details and rules at HBN!(Louis Wu 16:16:28 UTC)

Master Ph0bia pointed out that Matchmaking Season 2, Episode 1 is now available on YouTube (and in HD via Darkspire’s website). Revisit the world of Vince, John, and Travis as they navigate the treacherous shoals of the Realm of the Banned. Darkspire continues to impress! (Louis Wu 12:20:27 UTC)