Category: HBO

The newest MLG/ESPN Top Ten (#15) is live now (thanks, backflip10019) – some amazing gameplay shown here. Go watch!(Louis Wu 14:08:23 UTC)

The Catfish let us know that 2501 Episode 17 is live – check it out for some backstory!(Louis Wu 14:07:05 UTC)

DHalo noticed that the Sumthing Digital website has a promo for two free bonus songs off the Halo Wars Original Soundtrack – unfortunately, the code they’ve used seems to only work in Internet Explorer. Never fear – DHalo has provided you with a link that will work in most (all?) browsers. You’ll have to download…

Lando Griff1n sent us a few links you might be interested in. First was a music comedy video recreating Andy Samberg’s SNL short ‘I’m on a Boat’ – it has the same naughty words as the original. Then there’s a trailer for an upcoming montage by Hazmat v2, featuring NeoFlux jp. Matrix style pulled off…

Yesterday, Bungie updated the Favorites collection with the second batch of files from Facility B5D – and talked to Mini Waz about one of those files. Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:47:30 UTC)

Two more tidbits of press about the Mythic Map Pack surfaced yesterday – MSNBC did an in-game interview with Lars Bakken and Dan Miller (thanks, urk), and Gamespot posted a video preview of the three maps, using footage they’d recorded themselves (thanks, Kibbles). Check out both films – they’ve got some great footage and info!…

Richard Windsor, of Aeropause.com, wrote to say they’re running a Halo 3 tourney this weekend – 60 spots total, simple elimination tourney with the bottom player after each round eliminated. The top 12 competitors will duke it out on a custom map, multiple rounds, with a sniper round, a rockets round, and then a mystery…

Interesting – a journalist who had a dim view of videogames (and the effect they had on her sons) had her opinion changed a bit after playing Halo with the boys; she concluded that “maybe [she] should be a little less hysterical about them.” Go Halo! Thanks, Anton P. Nym.(Louis Wu 20:16:17 UTC)

According to Bungie.net, the Running Riot Podcast Episode 15 will be recorded live on February 24, at 9:30 pm EST, and the Special Guest will be bs ‘Hawty McBloggy’ angel. Check out the post for more details!(Louis Wu 19:17:02 UTC)

WorthPlaying has another writeup of the Mythic Map Pack press event last week, as does TeamXbox – I think that’s everyone who was there, so to summarize:Tied the LeaderHBOIGN1UPG4TVWorthPlayingTeamXboxWhew! (Louis Wu 16:52:58 UTC)

Yet another Halo 3 Fails episode – this one is an ‘All-Stars’ episode showing off clips from people already featured in the last 10 episodes. (The clips are new, the submitters are not.) I love these vids! Four minutes of play that reminds me that there are others who do dumb things like I do.…

Penguin Ninjoid found a promo at Wal-Mart for Halo Wars that advertises a free Halo Wars ringtone – if you’re interested, check out his pics!(Louis Wu 16:52:17 UTC)

2900d4 noticed that the fourth Halo Wars ViDoc is now up for watching on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. For the first time, this one is exclusive for Gold account holders for a few days – Silver accounts will have to wait. Unless, of course, you swing by Halo3Infinity.net – where CaLL Me ZeNy has posted a…

Nathan Moeller let us know that Competitive Video Games is hosting a 4v4 Objective Tournament on February 21. Swing by the site for more details!(Louis Wu 16:51:20 UTC)

Halo 3 Webcomics has another informational article – this one was written by Adam Susskind, and it covers custom fonts you can have created for you at YourFonts.com. (Louis Wu 16:50:56 UTC)

Robot Entertainment, a studio created by many of Ensemble’s original founders, has announced its existence to the world in this press release. The studio has 45 employees, all of which used to work for Ensemble, and one of their first projects is downloadable content for Halo Wars. Thanks, onebitrocket. (Louis Wu 16:50:38 UTC)

haloplayer stopped in with word of Lost Cause 19 – ‘Knight to C3’. It’s been a little while since we’ve seen an Injured Knee production… swing by haloplayer’s post for catch-up links! (Louis Wu 16:49:37 UTC)

Morpheus let us know that he’s released ‘The Communiminitage’ – a five-minute montage made up of the remaining standard def clips he been given by folks responding to his community montage call. A fun watch!(Louis Wu 16:49:11 UTC)

Longtime community member Mothergoat has left his dream job in Seattle to move back to his hometown… for a higher calling. The writeup touches on Halo, as it should. Thanks, AngelicLionheart. (You were right, nice title.) (Louis Wu 16:48:45 UTC)

G4TV had some Mythic content on last night’s episode of X-Play – you can watch some of it (all of it?) online at G4TV.com right now – or you can watch the episode itself again tonight at 8:30. Enjoy!(Louis Wu 16:48:19 UTC)