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Servando Pena let us know about a multiweek Halo 3 2v2 slayer tournament being hosted by iGames (an organization of LAN gaming centers) being held on Thursdays around the US. The regular season starts on July 2, and the playoffs start 6 weeks later (August 13). More details can be found at the iGames website.…

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte sent word of another Halo render he’d completed – this one shows off the last of the armor permutations he hasn’t done. Rogue, Scout, and Mark V are all shown. We’ve added the image to his gallery here at HBO. Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:00:36 UTC)

It’s been a while since he sent along any new snippets, but Captain Spark was apparently driving pretty badly recently. Check out the results in our Dialogue Databank!(Louis Wu 17:43:01 UTC)

Leviathan seems to have gotten tired of the ‘one page every few days’ release schedule of his graphic novel-ish story called ‘A Sangeili’s War Is Never Over’ – he released the last four episodes all at once today. (Episodes 8 and 9, with a recap from episode 7, are in this forum post… and episodes…

The Tag and Release feature released today uses ‘HSSBOB’ as the flagged term – it’s screenshots submitted for HaloScreenshots.com’s Best of the Best competition. Check out the images urk came up with – and then search the tag yourself, for even more goodies! (Louis Wu 17:17:22 UTC)

Looks like the only updated comic we know about is Bloogyo’s mention of Rat’s Nest 19 7 – guess it was a slow weekend!(Louis Wu 17:14:09 UTC)

ForgeHub has kicked off a ‘Favorites’ section, spotlighting the best recent work from their members. Swing by and see what’s there for download! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:08:21 UTC)

tb2571989 pointed out that UK retailer Argos has upped their price for Halo 3: ODST from £26.99 to £36.49 – much more in line with the US price of $60. (Nearly exactly in line, in fact.) If you’re a UK buyer, and didn’t preorder when we mentioned the price war a couple of weeks ago,…

The Seattle Times has posted an interesting summary of Halo 3: ODST, with some nice background info on Bungie themselves. If you’re interested in where they are, and where they’re going, this is worth a read.(Louis Wu 13:36:29 UTC)

j m sent us a link to a tribute video he made, paying homage to the love between Cortana and the Chief. Starts slow, but the overall feeling is quite good.(Louis Wu 13:35:29 UTC)

This post, on a japanese forum, found its way into my Google Alerts folder. I have to say, it’s one of the hardest-to-read posts I’ve seen in a while (from a color/background standpoint)… and it’s one of the most out-there theories I’ve ever seen (from a crazy fan standpoint). Sort of fun to see all…

Alien Emperor sent us How B.U.N.G.L.E. Are You?, a Flash-based test to find out your suitability for Bungie’s B.U.N.G.L.E. – are you fit? Go see!(Louis Wu 17:06:43 UTC)

The latest Halo 3 Fails (Episode 22) is now life – the Throwing Fail on Blackout was pretty funny. (Lots of ’em are funny, actually – that one just made me laugh harder.) Thanks, Chris10023.(Louis Wu 15:24:48 UTC)

CaptainTony pointed out a bunch of new content he’s added to Halopedia, collected from an IGN Preview of the first issue of Halo: Helljumper, the next Halo comic coming from Marvel. Five pages (no dialogue) plus the cover – when coupled with Marvel’s own preview, that’s got to be a significant chunk of the issue!(Louis…

ikillbambis let us know that he’s written a review of the Bungie Pro Render to Video service over at 360Junkies – if you’re not really sure how easy it is to use this service, give this a read.(Louis Wu 15:23:50 UTC)

Looks like it’s time for the next season of Grifball league play! Swing by grifball.com to sign up for the Summer League 09. Thanks, The Thurmanator.(Louis Wu 15:22:47 UTC)

There’s plenty of OTHER Halo content on Hawty’s blog in the last day or so, too – check out this really huggable stuffed Master Chief, and a short video showing one of those ‘hey, what just happened?’ moments we’ve all run across in Matchmaking. Typical – on a day she’s supposed to be getting presents…

Yesterday was Hawty McBloggy’s birthday – and a bunch of regulars on her blog put together a tribute song to celebrate. Boom-Dee-Ya-da gets another Halo rendition – but this time, the lyrics are all new. Happy birthday, angel! (Thanks to Captain Spark for pointing it out.)(Louis Wu 15:19:43 UTC)

Due to some unforeseen (and VERY unfair to Hawty) circumstances, the Fundfax Fairraiser (the fundraiser Hawty McBloggy set up for Marissa’s Bunny) is ending quite early – tonight, at midnight, in fact. You’ve got just under 9 hours to buy some virtual raffle tickets, and make a difference in a little girl’s life, and maybe…

Occasionally, we get flak in our forum from people who complain that many areas of our site are out of date. They’re right – many sections ARE out of date. This is because right now, we have a pretty limited staff (it’s mostly me, except in an emergency), and maintaining the front page is pretty…