Year: 2012

In case you are wondering about the fiction behind Halo 4’s Multiplayer as alluded to in the recent First Look video from Halo Waypoint, go ahead and scratch “there must be a Spartan civil war” off your list. Thanks, Frankie. Yes, it’s that kind of new…

Leviathan is a Halo fan with a fantastic imagination and some serious artistic talent. The combination leads to some really interesting projects. His latest is called ‘Shield and Sword’ (we’ve mentioned it a couple of times), and he’s using it to take …

Mr.Sci-Fi stopped by last night to let us know about a premiere of a new live-action fan film, Halo: The Fallen. Their Facebook page is here, and the released short – HALO: The Fallen (Prologue) – is pretty amazing. Made on a tiny budget, it takes som…

Halo Waypoint has Part 2 of their Anatomy of Halo series – this one looks at The Cartographer (the map room). If you want to know more about the Halo strutures, this series is for you!(Louis Wu 15:50:36 UTC)

Greenskull’s excited that he’s passed 5000 subscribers on YouTube, and to celebrate he’s giving away some Needler Prop Avatar codes! Go watch to see how you can get one. Owner of Ready Up Live (Louis Wu 15:47:55 UTC)

Daniel Morris let us know that Episode 11 of the Tyrant Documentaries is now up – news about the delayed Halo 3 Legendary Guide, a welcome to his co-host, and a contest for a Pillar of Autumn avatar code… go watch!(Louis Wu 15:46:04 UTC)

Meanscreen let us know about Campfire Stories Season 2 Episode 6 – go watch!(Louis Wu 15:44:06 UTC)

Fails of the Weak #77 (AchievementHunter.com | YouTube) failed a little bit… for being weak. (A sad state of affairs for such an auspiciously numbered episode, actually.) There are still some fun moments, though – go watch! Thanks, hezekiah.(Louis W…

MastaSin333 stopped in to announce the upcoming season 2 of his Halo: Battle of Miridem, a flash comic. The teaser is live now.(Louis Wu 15:23:26 UTC)

Inside Xbox talked to Josh Holmes at the Spring Showcase last week – the man had some interesting things to say about Halo 4. Go watch! Thanks, nillapuddin.(Louis Wu 19:18:42 UTC)

Okay, I… wait, what? Blue Curaçao on rasberry cordial? Funky. Thanks, Spec ops Grunt.(Louis Wu 18:45:11 UTC)

The Tyrant reminded us that today is the kick-off of the fifth week of the Winter Mythic Recon Challenge – go beat Exodus! To help you, there’s his Mythic Guide here at HBO, and his LASO Challenge Guide on YouTube. And congrats to Nak3d Eli, who won t…

Bungie’s got a new Mail Sack online – questions and answers, what more could you ask for? (Achronos’ answer to “what is your favorite glitch?” makes me want to go play some Halo CE. Ben Wommack’s does NOT make me want to play ODST.)(Louis Wu 18:29:34 …

Dust Storm let us know that Podtacular 275 is up – as with most of the podcasts released this week, the main topic of conversation is Halo 4. Go listen!(Louis Wu 18:18:27 UTC)

munky-058 whipped up a few panoramas from last night’s HBO-in-Big-Team outing – go check ’em out! (Louis Wu 18:17:17 UTC)