Year: 2011

Last weekend, Red Bull hosted an extravagant LAN event in New York City to give pro players an opportunity to hone their skills. Holed up in Red Bull Space for three days, three teams — Kiaeneto, Warriors and Status Quo — fought, taught and bonded wi…

Nathan, from Competitive Video Games, wanted us to let you know that they’re hosting a 2v2 Slayer tournament this Thursday, June 30. It will take place on Xbox LIVE, use MLG rules and maps, and is open to all. There aren’t any prizes or fees – it’s ju…

GoozerNation compiled a list of the best video game grunts, and somehow our favorite Covenant punching bags nabbed a spot. That’s a Shyamalan-level twist right there. This inspired me to make a list of my own: “Most Elite Characters in Video Game Hist…

Hedgemony continues the Halo love with a series of pictures showing off stuff that makes me want to find time to go play more Halo. The man has an eye. Check ’em out.(Louis Wu 15:21:04 UTC)

DeepCee stopped by with word of a new episode in the Chronicles of ODS Steve – #89 has the team moving from downtown to out in the country!(Louis Wu 15:18:28 UTC)

TCKaos noticed a Toys R Us exclusive Mega Bloks item, coming soon – a 10th Anniversary Floodgate (odd, since Floodgate is from Halo 3, which is really only coming up on its 4th anniversary…). Should be available soon, if not now.(Louis Wu 14:11:21 UTC)

Stephen Loftus sent along a bunch of the directional locator signs from Cairo Station (in Halo 2) and Crow’s Nest/Rat’s Nest (in Halo 3). You’ll find them in his Signs of Halo collection, starting on page 6.(Louis Wu 14:03:59 UTC)

The latest Arby ‘n’ the Chief is another Hypermail episode – most of the mail is making fun of the Chief. Thanks, Mr Wezzle.(Louis Wu 13:44:40 UTC)

The Sparbiter let us know that a new track from the Halo: Faith soundtrack has been released – swing by YouTube to hear it.(Louis Wu 13:42:42 UTC)

Bierwiser painted the Haunted Helmet from Reach on his basement wall – check out the pics in this post!(Louis Wu 13:41:24 UTC)

MLGPro.com has published an interview with Instinct, the winners of MLG Columbus – go read to see what the team thought of the tournament, of each other, and how they see things going forward!(Louis Wu 13:34:07 UTC)

Narcogen let us know that the latest episode of Anger Sadness and Envy (Rampancy.net’s podcast) is now live – Narc, Blackstar, and Cody Miller discuss the Halo: CE Anniversary edition, and whether it will be worth purchasing (for each of them). Interes…

Stephen Loftus liked the Blow Me Away instrumental you can hear in-game in Halo 2 so much, he combined a few different pieces into a decent-length song (2 minutes, actually). If you want a copy of this, you can grab it from us (.mp3 format, 1.8 mb).(Lo…

Kaidon stopped in to announce a summer sale on his current inventory – knock 30% off the prices he’s had to this point. Not bad! (If you buy in the first week, you also get free shipping.)(Louis Wu 23:06:37 UTC)

Rockslider is back with another megabattle – he’s fighting against 64 covies on Assault in the Control Room. Really awesome looking fun – this is as close to Firefight as you’re gonna get in the original Halo! Go see.(Louis Wu 20:51:38 UTC)

Robowski sent word that the Halo CE Anniversary Special of Postgame Carnage Report went live a couple of weeks ago – swing by to listen to their discussion! 90 minutes long, available for streaming or download.(Louis Wu 20:46:01 UTC)

Stephen Loftus dug out Illustrator again – check his Signs collection for a new batch of Civilian and UNSC images! (New civilian signs start on page 3, while new UNSC signs show up on page 6.)(Louis Wu 15:30:40 UTC)

Hedgemony plans to post pictures all week to celebrate Bungie’s anniversary – today’s batch has some really amazing pics from Halo 3 and Reach. Go look!(Louis Wu 15:28:55 UTC)