Author: halo@bungie.org

The Xbox YouTube channel released a TV ad for The Master Chief Collection. It’s a montage of Halo footage paired with the song “We Will Rock You”. The song was recreated with Halo weapons sounds – awesome!(mastrbiggy 00:17:31 UTC)

Just a quick note about our 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest – if all goes well, I should have all the entries up for voting either tomorrow or Friday. Get ready to pick your faves – there are some awesome ones this year!(Louis Wu 23:40:28 UTC)

Another day, another GameVGame poll… today’s wants to know, what’s your favorite Halo 3 Campaign level? Go vote!(Louis Wu 23:39:21 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned a fan-written article that suggested that Halo 3 Campaign Theater was being downgraded in the Master Chief Collection. That seems to be a premature conclusion – check out this tweet from Frankie confirming that they’r…

GameVGame’s Halo Campaign polls continue – today they’re looking at your favorite Halo 2 level. What kept you coming back? Go vote! (Louis Wu 21:40:57 UTC)

Eurogamer took the Master Chief Collection for a serious spin in their Digital Foundry labs – go see what they found! (Louis Wu 23:34:39 UTC)

MacGyver10 was looking for artwork recently, and stumbled across a lithograph for sale that looks pretty interesting! Check it out.(Louis Wu 23:34:13 UTC)

The Lionheart stopped in with an interesting writing sample; he created it as part of the interview process for a 343 writing position. He didn’t get the job, but he did get pretty far along – go check it out! (Louis Wu 23:32:50 UTC)

Gamecheat13 used his moddling skills to show you what Halo 4 assassinations would have looked like in a first-person view (instead of the third-person view we drop into now). These look BRUTAL! (Of course, they’re slowed down so you can see this – it w…

Andy, from GVG, sent us a note that they’ve kicked off another series of polls, this time based on campaign levels. They’re counting down to the Master Chief Collection! First up – what was your favorite Campaign level in the first Halo? Go vote!(Louis…

asa stopped by with a link to a video released this summer, after Brickworld 2014 – Lee Jones created a 100+ kg replica of the Pillar of Autumn, complete with realized engines! He declined to mention the total cost of the included LEGOs, but he said it…

Team Beyond has gone through the recently uploaded Master Chief Collection manual, and the wording for Theater modes suggests that some functionality that DID exist in Halo 3 (when it launched in 2007) has been removed in the Master Chief Collection. 3…

MixMaker1 let us know that he put together a new comparison video, showing off the latest Halo 2 Anniversary Launch Trailer, matched up with the corresponding shots from the original game. Pretty interesting!(Louis Wu 17:19:35 UTC)

Yesterday, Bravo posted a list of the 50 Achievements (500 gamerscore) being added to the existing 400 Achievements that ship with The Master Chief Collection – I’m guessing some of these will have a very, very, VERY low completion rate. I love that Ha…

Xbox Achievements interviewed Kiki Wolfkill – go listen to what she has to say about the Master Chief Collection! (They’ve also got a pretty substantial Let’s Play video posted, as well.) Thanks, AfroRyan.(Louis Wu 18:18:43 UTC)

So we all know 343 updated Halo 2 for the H2A release… did you know they updated at least some of the easter eggs, too? Metalingus627 pointed out a screenshot that shows that a cutscene-based egg has been brought forward appropriately.(Louis Wu 18:11…

Cybrfrk sent along a fantastic example of the power of CSS. Lovin’ it.(Louis Wu 18:04:44 UTC)

The last time we mentioned Project Contingency was back in January – this CryEngine 3-based Halo mod was already several months into production, and some of their work had accidentally been leaked, and mistaken for the next Halo title. A couple of days…

IGN’s Podcast Unlocked #168 focuses on Halo 2 – Ryan’s guest is Max Hoberman. Interesting talk!(Louis Wu 17:44:35 UTC)

Justin Bryce let us know that Drunken Halo Episode 91 is now live – Justin and Travis discuss the Halo 5 Beta and the Master Chief Collection. Go listen!(Louis Wu 17:39:17 UTC)