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  • X-Plane Sparrowhawk – now flyable

    Mid7night has released his X-Plane Sparrowhawk model – you can now fly it in-game, if you use X-Plane. Go grab a copy!(Louis Wu 18:12:31 UTC)

  • Reach Avatars delayed a week

    This was mentioned a few days ago, but I forgot to follow up on it – last Friday, Major Nelson clarified that the Halo: Reach avatars coming out on Avatar Marketplace (we mentioned them on Bungie Day) will not, actually, be out until July 22. Sorry fo…

  • Steve Downes to appear in Reach

    Last night, CaptainTony pointed out a new post at the Official Anime Central Blog that got our forum buzzing. Steve Downes was in town, and in the course of talking on aa panel, revealed a number of tidbits… including the fact that “He provided work …

  • Wednesday Comic Roundup

    Running way behind today because of an extra-long airport run – but back to fill in known action in the Halo universe! First up – a comic roundup, the first in quite a while.Chronicles of ODS Steve is back in the saddle, with ‘When Things Go Boom, Part…

  • Gravity = Drag

    NOKYARD pointed out a video called Gravity = Drag, an ODST launching vid from Terminal Velocity. Some very cool launches!(Louis Wu 18:27:30 UTC)

  • Halo Reach Fan Trailer

    ElzarTheBam pointed out a new Reach Fan Trailer from pieisgood123456, on YouTube – nice aggregation of content from a number of different sources to create a 3 and a half minute trailer for Reach! Go watch. Update: we just heard about another one from …

  • Gearing up for a Reach Media Event

    TravisSch noticed a tweet from Bungie – they’re gearing up for a large media event tomorrow. (Content won’t hit for a few weeks, sorry.) There’s also this pic in their stream…(Louis Wu 17:35:09 UTC)

  • Fall of Beta p13-15

    pete_the_duck’s Fall of Beta gets 3 more pages, and finishes Part One. Nice shootin’, Tex! (Er… whatever your name is.)(Louis Wu 17:21:14 UTC)

  • Banished to Garry’s Mod

    A couple of days ago, ‘Banished to Garry’s Mod’ was released – behave badly enough in Halo Matchmaking, and you could end up in a very unpleasant place. Nice cross-game machinima work by Ze Royal Viking! (Louis Wu 12:24:38 UTC)

  • LEGO Halo Pistol

    imperial181 noticed a pretty amazing LEGO Halo CE Pistol featured on The Brothers Brick – all I can say is ‘wow’. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:21:46 UTC)

  • Noble Seven at SDCC

    Looks like you’ll be able to buy a special McFarlane figure at San Diego Comic-Con – Noble Seven. (Who is Noble Seven? Guess we have to wait to find out!) If you’re not going to the show, never fear, these should be available at toysrus.com at some po…

  • I Can Stand Valhalla

    KingBlackDragn sent us word of ‘I Can Stand Valhalla’, a Halo 3 short that pays homage to a classic map. Short and sweet.(Louis Wu 12:20:35 UTC)

  • Separated at Birth

    Hawty McBloggy has pics that’ll make you look differently at Portal 2…(Louis Wu 12:08:30 UTC)

  • RvB Revelation 12: Snooze Button

    Red vs Blue Revelation Chapter 12 is now live – ‘Snooze Button’ shows off Recovery Mode… and makes you wonder a little about Doc. Go watch!(Louis Wu 02:49:57 UTC)

  • Phurion Fluxy 2 – A Halo 3 Dualtage

    Phurion Fluxy 2 is the sequel to a highly-regarded montage released a couple of years ago. Music is a bit rough to listen to, but editing and effects are top-notch. Length is hefty at 10 minutes… but hey, they’re only turning out one every couple of…

  • Select Your Reach DLC

    A couple of days ago, FyreWulff put together a matrix that explained what DLC armor you could expect to get your hands on, based on when, where, and which version of Reach you were buying. Some people had trouble reading it… so onebitrocket decided …

  • Yap-HELP

    Wanna see a gross grunt? Visit Hawty McBloggy. (Gross, as in “I wouldn’t want to meet one”, not gross as in “wow, that’s a crappy piece of work.”)(Louis Wu 21:03:56 UTC)

  • Medals on your (OSX) Desktop

    coreross liked the new Reach Achievement medals Bungie posted on Friday so much that he turned them into OSX Icons. The link is in his forum post. (Louis Wu 13:39:18 UTC)

  • Anime Halo

    AssaultGodzilla asked a friend, Monkeystorm9, to create some Halo artwork – you can see the result at DeviantART. (Louis Wu 13:21:46 UTC)

  • More Halo at Comic-Con

    Missed this yesterday, but hey – better late than never. TheClockworkRat pointed out a second Halo-related panel at Comic-Con later this month (we mentioned the Bungie panel last week) – 343 Industries and a bunch of friends will be discussing the Hal…