A totally random blog post showed up in my Google Alerts mailbox this morning – someone has matched up McFarlane’s Halo 3 Master Chief with Toybiz’s Movie Hulk. I’m not sure I buy the outcome…(Louis Wu 14:02:32 UTC)

Psychophan7 noticed an article at Kotaku discussing a claim at GamerCenterOnline.net that they’d put up 3 new shots from Halo Wars. Two of the three shots are quite old (the Sparrowhawk shot was first released in March 2007, and the ridgeline with Banshees comes from the original Halo Wars cinematic trailer released in September 2006)… which makes me a bit suspicious about the third shot. I can’t find a source for it… but it looks ‘old’ to me. If we get confirmation, either that this is a new shot or that this is old, we’ll update this news post.(Louis Wu 13:59:40 UTC)

BlueNinna posted another few panoramas – Covenant action, baby!(Louis Wu 13:28:44 UTC)

The Guard has posted Pre-Game Lobby Episode 4 (if you’re having trouble at machinima.com, you can always stream it at YouTube). How many stereotypes can you find? Very funny stuff. Almost 13 minutes long. Thanks, TG Sneak.(Louis Wu 17:57:54 UTC)

Nova let us know that Halo-Battle, a French php-based strategy game, is now online. Build mining facilities to gain resources, build labs, create a fleet to protect your race against its enemy (be that Human or Covenant). Right now, everything’s in French – but apparently, there are plans for translation. You must register to participate. Go look! (Louis Wu 17:25:34 UTC)

The Halo 3 Believe campaign continued its winning streak – Microsoft Xbox was selected Advertiser of the Year for its Halo 3 work, and the campaign won 8 Clios at last night’s gala. Details can be found at Adweek.(Louis Wu 13:23:45 UTC)

Maximum Fear let us know that they’re running a fan art spotlight – swing by and see what you can win with your submission! (Louis Wu 13:23:30 UTC)

pete_the_duck noticed a pretty cool Forged map over at ForgeHub – it’s KoTH… with a Spartan-eating monster. No, really. Take a look.(Louis Wu 13:23:01 UTC)

kr-1426 announced the HBOFF Fic Pick of the Week – they only had three stories to choose from, but apparently that was enough. (Louis Wu 13:22:41 UTC)

RVideo pointed out Jump Theory, a movie released on High Impact Halo and on Halo3Forum yesterday. Some amazing jumping! Check it out.(Louis Wu 13:22:14 UTC)

Rockslider has managed to make use of a tip he received that lets him remove the Arbiter entirely from The Storm – go read about it!(Louis Wu 19:14:25 UTC)

Underdawg253 let us know that Etzun Films has put out The Third Temptation of Paris, a music vid. It’s way, way, WAY too big (250 mb for 4 minutes, and it’s only 720×480), and the story makes very little sense without the explanation at HaloGrid… but the filming’s pretty nice.(Louis Wu 15:47:33 UTC)

AnTi PRO decided to bequeath you with the benefits of his naming skillz (see what I did there?) – over at Arm the Flag you’ll find AnTi PRO’s 8 Step Guide to Making a Pro Gamertag. Follow this guide, and in no time you’ll have the coolest gamertag out there!(Louis Wu 14:45:48 UTC)

A moving Bungie Weekly Update tonight… it’s the end of an era, of sorts. Go read. (If you’d rather, you can do so in our Weekly Update Archive.)(Louis Wu 00:15:50 UTC)