Author: halo@bungie.org

Heh – John Campbell stopped by with a short video showing a pretty amazingly lucky grenade toss… go watch.(Louis Wu 18:22:03 UTC)

It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally got the Halo 1 cutscenes for you in HD format, thanks to HaLo2FrEeEk of Clan Infectionist. These were recorded from the PC version, and are available in both WMP9 format and H.264-encoded QuickTime format. We’re starting with the first Pillar of Autumn scenes – depending on…

The last time we checked in with the Halo Corpse Alphabet, it was just getting started – there was exactly one letter. Now it’s four weeks later… and it’s nearly complete. There are three letters remaining – and some additional characters and symbols have been added. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:56:58 UTC)

Halo0001 X stopped in last night to announce “403” Episode 1, the first installment of a machinima series about a bunch of guys playing Big Team Battle in matchmaking. Personally, I found it to be too long for its content – but it seems to have been generally well-received on our forum. Go judge for…

An article in the Los Angeles Times has some further quotes from Microsoft’s Don Mattrick about the decision to leave Bungie out of the E3 press conference. He argued that Microsoft wanted to prove they had a lineup that could stand on its own without some of its biggest hitters – he pointed out that…

IGN’s Livewire is currently streaming a Halo Wars demo from E3 – if you’re interested, swing by now! Thanks, Urban Reflex.(Louis Wu 19:06:01 UTC)

Bungie’s posted a summary of what happened (well, what didn’t happen) last night – it includes answers to some of the most common questions thrown around on internet message boards in the past 18 hours. Go read. Thanks, BlueNinja.(Louis Wu 18:56:56 UTC)

One Bungie fan expressed disappointment (and hope) with true eloquence. Give it a read. It’s a bright spot in an otherwise dreary morning for friends of Bungie.(Louis Wu 13:57:00 UTC)

Joystiq spoke to Phil Spencer, general manager of Microsoft Game Studios – Spencer answered a question about the lack of a Bungie announcement at E3 with a description of what WAS focused on (first-party games aimed for a holiday release this year). That suggests that Bungie’s announcement was postponed because 1) they’re no longer a…

A bit more on the surprise cancellation: Kotaku has a short item that ties the situation to a “high level executive”. There are plenty of forum posters out there willing to speculate who that might be. (On the off chance that the Kotaku piece is pulled, here’s a screenshot.)(Louis Wu 04:35:04 UTC)

It’s a sad, sad day for Bungie fans – swing by Bungie.net for full details. The short version: the announcement many have been waiting for eagerly – a new game, new Halo content, whatever it was going to be – is not going to happen tomorrow. Plans have been changed – no new date is…

Hawty McBloggy found a series called ‘Feast’ – it’s horror, Halo style. If you’re into that sort of thing – swing by! (Louis Wu 20:16:30 UTC)

UNSC_Trooper stopped by the main forum with word of some additions to the Halo Story Page. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 18:15:25 UTC)

Not sure where this is all going… but it’s interesting. Falagard dropped by with a report of a conversation that took place on the NeoGAF forums – the gist is that Alan Tudyk, an actor who did voice work for Halo 3, reported at Gencon (a gaming convention in Australia that took place a week…

Psychophan7 posted a ‘Mission Log’ – a series of (very cool) screenshots (well, screenshot amalgams) with some storyline tossed in. I hope he continues with this. Check it out! (And be sure to look at the full-sized versions. They’re spectacular.)(Louis Wu 16:25:39 UTC)

sylntsniper reminded our forum that a week’s gone by since Cold Storage’s release on Xbox Live Marketplace – which means it’s now available for download by Silver account holders. Better late than never!(Louis Wu 16:08:59 UTC)

Fluffy, over at Planet Halo, found another couple of Halo Wars vids – IGN has a short gameplay clip (embedded in the news post) and G4TV’s got a video interview with Dave Pottinger, discussing the game (and showing off some examples).(Louis Wu 16:04:42 UTC)

Red vs Blue Reconstruction Chapter 7 is now up – both for sponsors, in an extended cut, and for everyone, on the RvB front page. What is Alpha, really? And who the heck are Burke and Delario? Go watch!(Louis Wu 10:29:42 UTC)

Tied the Leader has some fantastic new ‘Planetoid’ panoramic shots, over in its Haloramics subsite – this post has the details. And OboeCrazy has put together a montage of Gunslinger Plays of the Month for June – fun stuff! Thanks, XerxdeeJ.(Louis Wu 10:11:48 UTC)

There are a couple of gameplay vids showing off what Halo Wars looks like actually during play – Stormwing found one, and Spartan Jag pointed out another. Decide for yourself what you think!(Louis Wu 09:59:41 UTC)