Category: HBO

According to Major Nelson, CoD4 is still at the top of the LIVE charts; apparently, the release of the auto-update wasn’t enough to pull back the crowds. Bungie’s not worried, though – according to an interview SketchFactor gave Eurogamer last week at GDC, they see CoD4’s success as a plus for the platform – which…

For our international readers – we’ve run across two more Chris Butcher interviews… unfortunately for some of us, these are not in English. If you can read French or German, though, swing by Gamekult.com (French) and Golem.de (German) for substantial pieces! (Louis Wu 17:46:42 UTC)

Another Halo Comic Strip adds a new race to the mix. I don’t think ZZoMBiE13 likes ’em very much.(Louis Wu 16:56:48 UTC)

Trigger119 pointed out that GamingTV will be broadcasting (live) an event called ‘Frag a Friend’, set up by PraetoriaGuard – leaders of a bunch of Halo communities will get together each month and shoot each other. The first one is this Thursday, February 28. Stop by GamingTV to watch!(Louis Wu 16:52:40 UTC)

XerxdeeJ let us know that Tied the Leader has a couple of new goodies for you – there are some facts from the Entertainment Software Association (and a gamer’s spin from deeJ), and a new subsite showing off the gorgeous work of TTL member El Burritoh. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 16:32:45 UTC)

It’s not really Halo-related… but it’s of general interest to gamers, I think; 1UP.com has an article about companies that are taking a page from the WoW playbook and designing business software to be more gamelike. Like, yeah, dude, I’m a Level 60 Staple Requisitioner!(Louis Wu 16:27:02 UTC)

MLG Canada’s PixelBotGo has a summary of the top teams (and teams to watch) in the early days of the Halo 3 Pro Circuit Ladder Playoffs – catch up on your favorite pros!(Louis Wu 16:24:58 UTC)

todman777 stopped by with pics of a motorcycle paint job done by a friend – nice work!(Louis Wu 16:23:36 UTC)

He’s running a little late (the article in question was released in November), but Lyndon LaRouche has condemned Wired’s Clive Thompson for being degenerate enough to write about video games. (Thompson suggests that in some senses, LaRouche might have a point – he did, after all, write about “the aesthetic pleasure of dying in Halo…

We’ve gotten word from a couple of Halo communities about montages they’ve released recently – Lani let us know that Halownage has released a final Halo 2 montage from Fr3sh (7 and a half minutes, 116 mb), and Halo3Forum has a Halo 3 montage with gameplay from Aftershock and Sticktology and editing by TM22 (12…

The Halo Wars concept art gallery has been updated again – scroll down to the bottom of the gallery to see three new Ambient Life concepts (two land-based and one water-based). Thanks, Planet Halo.(Louis Wu 15:56:16 UTC)

Sometimes, things don’t go as planned. Or maybe they do. Witness today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 21:48:10 UTC)

Finnish Spartan (who sent us pics of his armor a while back) is building an assault rifle – check out the progress so far.(Louis Wu 16:15:17 UTC)

We got word that Steve Downes, the voice of Master Chief, has a new website – and on it are a bunch of cool voiceover demos, and an all-Halo video. Slick work!(Louis Wu 15:55:15 UTC)

trigger119 let us know that GamingTV has opened GamingTV Live, an organized system for promoting for live events and releases. Go read the news post for full details, and get to submitting your creations!(Louis Wu 15:48:00 UTC)

Foo Mo Jive pointed out that Podtacular 149 is up – lots of tips on Construct, plus an interview with the leaders of PMS Delta Squad, and the winner of of a Gamertag Radio Halo 3 tourney. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 15:19:24 UTC)

bs angel brings you news of yet another Halo-themed faceplate – this time it’s chock-full of grunty goodness. Go look!(Louis Wu 15:16:57 UTC)

Elnea stopped by our forum with word that Halo Action Theater 131 went up yesterday – has Jason been eaten by a giant helmet? What DO zombies taste like, anwyay?(Louis Wu 14:29:05 UTC)

Sigafoos let us know that The Riot 88 is now up at Second Foundation – 31 minutes, 12.5 mb, your standard community news/challenges/Halo stuff, plus zombies and Rambo. (Hmm… a zombie Rambo sounds scary!) Go listen.(Louis Wu 14:27:07 UTC)

Neil Ellis sent us a set of pretty incredible armor pics last week – I couldn’t do much with them while I was out of the country, but they’re posted now. I hope he scored top marks for this work – it deserves them.(Louis Wu 13:45:31 UTC)