Author: halo@bungie.org

Earlier this morning at Gamescom, 343i presented a ton of Halo news. Along with new information about The Master Chief Collection, 343i provided a look at the Halo 5 beta as well as some other goodies. You can watch the archived version of the briefing…

Stephen Loftus stopped in with an old image he’d whipped up in the late Halo 3 days… where he had been trying to pin down where the multiplayer map Heretic had come from. Pretty cool stuff!(Louis Wu 23:44:15 UTC)

Dust and Echoes episode 37 is live – Mr Tomsk is joined by DayandKnightly from Reactive Bias to discuss The Master Chief Collection. Go listen!(mastrbiggy 22:32:30 UTC)

Michael Rookard shared his latest piece of original artwork – this one features Master Chief and Crimson Lord Slayde trying to stab each other. Very cool!(mastrbiggy 22:22:29 UTC)

A few days ago, AbandonedCashew released a Halo 4 objective-based Infection mode called ‘Salvation’. Mr. Pokephile decided to make an 18 minute video detailing what the mode is and all the cool features that are now available for players to tinker arou…

Kal stopped in with a link to Beyond Entertainment, who’ve confirmed that the Master Chief Collection will support LAN gaming. (You still need an internet connection – but it doesn’t have to be very big at all.) Yay!(Louis Wu 22:21:00 UTC)

Well, Okay, maybe not YOURS – I don’t even know if you voted. But a bunch of people did, over the course of the past week, and one map came out on top. Go check out which one! (Louis Wu 22:18:05 UTC)

The latest Weekly Halo Bulletin is filled with info about Halo goings-on at Gamescom, starting next Tuesday. Go read the full schedule – there’s a lot of good stuff! (The Bulletin also has some Race-related eye candy, for you screenshot fanatics.) You …

Kermit stopped in last night to mention that Halo 2 makes an appearance in the recently released movie ‘Boyhood’ – a nice nod to a cultural touchstone!(Louis Wu 17:14:32 UTC)

Well, GameVGame has polled you on each individual Halo title, and they’ve combined the top 3 vote-getters in each in a final shoot-out! Go pick your favorite map – from ANY title!(Louis Wu 22:49:17 UTC)

Xbox UK has tweeted pics of a Limited Edition Master Chief Collection – I’m not sure what a Grunt Funeral Digital Skull is, but I’m intrigued! Thanks, Kal. (Louis Wu 18:35:20 UTC)

Rooster Teeth released a new PSA yesterday – looks like the canyon dudes are as good at finding dates as they are at fighting. Hrm. (Louis Wu 18:28:47 UTC)

SEspider put up another segment of his ‘Speed Art’ video, in which he’s drawing Cortana. Take a look!(Louis Wu 18:21:15 UTC)

Mator came by to let us know that his Ultimate Stunting Tutorial website now has 400 stunts online – go check it out!(Louis Wu 18:18:15 UTC)

And the polls go on – today’s query involves Halo 4’s multiplayer. What’s your favorite field of battle? GameVGame wants to know!(Louis Wu 18:16:09 UTC)

A few days ago, RVideo sent us a link for Puba’s latest (and maybe last) Halo 3 montage – it’s called Threshold, gameplay is by Dkahre and Dutchy, and editing is off the charts. (It’s not long at all, so don’t let that bother you.) Pretty amazing shoot…

David Carpenter built a Didact cosplay outfit – and it’s amazing. Swing by Make to see photos and a video. My jaw’s STILL on the floor. (Louis Wu 18:40:56 UTC)

Lluís SD let us know that there are some Halo fans in Spain that are unhappy with the lack of Castilian Spanish localization for Halo 2 Anniversary (Halo 2 was supposed to have it, but was released with ‘neutral spanish’ – focused more on Latin …

Interesting – Microsoft is selling a Master-Chief-branded mouse… that’s not for gaming. Dat marketing!(Louis Wu 18:34:28 UTC)

Heh – Alan Tudyk discussed a classic Halo moment at a Fan Q&A during NerdHQ 2014 – he couldn’t remember (during the telling of the story) when it took place, but longtime readers of the Bungie Weekly Update will remember Urk’s telling of the same s…