Author: HBO

Simply because it’s not out there, I whipped up a 720p QuickTime version of the commercial, one that doesn’t require a machine that can process the H.264 codec. It weighs in at 35 mb (I probably could have shaved a few megs without any loss, but that’s not huge anyway), and it started life as…

Ross Mills pointed out 6 separate places in the UK where folks on that side of the pond can try for a beta slot – each site has 100 seats to give away. Go get ’em! (I like BritXbox’s contest. 🙂 )(Louis Wu 12:21:40 UTC)

Okay, so I knew that if I stuck around last night, and tried to keep up with the news about the Halo 3 commercial that aired on Monday Night Football, I’d NEVER get to bed… so I skipped it all. This means two things: it means HBO’s currently about 8 hours behind the curve, news-wise……

There’s a short note up at Bungie.net about the beta signups; it says that from here on in, you should use ONLY the halo3.com URL to register. Don’t fret if you used a direct link earlier today; those should be fine. However, now that the front page is working for everyone (except, apparently, Safari users…

If you missed episode 4 of the MLG Pro Circuit last Saturday at 10 am, you can watch it in its entirety over at MLGPro.com right now. Week 4 covers the Chicago tourney. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 22:31:31 UTC)

Usul found an interesting New York Times article about an upcoming network TV show covering video games; we already have USA Networks’ MLG Pro Circuit, but this is on CBS Sports Spectacular on December 30 – that’s a pretty big audience! If you have trouble getting in to read it, bugmenot.com can help.(Louis Wu 22:01:56…

Bah – this was posted yesterday, and I forgot to front-page it. S043 noticed that at ESPN.com, they were running a banner ad for the upcoming commercial this evening; it was in heavy rotation yesterday, but doesn’t seem to be quite as prevalent today. In any case, there’s a local version in his forum post,…

From the wording of some of the posts on our forum, I’m getting the impression that people think that filling out the registration at halo3.com gives them a spot in the beta test. Filling out the registration at Halo3.com puts you into the pool of participants from which Microsoft will choose beta testers. You are…

Heh – Paul Maestri has some advice for the most strident among those of us waiting for the beta… check out today’s Halo Heads.(Louis Wu 20:13:56 UTC)

With folks all excited about registering for a shot at the beta, and other folks waiting breathlessly for the Halo 3 commercial tonight, Stuntmutt decided to look at one of the possible gotchas inherent in the style of creation MS decided to go with on this puppy. Check today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 19:39:01 UTC)

The Halo3.com website works – if you’re on a PC, using Internet Explorer. If you’re using anything else, you might have trouble – you can try this URL instead (thanks, TehCubed). There’s not much there yet – but that’s where info about the beta in the US will show up, we assume. Looks like SolarStance…

Wow – if you live in Australia or New Zealand, and you want to participate in the Halo 3 beta, you’re competing for a tiny number of spots (5 in NZ, 10 in AUS)… and you have to be creative to win. Come up with a 25-words-or-less description of how you think the Master Chief…

We have a policy against posting news from websites that basically say ‘here’s a website!’ – mostly, we ask that you tell us what you’re offering if you want a news post. However, we got one this morning that, while it doesn’t contain anything really new, is worth a reminder anyway, because it’s a pretty…

CiphA from Halomega wrote with a recap of the goodies you could find on their website over the past week; a mirror of TalenT’s Montage is being hosted there, along with a 1v1 Montage from DoX, and the dualtage Gears of War/Halo 2 montage mentioned over at H3F earlier. There’s a new Snipe of the…

Kotaku has a story up complaining that the latest Weekly What’s Updates at Bungie.net do not contain enough real news about Halo 3 (which is doubly strange because the latest WWUs contain a lot of new information about Halo 3, the beta, and the commercial). The irony of a so-called news story complaining that a…

Over at the360forum.com, you can grab a Gears of War/Halo 2 Combined Trailer for a montage – Gears of War play, Halo Play, all at really nice resolutions. This was created by inX, and is pretty neat (especially if you haven’t seen any GoW footage yet). 3 minutes, 45 mb, WMP9 format. Thanks, Z.(Louis Wu…

LifePod, the Halo CE Community podcast, has released Episode 2; you can grab it from their website, or read a description of what’s contained on this Gearbox forum post. They’re certainly not sticking to Halo CE – there’s Halo 3 news, Halo community news, and more. 30 minutes, 28 mb. Grab a copy!(Louis Wu 16:10:19…

Stuntmutt has rounded up the last couple of months of One One Se7en sightings around the net, and posted them to his blog – see what you missed!(Louis Wu 18:27:35 UTC)

Mateo sent word that the Libertyville High School Band (Corporeal), some folks who recorded a kickass version of the Halo theme a few months ago, have professionally recorded the Halo portion of their performance. You can hear it at their MySpace link above, or, if you’re allergic to MySpace (as I am), you can hear…

Mintz, in what might be in the running for the most annoying email EVAR, which even included some insults to the perfectly innocent Frag Qu33n, sends word of a Halo-themed strip of Game Boyz, which ran last Wednesday. An honest mistake, no?(Louis Wu 18:14:32 UTC)