Author: halo@bungie.org

The Handmade Hero stopped by with a link for his second player portrait showcase – 25 more images that capture the essence of their subjects’ Halo 3 personas. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:17:40 UTC)

Ross “I’m going to beat c0ld vengeance at the news game” Mills pointed out a couple of nice Halo art pieces – Kotaku ran a shot of a store display from a record shop near one of the editors – it’s a hand-inked piece by a local artist who also did this. Nice work!(Louis Wu…

Ross “new Bungie teasers always make me hot” Mills has been scouring the web for Halo news; he found an interesting piece at gamesindustry.biz in which Bungie’s Marty O’Donnell discusses the negative effect that the pre-owned games market has on games development. He acknowledges that it’s hard to gripe when your game (say, Halo 3)…

It’s Friday, so it’s time for fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s – this week it’s Caption Fun, Round 19. The last one was a month ago – you can see responses from that one, plus a new picture that needs your captioning help. Go play!(Louis Wu 13:15:36 UTC)

Inside Halo 22 has been posted – there’s a tribute to lost playlists, some mostly interesting top plays, and general oddness. Thanks, Aang Avatar.(Louis Wu 13:11:55 UTC)

If you’re looking for pixel-by-pixel analysis of the Keep It Clean trailer, the Halo community has you covered. Grunts R Us did a full analysis (though at this particular moment it seems to be offline for maintenance – try a bit later), Xbox 360 Fanboy put together a 2-minute video analysis pointing out some key…

Joe Paulding let us know about an interview with Brian Jarrard that was produced by G4TV from footage collected at PAX – there’s lots of Assembly footage, and discussion about the map and its (lack of a) release date. Go watch! (Louis Wu 12:18:00 UTC)

anthraxgoon visited yesterday to point out a new webcomic, X36. Still a little rough around the edges, but it shows promise! Nick Ambrose let us know about The Biased, Chapter 1, Page 6 – the reds start getting answers. And it’s Friday, so TTL Demag0gue is around to tell us that Reclaimer 92 is online…

7theSuper stopped by again with a fun poem – always nice to see fans building on Bungie’s work!(Louis Wu 11:52:58 UTC)

The Fan Fiction writers didn’t stop because Bungie was announcing a new teaser – there are six new pieces for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section. And while you’re at it, you might want to check out this forum post by Australian Chaos – he mentions a fanfic he’s been posting elsewhere. Reading…

Just a quick note; we haven’t forgotten about the announcement of the Take Our Stuff contest winners. We’ve sorted through the nearly 8000 entries, we’ve tallied judges’ votes… we’re just working out the details before we announce anything. I’d hoped we would finish before the end of the 25th, in order to be able to…

There’s no way at all I’m going to be able to keep up with all the interesting speculation and analysis around the net today. I’ll point out a few useful bits, and then you’re on your own.Gabe Hammond uploaded a copy of the trailer to YouTube, if you can’t download a version from Microsoft.Jordan117 did…

John Peel, of Sticker Universe, is considering licensing the Halo IP to create Halo decals – and his first project, if he goes ahead with this, will be all of the medals and achievement icons (you can get an idea of what he’s proposing at Halo Decals.com). He’s looking for feedback on the idea; the…

Back in April, we mentioned a Mongoose racetrack being developed for Avalanche. Apparently, it’s been finished. Thanks, Jared. (Louis Wu 17:37:44 UTC)

The countdown has ended, and the reveal is… staggering. A new teaser trailer, filled with win. I won’t spoil it for you, but I WILL tell you that there is a TON of information in this one. This will be picked over, frame by frame, but the Halo faithful – but even a first watching…

Team Dignitas and XyXEL are hosting a Halo 3 tournament in Europe, starting next week – read the details here. (There’s a full press release at MCV.)(Louis Wu 13:23:55 UTC)

HaloCrusades is hosting a ‘double exp weekend’ in honor of Halo 3’s birthday – it’s Team Fiesta. In other online Halo RPG news, H3PRG has posted a podcast. (Louis Wu 13:23:37 UTC)

In preparation for announcing the winner of her Recon Helmet Challenge, Hawty McBloggy has picked a number of submissions for the contest (which asked entrants to recreate a memorable scene from Halo or Halo 2, using Halo 3 screenshots) to illustrate the Halo storyline, in chronological order. Amazing work! (When you’re finished with that, jump…

Still MORE concept art for the Halo MMO project scrapped by Ensemble is popping up – Kotaku’s got another 6 images for you. These definitely have more of a Halo ‘feel’ to them. Thanks, Ross.(Louis Wu 13:03:32 UTC)

PlasmaFire ran across an auction on eBay for one of the 6′ Halo 2 statues that pop up occasionally. It’s in decent (but not perfect) shape. Starting bid is $700, and the auction closes in 2 days. Go look!(Louis Wu 12:57:36 UTC)