Author: halo@bungie.org

JeSteR 343 found a company that’s selling the Halo 3 Legendary Edition for $69.90. Dunno how long that’ll last…(Louis Wu 18:21:44 UTC)

I’m sure there’s already a 50-post thread on our forum about this… but I’m just walking in the door, and it’s news, so I’m posting it. Bungie has put up a short trailer (1:20 long) showing off the Legendary maps – I don’t know who’s doing the voiceover, but they do Byron sweet justice. Go…

Seems like panoramas are all the rage right now. Blinding stopped by with a couple from multiplayer, nomis78 added new ones from Tsavo Highway, and P1ankton sent us a link to a monster collection of images (they’re not all panoramas, but many are, and the ones that aren’t are pretty nicely composed) over at TeamXbox…

Wow. Over at DLSReports.com, there’s a story about a guy who does (well, did) tech support for Comcast who got cheated on while playing Halo 2 – and he took his revenge by using Comcast’s internal tools to find the cheater’s home address and phone and calling the guy’s father. The DSLReports story focuses on…

Hawty McBloggy found a My Little Master Chief Pony on eBay. It’s as bizarre as it sounds.(Louis Wu 11:11:32 UTC)

The discussion of how big the Ark really is pops up now and then on our forum – occasionally, some interesting data is thrown into the pot by well-placed screenshots. Omega did exactly that yesterday with some bizarre out-of-map pictures he took on the last level of the game… follow his Bungie.net link for a…

Apparently, there are still people confused about which of our newsposts on Tuesday were real, and which were April Fools jokes. The Bungie Online Map, HIH closing its doors, Legendary Armor getting a C&D notice, the Halo MMO, and the Halo Wars interview were all fake. Everything else was (as far as I know) real.…

Thanks to Clan Infectionist and Wraith-Ops, we’re comfortable adding a significant chunk of the remaining Halo 2 HD cutscenes to our Cutscene Library – all but the finale and credits are online. Swing by and watch the unfolding of the Halo 2 storyline in HD!(Louis Wu 20:10:42 UTC)

GotFrag has a summary of the MLG Online Playoffs so far – there are some pretty interesting outcomes! Take a look.(Louis Wu 20:05:43 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned some pretty cool Halo renders (with added work done) over at Renderosity. I got in contact with the creator, ubald, and was given permission to mirror them here – you can find all of his Halo work in one easy-to-navigate collection. (He’s got plenty of Non-Halo work over…

nomis78 created a few panoramas last week – he’s back with a few more. Check this post, and this one, for both small and large versions. (Louis Wu 19:47:03 UTC)

PHANTOMFIRE X let us know that DS Fanboy has a list of the ‘Top ten horrendous April Fools’ joke ideas for DS owners’… and Halo DS is on the list. (Problem is, it’s not really a joke…)(Louis Wu 18:41:58 UTC)

Bzerker01 let us know that Outpost: Isil Episode 4 is up at Treeskunk Productions – the humans look for lost stuff, the Covenant looks for food. When they find each other, you learn which side shoots better. Sort of.(Louis Wu 15:42:43 UTC)

SPARTAN 294 pointed out that Major Nelson’s LIVE Activity list for last week has Call of Duty 4 still on top of the charts. (My last few posts about this list have had tongue-in-cheek commentary about what the list might mean to the Halo community, and without fail, have caused people to rant at me…

TTL Demag0gue has posted the next episode of his Reclaimer comic – #39 introduces Cavalcade, and further deepens the mystery of Ferial’s motivations. What’s really going on?(Louis Wu 15:15:26 UTC)

We got word from Tyler Tschida, of Installation 05, that a regular from our forum – JeSteR 343 – won the free ActionClix set they gave away last month. (Congrats, JeSteR!) They’ve got a new contest up right now – submit a cool screenshot, win a McFarlane Brute Chopper. Go read the page for full…

Merc noticed a page selling a custom-made sculpted figure from Starship Troopers (well, maybe not any more – the page dates back 7 years) – it looks a lot like a Halo marine with Hayabusa shoulders. Interesting! (If you’re interested in ordering, you might want to contact the creator first on this page.)(Louis Wu 15:08:31…

Cody Miller announced that the winner of his crossword puzzle was goatrope. Go see how you did.(Louis Wu 22:34:58 UTC)

Nabsuh stopped by to point out a trailer for Fatum, an upcoming Halo 3 machinima he’s doing CGI for. Go watch it on YouTube.(Louis Wu 22:21:36 UTC)

Over at Halo Wars Heaven, there’s a new interview with Halo Wars lead designer Graeme Devine, in which a playable Forerunner race is announced. J23 noticed this mentioned on the official Halo Wars website.(Louis Wu 21:32:56 UTC)