Author: halo@bungie.org

Heh – Ash continues his Assault on the Control Room antics. Way back in July 2002, someone discovered that you could alter the ending cutscene (but not the final outcome, actually) to this classic Halo level by bringing a baddie with you as the scene ended. Lennox did it with a Hunter, Warbow did it…

Dennis Powers sent us an update of new stuff posted over at the Halo CE Map Archive in the past week – there are 43 new maps, but the ones he wanted to highlight were Seclusion (a small winter map) and Highlands (a small impenetrable valley). Browse – check ’em all out!(Louis Wu 14:15:23 UTC)

Gamesradar listed 10 Industry-Shattering Stolen Exclusives – and Halo makes the list, for its yanking from the Mac platform back in 2000. Thanks, elessar787.(Louis Wu 14:12:33 UTC)

kuroni13 stopped by our forum to announce a 3v3 objective tournament at GAMEBREAKERZ in Bonney Lake, WA on August 16. The full details are not up on their website yet – but they should be soon.(Louis Wu 14:10:37 UTC)

Urban Reflex found a pretty nice fan-made Halo suit on eBay yesterday – it’s in the UK, and the auction ends in just under 2 days, with the current bid at £670 (a bit under $1300 US). If you’re in the market – take a look! (While at eBay, I swung by the Weta MC…

What if you had a website with a regular Friday update, but you forgot it was Friday? Hawty McBloggy has posted her latest ‘What If’ scenario (which has nothing to do with the day of the week, really) – she wants to know about map remakes. Go check out the post (which has some great…

mrsmiley let us know that Part 1 of the Master Chief Theater 3000 season finale is now available on YouTube – info is up on Pyrosmile.org. (They’ve also added an Extras section, containing outtakes from production – you have to register to get a link.)(Louis Wu 09:38:28 UTC)

The McFarlane 12″ Figures have been hinted at for quite some time – we mentioned them indirectly over a year ago, then more directly in November, then more concretely still in April. Toy News International finally has details about these – including points of articulation, accessories, and release dates. Check it out! Thanks, Littlebigman.(Louis Wu…

The Bungie Weekly Update went up later than usual (about 7 pm PT) Friday night… but it’s full of stuff that’ll keep the geekiest among us busy for a while. The Bungie Publications section of their website has been updated with five new talks – well, with five talks it didn’t have before. (At least…

Sarcastic Gamer has an informational piece on the Vatican City Olympic Halo 3 team, gearing up for domination this month in Beijing. Will they win? Only time will tell!(Louis Wu 23:04:05 UTC)

JustAnotherFan pointed out a post on Bungie.net advertising the Grind Rider trailer – a Halo-based Western. Looks fun… but you’ll have to wait until October for the actual machinima!(Louis Wu 22:57:04 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Cocopjojo posted a Halo-inspired piece called ‘In Search of Truth’, written by his buddy musicman117. I think it’s great – you should go listen to it. It’s being hosted currently at Ascendant Justice.(Louis Wu 17:06:24 UTC)

S3NATOR stopped in with pictures of a wooden sniper rifle, made by Socket29 over at Bungie.net. Nice work!(Louis Wu 16:57:49 UTC)

MsValentine has appeared in public in her Halo 2 Cortana outfit a few times – but her recent outing, at the 2008 San Diego ComicCon, yielded some amazing photos. We’ve put up a gallery. Check it out.(Louis Wu 16:07:45 UTC)

Darkspire Films posted the final episode for Matchmaking Season One, ‘Matchmaking Episode 16 – Destiny’, a couple of weeks ago… but we missed it. Good stuff. There’s also a teaser for Season 2 – coming soonish! Thanks, UltimaPooh.(Louis Wu 15:51:58 UTC)

Hmm… this is a little odd. Gemini Ace has a pic of a couple of pairs of Halo-themed boxers and lounge pants found at Kohl’s (a nationwide department store chain). A little searching found the lounge pants for sale on eBay (just under 7 days remaining) – no luck on another source for the boxers,…

Scotty let us know that it’s double xp weekend at Halo 3 RPG again – Team Rockets.(Louis Wu 15:16:42 UTC)

Only five new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – but a bunch of familiar names!(Louis Wu 14:39:37 UTC)

OddGodHMK continues to incorporate Halo into his Boring Comics series – #8 takes a shot at Ensemble for inappropriately pimping their product. (Louis Wu 14:38:21 UTC)

Dragoncoals let us know that ForgeHub has announced the winners of its Best of Forge Spring/Summer 08 competition. Congrats to all the finalists! (Louis Wu 14:36:04 UTC)