Author: halo@bungie.org

Over at Comparative Geeks, there’s a look at the Halo 3 titles (Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST) in the context of feminist-related tropes. And neither game comes off too well. Interesting read! (Louis Wu 20:55:59 UTC)

RVideo shot us a note about the final Halo 3 montage from Detox – 15 minutes of effects and gameplay. Nice work, overall! Check it out.(Louis Wu 20:51:21 UTC)

Back in September, we mentioned an upcoming personal digital assistant, available at some point to owners of Windows phones, based on Halo’s Cortana – The Verge has more info about that project, which may actually be usable sometime this spring. Beorn …

VideoGamer.com noticed a Halo Waypoint tweet posted earlier this week – a suggestion that the return of Master Chief might be coming sooner than we thought. Is this a coy denial of the rumor that Halo 5 (or whatever it’s called) has been pushed back to…

The Tyrant has released the penultimate episode of his Halo 4 WTF Moments videos – all that remains is the finale. This moment is frustrating – but not, unfortunately, uncommon. It comes with some commentary he originally meant to use in his LASO Chall…

We neglected to remind you of this week’s Halo Bulletin – it’s full of info like news of a Community Playdate, the latest matchmaking update, a Spartan Assault update (Xbox One only), as well as the usual screenshot gallery and a pretty nifty montage. …

Wanna shoot HBO regulars? Revenant’s got your back. Swing by his thread and sign up for the B.org 2014 March Madness tournament – and get ready to rumble!(Louis Wu 20:23:10 UTC)

Comic Book Resources has posted a quick summary of Halo: Escalation #6 (coming in May; do a local ‘Find’ on the page to get down to ‘Escalation’) – it ties up a couple of longstanding loose ends that canon fans might be pretty interested in. (The cover…

In the event that you can’t wait until the 26th, Darkhorse comics posted a 6-page preview of Halo: Escalation #3 – neat! Thanks, Dogiojoe.(mastrbiggy 18:57:34 UTC)

Robowski sent word that PGCR episode 197 is live – the crew discusses the Halo baseball league, the Trihardathalon Tournament, and speculate about Halo 2 Anniversary rumors. Be sure to also check out the Trihardathalon stats page!(mastrbiggy 18:56:47…

CHa0s dropped by the forums to share his Halo 4 ‘Wingman’ wallpaper – check it out! (mastrbiggy 18:56:08 UTC)

The Halo Mole team released a first look for the ninth contestant, Deadpool MN. Go find out more about this eager yet skilled Halo player and place your bets!(mastrbiggy 22:30:26 UTC)

Waypoint posted a photo gallery of all the neat Halo stuff shown at the 2014 New York Toy Fair. Go check out what Mega Bloks, Bandai, and McFarlane had to show. There’s also a pretty awesome Cortana data chip that lights up – neat!(mastrbiggy 21:47:27 …

Stephen Loftus submitted another batch of high-resolution images for his Halo Signs collection – you’ll find the newest additions at the end of the Civilian section, the end of the Forerunner section, the end of the Miscellaneous section, and the end o…

t00lbox stopped in with a new tutorial; it shows how to get to a pretty off-the-grid player model (included in Reach by Bungie for loading purposes, never supposed to be seen by players). Go watch – pretty amazing!(Louis Wu 17:48:23 UTC)

This week, Achievement Hunter did a retrospective – Fails of the Weak covers death-inducing mistakes from Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Reach, and Halo 4. Nice! You can watch it on AH.com or YouTube.(Louis Wu 18:36:57 UTC)

Gundamguy got a new tablet, and released a speed art test… of a Halo 3 ODST Helljumper. Great work! (Louis Wu 23:59:59 UTC)

GameZone has published the full Steve Downes interview they teased yesterday – it’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Steve’s transition (or near non-transition) to the 343 stable… go give it a read! (Louis Wu 23:59:46 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla is back with a new Valentine’s Day Halo music video for 2014 – you’d think after so many of these, they’d start to be repetitive… but they’re not. Go watch!(Louis Wu 23:55:47 UTC)