Year: 2011

Paula felt we weren’t doing Nyan Cat Halo tributes justice, so she sent us two more (one | two). Your sanity is your own business. (Louis Wu 13:10:10 UTC)

Jack and Geoff are pretty busy this week with Gears of War 3 – but they found time for a quick game of Achievement PIG (YouTube | AchievementHunter.com). Cool maps! Thanks, hezekiah. (Louis Wu 13:09:47 UTC)

Apparently, I forgot to update the Fan Fiction section last week – apologies! This week, there are five new pieces! Go read ’em.(Louis Wu 13:08:25 UTC)

bs angel dropped us another Bulletin last night featuring the remake of Timberland for Halo CEA: Ridgeline.  This map comes from one of the classic Halo: PC maps and is a pretty good pick for a remake (I still think … Continue reading →

The delightfully tactful folks at the Drunken Halo Podcast have let us know that Episode 29 is live. In this edition, hosts Travis and Justin examine their sack. We just give you the news, folks, it’s your job to listen and make your own judgments!(Gri…

If you’re looking for a tough challenge, swing by HaloChallenges.com – they’ve just set up A Call to Arms, designed by the 40th Assault Battalion (a HaloCharts community group). The challenge involves Bomb and Flag games, and completion will be quite …

Nak3d Eli told us about some commentated gameplay using the Zero Bloom gametype – check it out if you want to see what you’d be getting into.(Louis Wu 17:24:48 UTC)

On the last day of Halo Fest, a rather large number of HBO denizens and friends got together for breakfast – a photo was taken, and now that photo is online. (Thanks, Mig!) See if you can recognize folks! (Louis Wu 17:22:24 UTC)

Robowski let us know that Post Game Carnage Report has released Episode 89 of their podcast – still loaded with Halo discussion, even in the face of the GoW3 release! Go listen. (Louis Wu 17:21:32 UTC)

Devin Olsen stopped by last night to point out the No Bloom gametype Halo Waypoint released – it requires the TU to function, and is currently only available in Custom games. Folks have already modified it to work with, for example, MLG settings (GAF’…

This one slipped my mind when I first saw it, but fortunately, Beckx had my back and gave the reminder. Kotaku recently ran a small feature highlighting the new Halo Anniversary Minimates. These might just be too cute to pass up. Go and check it out!(G…

DPS Sundown wanted to let everyone know that the sign-ups for the new season of the International Grifball League are now open, and will remain so through October 1st. More details can be found at their site. If you are looking for an extra avenue to g…

Just as a reminder, Podtacular will be recording their latest episode tonight (Thursday), and would like your thoughts on the Halo Story. Your own Grim will be guest-starring, discussing how the Halo story has woven back and forth through games, books,…

In this week’s Halo Bulletin, 343 Industries Community Manager bs angel takes you on a magical through the woods, giving some very cool details on one of the new maps to come with Anniversary, Ridgeline (Timberland). Also included is some bonus info on…

Rockslider has whipped up a tutorial vid showing you how to grab an extra 7 marines, giving you a squad of 13 soldiers for your Assault on the Control Room. (c wut I did thar?) Check out the movie for direct details!(Louis Wu 21:40:54 UTC)

Back before the Bungie Optimatch forum shut down, Jeremiah agreed to answer fan-submitted questions about Megalo, Bungie’s gametype-creation scripting language. The answer session didn’t come to pass, but Jon Cable just dropped into our forum with answ…

Kermit posted a recap of last week’s Co-op Night – great pics tell wonderful stories! Go read.(Louis Wu 14:56:27 UTC)