Halo.Bungie.Org - Overview

Overview

Halo.Bungie.Org is the most widely-read Halo fansite. In 2007, it about 600,000 page views a day. The site covers game news and rumors, strategy, fan-made machinima, stories and art, contests and forums. In the site's early years, it received only a small amount of fan-submitted material, which has ballooned since and made constant site maintenance a challenge. Errera attributes the site's longevity to the fact that it provided fans with not just Halo news but a place to share their love of the franchise. At a time when there was no easy video sharing via YouTube, Halo.bungie.org posted and categorized Halo films that fans submitted.

Each day, Errera reads through the Halo.Bungie.Org forums, looking for interesting items to put on the news page and monitoring comments. He then checks other Halo and gaming-related sites for more news. He also approves fan movies or artwork and updates batches of new submitted content. Errera credits the site's success to its longevity; "When you’re there from the beginning, and you add new content every day, folks tend to come back," he said.