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MTV.com has an interesting article about Crackdown, and the things its developers have done to make sure it gets into the hands of gamers. The Halo 3 beta invite that will come with each launch copy is not by far the only thing added to be sure that players ‘get it’ – I don’t have…

Interesting – word from Luke Smith is that there will probably be a Killzone 2 playable demo released before the Halo 3 beta kicks off. Why is this Halo news? Because Sony is playing the same game Microsoft played before Christmas – hype people up about the next must-have product (in that case, Halo 3)…

Today’s One One Se7en should have gone live a few hours ago – I hate when real life gets in the way of humor. Still funny, though, if you spend a few minutes browsing our forum…(Louis Wu 21:56:18 UTC)

QuickTactical pointed out a trailer for an upcoming machinima project, ‘Fireteam Bravo’. His forum post contains links to a WMP9 version and a streaming YouTube version – and I liked it enough that we’re hosting a mirror of the WMP9, as well as a QuickTime version. Short, sweet, nice action, nice camerawork. About 16 mb.…

Machinima.com is putting together some tips and tricks for making machinima using Halo 2 – Part 1, now available at YouTube, shows how to get rid of the camerman’s weapon, and how to get rid of the HUD. Great start! Thanks, Adam Kovic.(Louis Wu 21:50:37 UTC)

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a pretty funny presentation of a Halo fanfic. Today, Turtle Mann stopped by our forum to let us know that SnowGlobe Pro has turned that story into a piece of Halo machinima. Should bring a smile or two to your face…(Louis Wu 21:46:29 UTC)

Over at Rampancy.net, you’ll find a downloadable transcription of the Third Movement of the Delta Halo Suite, put together by Devin – as usual, log in to see the download links. PDF, MIDI sound file, and a PrintMusic file are all available.(Louis Wu 21:06:14 UTC)

For what it’s worth, halo3.com is now saying that Phase Two Registration is open. The servers are being hammered pretty hard – but this is the page you’ll eventually need to get to. Good luck.(Louis Wu 18:47:11 UTC)

SodaGod has released PIE: Chapter 3, the third installment of one of the better machinima projects I’ve seen to date. Watch it carefully – it might confuse you. It’s worth the time, though – cinematography, storyline, voice acting – it’s all top-notch. 11+ minutes, almost 100 mb. It’s available in WMP9 format (either from us…

The art submissions have been building up since late November; as always, I apologize for the tardiness. Swing by the Miscellaneous Art section for 72 new entries – 95 pictures in all. As always, there’s a bunch of spectacular stuff in there (along with artwork which shows more love and enthusiasm than, say, raw talent…

Rockslider has written up another ‘Frontline With Suzie’ article – this time, she’s interviewing the jackals outside of the brig on Truth and Reconciliation – the one holding Captain Keyes.(Louis Wu 14:26:27 UTC)

Jordan117 found an interesting photo yesterday; it’s groan-worthy, it’s One One Se7en related, and Stuntmutt WASN’T involved. Go cry.(Louis Wu 13:32:39 UTC)

Red vs Blue Episode 89, “The Haystack”, is now up in Flash format for Sponsors. Sheila’s having issues… and there’s some funky stuff going on in the afterlife. Erm, the cave. Uh… whatever. Burnie didn’t do a very good job of announcing this puppy, so I’m 11 hours late. Psychophan7 even beat the RvB front…

Eddie, from Rookie Rabbit Productions, sent us a note to let us know that The Spartan Effect, Episode 4 is now online. It’s funny, it’s well-filmed, go download it. (If you’ve missed the first three eps, we announced them here: One | Two | Three.) Because their downloadable versions are hosted at Filefront (which sort…

Amped eSports has an article up that looks at the major changes gone through by the top 8 pro Halo 2 teams in this offseason – if you’ve lost track of who’s playing for what team, this is a good piece to look at.(Louis Wu 13:09:14 UTC)

Mister Froggy wrote to point out Halo, Articulated #10. I’m not sure I fully understand it, because the figures in the strip are ALREADY 12″ tall… but hey, mine is not to reason why, mine is just to pass it along to you. Update: Mister Froggy points out that Joyride action figures are actually 7″…

The Bungie Weekly Update is a bit tired this week – hence the title ‘Weakly Update’, as dubbed by Frankie. They were all playing in their Halo Pentathlon, so there wasn’t much work done. Check out this cutting-room-floor pic to see why productivity dropped yesterday… Thanks to SteelGaribaldi for the first heads-up.(Louis Wu 12:48:44 UTC)

eMouse noticed that WizKids Games has announced a new collectable miniatures game called Halo ActionClix. (They already make HeroClix and HorrorClix.) There will be more than 80 unique miniature figures from the Halo universe – which will include ‘preview content from Halo 3’. Release date is set for September 2007 (which might imply, as Stuntmutt…

Luke McKay has whipped up another Halo-related sketch – it’s a helmetless version of Private Church. Check it out in his HBO gallery!(Louis Wu 17:37:43 UTC)

The Rule of 3 route for getting into the Halo 3 beta kicked off yesterday – but there are still a few parts that are unclear, to most fans. Stuntmutt’s take on the whole mess can be seen in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:10:05 UTC)