Year: 2011

A new book from Nicolas “Sparth” Bouvier, who currently works for 343 Industries, will be coming out in late January – you can preorder now. (Thanks, Hypertrooper.) Looks to have some amazing Halo artwork (among other subjects) in it!(Louis Wu 15:24:2…

Women of Xbox 3 has been released – Goosechecka provides a solution to the “HaloCharts is gone!” problem. Thanks, Tyrant!(Louis Wu 15:23:07 UTC)

CyReN let us know about a 2v2 Reach LAN tournament to be held near Detroit, Michigan on December 20th – there’s money on the line! (Louis Wu 15:22:24 UTC)

The Waypoint moderators are back with Episode 5 of the Waypoint Community Modcast. In it, we discuss our thoughts on Halo: Anniversary, good, bad, and disturbing. Throw in a new addition to the crew and some oddly-amusing banter, and you’ve got yoursel…

1UP is hosting a charity sketch auction, with some killer artwork from some cool game developers. Amongst the gems is hidden a sketch of Mister Chief; if you’re intrigued, you’ve got 6 more days to bid! Proceeds will support the American Red Cross. Th…

Rooster Teeth has posted a Behind the Scenes video showing how they did some of the face modeling in the recent Season 9 of Red vs Blue – pretty fun watch!(Louis Wu 19:08:24 UTC)

Cox let us know that the Halo Anniversary Terminals are now available in French. (Louis Wu 16:43:52 UTC)

Jimmy Jangles decided to put together his own list of “Halo blogs” – if you’re looking for Halo content, check this out!(Louis Wu 16:42:47 UTC)

Den of Geek has built their list of the Top 10 Most Iconic War Machines in Videogame History – and Halo’s Scorpion Tank made the list. Thanks, mc_leprechaun.(Louis Wu 16:39:50 UTC)

Halo: Homefront is a Total Conversion mod in development for Homeworld 2 – they’ve now had their first official Beta release, so swing by and check it out! Thanks, 880ZERO.(Louis Wu 16:38:00 UTC)

Timgie stopped in to announce a new video release – it’s a tutorial showing how to build a Reach machinima-based battle using Theater mode, a couple of characters, and After Effects. Pretty useful!(Louis Wu 16:35:46 UTC)

The December Matchmaking Playlist Update went live last night – if you haven’t been following the changes as described in the Halo Bulletins, the Waypoint page will give you a nice summary of the changes.(Louis Wu 15:08:39 UTC)

Yuri Walkiw let us know about a Halo site roundup he put together for his blog, Hex19 – he calls it ‘Five Halo Community Sites You Should Know About’. No, we’re not just telling you about this because we’re on the list (though we are 😉 ). Go see who …

shiruken sent word that Episode 3 of Outpost: Isil Season 2 has been posted on YouTube. (It’ll be available on their website later this week.) (Louis Wu 20:35:00 UTC)

The latest Arby ‘n’ the Chief – “Femme Fatale” – went live this weekend; thanks to Ogan Panavo for the heads-up. 20 minutes long, will the second hacker go down to Arby and the Chief… or some other way? (And will Chief screw up EVERYTHING?) (Louis …

Congrats to STEEZYnairb – he’s the latest recipient of Domino Theory’s largesse; he’ll be receiving a new copy of Halo Anniversary this week! Thanks to everyone who participated.(Louis Wu 19:30:49 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY is celebrating the first anniversary of his site – swing by for a retrospective!(Louis Wu 15:16:59 UTC)

kornman00 discovered evidence that there WAS a 15th skull in Halo Anniversary – it was related to the sound code’s logic. (kornman thinks it might have been an attempt at an IWHBYD skull.) It wasn’t actually included in the final product – but it’s in…

KWDzero stopped in last night to let us know about an update to Halo: Out With a Whimper, the fan-created 2D sidescroller. Swing by for the latest details – it’s looking great! (Louis Wu 15:13:51 UTC)