Author: halo@bungie.org

The latest Double XP Weekend kicked off a couple of hours ago – Living Dead is back on Xbox LIVE. The Legendary and Heroic map packs are required – go read about it at Bungie.net!(Louis Wu 19:56:23 UTC)

Dennis Powers pointed out Shipwrecked 22 – more water!(Louis Wu 19:51:57 UTC)

elessar787 pointed out that Luke is looking for questions to answer in tomorrow’s Weekly What’s Update. Swing by Bungie.net and toss in your two cents!(Louis Wu 19:48:57 UTC)

MLGPro.com is offering five free team passes for the MLG San Diego tournament, taking place June 13-15. Each pass gets a team of four in to the event – for free. (This is a $240 value.) All you have to do to win one is send an email to contest@mlgpro.com with the subject line “FREE…

Hawty McBloggy posted a series of screenshots, created by community members, paying tribute to Frankie and his time at Bungie. Go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 17:45:16 UTC)

We got a note from NZ-TK last night, pointing out a thread at the 405th Forums, and a new helmet he’s been working on. Going through that whole thread, though, showed a SECOND helmet – and with his permission, we’ve put his images online here, for easy viewing. Check out both his EVA helmet (finished…

Sam152, of Halo Wars Addict, interviewed Dispraiser, the lead on the C&C Generals mod Halogen (which was asked to shut down by Microsoft just before Halo Wars was announced, a couple of years ago). Seems like Dispraiser is still a bit angry about the whole situation (and very, very negative about Halo Wars) – go…

Looks like earlier this month, G4TV’s X-Play started a feature in which MLG’s TSquared provides tips about various multiplayer maps. So far they’ve posted Blackout (May 6), Ghost Town (May 13), and Foundry (May 20). We’ll have to keep an eye on this!(Louis Wu 13:15:25 UTC)

Sniper2477 is back with another episode of Marathon Man – this one is called ‘DoomsDrake’, and is ostensibly the last in the series. Once again, the story’s a bit week, and (again) there’s at least one gratuitously silly scene, but in general, the filming is well-done, and the action at the end is nice. (Louis…

nomis78 has been playing with panoramas again – there are 7 new ones in this forum post. I really like ‘Setting up Shop’! (Louis Wu 13:09:58 UTC)

I’ve been threatening to write up a summary of my experiences with the Blackmagic Intensity HD capture card – but life’s been getting in the way. Cody Miller beat me to the punch – check out his post for tips on system requirements, software needed, and suggestions on capture settings! This card is your best…

Don stumbled across a site called ‘Brusheezy’ (“Stupid Name. Cool Brushes!” is their slogan), which has a set of Photoshop brushes from the Halo 2 emblems. Could be useful! (Louis Wu 13:06:57 UTC)

Last night, Quikthnkr posted results from the Grifball.com screenshot contest – go check out the winners!(Louis Wu 21:57:59 UTC)

So, yesterday’s news of a brand-new egg in Halo 3 got me thinking… what if there are more? Well, there are. Lots of people know about the Seige of Madrigal egg at the top of the structure at the end of the Covenant level… but did you know that there’s ANOTHER egg on the OTHER…

There are a couple of Master Chief costumes up for sale on eBay at the moment – this one is made of cardboard hardened with resin, has a current bid of $400, and expires in about 8 hours, while this one is made of ABS plastic, has a starting bid of $900, and runs for…

ESPN’s Game Up in May features the third episode of MLG’s Halo 3 Top 10 – 10 amazing clips from Halo 3 multiplayer. It also contains a new edition of ‘Tale of the Tape’, in which downloadable content from Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 are compared (Halo 3 gets the nod from ESPN…

Sam152 let us know that Halo Wars Addict is preparing for an interview with the Halo Wars team, and is looking for questions you might want answered. You’ve got until the 3rd of June to get your question in! If your question is chosen, you’ll win a Halo Wars Addict t-shirt. Go look!(Louis Wu 16:26:47…

This month’s Halo Wars Update is now online at HaloWars.com – info about the Alpha (including LIVE play), a mention of an article in this month’s GamePro mag, some tidbits about the Campaign, and a higher-res version of the screenshot that was mentioned in our news this week. Omega was first with the word.(Louis Wu…

While ZZoMBiE13 is on a break, Another Halo Comic Strip will have some guest strips running. The first one is up now – Thanks to Keith Jones for a fantastic start. (Comments are, and will be, disabled for guest strips, by design; if you want to discuss these, you can use our forum.)(Louis Wu 17:03:23…

Cody Gordon has been working on a lot of panoramic Halo 3 shots – swing by his forum post, or his Flickr stream, for many, many examples!(Louis Wu 13:37:07 UTC)