Month: July 2013

Certain Affinity posted some Pit/Pitfall comparison shots on their Facebook page. There’s also a few Pitfall and Vertigo concept art pieces to check out. Neat!(mastrbiggy 18:45:41 UTC)

jay mee noticed a pretty cool Master Chief bust for sale on Gumtree (a UK classified site). These were made by One2One Collectibles and released in 2009 – the run was 650 (not the 350 mentioned in the Gumtree posting, but that’s a minor detail, it’s st…

Joystiq pointed out that the phone version of Halo: Spartan Assault will launch first on Verizon. Not only do you have to have a Windows 8 device, but now you HAVE to be a Verizon customer to play this game :(. I have no idea what this means for Window…

The Halo Council filled a pretty unique niche when it started up last year – it was competitive gamers who were interested in a Halo that all Halo fans, competitive and casual alike, could enjoy. There are other sites that work that space now (most not…

MatthewDratt stopped in yesterday to let us know that the Halo CE3 LiveStream Show is going to be happening tomorrow, at 4pm Eastern. (We mentioned it back in June, but hey, we know how easy it is to lose track.) Put some time aside! (Louis Wu 18:17:57…

Firestream let us know that Halosphere2 is celebrating its second birthday – and doing so with serious schwag. Swing by for your chance at Microsoft points – you don’t even need to be a hardcore player to win! The fun starts today, and runs through Jul…

We’ve mentioned the Silent Cartologist a couple of times recently – some super-cool Halo 1-based artwork has appeared, mysteriously, at this website, with very little explanation. Earlier this week, we got another piece – this time, it’s a Progressive …

Eric Nylund, responsible for a whole bunch of fiction in the Halo universe (from the first Halo novel all the way through the awesome Halsey Diary included with some editions of Halo: Reach), is stepping down as MGS’ Narrative Design Director. We’re g…

ibkang1 asked Frank O’Connor about a new modded gametype released recently – it’s pretty good news for folks who like to play unusual gametypes in custom Halo 4 games. (Pay close attention to Frank; this is NOT an official 343 statement, you should NOT…

Garret Hughes put together his first Halo 4 montage – there’s over 11 minutes of Spartan on Spartan mayhem. I find this montage oddly therapeutic (I’m not sure what that says about my personality.) Garret is looking for contructive criticism so go watc…

Cody Miller watched the GTA V gameplay teaser released recently… and was reminded of some SERIOUSLY old-school Bungie baddies. (RotaJota added his two cents, too.) If you don’t feel like watching the video, here are screengrabs of the two moments in …

Stephen Loftus was poking through some Halo 2 game files and ran across an ambient life form that I have never seen before – even now, 9 years after the game’s release! Amazing. Swing by and take a look; it’s likely it was actually cut from the game (n…

Catching up on stuff from the week that we’ve let slide… let’s start with a second installment of uberfoop’s “So, Halo 3 is a pretty cool game” reminiscence. Swing by for great pics, great vids – it makes me want to dig out the disc and jump back in!…

The Halo Waypoint Bulletin went live last night – cool info about RTX, the Halo 4 Global Championship, details about the upcoming Champions Bundle, stuff to look out for at San Diego Comic Con in a week or so, and some very cool Mark VI Spartan Armor-t…

Tom “Tsquared” Taylor held a talk at RTX this year about his history as a pro-gamer – Tom provides plenty of interesting information regarding the Halo MLG scene and talks about what it takes to become a pro. Interesting stuff! Thanks, Toby Dillman.(m…

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