Category: HBO

Wow, it’s Thursday again. What does that mean? It means it’s time for another Double XP Weekend! What’s up this week? Well, urk says it’s Team Melee. Go beat on some people.(Louis Wu 19:24:12 UTC)

A new Community Spotlight is up at Bungie.net – this one loks at the Spartan I Project, and contains information about the group, along with new Bungie Favorites. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 17:50:53 UTC)

Bungie.net has been tirelessly promoting videos since we went dark early yesterday morning – here’s what we’ve found there so far:KillPie3 put together an interactive slot machine – YouTube’s getting so fancy! Static Hazard and B Mc Gann are back with MLG Top 10 Plays Episode 6. I like pie727 whipped up a second Mongoose…

Heh – Hawty McBloggy highlighted a collection of secret Xbox360 controller button layouts, discovered by a Bungie.net denizen. See if you can use one of these. (Louis Wu 17:49:29 UTC)

Greg Bruno sent word of another Gamer Girlfriend column he’s written for 411mania.com (we mentioned one of these back in December) – his girlfriend (not a gamer) played some Halo 3 multiplayer with him, and they wrote up the results. Check it out! (Louis Wu 17:49:03 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk has been playing with compositing – his first attempts are up in this forum post. Nice work!(Louis Wu 17:48:22 UTC)

Marvel released Halo Uprising #4 yesterday (thanks, Ritchie Martin), as they promised they would. Our forum is full of discussions of very cold underworlds.(Louis Wu 17:47:09 UTC)

Vandya let us know about What The French, Episode 3 – funny Halo action with a French accent. Hohn hohn hohn! (Louis Wu 17:46:29 UTC)

Wow. UNSC Trooper and Leviathan are teaming up to create a Halo comic… and the teaser looks pretty cool! Check it out. (Louis Wu 17:41:38 UTC)

Pete Cooper sat down XMixMasterX, of The Social, and answered a few questions about Operation Chastity. Thanks to Scotty for the heads-up!(Louis Wu 17:40:08 UTC)

This is just… wrong. Blame serpx.(Louis Wu 17:39:29 UTC)

Halo Wars has been out for a while, and we’ve stopped posting news about reviews of the game (we are halo.bungie.org, after all) – but we received word from Ross Mills that he’d written up some commentary about the game from the perspective of a long-time Halo fan (he’s been around here for many years),…

Hawty McBloggy was at the Emerald City Comic Convention last week, and collected a satchel’s worth of signed artist prints from the Bungie crew… and now she’s giving them away. You’ll have to work a little to get one – swing by her site for all the details. You’ve got until April 21 to get…

Yesterday, urk sat down and interviewed IgnitedProphecy, a well-known Bungie.net denizen. Go see what makes him not so average!(Louis Wu 07:50:46 UTC)

If you’re looking for videos to watch, you should swing by the Bungie Blog – they’ve got a few.Crash and Burn is a Major League Driving Race Map, and they’ve made a movie showing gamplay (if you visit the YouTube page, you can find a download link for the map itself).Cyberline Films has released My…

Bryan Simon is up to his old tricks – the latest MLG Pro Players to be offered a tribute are Roy and Lunchbox, killer brothers on Instinct. You can watch the video on YouTube, or download the MP3 from us (2.5 mb). Funny stuff!(Louis Wu 07:49:39 UTC)

A couple of new Mythic Map Pack reviews have popped up recently – there’s one on Examiner.com, and another at GameFocus, a Canadian gaming site. Go read ’em!(Louis Wu 07:49:10 UTC)

According to a recent post on the Halo Wars website, a Title Update for Halo Wars is in the making, with more details promised in the next few weeks. Thanks to Joystiq for noticing.(Louis Wu 07:48:43 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue announced the results of the Reclaimer: Sandbox contest – 18 maps were submitted, and two of them won prizes! Check out the full field at the Reclaimer website.(Louis Wu 07:48:17 UTC)

Missing a few, because it’s really early – sorry about that, but I’ll be on a plane all day. Bloogyo let us know that Rat’s Nest Episode 9 is his best yet – read chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 on his site. Adam Susskind stopped by with word of Chaos Theory Episode…