Author: halo@bungie.org

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)

RVideo shot us a link to a request for volunteers – Zola is making a documentary about the impact Halo has had… and needs your help! Swing by The Halo Forum for full details.(Louis Wu 23:31:41 UTC)

The Tyrant has gone back to take a look at the one weapon he never picked up in his Epilogue video – his latest video, Volume 5 of his Halo 4 Mythic Tips and Tricks, shows off how powerful the scattershot can be, especially against Knights. Good stuff!…

t00lbox stopped by to share a Halo Reach trick video by Termacious Trickocity that shows how to get to the ‘Balcony Room’ during the Pillar of Autumn mission. I’ve never seen this trick done before and the space you can get into is actually fairly bi…

Rolling Stone put together a list of the best examples of video game music – Halo CE made the list along with eight other iconic games. Nice! (mastrbiggy 20:02:01 UTC)

Halo Waypoint is celebrating Halo 4’s 1-year anniversary with a whole week of events – swing by this post for details. Daily Twitter giveaways, plus in-game stuff on Wednesday (the actual anniversary) – get playing!(Louis Wu 21:44:17 UTC)

RVideo sent along a link to a new Halo 2 Vista montage released on The Halo Forum – It’s Kiko Mia’s Independenza 2, an 18-minute behemoth containing some really nice gameplay. Yeah, it’s long – but it’s full of cool stuff! Go watch.(Louis Wu 23:24:37 UTC)

TheSparbiter has released a Halo music video set to Three Days Grace’s ‘Time of Dying’. Nice timing. (Louis Wu 23:22:36 UTC)

Dust Storm and The Halo Mole Team let us know about the first contestant video for the gameshow, The Halo Mole – go learn about Taiokaion. Is he good enough to win – or is he the mole? (Louis Wu 23:21:36 UTC)

Just a quick reminder – we closed submissions for the 2013 Guilt O’ Lantern contest at midnight on Halloween – we should have all of the entries up for public voting starting early this coming week. Thanks to all the submitters – and to everyone who’s …