Author: halo@bungie.org

Okay, so back in February, we posted a news bit about one of our readers who speculated that an announcement by Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford was Halo-related; his original post is no longer available on his website, but Archive.org has a copy. This info was updated, sort of, in May – but nothing really materialized. Well,…

Topless Robot (relatively safe for work, despite the name) has put up a ‘Top 10 Sexiest Action Figures Ever Made’ – and a certain naked-and-glowing female AI from the Halo series made it to #3 on the list. Thanks, xupaosso.(Louis Wu 17:06:36 UTC)

Bryan Simon wrote an ode to Bungie and Halo 3 – you can find it on YouTube. Fan love rocks! Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:58:45 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue has posted today’s episode of Reclaimer – Episode 81 shows Viper trying to shut down the virus in the slipspace array. Sometimes things don’t go as planned…(Louis Wu 11:26:02 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has a followup to last week’s love triangle amongst Cortana, a Big Daddy, and a Hunter – as well as a new piece of Fan Art devoted to your favorite blue AI. Check it out!(Louis Wu 11:21:55 UTC)

The Treeskunk crew has put together Outpost: Isil Episode 9 – Full Frontal. You have to wonder how the two teams actually still have living members left 9 episodes in… lots of death and destruction here. You can download it in a lot of different formats, or watch it streaming (in a lot of different…

Last night, Bungie released a brand-new podcast – it’s a monster 80-minute piece of work full of jokes, interviews, and bears. Paul Russell is the special guest, Shishka discusses the playlist changes coming up next month, and security expert Jerome Simpson comes by for a mini-interview. Shishka puts up with ribbing from Sketch and Luke,…

Wow, very cool – last Saturday, Eagle 117 SBG got married (to another member of the SBG clan, Patience SBG) down in Louisiana… and the groom’s cake showed off their Halo love! (pic one | pic two). Congratulations, guys! (And thanks to TruthPastor SBG for the heads-up.)(Louis Wu 11:25:04 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a ‘Top 10 Halo 3 Exerminations’ video on YouTube – quality is aweful, but the gameplay’s pretty nice. Number four, especially – totally clutch play. (There are way more htan 10 here – the honorable mentions start about halfway through the film.)(Louis Wu 11:17:06 UTC)

Over at the Rooster Teeth website, Red vs Blue: Reconstruction Chapter 12 has been released – things take a pretty serious turn. (Don’t worry, there’s plenty of comedy.) I’m loving this more with every episode. Looks like elpolloguapo was first with the heads-up.(Louis Wu 10:41:08 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Kibbles pointed out a YouTube video containing footage of a fan-made mod of Crysis, showing off Blood Gulch. The environment itself is gorgeous. The gameplay… I wasn’t so impressed with. You can discuss this on our forum in this thread.(Louis Wu 10:40:08 UTC)

The Halo Wars website points you towards a developer diary written by Bill Jackson, one of Ensemble’s crew at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany – it can give you a sense of how those guys are spending a typical day at the convention, and how Halo Wars is being received. (While you’re there, you…

El Mayimbe has posted the fourth of five pieces of concept art for the spec’d Fall of Reach movie – a battle scene at the climax of the film. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 21:39:33 UTC)

Joel Albert, of 2old2play, let us know that they’ve just wrapped up their 4th and most successful LAN party for charity – over $1000 was raised for Children’s Memorial Hospital and the Child Oncology Services, while STILL providing a $1000 purse for the winner of a FFA Halo 3 tourney. The LAN writeup is here,…

Hawty McBloggy asked a while back if you could play too much Halo – she’s posted the answers (submitted by fans) in her blog. Read what folks have sent in – and see how many make sense to you!(Louis Wu 21:12:23 UTC)

Ben Winterman stopped by with word of a new reality show that will focus on finding the ‘ultimate gamer’, and is currently looking for folks who want to audition. Tryouts to be held in 4 major US cities – read the flyer for full details! (We got a copy of this ourselves, but since Ben…

Joystiq (and other sites) have what is purported to be the Halo Wars box art – presumably released at the Leipzig Games Convention. It looks an awful lot like some fan mockups, though, and the proportions of the actual models seem off, so I’m suspicious. If we get confirmation from an official source, we’ll update…

OddGodHMK let us know about Boring Comics #15, in which Cortana discloses some tidbits you might wish you’d never learned.(Louis Wu 12:59:15 UTC)

You might remember Smooth Few Films – they’ve been making machinima for quite some time (with lots of accolades), and have dipped their toes in the Halo 3 world (The Over-Achiever, The Bag Boy, The GunStop Way) – looks like they’re back, with a trailer for an upcoming project called ‘G.R.I.E.F’. As usual, high production…

Halo.fr’s Johnny Be Good let us know that Sirkan (a staff member of the site) went to visit Bungie Studios in early August – there’s a writeup and a bunch of pictures of the lobby on the Halo.fr blog. I’m told an English translation is coming soon.(Louis Wu 12:51:51 UTC)