Author: halo@bungie.org
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Weapons Training
TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer Episode 42 is online – more history, and some nice effects.(Louis Wu 15:10:23 UTC)
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Crow’s Nest Commentary – from its designer
Delicious Pie noticed that Ascendant Justice has updated their article on Crow’s Nest with commentary from Dan Miller, the designer of the level. (We originally mentioned this article back in mid-March, but the new commentary went up just a couple of days ago.) Some very interesting tidbits in there – thanks, Dan, and thanks, AJ!(Louis…
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Halo 3 Legendary – $50 in Canada
If you live in Canada, you can snag the Halo 3 Legendary Edition for $50, until Thursday. Go visit Future Shop.(Louis Wu 22:06:53 UTC)
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Seeing Double
Halo Action Figure Theater has been updated with a pretty big plot twist… and some nice little eggs. Don’t forget to wish Elnea well, after her flu!(Louis Wu 21:12:35 UTC)
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Caution: Under Construction
Another Halo Comic Strip seems to be having trouble today – can you figure out why?(Louis Wu 15:25:30 UTC)
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Their armor’s too strong for blasters!
It’s not the first AT-AT built with Forge – but it looks to be one of the most playable. Lucifer7 dropped off a bunch of screenshots of his latest project – a fully-playable Star Wars-style AT-AT, on Avalanche. Lots of cool little details – read the post!(Louis Wu 14:48:03 UTC)
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Prelude: An Aural Prologue
Dream053 announced an upcoming machinima project – that’s being preceded by a ‘prologue’, focusing on a story of bonds and brotherhood amongst the Elites. He’s released an audio clip that sounds promising! Go listen.(Louis Wu 14:37:02 UTC)
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Free goodies from Needcoffee
Needcoffee.com is giving away some Halo 3 vehicles from McFarlane – head on over to register! (Louis Wu 14:27:09 UTC)
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Halo Sculpture – and more
RandomCTG has been doing some sculpting – if you swing by this forum post, you’ll find pictures of a Master Chief figurine, an Elite bust, a Master Chief helmet, and even a (very cool) Big Daddy from Bioshock! (He also added some Elite sketches farther down.)(Louis Wu 14:17:57 UTC)
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How it all began, Part 5
2phast let us know that Larry the Marine 18 is now up – go see why the squad is scared.(Louis Wu 14:14:50 UTC)
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Halo Wars Monthly Update
Over at the Halo Wars website, the April Update has been posted – go see how development is going! Thanks, Psychophan7. (Louis Wu 13:34:05 UTC)
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The Console War: Trailer
TheSquareCoin stopped by last night with a trailer for a new machinima project out of Chairleg Productions – it’s called The Console War, and it’ll kick off this weekend, so grab the trailer (in gorgeous HD) and get fired up! (Louis Wu 13:28:50 UTC)
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Halo ‘Elites’ Documentary
AcidicReignUK and some friends created a mockumentary for a media studies class – it’s a look at the natural life of the blue elite. Nice work! (They all got A’s.) (Louis Wu 23:24:34 UTC)
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Where in the world is Special Ted?
Injured Knee Productions is running a contest – find Special Ted, win a poster. Confused? Read the details on their site. Thanks, Haloplayer.(Louis Wu 20:32:42 UTC)
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Halo Wars Audio Director talks to M4G
Music4Games has a great interview with Ensemble Studios’ Audio Director and Lead Composer, Stephen Rippy, about the music in Halo Wars. Go read how they’ll incorporate the familiar, while staking out their own territory, in the new game! There are also details (including pictures) of the recording session in Prague, Czech Republic, with the FILMharmonic…
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New Montages at H3F
Z let us know that there are a couple of massive montages over at Halo3Forum.com – Calamity 2 from TM22, ST68, iDrako, and Kraynium – almost 18 minutes long, 327 mb, plus a blooper reel (which I didn’t get at all; they didn’t look like bloopers to me, for the most part) and Phurion and…