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Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, gathered up a bunch of links to stories about today’s Halo news. You can also check out ICDedPpl’s mention of this CNN Money article. I’m sure there’ll be plenty more – but it’s time to leave the keyboard for a bit…(Louis Wu 20:08:56 UTC)

Xbox.com article on the Peter Jackson venture… still hard to tell what he’s planning.(Louis Wu 19:44:55 UTC)

More Halo Wars info here, at Xbox.com – keep searching!(Louis Wu 18:24:17 UTC)

Wow. Tons more info on Halo Wars and the new Peter Jackson project is now available at Bungie.net – go read! (There was an amazing trailer shown at the end of the X06 press conference, of Halo Wars – this should almost certainly be available for download soon, from Halowars.com.) Update: It’s up now -…

I was wrong – there’s MORE Halo news from Barcelona today, Halo Wars isn’t the end. Peter Jackson and Microsoft are teaming up to create Wingnut Interactive (no real website yet) – a new studio that will create “a completely new and original chapter in the Halo universe”, according to this 1Up story. No details…

The really, really big news today from Microsoft is the announcement of ‘Halo Wars’, from Ensemble Studios (the guys behind Age of Empires, and other similar games) – a Halo Real-Time Strategy game! It hasn’t been announced on the live feed yet – but Luke Smith has announced it on 1Up. Stay tuned for more…

X06 coverage is going live very soon – the Xbox.com feed seems to be busted for most viewers, but keep trying. In the meantime, Luke Smith, from 1Up.com, is going to be liveblogging (thanks, Morangie), so if you can’t SEE what’s up, at least you can read about it. We’re not positive what’s coming from…

Sometimes, Stuntmutt is scary in his ability to mimic real people. Like in today’s One One Se7en. I mean… this could have come right out of a forum thread! (Maybe it did…)(Louis Wu 16:30:31 UTC)

Trevor Chesler has embarked on the creation process for a suit of Mjolnir armor – he’s shooting for a very high quality finished product. He’s just starting out right now, but you can see his gameplan, and the first few photos, on this page. As we get more from him, we’ll add them (and let…

Wow – Wolverine Monkey dropped in with word of a really cool Halo case mod he noticed. (Here’s hoping we don’t kill their bandwidth…) The original can be found at Team Xtender.(Louis Wu 12:24:55 UTC)

TNL Alex stopped by our forum to announce a tourney in Brooklyn coming up on October 7 – FFA and 2v2. Rules, prizes, and directions can all be found in his forum post.(Louis Wu 12:22:35 UTC)

Over at Bungie.net, KP has written up a great guide to Halo 2 players online (and a quiz, to help show you which type you’re most like). What I want to know is… how did it know what kind of underoos I’m wearing?(Louis Wu 23:07:35 UTC)

agdTinMan stopped by our forum with the story behind Don Wan’s Spartan Tattoo (mentioned, and pictured, in last week’s Bungie Weekly Update) – great read! (If you follow the Flickr link he provides, there are other photos in her stream that may or may not look familiar…)(Louis Wu 19:52:49 UTC)

The MPRRS went into something of a hibernation over the weekend… but a little kick-start this morning got reviewers reviewing again, and a movie stuck in the queue for 5 days was spit out this afternoon, with pretty high marks. It’s ‘The Spartan Effect: Episode 2’, from Rookie Rabbit Productions, and it continues the story…

3Suns ran across an article at Wired about ‘the Mythical 40-Hour Gamer’, which points out one of the larger difficulties facing developers these days; with more and more older gamers out there, finding ways that make games playable and enjoyable for folks who fit their gaming in between ‘real-life’ activities while KEEPING it enjoyable for…

Ace Heart noticed a writeup of a local Halo tourney in the Montgomery (AL) Advertiser – puts a smile on my face that a 10-year-old girl came in fourth in her semifinal round.(Louis Wu 12:20:19 UTC)

Kotaku hunted down Hanah Stuart, violinist extraordinaire, who made waves a couple of weeks ago as part of a very cool high school Halo music exhibition. It’s a monster interview; it kept coming back to discussion about the music, but it did quite a bit of moving around. Pretty funny stuff – and I’m already…

KP’s been looking for stuff to do – he updated two somewhat neglected sections of Bungie.net, the Gallery (with a cool ninja-kick screenshot) and the Voting Booth (where you can weigh in on the Bungie Podcast). I’m saddened by early returns in the poll…(Louis Wu 19:07:40 UTC)

Stuntmutt takes a novel look at the Ghosts of Onyx cover in today’s One One Se7en. There’s something for everyone!(Louis Wu 17:21:23 UTC)

j41m3z got a bunch of stuff signed at Thursday night’s Hollywood Bowl VGL show – he scanned a bunch of it for the forum. Lucky!(Louis Wu 13:50:42 UTC)