The flamethrower is present in the shipping version of Halo for the Xbox, but wasn't completed and inaccessible without hacking. However, it's back and better than ever in the PC version.
BOLL has posted some pictures from the Halo 50k2 event; be sure to check them out. (Thanks Louis at HBO, as usual).
GameSpot is reporting that Dustin "HP Darkman" Langton, winner of the Halo National Championship, has signed a management contract with Major League Gaming and also has an endorsement deal with LASR Accessories.
Louis Wu over at HBO has a post up confirming that (for members, anyway) the latest episode of Red vs. Blue, the popular Halo movie series, is online.
Another brilliant idea from the think - Another brilliant idea from the think tank. [halo.bungie.org]
TankRamp at Battleground:Halo is reporting that XboxConnect, a Windows tunnelling program, will be holding a 100+ participant Halo tournament. More information is available on their site, including sign-ups.
GameMarketWatch.com announced on July 16 that sales of the Xbox version of Halo had reached three million units worldwide.
CobaltNova has announced that this year will see the first organized system of awards for Halo fan films, to be called the Rockets on Prisoner awards. From among the 300 Halo fan films out there, there will be five nominees in each of six categories. More information is available from the Rockets on Prisoner page of CobaltNova.com.
Jake 'Evergreen98' Billo has posted a three part article at The Junkyard, comparing elements of the forthcoming PC release of Halo by Gearbox to the original game on the Xbox.
Just like our compatriots over at HBO, Rampancy is sending representatives to the Are You Big Enough LANfest in Andover, Massachusetts, which despite our colleague's impressions, is a location that has nothing to do with anal sex. We should be able to provide an update on the proceedings with some photos sometime during the day.
Over on Sector7-Halo.com, their holding a quiz to test out your Halo knowledge. It's a pretty tough quiz, I only got 25 out of 45 right. Good luck!
In an interview over at Telefragged, Randy Pitchford from Gearbox gives us some hope that even if Halo for the PC doesn't have cooperative play at launch, it might gain it later on:
Part Two of Bungie.net's feature on the making of the E3 demo is up. This one, by SketchFactor, is called Lights, Camera, Action! and features an interview with Joseph Staten, BungieТs Director of Cinematics.
HBO's Louis Wu gave us the heads-up.
