Author: halo@bungie.org

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)

As expected, there was no announcement from Bungie today (that will almost certainly come Wednesday). However, there WERE new releases from Ensemble; the Halo Wars FAQ, the Screenshots section (complete with battlemech-style mystery units that might or might not be the previously-mentioned Cyclops, and a Prophet in the midst of battle (thanks, GatchamanUK), along with…

Dennis Powers, whose updates wait for no entertainment conventions, has released Shipwrecked 36 – military humor.(Louis Wu 21:31:09 UTC)

Looks like the Bungie announcement has been pushed off a bit – if you visit Bungie.net, you’ll see a Superintendent-related countdown page, with a timer that runs out at 10 am PST, Wednesday morning. That doesn’t mean there won’t be cool stuff announced at E3… just that Bungie’s stuff probably won’t be there. Update: Jordan117…

It’s been a while since you’ve heard from him… but Stuntmutt’s still alive. There’s a new One One Se7en up that takes a look at Cold Storage; takes him a couple of panels to warm up, I think.(Louis Wu 15:18:58 UTC)

Congratulations to Triggers Down, winners of MLG Orlando. There are tons of news snippets and pictures at MLGPro.com – but if you want a quick summary of how the top teams did, you could visit the Xbox Users Group – easy-to-read, covers the highlights.(Louis Wu 15:16:37 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 65 is now up. The plot thickens!(Louis Wu 14:02:36 UTC)

The rumors continue to fly about what may, or may not, be announced today at the E3 press conference – the latest tidbit was unveiled by Joystiq, who received a listing from a Wal-Mart intranet document. All we have is a name (Halo “Blue”), a category (M-rated shooter), and a date (September 30, which Joystiq…