Jimbothy let us know about Halo Effect 3, a Halo/Mass Effect machinima mashup. (Audio is from the Mass Effect 3 trailer, video is from Halo.) Not bad!(Louis Wu 22:04:33 UTC)

Hey everyone, starting today (December 21st) and running through until the 31st, Microsoft will be having daily deals for Xbox LIVE to celebrate the countdown to 2011. I’ll be posting the deals everyday on here, so keep an eye out in case you see something that you might want to pick up!

Today’s deals are for:

–Liars and Cheats Pack for 800 400MSP
–Legends and Killers Pack for 800 400MSP
–Undead Nightmare Pack for 800 600MSP
–Undead Nightmare Collection for 1600 1200MSP

Oh, and don’t forget to get your free 2011 glasses for your avatar to celebrate the new year!

Hey guys, Geoff is out, but that doesn’t mean you don’t get fresh videos! Enjoy this one where Kerry and I trash some speakers!

Kegger at The Filthy Animal!

Today’s major deal is for:

–Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light 1200 600MSP

AND

Pet Monkey 240 120MSP

Remember to check back tomorrow for another deal!

Hey guys, it is Wednesday, and while you wait for the next Immersion, check out Geoff and I’s newest edition of Halo HORSE! Enjoy!

If you want to give these maps a shot, feel free to download them from our brand new Bungie file share!

Hey guys, it is Wednesday, and while you wait for the next Immersion, check out Geoff and I’s newest edition of Halo HORSE! Enjoy!

If you want to give these maps a shot, feel free to download them from our brand new Bungie file share!

Achievement Hunter has released Achievement Horse #3 – another set of fan-made challenges are attacked by Geoff and Jack, with great commentary. What an awesome series! Go watch, and go download the maps so you can try these yourself. Thanks, overdoziz. (Louis Wu 20:14:32 UTC)

=SW=Warlord let us know that development for Project Aftershock, the Halo themed mod for Crysis, continues apace. They’ve hit the 1000-files mark, with lots of new visual assets for you. If you check out this page of the thread on the CryMod forum, you’ll find some recent work – gorgeous stuff!(Louis Wu 20:13:33 UTC)

Thanks much to Archilen for noticing that the first two chapters of Greg Bear’s Halo: Cryptum novel are available online! Go here for chapter 2 on Waypoint’s web portal, and to Tor’s site to register (it’s free) and see chapter 1. What are you waiting for!?(GrimBrother One 18:27:00 UTC)

More new Halo jobs available at 343 Industries, as of yesterday – are you hunting? Thanks, Alienshogun.(Louis Wu 16:54:05 UTC)

GrimBrother IV noticed a Facebook Wall photo from Greg Bear – looks like he’s gotten his advance copies of Cryptum. (For folks who don’t have a Facebook account, and can’t see this – a localized version is here, and the caption reads “Is it even okay to open the box yet?”?) Gotta love those slippers!(Louis Wu 14:51:08 UTC)

They’re on vacation, so Bungie.net’s front page isn’t being updated… but Bungie put out their last podcast of the year yesterday, you can find it on the Podcast page. Marcus, Joe Tung, Lee Wilson, and Chris Carney join urk in the recording booth to discuss Reach, what wasn’t, and what was. Great stuff! Go listen. Thanks to geekinabox, who noticed it on the RSS feed.(Louis Wu 14:44:06 UTC)

Today’s major deal is for:

–Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light 1200 600MSP

AND

Pet Monkey 240 120MSP

Remember to check back tomorrow for another deal!

NASA recently published photos of various spacesuit variants, some that have been used, and some that never made it into service. There are even some very cool x-ray shots taken of them. What’s the Halo connection? Take a look at picture number 5, and you tell me. They even got the color right. Cue new Waypoint Ordinance piece in 3, 2, 1…(GrimBrother One 13:50:46 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY sends word that he has a new Reach guide available, and this time it’s for the Noble Map Pack Achievements. If you’ve been having a time with trying to recomplete Reach’s Achievement list, definitely go and give this a look!(GrimBrother One 13:46:36 UTC)

Kegger at The Filthy Animal!