Author: halo@bungie.org

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)

RandomSauce let us know that Mythbusters Episode 7 is out – they look at everything from how many bodies can a sniper bullet go through to the mobility of the floating platform on Epitaph. Go watch!(Louis Wu 12:18:11 UTC)

GameDaily has posted their ‘Top 25 Evil Masterminds of All Time’ – I was rather surprised by the Halo-related entry at #15. (The rest of the list isn’t much better, though.) Thanks, NickLee808.(Louis Wu 12:17:45 UTC)

BlueNinja let us know about Halo Trek, a trailer he made with Halo footage and audio from a trailer for the latest Star Trek movie. I thought the composition was quite well-done… go watch!(Louis Wu 12:17:18 UTC)

Ouch – GameCyte has taken it upon themselves to warn you against buying some mistakes this year… and on their ‘Anti-Game Guilde 2008, you’ll find the Halo Interactive Strategy Game. In fact, their advice goes further: [S]imply avoid buying your kids anything with the word “Halo” on it — if your child likes Halo, chances…

Interesting – there was no notice on our forum, but Reclaimer 117 is now online – and the Reclaimer is awake again. I don’t think Viper’s gonna be too happy…(Louis Wu 19:07:56 UTC)

Z let us know about Willey2Gr8’s Halo 2/Halo 3 Montage by Phurion – it’s a monster, 276 mb and twelve and a half minutes long… but the gameplay is really good, and the editing’s exciting. The fast-cut style wears after a while, but the Killtrocities and Killamanjaros will revive you.) Check it out at Halo3Forum.com!(Louis…

Rooster Teeth has posted a new Thanksgiving PSA for your enjoyment… though I must say it’s more disturbing than most of their announcements. In a bunch of ways. Not really NSFW… but definitely disturbing. Looks like elpolloguapo was first with the news. (Louis Wu 17:49:08 UTC)