Author: halo@bungie.org

Beerbuca stopped by with pictures from Project Mombasa, a long-standing project to build the Halo version of New Mombasa in Sketchup. (If you want to see how far this has come in the past couple of years… here was his last post on the subject.)(Louis…

Kynan Pearson was Lead Multiplayer Level Designer on Halo 4’s Spartan Ops and War Games – and yesterday, he posted a farewell on the Waypoint forums. He’s moving to Austin for family reasons (might we see him again in the future at Certain Affinity?) -…

Yesterday, Halo Waypoint posted an interview with Brian Reed, the author of Halo: Initiation (a comic series that begins the Sarah Palmer story that will be continued in Halo: Spartan Assault). Go give it a read! Thanks, Grizzlei.(Louis Wu 19:56:03 UTC)

VG247 has an interview with 343’s Dan Ayoub discussing Halo Spartan Assault – if you want some more info, including gameplay footage, this is for you! (Their full preview is here.) Thanks, Quirel.(Louis Wu 21:26:40 UTC)

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gamerguy2002 dropped by the forum to share a picture that shows off a few logos of some unannounced and announced games. Among the logos is a Halo symbol with the number five in the middle as well as the recently announced Spartan Assault game – looks…

Sliding Ghost is back with another assassination AI exploit video – this time a group of Knights are subject to Ghost’s back smacking methods. Nice!(mastrbiggy 19:14:32 UTC)

pete_the_duck has some new Forge tutorials to check out: pete’s Halo 4 vehicle set tutorial shows how you can spawn more vehicles than the Forge budget allows for Halo 4 Forge Quacks 36 demonstrates grids with normal physics …

TriscuitCracker shot us a link for a great article on Raptr’s Community Unlocked – it looks at Halo 4’s Spartan Ops, and sees how content updates affected play by the community. Check it out!(Louis Wu 23:59:34 UTC)

Dark Helmet has a new Oblivion/Halo mashup – nice!(Louis Wu 20:28:08 UTC)

TriscuitCracker let us know about a Community Unlocked article by Rus McLaughlin that takes look at the success and failures of Halo 4’s Spartan Ops mode as well as Halo 4 player population trends. Go Read!(mastrbiggy 20:17:25 UTC)

343 Industries has just announced a brand new title in the Halo Universe, Halo: Spartan Assault, a top-down shooter for Windows 8 PCs and Windows Phone 8 (woohoo!) devices. Check out the trailer linked above! Can’t wait to learn more!(GrimBrother One 1…

MixMaker1 put together a 20+ minute montage (!!) showing a whole lot of the moments that got him to SR130. Some funny, some awesome, some sad – there’s something for everyone!(Louis Wu 20:40:44 UTC)

The Halo 4 weapon tuning update (or #Halo4Turbo) went live earlier today – Waypoint also released a video featuring impressions from community members who were invited to test the new settings. 4-shot BR here I come!(mastrbiggy 18:18:02 UTC)

CruelLEGACY let us know that the latest episode of Playtime is live – Warren and Cobra continue to compete against each other and Andrew prepares to strike. Special guests include, Tom and Woaf (Dust and Echoes), Goosechcka and a scene filmed with the …

TTL Demag0gue let us know about today’s Reclaimer – our hero finds himself in a less than optimal position. Go read!(mastrbiggy 17:51:55 UTC)

Reddit user halodeacon96 created a replica of the Halo Combat Evolved pistol using a 3D printer – 3D printing blows my mind. Somebody print me a Needler! (mastrbiggy 08:44:53 UTC)