Author: halo@bungie.org

Dust Storm let us know that he’ll be hosting a panel at RTX on Sunday called ‘The Art of Podcasting’ – you can check out the details on the RTX website. It’s not clear if it’ll be livecast anywhere, but I’m sure there’ll be an archive at some point! (M…

The Tyrant put together a special Halo 4 WTF Moments episode in honor of July 4th… he calls it ‘Independence Day Themed’. (If you hadn’t watched the one before it, you should – it’ll make this one funnier.) (Louis Wu 20:12:55 UTC)

It’s the Fourth of July, and we (the staff of HBO) all live in the US, so this is a pretty big away-from-your-computer holiday – I’d like to apologize for the lack of Halo news coverage. On our forum, uberfoop posted the first installment of ‘So, Halo …

The Halo Bulletin this week is full of goodies about the new Halo Global Championship – go check it out! (As usual, there is a local version in our Halo Bulletin Archive, for those who prefer it.)(Louis Wu 23:59:29 UTC)

Wow. Last week we mentioned the Silent Cartologist, a site devoted to custom poster-style art inspired by the Halo universe. Its creator (curator?) returned today, with three new images – they’re spectacular. These would look wonderful on any wall! Go …

Xbox Wire, the Xbox.com news channel, has an article that states that Halo 4 is now the Top-Selling Microsoft Studios Game of all time in the US. (This is measured by total sales during its launch year – and Halo 4 has surpassed the previous record-hol…

Hokiebird (we mentioned him in January when we highlighted his Halo 2 Legendary Guide) let us know about Hokie’s School of Halo, a collection of videos that comprise a strategy guide for Halo beginners. Check it out for tips, tricks, and info useful to…

Red vs Blue Season 11 Episode 3 is now online – the Reds and the Blues both attempt to settle in to their new digs. Sad Caboose is sad.(Louis Wu 18:38:05 UTC)

PGCR’s newest podcast series, Postgame Community Corner, covers all sorts of topics – episode 3 is all about Destiny and how Bungie transitions from making Halo games to building a whole new universe. Thanks, Robowski.(mastrbiggy 11:48:22 UTC)

Ifafudafi let us know about the new Halo Custom Edition media campaign for CMT’s new map – it’s b30 (Silent Cartographer) completely remained with all new assets! It has been over a year in the making and the hard work definitely shows. Be sure to chec…

Postmortem stopped by to announce Round 13 of his ‘Visualizing the Halo Universe’ challenge – how well is the Forerunner Capital fleshed out in your mind’s eye?(Louis Wu 20:57:52 UTC)

petin is down to the end of his Halo figures collection – swing by for a last batch of pictures, and a take ’em all price!(Louis Wu 20:53:53 UTC)

Stephen Loftus found another batch of vectorized Halo artwork he hadn’t posted – and we’ve added 18 new images to his ‘Signs’ collection. Check the end of the Civilian collection (here), the end of the ‘Miscellaneous’ collection (here), and the end of …

At the Microsoft E3 Press Conference, the ‘Games with Gold’ program was announced – two titles would be made free for XBL Gold members every month. The rumor had been that Halo 3 would be one of the two July titles… but when Major Nelson announced th…

Firestream let us know that Halosphere, the web-based Halo MMORPG, has gotten a complete makeover. Plenty of new features, and just the first of several major upgrades this year! Swing by and try it out. (It’s been a while since I visited, and I was pr…

CbWilliams is getting ready to film the final episode of his Halo Legends Abridged video series – and he needs your help. Swing by his post for full details on how you can audition for one of the parts available!(Louis Wu 20:51:32 UTC)

aPK has some thoughts about the most recent updates to the Halo 4 multiplayer gameplay – go watch his video and see what he has to say! If you left Halo 4 due to unhappiness with the gameplay choices, this might help convince you that it’s worth anothe…

pete_the_duck (that’s the third time I’ve had to write that today) and some HBO friends assembled last night to play Halo: Reach – and the clip in his forum post shows off just how clueless the Red team was being. I laughed.(Louis Wu 20:43:47 UTC)