Year: 2012
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It’s Like We All Get a Golden Ticket
This week’s Halo Bulletin was delivered to us in golden fashion not only by the ever-svelte bs angel, but by the Halonian High-Queen herself, Bonnie “You’re in Good Hands” Ross. The wise mother-spark lent her own words to assist the fans in gaining a m…
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Urk Was Always on OUR A-list
The [a]list just put up a great video interview with Bungie’s Eric Osborne Eric discusses Bungie’s history, how they interact with their fans and community, and some thoughts on the company’s future. Go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 20:08:36 UTC)
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Halo 4 Soundtrack Remix Contest
Hypertrooper pointed out a Halo 4 Remix Soundtrack contest – there’s an official video from Xbox UK (you can download it off the US Press site, as well – thanks, Morpheus), and a contest website to enter your own remix. You’ve got until October 29 to …
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More Difficult to Achieve?
xbox360achievements has their Halo 4 Campaign Preview up and live. Go and see what they thought! BE WARNED there are some pretty heavy spoilers. Don’t read if you are dark.(GrimBrother One 17:15:01 UTC)
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Halo 3 Crow’s Nest, Legendary, 9:46
Wow. NOKYARD stopped by NeoGAF to point out a speedrun on Crow’s Nest by HISTORY100, a new Japanese speedrunner. This video contains all sorts of new techniques that cut almost a minute off the existing Solo Legendary record. Riding the Drones… that’…
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Halo 4 Tournament in South Africa
It looks like Microsoft South Africa is hosting a Halo 4 tourney, with the top prize being a trip to Gamescom 2013 (in Cologne, Germany) next August. Not too shabby! If you live in SA, sign up! Thanks, TheOddOne. (Louis Wu 14:08:24 UTC)
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IGN’s look at Halo, 10 years out
IGN decided to take a look down the road, and to speculate about where some of their favorite game franchises might be in 10 years. Halo’s on the list – go see what they came up with! Thanks, UNKNOWN iXi.(Louis Wu 13:45:44 UTC)
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October 3 Wednesday Night Grifbrawl
Kal, from GrifballHub, let us know about tonight’s Wednesday Night Grifbrawl – Ball So Hard is facing off against Hot Bikini Guyz. It’s a best of 3 series – swing by their live stream at 9pm to watch all the action!(Louis Wu 13:43:06 UTC)
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Halo 4 Preview Event Recap, by Community Customs
From Community Customs: Nomis78, one of the Community Customs staff members, managed to win himself an invite to the first UK hands-on event with Halo 4. In this article, he details his thoughts on everything from the gameplay to the GUI and the weapo…
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Halo 4 Flood Multiplayer Mode Walkthrough
IGN also has a direct-feed Flood mode video – Kevin Franklin tells you all about the mode. Thanks, IHaveIce.(Louis Wu 17:32:46 UTC)
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Words and Sounds
It’s been a busy few days, and I’ve been remiss – Bungie has published a new Mail Sack (heist movies, nicknames, and advice for the lovelorn) and a new Breaking In (Stephen Hodde, Audio Designer, awesome stories) since late last week – go read ’em! (L…
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It’s Tricky – A Halo: Reach Funtage
From Famous: Hello, everyone! Here is a little funtage I put together last night. The editing isn’t much, just simple. I had these clips on my computer for a little over a week, so I thought I would use them. I have a lot of clips to be used be…
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IGN Introduces Abandon
IGN has a video with 343’s Kynan Pearson introducing yet another new multiplayer map – this one’s called Abandon. It’s a small (4v4), asymmetrical map geared towards CTF, though it looks like it’ll work nicely in Slayer as well. It’s an abandoned scie…
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Mantis, Ep 1
Hedgemony also paid tribute to the new Mantis, with a new comic cover. I’d read that! (Louis Wu 16:40:35 UTC)
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DaE Eurogamer Special
New content from the Dust and Echoes crew – they’ve got a Eurogamer Special podcast, covering their impressions of the event (and new Halo 4 material revealed there), as well as the first episode of DAE TV, showing off a new map and some 1v1 CTF. Go l…
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Halo 4 Mantis Desktop Wallpaper Pack
Firestream was pretty impressed with the Mantis – so much so that he created a set of wallpapers in tribute. Go grab some!(Louis Wu 16:33:56 UTC)
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High-profile toy spotting
We have a pretty strict no-politics policy on our forum, but this isn’t really politics, per se… Mig noticed that Halo toys show up at the beginning of one of the most recent Obama promotion pieces. Nice!(Louis Wu 16:27:32 UTC)
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Remember Me How I Was
Red vs Blue Season 10 Episode 17 went live last night – Church helps Carolina come to grips with some feelings… and (re)learns some critical pieces of the puzzle. Good stuff! Go watch. (Louis Wu 16:24:33 UTC)
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Tattoo Tuesday: Legendary Halo Tattoo
Some people show their love for Halo by playing the games. Others get a relevant image permanently placed upon their body. Enjoy this particular example of a Halo-related body modification, and if you have a picture you’d like to submit for possible fu…
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The next Halo novel is up for sale
The Thursday War is now available – get your copy today!(Louis Wu 16:14:58 UTC)