Category: HBO

Thanks to zofinda, who reported that the March 2009 OXM contains a full-fledged review of Halo Wars (not just the demo, the full game). Read the forum post for an overview of the article.(Louis Wu 21:27:52 UTC)

nomis78 grabbed a pair of cool panoramic shots from a game he played last night – enjoy!(Louis Wu 21:17:23 UTC)

Another Tuesday, another Average Joe. This week, it’s Ascendant Justice’s Vociferous, the man who’s way fitter (and way balder) than his writing implies. Go see what got him started in the Halo community… and what keeps him fueled. And make sure you yell at him for starting all those rumors.(Louis Wu 20:33:59 UTC)

Adam Susskind let us know that Chaos Theory Episode 10 is now up – with the help of the Darkspire Films guys. It’s a big ‘un!(Louis Wu 20:28:32 UTC)

The Bungie Blog points out the latest from Darkspire Films – it’s called ‘My Spartan Girl’, and it’s… well, I’m thinking the singer is deluding himself a little.(Louis Wu 19:54:34 UTC)

There’s another Halo Wars Demo Hands-On over at Videogamer.com; you’ll definitely get your own chance to play with this in a couple of days, but in the meantime, see what the game press thinks.(Louis Wu 19:09:50 UTC)

onebitrocket was the first to let us know that the second Halo Wars ViDoc (“Expanding the Arsenal”) is available on Xbox Live Marketplace. You can’t queue it up from the web right now, because marketplace.xbox.com seems to be down… but you can navigate to Games, then New Arrivals, then Game Videos to grab it on…

SmeagolStudios created a video called ‘LEGO HALO: Master Chief’ last year – but we missed it. Luckily, he re-released it this week, in High Definition – and urk brought it to our attention. It’s pretty cool! Check it out.(Louis Wu 18:59:27 UTC)

The second in Alec9224’s spotlight series on screenshot artists is now online at Bungie.net – he talks to Phenomenon IV, who talks about how not to oversaturate your shots, along with other tips. Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:58:51 UTC)

Dennis Powers sent word that Shipwrecked 53 is online – I’ve seen fast sunsets before, but…(Louis Wu 18:56:02 UTC)

We got word from Greg, at Music 4 Games (where Halo Wars is Soundtrack of the Month), that he’s got a new interview with Stephen Rippy, the composer behind the Halo Wars soundtrack. Go read!(Louis Wu 14:32:07 UTC)

The Catfish stopped in to tell us that 2501 Episode 10 is up – it’s good to be careful.(Louis Wu 14:29:54 UTC)

PsH Bling brought our attention to Adam ‘Phoenix-06’ Burn, an artist with a pretty amazing portfolio on DeviantART. The impetus wasn’t the artist, actually… it was a piece called ‘MANTLE’, inspired by Halo 3’s Ark, but astounding in its own right. Browse through the rest of his work – there’s really some fantastic stuff there…

CrypticGuardian let us know that The Bungie Community Group is hosting a community Forge contest – build a Forged version of one of the Mythic Maps, win LIVE subscriptions or MS Points. Read the contest page for full details – and sign up for the group this month!(Louis Wu 14:15:54 UTC)

DHalo noticed that Sumthing Digital has sound clips from the Halo Wars soundtrack – you can get a good sense for what’s on the album, so go listen!(Louis Wu 14:15:20 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy, in keeping with her reputation as a cutting-edge Halo blogger, has published the first ‘Out of Sandbox’ picture – before Sandbox is even in the hands of most of us! (Louis Wu 14:14:08 UTC)

Juesoni let us know that BIohazard Productions is holding a machinima story contest – the prize is that your story will be turned into a machinima, and (if you’ve got a decent mic) you’ll be able to act in it. More details are on their site.(Louis Wu 14:12:10 UTC)

Gamasutra visited Ensemble Studios one last time a couple of weeks ago – and found some cool stuff that’s going by the wayside because the studio’s closing. Some of the artwork shown has found its way to the web before now… some hasn’t. Swing by to give the article a read! Update: RotaJota also noticed…

KP’s job over at Xbox.com sometimes includes playing stuff a little early – as outlined in the top Beat Blogs post, he recently got a chance to play through the Halo Wars demo. You can read the official Xbox.com preview now – and play it for yourself later this week. There’s also an impressions article…

TTL Demag0gue directed our attention towards a new tutorial on Halo3Webcomics – this one is written by The Catfish, and it’s the first in a series of articles that will help you capture good screens for your comic. (Louis Wu 22:47:02 UTC)