Month: January 2013

flugelmeister, from The Secrets Within, has posted a request for help – his son missed the window for the Halo 4 Remix contest, but still wants to create something fun. Unfortunately, the official contest site has taken down the stems they’d offered du…

Wahrer Machine shared his 8-bit rendition of ‘Nemesis’ from the Halo 4 soundtrack. Now all you need is an 8-bit version of the game :). Neat!(mastrbiggy 10:28:20 UTC)

xClicked from The Halo Council posted a rundown of the new maps in the Forge playlist. He goes over weapon placement, spawn times as well as some other neat details. Thanks, CyReN(mastrbiggy 09:56:39 UTC)

Today kicks off the second half of Spartan Ops Season 1 – Episode 6 is live now on Xbox LIVE. Before you can play, you’ll need to download a 2.2GB support file that covers episodes 6-10 – keep this in mind if you plan to play with friends (or play at a…

The newest Halo 4 Matchmaking Update went live early this morning – if you log on to Infinity War Games, you’ll find a new playlist to romp in. Community Forge Test has a number of smaller community-built Forge maps configured for 4v4 play – your parti…

dCon V let us know about a new Halo-themed shirt on TeeFury today – it disappears at midnight, Eastern time, so if you like it, buy it NOW! (It’s $10 plus shipping.)(Louis Wu 14:55:28 UTC)

MoltenSlowa stopped in with word of Ops-Cast 5.75 – it covers Halo 4 terminals 4-6. Go listen!(Louis Wu 14:48:16 UTC)

Jordan Bell let us know that he’s posted a new lore video – it looks at Halo 4’s terminals, as well as themes and species explored in all aspects of the Halo fiction. Go watch to get his take on the ins and outs of the Halo Universe! (Louis Wu 14:45:56…

slYnki stopped by with word of a new segmented speedrun on Truth and Reconciliation. It’s under 7 minutes! (This shaves two full minutes off the old record… amazing.) The end of ‘Belly of the Beast’ was the most impressive shortcut I saw, but there w…

t00lbox shared his latest trick/glitch video – this time he gets out of the level Shutdown. This one is especially neat because of how large the explorable space is. Also, you can get a purple and gold Banshee!(mastrbiggy 13:55:18 UTC)

Moa ran into a hacker during a game of Halo 4 – the unsavory individual was able to take out tanks, call in multiple ordnance drops and kill players with a single shot all by simply using the Carbine. Hey, at least the Carbine is useful now ;). (mast…

Earlier this month, Reddit user fiscal_ reached out to the Halo community about getting in contact with the Bungie Foundation. He was hoping to get some smiles out of his son, who had just undergone a liver transplant. With a ton of neat stuff in tow, …

The Dawn rises on our Departure as we head for the Complex. Continue reading →

Luke McKay (who has his own gallery here at HBO) is part of a new web venture called ‘The Button Mash’ – and the very first Button Mash comic (about a week ago) was called ‘Darth Didact’. It combines Halo and Star Wars, and answers a few questions you …