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JeBr0nie noticed a writeup for a Halo 2 tournament in North Carolina, coming up on January 27 – top prize is $1,024. Check his forum post for links to more details!(Louis Wu 22:02:05 UTC)

Paul Maestri sent word that Halo Heads 42 is now live. The Kitty Assassin Team kicks off a continuing storyline!(Louis Wu 19:05:18 UTC)

In the last couple of weeks, the Hamilton Spectator story about the bear suit guy who made a Halo-like bullet-stopper has shown up on our forum a LOT of times – Stuntmutt gives you an idea how many in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:33:07 UTC)

GamesRadar has posted a list of the Top 10 fastest selling titles during their UK Launch Week – 9 of the 10 titles are PS2, the tenth (in 4th place overall) is Halo 2. (Louis Wu 15:29:37 UTC)

rapture noticed an article at Next Generation that states that not only will there be Achievements to earn in Halo 2 (a fact we already knew), but that those achievements would count towards your Xbox Live Gamerscore, the same as they would if earned from a 360 instead of from Vista. I suppose in retrospect,…

Over at the Advanced Media Network, there’s an article about the potential that Gears of War has as a competitive shooter – with some interesting comparisons between GoW and Halo 2. Thanks to 3Suns for pointing this out.(Louis Wu 15:00:24 UTC)

The current issue of the Escapist Magazine has an article on movies that have heavily influenced videogame development – Halo gets a number of mentions, with Aliens leading the pack of movies that, if removed from existence, might kill the game altogether. Thanks to Narcogen, who noticed this over at Rampancy.net.(Louis Wu 14:48:41 UTC)

GFC Danny has updated his Halo Miniatures website with a bunch of new info – if you’re interested in tabletop games, and like Halo (of course you like Halo – why else would you be reading this?), stop by and check it out!(Louis Wu 14:39:04 UTC)

Sane Intolerant pointed out (obliquely) a comic he’d made in answer to a recent Halo, Articulated comic. Pretty funny, actually. And self-fulfilling, even.(Louis Wu 14:37:22 UTC)

GH stopped by to let us know that he won the QsK Montage Contest we mentioned back in October – go visit and grab a copy (which weighs in at an appropriate 117 mb). Nice work, overall!(Louis Wu 14:33:54 UTC)

Lots and lots and lots of people are hearing from Microsoft about the Halo 3 beta – here’s one big thread on our forum about it. (We’ve also gotten lots of email from people who got in.) If you haven’t received anything – don’t fret yet, they’ve said word would be coming all this week.…

Over at Bungie.net, the new Top Story is a Fan Art update – and man, is there some amazing stuff in this one. Some of it has already been seen (here, in our own Miscellaneous Art collection), but much is new – and ALL of it is worth looking at. You can chime in to…

Over at High Impact Halo, Ducain pointed out a new Halo 1 tricking tribute vid, done by some of the pioneers… there’s stuff in there I’ve seen before, and stuff I’ve NEVER seen. This game is more than 5 years old now – it’s beautiful to see people still pulling new tricks. Available in a…

icu wrote to point out that The Riot #32 is up – Sigafoos and Brathnok are away, so Bitter Irony and i enjoy cheese do the hosting honors. Lots of community info – go listen. 26 minutes, 24 mb.(Louis Wu 15:53:49 UTC)

trigger119 sent word of a new machinima he’s hosting over at GamingTV.org. It’s called The Assault, and he found it because Laird (of SvF and Halo: Unyielding) did some 3D work for it. The voice acting could use some work… and so could the choreography. But the added touches (a communication screen, a Pelican, etc)…

GamesIndustry.biz sat down with Max Hoberman, of Certain Affinity (and recently of Bungie), to discuss his new venture, and how he got to where he is. Bunch of Bungie trivia in there, and some good Halo stuff. Max has positive things to say about Halo 3’s multiplayer – “It’s years ahead of everything that’s out…

3Suns noticed a couple of new features at MLGPro.com – there’s a Pro Player feature on Walshy linked on the front page, and a wrap-up of the Division II Halo 2 Final for their Online tournament. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:00:33 UTC)

Mister Froggy sent word that Halo, Articulated #7 is now live – it’s a Gears of War crossover joke (one I didn’t get, but one that’s supposedly funny if you play GoW). Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:49:12 UTC)

Game Informer talked to SketchFactor and Frankie about Halo 3 – they didn’t get a lot of info, but they had fun trying. The full interview is available to those with GI Unlimited access (subscribers, in other words) – but there are a few questions in the teaser. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 14:47:45 UTC)

We got a weekly Update from Halomega – There’s a trailer for a montage, a whole lot of gameplay vids, and they’re taking entries for the next Snipe of the Week. Thanks, CiphA.(Louis Wu 14:44:08 UTC)