'The Bungie Beavers', as I like to nickname them, have been working overtime on the latest build of Halo 3: ODST. Seems there was many changes at the studios this week to accomidate the team working on the new hawtness that is Halo 3: ODST. Obviously, there is still no word on the release date but as soon as they give the 'All Clear' at Bungie.net, I'l...
While studio closures are becoming depressingly common, few of the outfits to be shuttered have carried with them the pedigree of Ensemble Studios. Known for its tremendously successful real-time strategy series Age of Empires, Ensemble Studios has been living on borrowed time since September, when Microsoft confirmed it would be closing the developer after...
Well those of you who are hardcore bungie lover's will have already seen these hot new pics from the creative talent of bungie but those of you who haven't are in for a treat, I'll write out the article then have a link towards the bottom inwhich you can go to view the article with the screenies on. The Mythic Map Pack floodgates aren't quite ready to b...
Halloween is coming at me yet again like a train speeding along the tracks towards a teenage who decided to play "Chicken" at a train station. And I feel it in my responsibility as a hard working *laughs manically* servant to offer you and all your friends a interesting event. Starting 6pm GMT friday I will be hosting on Xbox 360 a "Haloween" custom ga...
Halo: The Cole Protocol will be the sixth novel set in the Halo Universe. Tobias S. Buckell, author of Crystal Rain and Ragamuffin will pen the novel, which reveals the location of the Spartan Gray Team and "takes readers into an unexplored conflict of the Human-Covenant War where unlikely alliances are formed and shattered..." Bungie expatriate and Mic...
Avalanche (AKA Cotton Ball), the second map from next month’s Legendary Map pack – due April 15th for 800 marketplace points (remember, we just make the maps, we don't get to price them) – is a lovingly crafted reimagination of Halo: Combat Evolved classic Sidewinder. It wouldn’t be wholly accurate to call it a “remake,†but elements of Avalanc...
The latest Bungie Weekly Update starts off with a video game milestone. Some of you may have seen various 'Top 10's on ESPN, but I bet none of them were ever for video games - until now. You can click here to check out the Top Ten Halo 3 plays, featuring some things that will leave your jaw hanging open. Next, there's a list of winners from the Valentin...
We're in the final phase of readying the auto update, which is a short way of saying, we’re getting ready to hand it off to the kind folks in Certification, where, like Ivan Drago, the AU will be run through a series of rigidly scientific tests that last for indeterminable amounts of time. That said, barring catastrophe and disaster, the auto update wil...
In the latest Weekly Update, there are a couple links to start off. The first is a 'must-listen' podcast (right-click to save), where the Bungie crew interviews their boss, who drops at least one bombshell (listen to find out). The next link is episode 2 of Arby n the Chief (some strong language, although not as bad as episode 1). The update then goes o...