Year: 2011

If news of a title update wasn’t enough to sate your Halo news appetite today, Tor Books revealed the tentative cover art for “Halo: Glasslands,” the first of a new trilogy from Karen Traviss. “Glasslands” will continue the events and character storyli…

Greenskull sent word of a new miniskit – ‘Signature’ is just 30 seconds. Which means no matter HOW badly the punchline makes you groan, it’s over in half a minute. Go watch.(Louis Wu 14:30:17 UTC)

Bry dug up a TON of Halo PC campaign screenshots he’d taken back in the day – nice collection!(Louis Wu 14:28:25 UTC)

Timgie let us know that he’s released Ballads of Reach, a Halo music vid in the style of HMV Hell – and I’d say it’s pretty entertaining! Go check it out.(Louis Wu 14:27:10 UTC)

CE United’s Willy sat down with TTL Askan, a Gunslinger and a Bungie contract worker. His site has the interview online. It’s a little hard to read (every question and answer is on a separate page, with no links between them), but it’s a pretty interes…

Postmortem wrote up an article called ‘We Are Connected’ – it’s all about the power of the Halo community. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 14:19:51 UTC)

The latest Halo Bulletin has been posted over at Halo Waypoint – and it discusses some upcoming changes to Reach that will be enacted in time for the release of Halo: Anniversary. (Our forum is full of griping about this – complaints about information …

Continuing our tangentially related Halo news, Noam Murro, director of the “Birth of a Spartan” short for the “Reach” media blitz, is rumored to be on the short list to direct the upcoming “300” prequel. Currently, Murro is slated to direct “Die Hard 5…

Wired’s GameLife has an informative, refreshing article about teens using violent video games as stress relievers. It’s not directly related to Halo, though the series makes a brief appearance as the gateway shooter for a Canadian teenager. Considering…

Over at the Escapist, there’s an article exploring the expanded Halo universe (the lore fleshed out in books, action figures, movies, etc), and how it all ties into the games themselves. Interesting read!(Louis Wu 18:20:17 UTC)

Hedgemony continues his week-long tribute to Bungie with amazing screenshots – and these are AMAZING. It’s Space Day.(Louis Wu 18:12:03 UTC)

Epic Meal Time is a YouTube channel devoted to making ridiculous meat creations, and then eating them. DHalo noticed that their most recent episode includes a cameo from a Halo energy sword. Heh. (You STILL shouldn’t eat like this… but it’s funny to …

Achronos had mentioned some time ago that the “Thank the Maker” medal description on Bungie.net would be updated to reflect that it’s no longer showing you when you play against Bungie employees – looks like it’s happened (thanks, Revenant1988, for not…

Jason “Mrs Doublefire” Kieth, who worked on Halo Reach’s environments, has updated his portfolio site – swing over to the Halo: Reach page to see some of the work he’s done! (Let him know what you think in his forum thread.)(Louis Wu 18:03:32 UTC)

It’s AssaultGodzilla’s birthday (Happy Birthday, AG!), so he’s created a new HMV to celebrate. Once again, he’s done an amazing job finding clips from various Halo media to match the lyrics as they unfold. This one’s set to Linkin Park’s “Iridescent”….

If you’ve played Big Team Battle with me, you know that I am the world’s worst Halo driver. That’s why I loved “Crash Course,” episode two of “Playtime” from CruelLEGACEY. I might need to try this test track out. Go watch! And remember, the next episod…

Halo Waypoint released their newest Halo Universe ordnance piece yesterday, this time taking a closer look at the Covenant Focus Rifle. Always great info. Check it out!(GrimBrother One 02:16:53 UTC)

Fail-Safe Red vs Blue Season 9 Ep 3 is now live for sponsors (and will be live for everyone in about 90 minutes) – plenty more cg action, and plenty more Blood Gulch machinima. I’m a little confused – but that’s okay, there’s a lot of episodes left. Pl…