Author: halo@bungie.org

Halo Wars Addict interviewed Thunder, the Community Manager over at Ensemble Studios. Some good info, some nice dodging – go give it a read! This might be the last big chunk of Halo Wars news before E3, coming up in mid-July.(Louis Wu 17:52:48 UTC)

Finnish Spartan sent us pics of his latest piece of work – a Spartan Helmet. Spiffy! Check it out.(Louis Wu 17:23:19 UTC)

mendicantbias00 noticed that D&R has finally posted info on how to preorder their Pink Mark VI Halo Exclusive McFarlane figure – if you’ve been waiting for a Pink McFarlane (yes, bs angel, I’m looking at you), this is it! (Louis Wu 17:22:35 UTC)

It’s Friday, so it’s time for another Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s. She got almost 500 submissions for last week’s pic (which I suppose explains why she didn’t laugh at my entry (the post title)) – and she’s got a new one up for you now… go toss in your two cents!(Louis Wu…

BlitzSnake sent word that a NEW trailer for Neurons 2 is now up on YouTube. (The last one was posted in February. And if I hadn’t been told this was a Halo machinima, I sure wouldn’t learn that from the new trailer…) (Louis Wu 17:21:11 UTC)

kilaMOMjaro let us know about a couple of upcoming goodies from The PraetoriaGuard – next week is the next edition of Frag a Friend, the ongoing community leader get-together. (If you’re a leader of an established Halo community, you’re eligible for play – swing by and sign up.) And coming up at the end of…

GotFrag has put up its own preview of MLG San Diego, set to kick off tomorrow. Go check out their picks for top performances, then follow along tomorrow to see how they did!(Louis Wu 17:18:19 UTC)

Nine new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section – go read! (Submitters – don’t forget to read the submission guidelines… I hate having to delete submissions because they violate the rules.)(Louis Wu 17:17:11 UTC)

MLGPro.com has posted Episode 4 of its Stride Championship Series – this time it’s Fatal Images vs Ambush on Guardian, and it’s a nailbiter. Thanks to the Bungie Blog for the heads-up (though it’s incorrectly labeled as Part 5 there).(Louis Wu 17:15:49 UTC)

Wow – ReleasetheMonk continues with his Halo-footage-and-movie-soundtracks mashups – this time, it’s Lord of the Rings, and I have to say, I’m impressed with the timing. Great clip choices, great synching! Go watch. (Louis Wu 21:10:31 UTC)

elessar787 noticed a photoshop contest on cracked.com where people added video game items to real-life photos. Halo gets its share of love.(Louis Wu 21:09:31 UTC)

Wow, very cool. Capt Spanish has reformatted the Smuggler text (provided for us in recent Bungie Weekly Updates) into a more… appropriate style. Go see!(Louis Wu 20:32:59 UTC)

Over at Forge Hub, Devinish has put together a pretty extensive Advanced Guide to Respawns – if you’re into building maps with Forge, this puppy is almost certainly worth reading. Thanks, Luke.(Louis Wu 20:21:15 UTC)

As of half an hour ago, the latest Double Experience Weekend went active on Xbox Live – Grifball (Spring League Rules, for real this time) is going until Monday morning, early. Go get hammered!(Louis Wu 18:32:15 UTC)

Okay, it’s not COMPLETELY clear – there’ve been submissions in the past couple of weeks that haven’t made it in, I think – but the last batch of processed Miscellaneous Art is now up for viewing. Some pretty cool stuff in there today! (I’d have to say my favorites were from Trevor Corbin and Nelson…

You may have noticed – it’s a pretty slow news day, Halo-wise. If you live in South Africa, you’ve got a chance to win a ‘games hamper’ (a collection of 360 games, including Halo 3) just for filling out the form on this page at iafrica.com. Not a bad deal!(Louis Wu 17:57:39 UTC)

As promised (I BET YOU THOUGHT I FORGOT! HAH!), there’s another batch of Miscellaneous Art posted today – sketches, paintings, even a panorama. Go see! (No, the queue’s not empty yet.)(Louis Wu 18:22:02 UTC)

Moorhead let us know about Enigma, his new machinima series – Chapter 1 is up on YouTube now. It’s a mystery! (Nice cinematography.)(Louis Wu 18:08:37 UTC)

Dennis Powers stopped by our forum to point out Shipwrecked Episodes 26, 27, and 28 – looks like someone’s been watching some Newman/Redford movies!(Louis Wu 17:57:02 UTC)

Back in 2003, Ross Mills created a Halo music video set to Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, using footage from Halo. There’ve been versions since then… but today HeavenlyYeti pointed out a Halo 3 version posted on YouTube back in March, created by a group known as Frenchie Films Productions – pretty nice work! Check it out.…