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The Bungie weekly update was a big one for Halo fans this week. In this weeks update, Bungie talks about their co-op pains, their podcast, the tweaks the Energy Sword is gong through, their latest contest and of course, the WETA designed Warthog.

Um. The dudes at WETA made a Warthog. I don’t mean that they made a big plastic thing that looks like a Warthog. I mean they built a fully-functioning, four-wheel steering, powerful, off-road vehicle with a machine gun on the back. At the correct scale. If you live near Wellington, New Zealand, you might even see some crazy machine-shop dude from WETA fishtailing around your base, ahem, I mean neighborhood.

I want to move to New Zealand and get hired by WETA so I can be the tester guy. What's that WETA? You want me to put on the MJOLNIR armor and test drive the Warthog around the track? Okie dokie!  

Also, after the jump is the video called Arms Race showing some footage from the Halo movie. I thought I'd include it since this video never made it on the site during the chaos of E3. Expect a video of the Warthog in action too in the coming weeks.  

[Thanks to NamelessTed and the millions of others who sent this tip in!] 

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the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 15:40
the GAMEGOBLIN
I want to pull up to 7-11 in that warthog and watch the store suddenly close at 2 in the afternoon.
DJDuffy 's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 15:48
DJDuffy
Can I trade in for my VW Rabbit?
Pangloss's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 15:49
Pangloss
That warthog is sexy as hell.

Do. Motherfucking. Want.
Agent Nixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 15:53
Agent Nixon
You owe me new pants.
zomB Eter's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 15:59
zomB Eter
SWEET MOTHER OF GOD...

I wanna drive that ride straight to silent hill and shoot some no face nurses....

sexier than my 05 magnum barely(can't find the right spot to mount the machine gun yet)
Kotua's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 16:03
Kotua
Epic.
Oh Shi-
That's pretty cool.
Oh crap. WETA's in your 'hood, killing your d00ds.
nademagnet's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 16:07
nademagnet
You guys remember the Jeep Hurricane Concept, right?
Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 16:11
Namelessted
I want this thing to come on my face
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 16:34
GuitarAtomik
All it needs now is spinning rims. If I had the money, I would totally buy it off WETA.
Amayirot Akago's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 16:36
Amayirot Akago
WETA Digital has turned a fictional vehicle into reality! Is this awesome? (Y/Y)
psychopathic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 17:46
psychopathic
*cries*
infinity's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 18:02
infinity
now they just need to make a ghost...then we can play war games.
M3RCUTIO's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 18:53
M3RCUTIO
Yeah, that's pretty sweet. Just a side note, my understanding is that the Arms Race short isn't, in fact, comprised of scenes from the Halo movie, since it has yet to find a studio willing enough to gamble on the sure-to-be big budget film. Universal and Fox dropped out when Jackson selected unknown Neill Blomkamp to direct.

Arms Race is more or less a tech demo to give fans and film studios an idea of how Blomkamp, Jackson, WETA plan to handle the adaptation. In my opinion, it looks promising as hell and proves that Blomkamp isn't the wild card that Fox and Universal may have pegged him as. I wrote up a post on this subject, along with links to Blomkamp's other short films. You can see it here. I suggest you take a look at his other stuff. He's got a really unique style that's really raw and gritty. His technique lends a very real sense of credibility to his works. I'd love to see what he can do with the Halo franchise.
Lord_Satorious's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 19:51
Lord_Satorious
Why call it a Warthog? It definitely looks like a Puma to me...

I always thought the Peugeot Hoggar looked a bit like the Halo Warthog.
LordRegulus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 20:44
LordRegulus
KKKKK....

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KKXXxxx.......

................

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*dies*
rpbowlinggod's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 21:36
rpbowlinggod
Its called a "wal-rus"....or how bout Unicorn...no, ok Leprechaun.
cbebop007's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 02:20
cbebop007
Uh...I'm not a big Halo fan but that's pretty fucking sweet.
MATTFOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 03:34
MATTFOO
this makes me feel goood inside..
yairagat's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 08:16
yairagat
that could be quite awesome in paintball matches!
ian_esq's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 09:54
ian_esq
Sweet, I like these custom cars like the new batmobile and shit
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