Author: halo@bungie.org

Dan the Stick pointed out a trailer for Multiwinia, a real-time strategy game with graphics inspired by early arcade games, which spoofs the Halo: Believe trailer. Really nice piece of work!(Louis Wu 15:53:12 UTC)

quququ1 stopped by our forum to point out that the creator of Halo Zero, a 2D fanbuilt sidescroller, is recruiting for folks who want to help build Halo Zero 2. Read the post for details. (Louis Wu 15:47:08 UTC)

Davis Beutler ripped the music tracks from the Five Long Years Halo Wars Trailers (Part 1 and Part 2), as well as from the Halo 3 Recon trailer – some sound effects are included, but dialogue is not. Swing by his forum post for download links – he provided a link to all three, in…

GameReactorTV filmed a short informational session given by Brian Jarrard and Luke Smith in Tokyo, about Halo 3: Recon – you can watch it on YouTube. Thanks, Kuroyume. (A different session was filmed by GameSpot – same general info.)(Louis Wu 15:36:58 UTC)

DarthCadeous501 reimagined Poe’s “The Raven” in Halo terms – go read. (This is not the same poem that mendicantbias00 released two months ago.)(Louis Wu 15:34:03 UTC)

So a couple of days ago, I posted a note about the Machinima Film Festival Awards, and pointed out that Campaign Episode 1 had gotten an honorable mention for ‘Best Editing’. It was one of the few nominated films I hadn’t heard of, so I followed the link from the Nominations page to watch it.…

Shacknews has put together a list of the top co-op games coming in the next year or so – both Halo 3: Recon and Halo Wars are on the ‘On the Horizon’ list. Nice! Thanks, vshields ash.(Louis Wu 12:26:31 UTC)

smiley let us know that Master Chief Theater 3000 Episode 206 is now online – it covers Halo 2’s Delta Halo and Regret cutscenes.(Louis Wu 12:26:11 UTC)

DigitalPh33r has returned to his Deus Ex Machina series (last release: a bit over 3 months ago) with Episode 9 – “Doomsday (Part 2 of 2)” Act 4. Might take you a little while to remember where things left off. This is clearly not the end. Thanks, UnSiLeNtSlAyEr.(Louis Wu 12:24:44 UTC)

heavenlyyeti ran across HALO: EPIC MOVIE, which is pretty much as silly as it sounds.(Louis Wu 12:24:18 UTC)

Markus B sent word that another spec script for a Halo movie is floating around out there – the IMDb page for Joseph Bat lists one he wrote. (No, we haven’t seen it, or heard of it, or know what’s in it, or know who’s looked at it.)(Louis Wu 12:22:20 UTC)

IGN posted a Top 25 Xbox 360 Games list – and Halo 3 came in 4th. (Really? Mass Effect takes 1st?) Thanks, Planet Halo.(Louis Wu 12:19:41 UTC)

jericho and friends created Halo-Initiation Sequence, a live-action short with some hard-to-listen-to sound and fun effects. Interesting piece of work!(Louis Wu 12:16:15 UTC)

Zeouterlimits noticed a pretty comprehensive interview at 1UP.com – Luke and Brian cover a bunch of stuff that hasn’t been covered (or discussed explicitly) in other interviews, or in Bungie’s own Q&A. Some of the information was already out there (Luke Smith clarified that Christian Allen, who came to Bungie after being Creative Director on…

Luke Smith wrote the most recent Bungie Weekly Update while still in Tokyo – and it’s basically a Q&A session for Halo 3: Recon. If you’re unclear about some aspect of this upcoming project, check it out – you might find your answers inside. It is, as always, also available in our Weekly Update Archive.(Louis…

Over at Ascendant Justice, there’s a new piece up, written by Cocopjojo – it’s called ‘The Golden Hour’, and it’s an analysis of the Halo 3 Recon trailer. As is usual for AJ documents, it’s pretty thorough in its observations – give it a read, you might learn stuff you missed in your own watching!…

Bah. I hate it when I write up newsposts, but manage to close windows before they’re actually POSTED. This morning, TTL Demag0gue posted Reclaimer 98, with lots and lots of new info – and the blog post includes the winner of his Reclaimer Comic Contest, as well. Swing by and catch up – and check…

Gamasutra has an article comparing audio features of next-gen consoles – and Halo 3 is the test game for the 360. There’s a short interview with Marty O’Donnell that will make almost no sense to people who don’t use the software bundle ‘Waves’ – but will probably be wonderful for those who DO use it.(Louis…

Bryan Simon seems to have an issue with snipers – go listen to his latest song (#9 out of 10), ‘Snipers are Wussies’, on YouTube, or grab the mp3 version (3.5 mb) from our files server. There’s a thread over on Bungie.net if you’d like to comment (or start one on our own forum!).(Louis Wu…

Gamasutra has interviewed Hardy LeBel, Multiplayer Lead Designer on the first Halo, about the history of Halo’s multiplayer code, and how it almost didn’t make it into the final build. He talks a lot about building gameplay that appeals to a broad spectrum of gamers – I think it’s safe to say, in hindsight, that…