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Halo 3 Humpday

The second proper Halo 3 Humpday Challenge. This time we played on the same maps featured in the next issue of EGM, so you can probably cross reference all these antics, weapons and maps with their screenshots next week.

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Halo 3 11/2/2006 5:10 PM PDT

Halo 2 Vista Developer Diary - Sprint 7

This week we hear from Halo 2 for Windows Vista developer Shogo Ishii about the current state of the game. Shogo talks about a recent demo PC Gamer Magazine was privy to, where the game is from a graphical standpoint and about their progress on the audio front.

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Halo 2 Vista 11/1/2006 2:54 PM PDT

Bungie.net Fan Art - October

Last week, Bungie began accepting submissions for fan art. In just a week we saw an incredible amount of art, from MS Paint creations and Photoshop jobs to fully original murals. Today is the first monthly installment of the Bungie.net Fan Art update, featuring our favorite pieces of the month.

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Community 10/31/2006 6:46 PM PDT

Bungie Weekly Update

Oh noes! Damage control! Scans from a Euro mag leaked today, showing the first ever multiplayer shots of a Halo 3 alpha build. Chaos ensues. Anyway, we touch on that and discuss the state of multiplayer matchmaking in Halo 3. Hurrah for stress.

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Bungie Weekly Update 10/27/2006 5:16 PM PDT

Humpday: Hollywood Halo

The Bungie crew plus guests took on the guys over at Hollywood Halo Productions, best known for their machinima. In three close games, the Bungie crew fought a hard match against the seasoned Hollywood Halo crew.

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Halo 2 (Xbox) 10/26/2006 6:24 PM PDT

Meet Hired Gun

Little is known thus far of the team developing Halo 2 for Windows Vista. We're about to change all that for you. We take a brief look at the members of Hired Gun, the team handling the bulk of H2V's development.


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Halo 2 Vista 10/26/2006 1:51 AM PDT

Community Spotlight: Zoom Demon

This week we sit down with Zoom Demon, of the Cayote Cavegirls about the group, her role in the group and their recent charity event, Fight Like a Girl. Read on to learn that and more. Also because she is hawt chix.

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Community 10/24/2006 4:12 PM PDT

Bungie Weekly Update

News breaks about the movie this week and we're here with clarity and hints of good news to come. We also return with a guest appearance of Ask Noguchi, discuss the EGM visit to play Halo 3 and even a couple of Waaaahmbulance mails.

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Bungie Weekly Update 10/20/2006 4:33 PM PDT

Humpday: Community Team FFA

Last night the Community Team had a few Free-For-All Halo 3 games which ended up being the Humpday for this week. Don't expect to find any new Halo 3 info, but if you enjoy general Halo tactics and vagueries then this Humpday's for you! And yes, it was because Xbox Live was borked.

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Inside Bungie, Halo 3 10/19/2006 4:04 PM PDT

Community Spotlight: Chris547

This week we took some time to chat with Chris547, Bungie.net moderator extraordinaire and Mob of Angry Peasants co-founder. He talks about his roots in the community, wrecking cars and, for no apparent reason, puppies.

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Community 10/18/2006 2:49 PM PDT

Bungie Weekly Update

Frankie is still in Aruba, but Sketch and I decided he’s having too much fun so we looped him into the update. Thursday morning, we launched a coordinated trolling of several major Halo boards across the net, asking for questions for the Weekly Update and sent them along for him to answer.

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Bungie Weekly Update 10/13/2006 1:15 PM PDT

Humpday: Code of War

Bungie did indeed compete in a Humpday last week but because things got crazy busy last week, there was no time to write it up until now. Last week, Bungie took on Code of War in yet another fun Humpday experience with cool people. Thankfully, we're okay with getting owned by cool dudes.

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Halo 2 (Xbox) 10/12/2006 3:36 PM PDT

Community Spotlight: Louis Wu

The mother of all spotlights with the father of the Halo community. This week I take a new approach: real-time chat, permitting me to achieve heights of jerkery not previously possible. Read on for some insight into what makes Wu tick, as well as volley after volley of insults.

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Community 10/10/2006 5:20 PM PDT

Community Carnage: Real Custom Games

The October 2006 Playlist Update has been released this morning and there've been quite a few changes. Chief among them is the swapping of the Community Carnage Playlist. Out with HBO and in with Real Custom Games. Team Swat has now become ranked and the usual tweaks have been applied to several playlists.

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Community 10/10/2006 11:38 AM PDT

Bungie Weekly Update

Unfortunately, Frankie's off lolling about the Carribean and was unable to bring you a Weekly Update this week. But I hear your cries. With the exception of that one guy asking for Noguchi's manbabies, you all want an update, and an update you shall get.

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Bungie Weekly Update 10/8/2006 3:15 AM PDT

H2V Developer Diary Two

Matt Priestley, of the Halo 2 Vista team, checks in this week to let us know what's going down in his department. In his second developer diary he touches on the team's progress, how H2V was received in Barcelona and how some Vista-specific features are shaping up

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Halo 2 Vista 10/5/2006 5:35 PM PDT

Community Spotlight: GameJunkieJim

This week we take another look at a Bungie.net community member, GameJunkieJim. You may know him from his role as a Bnet moderator and as the creator of Bathroom Reader. What you didn't know is that he wakes up earlier than you.

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Community 10/2/2006 3:34 PM PDT

Bungie Weekly Update

Frankie and Sketchfactor are still off cruising the nude beaches ("Toptional") of Barcelona, but in their stead I bring you cake. After you're done with that though, there's word from Frankie, some community news and a little tease from a sly Microsoft source of ours.


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Bungie Weekly Update 9/29/2006 3:33 PM PDT

Humpday: Bungie Offspring

Bungie’s been frantically searching for opponents we can beat in order to raise our morale. This week, we finally found our match: Bungie's children! That’s right, Bungie beats its own children.

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Halo 2 (Xbox) 9/28/2006 3:23 PM PDT

Bungie's X06 Announcements

Bungie has announced two new projects today at X06. The first is a partnership with Peter Jackson and his talented crew to bring you another chapter in the Halo universe. The second is Halo Wars, a real-time strategy game being developed by Ensemble Studios. Get the scoop in the full story.

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Halo Universe 9/27/2006 10:32 AM PDT

What Kind of Halo Player Are You?

We've compiled a humorous list of the most prominent gamer stereotypes in the Halo 2 Xbox Live community. Check out our list, see if any of these seem familiar and take the quiz to find out which kind of gamer you are most like.

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Emotional Support 9/26/2006 2:36 PM PDT

Bungie Weekly Update

Huge update this week, starting with the first ever Bungie Podcast and including real audio from Halo 3. Download it! Listen to it! We also premiere the final Halo 3 logo and debut In-Fusio's Halo Mobile Portal for cellphones. Halo music ringtones are finally here!

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Bungie Weekly Update 9/22/2006 5:18 PM PDT

The First Halo 3 Humpday

This week the Humpday Challenge went internal with three head-to-head Halo 3 matches at Bungie Studios. Six men, three maps and an unlimited amount of vague descriptions. Don’t expect to find screenshots or new info on maps, weapons or multiplayer modes in here.

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Halo 3 9/21/2006 5:06 PM PDT

Community Plank-Walk: Xerxdeej

Arrrr! It be "Talk Like a Pirate Day" and to celebrate we dropped anchor in the port of Tied The Leader to flap jaws with Xerxdeej, he who claims to be a full-beard pirate! Read on to learn about his crew and how shivered be his timbers.

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Community 9/19/2006 3:32 PM PDT

Video Games Live! in Hollywood

It's like a sonic cathedral of sound! Halo 3's trailer music is just one of the live, orchestrated pieces being blasted out of the aural amphitheater known as the Hollywood Bowl. It's your chance to see and hear a musical spectacular with special guests. It's Video Games Live.

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Events 9/18/2006 4:09 PM PDT