Author: Louis Wu

The sharp eyes of mnemesis are STILL working – he caught a new job listing on Bungie’s corporate site. 3D Animator Bungie is seeking a skilled character animator to join our quest for world domination. Responsibilities: Create realistic animations for a variety of characters that meet Bungie?s quality, originality and creative standards, all within tight…

The Unicycle? Matt Soell alludes to an intriguing tidbit in this forum post…

There have been a couple of print articles waiting for their respective issues to be off the shelves – since they now are, we’re posting them: Here’s a 2-page Halo review from the November 2001 issue of Game Informer (Halo got a 9.5): Page 1 (224K) Page 2 (215K) And here’s last month’s Official Xbox…

German Halo site Halo Orbit is running another Wallpaper competition – the winner will be showcased on their site for a full month. Check out the details (in German) here!

Jason O’Brien has created a new image for use in an upcoming Fan Fiction story – we’ve added it to our Miscellaneous Art collection.

Microsoft is trumpeting its half-a-million-units-sold news far and wide – Reuters sent out this picture of a Microsoft Employee playing Halo (on a pretty nice TV) to accompany it. Thanks to mnemesis for noticing it…

Thanks to Uriel, who sent in the full 12-page Halo article from last month’s GameStar magazine (in german). It’s finally off the shelves, so we’ve archived it. Page 1 (170K) Page 2 (246K) Page 3 (270K) Page 4 (265K) Page 5 (267K) Page 6 (299K) Page 7 (325K) Page 8 (307K) Page 9 (314K) Page…

Oops… Chris Butcher sheds light on one potentially annoying behavior in this behind-the-scenes look at the development process. (Personally, I would have thought it would be hilarious… once.)

Another one we missed – thanks, No7orious! 123 Xbox put up their Halo review last week – they thought that cutscenes weren’t very good, and that the falling animation (when you fall off a cliff) was ‘dorky’, but loved the rest of the game. Overall rating: 9.8. We’ve added it to our Reviews page (which…

There’s been forum speculation that Microsoft might try to stomp on the ‘competition’ for MS’s upcoming online services provided by GameSpy Arcade and Xbox Gateway. Seems they’re taking the high road on this one – a recent addition to the Xbox FAQ for the Xbox Retail site asksI’ve heard that utilities have been developed that…

You’ve gotta love statistics – even when everyone uses the same numbers, they look different. IGN GameCube (in an ironically-titled article called ‘The Numbers Don’t Lie’) is reporting that in the week following the release of the GameCube, the GC outsold the Xbox 469,000 to 186,000 units. (Halo, with 97,000 units, was nearly tripled by…

Jason O’Brien sends in a new image for our Miscellaneous Art collection – minor spoilers exist. Interesting vision, though…

The tru7h comes out… Lorraine Reyes-McLees admits to drawing the Pillar of Autumn. Nice job, Lorraine!

Another day, another dollar… and another 12 shots on Bungie’s Tru7h and Reconciliation website. Dang, what I wouldn’t give for those screenshot tools… Also, Part 4 of the Multiplayer Guide (Power-Ups) and a new batch of Storyboards have come online. The new screens will be added to our Screenshots database in the next hour or…

From what I can understand, the Socket error team has translated the Halo background story (and weapons) out of the Halo Manual into German Go visit their site for details. Thanks to SE|Yogurt_der_weise for the heads-up.

On October 29, Djoey 154 submitted a Winamp skin to HBO – he’s written back to say that it’s now available on the Winamp site.

Dink!… Dink!… Dink!… The Halo SETI Marines face a humiliating 3-position fall in the Battle of the Teams – they’ve dropped to 57th, their lowest showing since May 5, 2000! OUCH! (It doesn’t help that two team members, Thomas Magle Brodersen and Silicon_Phoenix, have gone AWOL with more than 500 units each… but in fact,…

A new Halo site has come on the scene – Halo: Combat Evolved. Some of the info is a bit shaky (the release date for the Xbox is listed as November 8, the dropship in the ‘Vehicles’ section is actually an escape pod from the Pillar of Autumn, and so on), but in general, it’s…

This was originally posted on our forum, but response was less than satisfying, apparently. Dan Byrne is looking for volunteers to help with a new Halo site he’s working on, http://www.cortana.co.uk/. If you’re interested, drop him a line, or post a response to his forum thread!

cybio, of PlanetHalo.de, sends in a new desktop image for our Wallpaper collection. It was originally available here. While you’re there, check out their new design!