Category: HBO

Hedgemony rounded up some cool Halo-related artwork on DeviantART – a two-page spread posted by the artist of Halo: Bloodlines, a cool shot of the Master Chief on a dorm room wall, and some funky pixel art. Enjoy!(Louis Wu 15:07:21 UTC)

GrimBrother One noticed a bunch of new wallpapers available at Game Informer (he got the URL wrong, but don’t worry, this one works). They make nice use of the assets released in the past couple of weeks. (Louis Wu 15:06:50 UTC)

mr.sci-fi pointed out a news announcement on Spawn.com, with additional info about the McFarlane Reach figures coming this fall. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:06:14 UTC)

SK CRISIS stopped in last night with some cool hi-res versions of the ONI logo – and Stephen Loftus followed up with his own version (along with an NMPD logo). Great stuff! (Louis Wu 15:05:47 UTC)

Silvac let us know that Retrograde Episode 4 (Affliction) is now live – the story becomes a little less confusing, but no less bizarre.(Louis Wu 15:05:09 UTC)

Game Informer has finished up their ‘Noble Team Profile’ series – yesterday, they posted both Jun-266 and (as a bonus) Noble 6. Check these out for great little tidbits of info about the characters you’ll interact with (and be) in Halo: Reach! (Louis Wu 15:04:46 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is so full of real information this week it’s not even funny. Tons of rumors busted, tons of new tidbits, tons of STUFF. Go read it. (And listen to it. And stuff.) As always, there’s a (validating) copy in our Weekly Update Archive.(Louis Wu 02:03:54 UTC)

Congrats to leafman343, who reproduced the remaining Round 8 screenshot from our Hide, Seek, Snap giveaway – another Johnson code, out the door! Swing by the contest page for a pair of Round 9 images – these two come from ODST, rather than Halo 3! Get to work!(Louis Wu 15:55:49 UTC)

Halo Waypoint will be presenting ‘Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian, Episode 3’ beginning tomorrow – the banner below leads to a teaser pic. If you’ve got Xbox LIVE Gold, don’t miss this! If you’re intrigued by Waypoint, you should take the opportunity this weekend to partake in the Double XP Weekend Playlist. The Waypoint…

Hawty McBloggy has posted a new edition of Friday Caption Fun – great captions from the last round, along with a pretty cool shot that’s looking for your wit for this week. Go play!(Louis Wu 14:46:44 UTC)

Game Informer has posted a Special Edition Podcast, focused on Halo: Reach. It claims to feature ‘exclusive music from the Halo: Reach soundtrack’, though this seems to be simply the Lone Wolf score from the VGA trailer. The podcast has impressions from GI writers that saw the game in December, along with questions from fans…

FyreWulff wants you to to join him – he’s kicked off Firefight Friday, a site designed to facilitate ODST Firefight challenges and overall fun. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 14:43:49 UTC)

Halo Wars has become the most recent entry into the ‘Games on Demand’ collection – you can download it straight to your Xbox via LIVE, if you choose. It’s not the CHEAPEST way to get it (in the US, the price is $29.99, a few bucks more than Amazon’s price) – but it’s certainly convenient!(Louis…

mr.sci-fi noticed (via Halo Waypoint’s Twitter feed) that Todd McFarlane is working on Reach action figures, to be released at launch. Not a HUGE surprise, I guess – but cool to know!(Louis Wu 14:41:50 UTC)

Bloogyo poked his head up with Rat’s Nest Chapter 24 (six different pages – just keep pressing ‘Next’), and TTL Demag0gue is back with Reclaimer 240 (Pure) – Reclaimer is warned against hasty action. Check ’em!(Louis Wu 14:41:01 UTC)

Four new pieces are up for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section – go read! (Louis Wu 14:40:16 UTC)

Swing by Bungie.net – there’s yet ANOTHER batch of new art assets online for your viewing pleasure. More renders (that Falcon is GORGEOUS), and the Ordnance section has been updated, as well. (Extra little tidbit, courtesy of urk: the Plasma Pistol has splash damage now.) (Louis Wu 14:33:36 UTC)

Gilver was first to mention the newest Noble Team Profile at GameInformer – go check out the details on Jorge!(Louis Wu 14:33:12 UTC)

It’s Thursday – a new Double XP Weekend is kicking off. This week? It’s Grifball. (Unranked, I think.) Go hammer someone!(Louis Wu 23:31:37 UTC)

One of the two images we posted yesterday in our Hide, Seek, Snap ongoing Sgt. Johnson Code giveaway was reproduced (congrats, Crackshack) – the other one is still up for grabs. Get yerself a code!(Louis Wu 15:01:34 UTC)