Author: halo@bungie.org

Here are some of the articles covering Luke Smith/Brian Jarrard interviews in Tokyo:Guardian.co.uk has a 9 and a half minute video interview with the pair – lots of tidbits, including “Mythic Map Pack is coming early next year” and “Recon is a labor of love for our fans” (and that Luke is just in Tokyo…

Clever fan ‘7heSuper’ is back with another fun post – see if you can figure out what he’s saying!(Louis Wu 20:24:05 UTC)

Bungie’s Double XP weekend went live a couple of hours ago – it’s Rocket Race this weekend, and you can earn double experience until Monday morning at 2 am PST. Go Goosin’!(Louis Wu 20:21:47 UTC)

sniperX47 sent word that Halo 3 RPG is having Brute Appreciation Weekend – Brute Shots and Maulers for Double XP. (Louis Wu 20:21:14 UTC)

OddGodHMK let us know that The Biased Chapter 1, Page 10 is online – Red doesn’t totally buy Blue’s story. (Louis Wu 20:20:55 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned pete_the_duck’s writeup of a night of shenanigans with some HBO forum regulars in Halo 3 Matchmaking. One of the popular incidents involved pete jumping off his mongoose just in time to be flattened by a teammate’s Warthog – it was such a beautifully bone-headed move that Blackstar created…

Not everyone thinks Halo 3: Recon is a good idea – a writer at CNET believes that it’s a clear selling-out of Bungie’s once-proud position in the gaming community. He even thinks it’s coming out too soon – he thinks it’s being rushed for the money. Go see if you agree!(Louis Wu 16:58:16 UTC)

For folks worried about what’s been said (or, more accurately, what HASN’T been said) about Halo 3: Recon – Luke Smith stopped in to the NeoGAF forum with a couple of notes – he and Brian Jarrard have a bunch of interviews lined up tomorrow, so we should be getting more info then, and he…

Sgt_Hartsock let us know that This Spartan Life has been nominated for two Mackies (the Machinima Film Festival awards) – it’s up for Best Series, and Best Original Music. If you want to learn more, he’s set up a club for the show at 1UP.com. Other Halo content up for Mackies this year: Smooth Few…

onebitrocket was the first to let us know about a new trailer at GameTrailers.com, showing off the Halo Wars demo at TGS (including the Flood reveal). Go watch.(Louis Wu 14:30:23 UTC)

Warm Machine, over at NeoGAF, noticed that Amazon is listing a book entitled ‘Art of Halo 3’, to be released next month. No real details yet (other than that it’s hardcover, written by Fernando Bueno, and is being published by Prima). The Prima site itself lists a publication date that’s one week later than Amazon’s.(Louis…

The discussion continues about the Halo 3: Recon trailer – but other Halo news doesn’t stop when big stuff shows up. Yesterday, Gizmodo posted an article about a Dutch study that linked quick reflexes (in, say, video games like Halo) to premature ejaculation – maybe fodder for the losers in a postgame match? Some entertaining…

A few weeks ago, the KEEP IT CLEAN teaser was released on Bungie.net – and then there was nothing. No comments from Bungie, no explanations… nothing. Until tonight. The Tokyo Game Show keynote kicked off at noon, October 9 – which translates to 8 PM PST October 8, or 11 PM EST October 8 (about…

One thing that Halo 3 lends itself to very nicely, what with the saved film feature and built-in screenshots, is storytelling. Over at the NeoGAF forum, GhaleonEB has been entertaining the troops, weaving fascinating tales of heroism and carnage. (Here’s a recent one.) On our very own forum, pete_the_duck has been doing the same thing…

In a surprise return to comic-making, ZZoMBiE13 sent me Another Halo Comic Strip #113 today – it’s a funny take on the RvB: Reconstruction machinima series. This doesn’t mean AHCS is coming back regularly – but it DOES sound like there’ll be one now and then – great to hear!(Louis Wu 19:24:19 UTC)

Woody Tondorf let us know about the HBOlab web series, ‘Hooking Up’ – a “college comedy series about relationships and communication.” Episode 3 is now online… and Halo plays a hefty role. Go watch!(Louis Wu 17:49:21 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy points out a pretty nice Top Kills video – she’s really harsh about the audio, but it’s worth watching either way; the kills are great.(Louis Wu 16:59:48 UTC)

Bryan Simon continues his musical outpouring of love for Halo 3 – his newest piece is called ‘My New Home in Halo’, and it looks at some of the multiplayer environments with a distinctly non-military eye. If you’d rather listen to the MP3, we have that, as well (2.9 mb).(Louis Wu 13:50:55 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 97 is now online – looks like Ferial isn’t as on top of things as he thought!(Louis Wu 13:48:28 UTC)

Yesterday, TOR Books put out an official press release for The Cole Protocol, the new Halo novel due soon from Tobias Buckell, and S043 brought news of it to our forum. There was cover art in the release – but we’d mentioned the cover art back in July. There was a release date for the…