Category: HBO

newguy2445 sent word of a new update for Halo: Out With a Whimper, the sidescroller being developed by TriBlox. Looks like they’ve added Firefight to their game! Check it out. (Louis Wu 21:21:38 UTC)

Bungie.net has posted a new Tag and Release feature – this one has unique insights into the map Guardian. Beautiful stuff!(Louis Wu 21:20:51 UTC)

CVG is giving away an Xbox 360 Elite with every available Halo game – just put your name in the hat. (Louis Wu 20:38:21 UTC)

ElzarTheBam found a review of Halo Legends. Frankie found another one.(Louis Wu 20:35:59 UTC)

The Halo fan who’s been showing up at Saints games all season long (we last mentioned him in October) made the front page of CNN.com yesterday. Avateur grabbed the shot. (Louis Wu 18:12:28 UTC)

Wired Magazine looks at how age affects players of First-Person Shooters; they talk to ‘Grandpa Walsh’ – a 25-year-old pro. Apparently, it’s not really that older players are worse – it’s that younger players are better.(Louis Wu 18:03:45 UTC)

ZaneZavin put together a few clips that he calls ‘Luck Halo’ – fun moments! Just two minutes long. (Louis Wu 18:02:58 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy’s Inappropriate Halo: Reach Emblem Contest is over, and she’s posted the winner (and a gallery of honorable mentions). That woman can make ANYTHING sexual…(Louis Wu 18:02:30 UTC)

The Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots theme this week is ‘Strike a Pose’ – I’m lovin’ these!(Louis Wu 16:02:07 UTC)

newguy2445 announced a bunch of new Reach fanart he created with recently-released assets – some great stuff in there! (Louis Wu 16:01:47 UTC)

Frankie stopped by to point out a note on IGN – looks like Halo Legends will be presented in San Francisco on February 10 (this coming Wednesday), at the AMC Metreon. Tickets are free, and the IGN article explains how you can try and grab one. As ElusiveEagle519 reinforced, the article even has an exclusive…

So it turns out that Microsoft has already taken downloadable content for the original Xbox offline, in preparation for the termination of the service for that console in April. Why is this a bad thing? Because many of us haven’t grabbed recent copies of the Halo 2 downloadable maps – and the Xbox 360 has…

At the end of this month, Halo Waypoint will take over support of Halo Wars from Robot Entertainment, consolidating their hold on the Halo franchise. Thanks, Voho.(Louis Wu 15:56:38 UTC)

Don’t you just love it when weekends turn out like you planned ’em? Back for a little bit, to update you on a few of the things that have been going on since Friday. Let’s start with Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian, Part 4 – it went live, as expected, yesterday, and finishes the…

The Bungie Weekly Update was posted earlier this evening – it contains info to drool about (if you knew what urk was actually looking at, that is), some good news about Elites, some really cool news about shield effects, an update on the 1 vs 100 Halo event (looks like it’s going to be February…

Folks who love the details behind a project are gonna love this tidbit from Wonderland – one of the people responsible for finding public phones for use in the I Love Bees ARG has passed along the original scouting notes she wrote up to Cory Doctorow, for a new publishing project. Fun! Thanks, Ross “I…

Hey, did you know it was Friday? That means Friday Caption Fun at Hawty McBloggy’s! Check out the caption submissions for last week’s pic (funky backwards shot) and add your own for this week’s shot (funky frontwards double-flag jump). woohoo!(Louis Wu 20:27:47 UTC)

If you’re jonesin’ for a rave, swing by Bungie.net and watch ‘The Third Halo 3 Light Show’ – lots of colors, lots of explosions, lots of techno.(Louis Wu 20:23:38 UTC)

Bungie has word of a pretty cool fan-created desktop dedicated to Halo: Reach – check it out at DeviantART!(Louis Wu 17:22:46 UTC)

FyreWulff is back with another episode of Firefight Friday – this challenge is called ‘Lost Zoo’ (it’ll take place on Lost Platoon). Visit the website and sign up for the difficulty that makes you comfortable – and get to battling!(Louis Wu 16:33:51 UTC)