Author: halo@bungie.org

Polygon has a fantastic look back at the birth of Xbox Live – and surprisingly, Halo (which didn’t have a live-enabled title for the first two years of the service) plays a pretty sizable role. Great read! Thanks, cheapLEY (and e!)(Louis Wu 23:45:45 UTC)

This is just a reminder that voting is underway for our Guilt O’ Lantern contest – if you haven’t cast your votes yet, please swing by and do so! (You get 5 of them, so you don’t need to pick your absolute favorite pumpkin.)(Louis Wu 23:00:19 UTC)

343 Artist Sparth has been doing a bunch of ’30 minute sketches’ recently – and his latest one is called ‘Stardrive Maintenant’. Wow… just wow. (Louis Wu 22:58:39 UTC)

IGN talked to Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer about a variety of subjects – and he had some pretty interesting stuff to say about Halo Wars, both the existing product and what might come from it in the future. Go see! Thanks, Revenant1988.(Lou…

The Tyrant sent word of a new Halo 4 WTF Moment – which is actually longer than a moment. It’s a 6-minute video from a run through Reclaimer, and it shows you what can happen when you circumvent the rules. Breaking one thing sometimes breaks a lot more…

Geoff and Gavin look at the latest batch of fails in this week’s Fails of the Weak (viewable either on AchievementHunter.com or YouTube) – and while most clips show semi-familiar stuff (this IS the 164th episode, after all), the last fail is pretty imp…

Dust Storm let us know about Podtacular 397 – with discussion ranging from Spartan Assault to the future of Halo. Go give it a listen! (Louis Wu 20:49:48 UTC)

Cracked.com has 20 Drunk Texts from Famous Video Game Characters – and #10 is from your favorite Spartan. Thanks, RVideo.(Louis Wu 23:58:28 UTC)

Weekly Halo Bulletin – Late Somehow, I found the time Wednesday night to localize the newest Halo Bulletin, and to mention this fact on our forum – but I couldn’t find the time to post it here on the front page. DOH! If you missed it, go give it a read…

There’s a pretty funny video up currently at Halo Waypoint – it’s called ‘Halo 4: A Look Back’, and it shows off a few of the… well, less polished bits that might not have made it into the final release of the game. Here’s hoping it shows up on YouTu…

I was looking over the early votes for this year’s Guilt O’ Lantern contest, and I noticed a disturbing trend. There are quite a number of people who are coming in and voting for just a single pumpkin. Now one of the submitters asked if there were any …

Took MUCH longer to get ready than I’d expected – but voting is now open for the Guilt O’ Lantern contest. Go check out the entries… and pick your favorite 5!(Louis Wu 23:52:34 UTC)

fake frogs stopped in to share the latest ‘Clyde n Owen’ comic – it’s his first Halo-themed one, so it seemed appropriate! Check it out.(Louis Wu 23:49:31 UTC)

MixMaker1 has mashed up the audio from the Ender’s Game trailer with some Halo footage… the result isn’t bad at all! Go look.(Louis Wu 23:47:53 UTC)

FyreWulff has taken a critical look at the handling of Halo 4 over the past year – it’s more negative than positive, but it’s generated some interesting discussion on our forum. Definitely worth poking your head in!(Louis Wu 23:46:35 UTC)

SIX min WHISTLE noticed a tweet from Chris Schlerf, lead writer for Halo 4. Looks like he’s moving on from 343! Go wish him well.(Louis Wu 23:45:08 UTC)

Apologies – I’d hoped that voting would open today for this year’s Guilt O’ Lantern entrants… but real life has intruded once again. I’m now shooting for tomorrow. Fingers are crossed! I’m really sorry for the delay.(Louis Wu 23:40:59 UTC)

Red vs Blue Season 11 has been pretty impressive, all along… but the most powerful episode of the string was released last night. (To understand what that means, swing by and read Miles’ post about it – awesome stuff.) Fantastic animation, great humo…

Team Beyond has news of a Halo 3 tournament officially announced by UGC – it’ll be taking place early next year, in Tennessee, and the prize pool will be $4500. Go check out the details!(Louis Wu 23:34:22 UTC)