Author: halo@bungie.org

GameTap looked at some of the fun stuff you can do with Forge and the new Legendary maps – go download!(Louis Wu 16:04:58 UTC)

GhettoMole sent along another pair of pictures of his in-progress Scout helmet – it now has resin on it. Next up – paint, and a visor!(Louis Wu 16:03:45 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked, Episode 11 is now online. If I had to be alone with these two guys, I don’t know what I’d do.(Louis Wu 16:02:25 UTC)

Last night was Friday night – so Bungie, as is their custom, wrote up a Weekly Update (which, of course, is also available in our Weekly Update Archive). It contains information about a couple of glitches related to the Legendary Map Pack release, some very vague news about what’s going on in the Bungie headquarters,…

Sain7 whipped up a little Blackout Jumps tutorial recently – it’s available in his Fileshare. However, if you don’t want to fire up Halo 3 just to watch this, there are 720p renders of the video in this post. Some nice jumps in there!(Louis Wu 16:17:27 UTC)

Mr Sark dropped us a note with details about X-Play’s Sarkathlon 2: Recon Challenge (it was on last night’s show). It takes place on Avalanche, and the object is to get through the course as quickly as possible and be holding eight grenades when you cross the finish line. The winning time will earn its…

Games Radar postd a DLC showdown between Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 – it’s pretty hostile (as in, neither side will concede that the other actually has something of value) and doesn’t provide much more insight than that conversation you had with your roommate at 3 am about this very subject – but…

Straight gameplay montages have been done so often, and for so long, that it’s hard to get excited about new ones. Z sent word of a new one, over at Halo3Forum, from Kriptic – I actually enjoyed watching it. Lots of sticks and snipes – but the focus seemed to be on Exterminations, and a…

Five new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – get to reading!(Louis Wu 13:58:23 UTC)

S043 took a bunch of nice screenshots, and posted ’em on our forum. Normally, I’d let these go by – we see a LOT of screenshots on our forum – but I liked this batch. (He posted a second batch later in the evening.) And radiant penguin stopped by, as well, with some new (and…

Hawty McBloggy has part two of her ‘You Know You Play Too Much Halo When…’ quiz online right now – go see how bad your obsession really is.(Louis Wu 13:07:49 UTC)

Almost forgot to mention – yesterday, Bungie made the latest Double XP Weekend playlist live. This one is called ‘Legendary Brawl’, and it’s a 12-player free-for-all on the newest maps (both the Heroic and Legendary map packs are represented). You must have both sets of maps to play this. It’s a ranked list, so your…

HaLo2FrEeEk let us know that the cutoff date for the Clan Infectionist Design Contest is coming up – April 30 is the last day to submit entries. Prizes include 1600 MS points, a 1-month LIVE code, and a custom title on their forum, with a runner-up getting an honorable mention on the front page and…

darthbob noticed a new interview on the Inside Xbox link of Xbox LIVE Marketplace – it’s the latest edition of Major’s Minute, and this week Major Nelson is talking to Frankie about the Legendary maps. 60 seconds of info – short and sweet!(Louis Wu 13:06:55 UTC)

Devastator has shown up around the halo scene a few times – he’s got a set of Nightmare Armor that he’s worn to several high-profile Halo events, and he’s got a large Legendary tattoo on his leg. Seems he was recently contacted by a group looking to film a live-action Halo flick – he’s put…

Crabbo pointed out a trailer for a remake of ‘Escape from Zanzibar’ – rebuilt in Halo 3. Looks action-filled!(Louis Wu 21:24:04 UTC)

This week, the Halo 3 Humpday Challenge was another “let’s play random games in Matchmaking and call it a match” entry – except with very pretty pictures. (I gotta say, the “oops, we missed that hog with a rocket” shot is nothing short of awesome.) Nice writeup! Thanks, Jordan117.(Louis Wu 19:19:46 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 continues with his Legendary theme this week, as Another Halo Comic Strip shows once again how to elicit a major emotional response from the Arbiter.(Louis Wu 17:35:55 UTC)

As mentioned earlier, we had another batch of fun content from GhettoMole – not only did he send us a link to a custom-built Jackal, but he’s working on a wearable Scout helmet. Swing by this page for progress pictures! (Louis Wu 15:18:12 UTC)

Maximum Fear is hosting a contest – complete the campaign level Cortana on Legendary faster than anyone else, win a $25 Bungie Store gift certificate. (There’s also a $10 certificate for the highest score, regardless of time.) For reference, the best time currently listed for a Legendary runthrough of Cortana over at High Speed Halo…