Year: 2011

For those looking to get your Covie on, the new October Halo Avatar Collection might be just what you are looking for. Check out the pretty sweet arrangement of foes you can deck out your dashboard minion in!(GrimBrother One 16:13:54 UTC)

HotIcePhoenix stopped by with a new piece of art – Fronk’s, writ large on canvas with acrylic. Nice!(Louis Wu 12:03:59 UTC)

Der Flatulator6 has kicked off a new site devoted to forging – join him if you have the inclination! (Louis Wu 12:02:44 UTC)

Ed Ryan and friends visited the Pittsburgh Zombie festival this weekend – Spartans, Zombies, and KISS impersonators! What more could you want? We put up a gallery.(Louis Wu 10:49:49 UTC)

TheSparbiter pointed out a new video he’s made – it uses Linkin Park’s Numb (don’t worry, that’s never been used in a Halo video before) to tell the story of the Elites. Footage comes from a variety of sources – games, videos, motion comics.(Louis Wu …

Whoa. Not only has the Halo: The Fallen VFX teaser trailer (live-action) been released (thanks, Someone) – but so has a trailer for ANOTHER live-action project I’ve never heard of; mr.sci-fi pointed out a teaser for Halo: Helljumper, which ALSO hit the…

raulboy had a forged mini-katana that cried out for display… he figured out what to do with it. I’m jealous.(Louis Wu 10:27:12 UTC)

So it turns out that the health glitch discovered by Nak3d Eli isn’t new to the Title Update of Reach – Chris101b did some experimenting with an non-updated Xbox, and found that the non-regenerating health has ALWAYS been present in Reach. It’s just th…

CruelLEGACEY sent word of the Halo Waypoint Community Modcast, Ep 1 – a podcast put together by Halo Waypoint Community Leaders. This is a discussion of Waypoint’s community, and its growth, as well as Halo in general. He also sent word of Playtime Se…

MelkorTheGreat stopped by yesterday with a new video from DWT Productions – Inertia II shows some ridiculous launches in Reach’s campaign. (The launches themselves are not shown – just the targets. The forum post says that extended versions are coming…

DaFrontlineTrooper has posted Part Two of his tutorial showing how to make a Halo 3 Assault Rifle – worth watching! Thanks, robofin117.(Louis Wu 16:43:21 UTC)

Stephen Loftus is back with a few dozen new signs from the Halo in-game universe – samples from Halo 2’s Turf, plus multiplayer logos, plus some UNSC imagery. First new image can be found on the bottom of this page, with more in the MISC and UNSC coll…

Nak3d Eli continues his investigation into the odd health behavior manifesting itself in the post-Title Update Reach. Check out his latest video, which narrows down some of the causes. (The biggest surprise for me was the fact that after at least 5 me…

ScottJackson117 put together a tribute video saying goodbye to Bungie’s contribution to the Halo franchise, and wishing 343 the best with the transfer. Mostly live-action footage, but a bit of nicely-integrated in-game stuff. Thanks, dogiojoe.(Louis W…

ElzarTheBam noticed a short bit on Xbox360Achievements – Frank O’Connor talks about the passing of the Halo baton. He remembers the transition in August as being ‘pretty seamless’ (I’d say ‘relatively smooth’, myself; I remember some glitches), and he…

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It’s time for another dip into the mailbag for Arby ‘n’ the Chief. Highbrow humor at its most sophisticated! Thanks again, robofin117. (Louis Wu 20:16:07 UTC)

Elliott Fitzgerald sent word that the Flashover Gaming League has been launched; it’s a gaming center in Kathleen, GA, that’s expanded into online tournaments. What it offers that MLG and the NGL don’t are extra game modes like Racing and Big Team Bat…

CruelLEGACEY wrote up his impressions of the TU Beta playlist – go see what he likes and doesn’t like. (Louis Wu 20:15:04 UTC)