Author: Louis Wu

Eep – almost forgot. Jillybean updated the Halo Story page with some interesting speculation from the fans. There would have been more, but her dog ate it. Or maybe it was her computer. I can’t remember. Go read what’s there, though.

For folks wondering about whether installs from the Map Pack DVD are tied to a key or serial number of some sort: if you own multiple consoles, you’re okay installing the maps on all of them from a single DVD. It’s way cheaper than buying the DLC for each Xbox you have (I had to…

For anyone having trouble downloading the five new maps on Xbox Live, SketchFactor has reprinted Major Nelson’s Downloadable Content FAQ – go read it at Bungie.net. And yes, we know about the Relic teleporter glitch. (For those who don’t – it’s quite simple to pass through the teleporter, in either direction, by simply crouch-jumping on…

Apologies to the guys from HaloLive.com.au – we got a couple of notes about their Montage competion yesterday, but the holiday kept them from being posted. They’ve been running a competition for the best Halo 2 montage, and have narrowed it down to the final 5 entries. The Admins Choice award winner has already been…

Terion has been experimenting with Halo/Star Wars crossover art for quite some time – check out her gallery at Sheezy Art. (Sith Elite 3 was noticed by Savage Yoshi, which is where I ran across it.)

If you’re a registered member of the Rooster Teeth website (Red vs Blue or the Strangerhood), and have been since at least June 18, you’re eligible for an online RT tournament (organized by fans, not by the site itself). Details can be found in this RT forum thread – including prizes and rules. Registration has…

As many have noticed, the 5 new maps are now available for download on Xbox Live (just head to the Content Download section of Xbox Live). If you’re a Live Subscriber, you’ll have to decide whether paying the $12 today is worth getting the maps ahead of the DVD (which will cost $20, but will…

Our final news post of this Fourth of July holiday is community-related. A few days ago, we mentioned some money problems being experienced by Hollywood Halo, a team of Halo movie makers who were socked with some unreasonable overage fees for one of their popular movies. To show people what happened to them, they put…

Back in March, Stuntmutt took a swipe at the Halo shotgun in netplay – today he shows the other side of the coin in the current One One Se7en.

Prometheus pointed out that the Halouvre received a sizeable update recently – lots of old art has found a new home, and a bunch of new stuff is posted as well. Go look!

Thirteen new stories added over the weekend to the Fan Fiction section – if you’re in the US and you need a break from fireworks and barbecues today, go read. (If you’re outside the US, you can read too.)

As was noticed in a LOT of threads on our forum, last night a new episode of Robot Chicken, a stop-motion animation show aired on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, contained Halo action figures. It’s called the Sack, and it will be rebroadcast on Friday, July 8, at midnight and 3 am. First out of the…

Wow. A fitting place to take a break from Halo updates for the July 4 weekend… Dark Helmet released a Halo vid showing some truly amazing hog launching on the level Halo. If there’s demand, I’ll put up a QuickTime version – but for now, it’s 37 mb, WMP9 format. And very, very nicely done.

3Suns points out that there’s quite a bit of St. Louis content available from MLGPro.com’s Video on Demand service – this was, apparently, one of the most exciting tourneys in a long time, and this is your chance to see the action first-hand. (There’s more still coming by next Tuesday.)

Stuntmutt has updated his blog with submitted artwork and strips from One One Se7en fans everywhere. I’m lovin’ the Betrayal strip.

Looks like the Halo CE Chronicles is counting down to season 2 – read this news post for details on website changes. Folks have been waiting for this popular series to restart filming – keep your eyes open!

Noah Gallop and his friends are Halo fans. So much so, in fact, that Noah created a film documenting their wait for Halo 2 last year. It’s a full-length film – 80 minutes long. (The Hi-res WMP9 version is over 400 MB.) As such, it probably has a limited audience… but I think he did…

Wow – in the wake of Bungie’s announcement of another auto-update to address cheating, HaloMods has decided to close their forums until it’s released. You can read Grenadiac’s news post here. Thanks, TOMASS.

Red vs Blue posted their Terminal walkthrough last night – this is the first one that contains a second character. (Basically, Burnie needed someone to show what happens when you get hit by a train.) As usual, a great display of all the key points of the map – weapon placement, strategy options, layout. You…

Wow… this is a little disturbing. A couple of days ago, sh33p asked, on our forum, about the Halo 2 Soundtrack, volume 2 – and when it might be coming out. His guess was that it would be released with the map pack next week – but Excalibur quoted a forum post from Marty himself…