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The Malay Mail reviewed the Halo Graphic Novel – and found it lacking. Go read why.(Louis Wu 16:51:30 UTC)

BOLL noticed this blog post at destructoid.com – looks like advance copies of Ghosts of Onyx are beginning to arrive at reviewers’ doors!(Louis Wu 13:28:26 UTC)

UrsosArctos found a second excerpt from Ghosts of Onyx – this one completes the cliffhanger situation left by the first excerpt. Again – if you’re looking to avoid spoilers, don’t follow this link.(Louis Wu 13:26:09 UTC)

Over at Red vs Blue, there’s a new Public Service Announcement – this one’s called ‘Planning to Fail’, and it discusses what you might do when zombies take over the earth. Currently for sponsors-only, but it should be available for the masses by the end of the weekend. Thanks to darthbob for the heads-up.(Louis Wu…

prometheus stopped by with word that the Halouvre had been updated – lots and lots and lots of new shots, from a variety of artists. Check out his forum post for details – and then check out the new work!(Louis Wu 12:49:31 UTC)

A day late, a dollar short… the Weekly Update went up as usual last night on Bungie.net, but we were… indisposed. If you haven’t read it yet, you should – it’s full of Bungie goodness, from movie news to Halo 3 tidbits to a community roundup to a Q&A session with Mat Noguchi to the…

Paul Maestri released Halo Heads 20 today – Clash of the Arks! Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:54:05 UTC)

Today’s One One Se7en looks at a recent change in the XBL playlists. Be careful what you wish for…(Louis Wu 12:50:33 UTC)

9 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section for you this week… go read!(Louis Wu 12:42:03 UTC)

KP pointed out that in lieu of a real Halo Humpday Challenge, there’s another Halo 3 random match writeup; you can pore over it for clues about Halo 3 multiplay, as some on our forum have done… or you can read it and be amused and move on. Clearly, it was written specifically so that…

Wow. Big news this morning involves the Halo movie – looks like Universal and Fox have both pulled out of the deal, citing fears of ballooning costs, and an unwillingness on Microsoft’s part to budge on the existing deal. According to Variety, where I read this story (thanks, runnersdialzero), this doesn’t spell the end of…

Paul Maestri takes a look at corporate sponsorship in the latest Halo Heads… here’s hoping his vision is cloudy.(Louis Wu 20:05:18 UTC)

Doug Godfrey has been working on his own Halo models for a while (search our news database if you’d like to see older bits) – recently he submitted a work montage to the MPRRS, and they liked it. It’s a teaser of what’s to come – it’s only a minute long. You can grab it…

A TTL Gunslinger stopped by to point out a new article at Tied the Leader – a discussion of the 24 hour XBL blackout that took place a couple of days ago. Fun read! There’s also a clan profile of Podtacular – go read!(Louis Wu 16:28:02 UTC)

downrodeo found a short excerpt from Ghosts of Onyx at a Canadian Amazon website – if you’re not afraid of spoilers, go read! (I’m not saying there ARE spoilers – I’m saying that there isn’t a single unified idea of what ‘spoiler’ means in this community, and it’s almost guaranteed that some of you will…

Major Silva stopped by our forum yesterday to announce that his interview with Eric Nylund was now posted at UNSCDF; while Nylund still doesn’t give away a lot of secrets about the upcoming Ghosts of Onyx, it’s clear that there are still good questions you can ask (the guys who did the IGN and Gamespot…

KP interviewed another community member via IM yesterday – Chris547, a Bungie.net moderator, talked about what got him going in the Bungie community, and what constitutes a good day. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:58:54 UTC)

Tyger let us know that Tsquared was on Fox recently – MLGPro has all the details.(Louis Wu 19:57:10 UTC)

Paul Maestri points out a new Halo Heads comic – for those who had trouble with the loss of Xbox Live for 24 (plus) hours, this one’s for you.(Louis Wu 19:55:58 UTC)

Dave wrote to point out a Halo tourney in Columbus, OH this weekend (Oct 22nd) – swing by their website for more details!(Louis Wu 19:49:15 UTC)