You may have seen my post sometime last week about Bungie releasing some new Halo 3 screenshots. Well, it seems as if I missed a coinciding Bungie article in which they disect 3 of the screenshots and tell us everything that’s happening in said screen.

They chose one screenshot each from the three multiplayer maps they’ve been recently touting, Valhalla, High Ground, and Snowbound. Especially nice is the Valhalla discussion, in which they go into detail about the brand new vehicle, the Mongoose.

Check out all the sweet discussion here: Halo 3 Screenshot Discussion

Just another quick tidbit before I sign off for today, IGN has just released a 1 year retrospective on the Xbox 360, and guess what? Halo gets mentioned quite a few times. Who’da thunk it? Check it out here: IGN 360 Retrospective

Let’s get started. Today, ComputerandVideoGames released an article previewing Halo Wars. None of the information they present is concrete yet, instead, they’re using concept art to predict how the game will be. Their predictions certainly seem logical, and even if they’re wrong you still get to see the awesome Halo Wars concept art. If you’re one of the .02% of Halo fans who haven’t heard of Halo Wars, its an upcoming RTS from Ensemble (the guys who made Age of Empires) set in the Halo world.
You can read their article here: Halo Wars Predictions

Next on the agenda, Bungie officialy released 5 new high resolution screenshots today. You may have seen these pictures already, as they’ve been widely leaked around the net, but I don’t believe anyone has them in the uber high resolutions Bungie posted. You can check these bad boys out here (hint, they’re the ones date 11.20): Halo 3 Screenshots

Its the anniversary of Halo. What better way to celebrate than by amassing one of the largest collections of Halo 3 screenshots on the net? It seems 1UP and I think alike, as they’ve done just that. There’s a total of 33 screens, which is quite a collection considering how stingy Bungie has been with media content.

As expected, all the screens look gorgeous, even for an alpha build. I’m sure you don’t want to hear me babble on about them though, because, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

You can check out all the screens by clicking here: Halo 3 Screens

In other news, 1UP has also posted 1 new piece of concept art for the upcoming RTS Halo Wars. You can view the concept art for a flying marine by clicking here:Flying Marine

Our friends over at Halo Base have posted 5 new screenshots from Halo 3. The pictures are screencaps from the recent 1UP episode on Halo 3.

I’ll say it, I think the screenshots look *darn* (for our youngins) pretty. Some people have expressed that the screenshots aren’t anything special. However, these people seem to forget that these screens are from an alpha build. If the game looks this good now, imagine how the final product will look.
You can check out all the screenshots here: 5 New Halo 3 Pics

In other news, Cody Brigan has created a beautiful countdown timer for Halo 3. Right now, because of the lack of a release date, the timer points to Christmas. This will of course be changed once a solid release date is given. You can check it out here: Halo 3 Countdown

Well, after reading my horrible reference “Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!”, we can get into today’s post.

First off, IGN 1UP has released some detailed descriptions of a few of Halo 3’s multiplayer maps. The maps they go over are Valhalla, Snowbound, and High Ground, all of which sound absolutely fantastic. Don’t take my word for it though, read all about it here: Halo 3 Map Descriptions

Now for the screenshots. Screenshots is kind’ve misleading, as they aren’t actually screenshots, instead they are a mixture of concept art and cutouts. You can check out these four new screenshots at 1UP.com here: Halo 3 Images

And now finally, we get to talk about armor. Some lucky person named Supernova over at bungie.org snagged himself an awesome set of Mjolnir armor. I don’t know where you buy such a great collectible, but I’d sure like to find out. Read Supernova’s original post here: Halo 3 Armor

Bungie has dropped the Halo3 trailer in E3 as expected! We have a
couple of vid caps for you and a link to check the trailer out for yourself. Enjoy!

View trailer (Via GameTrailers.com)