Category: HBO

Twelve new pieces available for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section – check ’em out!(Louis Wu 17:11:35 UTC)

Earlier this week, we mentioned an imminent release of a Halo CE map; this morning, NeuroKoNeza stopped by our forum to point out that Immure 2 was now available for download. Check out the forum post for links, including a screenshot and a dev-cam flythrough video!(Louis Wu 17:00:03 UTC)

darthbob noticed a new mylar print in the Bungie Store – this one is an image created by Bungie’s Isaac Hannaford, and it’s called ‘Ark Storm’. Gorgeous piece of work – if you’ve got $40 lying around, grab one of the 500 copies of this print!(Louis Wu 16:53:28 UTC)

I didn’t think this was news, but it’s spawned so many threads on our forum (and others) that if I DON’T front-page it, it’s going to overrun us. In one of the screenshots released recently, there’s some faded text behind the blue Spartan on the left – clearly, whoever photoshopped the text out only did…

First off, apologies for scaring anyone yesterday – I’m fine. On to the news… let’s start with Cromium’s post about an interview with the Frag Dolls, done by This Spartan Life’s Damian Lacedamian, created for Spike TV’s 2006 Video Game Awards. (You’ll need to click on the ‘This Spartan Life’ link on the left to…

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I had visions of getting up a bit early this morning, before the preparations started (we’ll have over 20 people in the house in less than 3 hours) and putting up whatever Halo news we’ve got in the queue… but that was before spending several hours last night in the emergency room…

Over at Bungie.net, there’s a pretty cool screenshot dissection; go read it, and see what you might have missed in the high-res screens released yesterday. Lots and lots of little details… thanks to sui, in irc’s #hbo, for the heads-up. (Warning – the page is pretty huge to load right now; the full, 5+mb screenshots…

The other half of 1Up’s Wednesday coverage is a Q&A with Bungie about the upgrades to Halo 3’s matchmaking – there’s tons of great stuff in there. After reading it, I’m thinking Halo 2’s matchmaking looks a little drab! Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:21:05 UTC)

Justinian let us know that the 1Up Halo 3 Podcast, half of Wednesday’s Halo 3 content during this final week of Halo 3 coverage, is now available for download – EGM interviews Bungie just for you. Almost an hour and a half, 22.5 mb… go listen!(Louis Wu 19:16:12 UTC)

Dennis Powers writes to point out Static, Episode 5 – ‘What Would my Daughter Think?’ is available at the HCEC website. Alex comes pretty close to death, and figures out his next step. As usual, it’s available in WMP9, QuickTime, and streaming Flash formats.(Louis Wu 19:13:05 UTC)

Mukelo, from Invalid Mob, wrote to point out that they’ve been collecting Halo Flash games from around the web, and have made them all available from their site. They’ve got 17 right now – and though we already host a bunch of them, there are others I’ve never seen before. Take a look! He also…

3Suns points out that the second TV episode of MLG Pro Circuit is now available for free (in full) at the MLGPro.com website. If you missed it last week on TV, go watch on the web!(Louis Wu 17:12:55 UTC)

Stuntmutt is a little nervous about the upcoming CGI TV ad for Halo 3… check today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 14:10:07 UTC)

So, if you’re an architect, beware of employees like Boxer. They’re sneaky.(Louis Wu 14:02:17 UTC)

There’s a new Community Spotlight up at Bungie – Kitty, from the PMS clan, holds forth on the rigors of clan membership (those girls are SERIOUS), Marty’s studliness, and Bob. Who’s Bob? Ask KP. He won’t give out that YouTube link.(Louis Wu 12:01:53 UTC)

For folks wondering about the timing of the current Halo 3 publicity blitz (and there shouldn’t be a lot of you; it’s pretty obvious, if you spend a little while thinking about it), there’s an article over at Newsweek that pins down some numbers in next-gen console sales (well, let’s be specific, Xbox 360 sales),…

Over at High Impact Halo, scurty’s been playing around in the Pillar of Autumn; he’s managed to get himself into the escape pods without activating them, something which doesn’t seem to have ever been done before. And it’s pretty cool to see the totally bare inside of those pods; I guess they don’t get seats…

Computer and VideoGames has a ‘preview’ of Halo Wars posted; I hesitate to really call it a preview, since it’s more an attempt to determine gameplay features from posted concept art… but it’s up, nonetheless. Thanks to Mike Smith for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 16:57:29 UTC)

sorahn created a bunch of Halo-related folder icons for Mac OSX – pretty! Check ’em out.(Louis Wu 16:37:30 UTC)

It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for another Tied the Leader update from XerxdeeJ – he stopped by to point out the new stuff; a 22 Questions interview with Jessica Chobot of IGN.com, a Clan Profile of the Cayote Cavegirls (I haven’t forgotten, Indian Princess!), and a kind word for a tired old man. Go read!(Louis…