Year: 2011

DarthYoda19 sent word of a fascinating project he’s undertaken – he wanted to broaden the appeal of the Halo novels by redesigning the dust jackets to provide original artwork that would capture the spirit of each book, without pigeonholing the end pr…

Lance Rutledge sent us two new batches of Halo sculpts – a couple of shots of a quick Jun sculpt (he’s adorable, and that gun is STRAIGHT), and 7 pics of a cool Elite sculpt. Swing by his gallery and take a look!(Louis Wu 16:52:01 UTC)

The Bungie All-Stars Contest added quite a number of new stars to the online ‘Starred’ roster – but if you weren’t one of them, you have another shot. Week 15 focuses on the UNSC Warthog – how cool a representation can YOU submit? Full details are on …

CruelLEGACEY let us know about a Community Race Night he’s organizing with Halo Waypoint – details can be found on his site.(Louis Wu 16:27:27 UTC)

GodlyPerfection continues his Forge Lessons series – the 47th episode is all about getting folks to provide valid first impressions.(Louis Wu 16:15:26 UTC)

DeepCee stopped in with word of ODS Steve Episode 85 – I think I’d be nervous if I were anywhere near Steve on this one…(Louis Wu 16:13:46 UTC)

Somebody order a Warthog?

Stephen Loftus added a dozen new entries to his ‘Signs of Halo’ collection – ODST has a wealth of oft-missed notices! Check out the UNSC section, in particular.(Louis Wu 14:16:12 UTC)

DMFanella and three others went hunting for the Vidmaster Endure achievement a few weeks ago – the writeup (with dozens of pics, many of them panoramas) hit our forum this morning. Give it a read – it’s entertaining!(Louis Wu 13:46:30 UTC)

Pete Cooper, writer and director of Operation Chastity, stopped by our forum with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie. It’s great to see everything in motion. Go watch! (Hitmonchan107 11:52:52 UTC)

Rampancy.net’s Anger, Sadness & Envy Podcast is back out with a new episode titled The Winter of Our Discontingency. Always a great listen, go and check it out! Thanks to Cody Miller for Letting us know.(GrimBrother One 05:26:00 UTC)

Continuing the comic news, Emily Clarke made a strip for GameJudgment that every man can relate to: With only 20 minutes to spare, do you paint your nails or play Halo? I would’ve chosen my nails, but then again I get grumpy when I don’t feel pretty. …

Hejibits.com drew a biting comic strip on the development process of Halo: CE. It hurt, and I don’t agree with the strip in the least, but I chuckled. (Hitmonchan107 03:50:22 UTC)

SpartanBloks reported the ODST Arctic Sniper figure has been found on store shelves. The site said the figure was supposed to release in the fall. The photo from the article was from site member MarkJames65, who found the figure at a Walmart in Califor…

The new episode of “Last Man Standing,” the Halo machinima game show, is up! Go watch! (Hitmonchan107 03:42:27 UTC)

Figures.com is giving away Noble Team Play Arts Kai figures to seven lucky winners. One winner will receive all six figures (a $270 value), while six runner-ups will receive one figure each ($45 value). Participants must enter a valid email address. As…

Pointed out by NeoGAF’s Tunavi, duks0111 made a beautiful piece of Halo art with Photoshop and After Effects in just seven hours. He uploaded a seven-minute video revealing the process. Wowjust wow. (Hitmonchan107 03:38:18 UTC)

Back in December, Broken Line Studios released a total-conversion UNSC mod for Homeworld 2. It looks like the group has been hard at work updating and adding models to the game. Moddb.net user V3LO has been posting images of the team’s work. Go check …