Author: halo@bungie.org

Humble Bundle is currently selling Halo: Spartan Assault for $2.49 as part of their Spring Sale. 10% of the proceeds go to charity – save money and support a good cause! Thanks, DHalo. (mastrbiggy 21:22:32 UTC)

Prime999r dropped by with news of his last machinima film titled ‘2154’. The film is entirely in French, so you might need to turn subtitles on, unfortunately YouTube’s subtitles aren’t very good. Visually, the film is very impressive. Prime999r also…

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Jack and Gavin take you through the latest Halo mishaps in volume 190 of Fails of the Weak. There a few vehicle fails that are certainly worth checking out. You can watch it on AH or YouTube. Thanks NikkoB201.(mastrbiggy 20:23:38 UTC)

Trick77 let us know about Trick Talks, a series that invites members of European Halo community to talk all things Halo. In the latest episode, Harry ‘ Lethal’ Thomas stops by to discuss the future of competitive Halo. You can also check out episode …

Former Bungie environment artist Paul Russel tweeted out some creatures and vehicles that never made it into final version of Halo 1. Marcus Lehto later jumped into the conversation and shared a few more things from the vault. Some of this stuff we’v…

Microsoft’s recently released Xbox One trailer has a little surprise at the 51 second mark – ‘Halo 5 Infinity Slayer on Haven’ appears in the Xbox activity feed. This raised the collective Halo internet eyebrow, but 343i was quick to clarify. As you …

Once again, way late… but hey, sometimes we forget. This week’s Halo Bulletin went live on Wednesday (as usual)… and it’s worth a read. A great speedrun, playlist updates, new elements, and some slick screenshots – go read! (It’s local, too – as us…

Waypoint posted a handful of pictures of Kotobukyia’s 12-inch Master Chief statue – it looks pretty slick! Thanks, thebruce0.(mastrbiggy 19:47:49 UTC)

Compton dropped by to let us know that Halo Waypoint tweeted a picture of a Minecraft Master Chief. Apparently Halo content is coming to Minecraft for Xbox – weird.(mastrbiggy 20:24:23 UTC)

Joystiq published an article highlighting that Microsoft is looking for an experienced designer to work on an ‘established and well-loved strategy game franchise’. My guess is that Microsoft is referring to Age of Empires. The fact that Microsoft is …

It was only a few months ago that goatrope set the record for speed running Halo 1 on easy, now he has set the record for speed running Halo 1 on legendary. The entire 1:38:57 run is available on YouTube – pretty impressive! goatrope also put togethe…

Vico came across some Spartan Laser renders by 343i environment artist Jeremiah Strong. Before you jump to any conclusions about the next Halo, Frankie stated that this is from Jeremiah’s personal reel. Still, it’s a pretty neat take on the Splaser. …

Fl&uum;gel Meister let us know that The Secrets Within is giving away a copy of the Kilo-Five trilogy (Glasslands, The Thursday War, and Mortal Dictata) to the Halo fan who can most impress him with their favorite Halo fiction moment. Entries will be accepted (as comments on the article) until May 9, and then a…

gamerguy2002 ran across a pretty nice collection of Halo concept art – both Halo: Reach and Halo 4. Swing by and take a look – you might find stuff you’ve never seen before!(Louis Wu 17:50:49 UTC)

Variety has an article looking at the next live-action Halo series – looks like the Xbox Entertainment team is close to a deal with Showtime – and it looks like the episode might air on cable FIRST, followed by an Xbox showing. That’s pretty interestin…

Fails of the Weak once again focuses on Reach, heavy on the Campaign. (7 of the 10 fails were Reach fails, and four of those were Campaign.) Mostly, Emile’s a jerk. Watch it on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 18:31:21 UTC)

It’s been more than a year since the last time we heard about Sins of the Prophets, a Halo mod for Sins of a Solar Empire – but Chad Farris pointed us to a news update posted yesterday. Looks like the mod was released in January, and more than 23,000 …

PC Gamer has some happy news – GameRanger looks to be picking up the slack that will be left when GameSpy shuts down, at least as far as finding Halo PC games online. Thanks, munky-058.(Louis Wu 22:53:51 UTC)