Author: halo@bungie.org

Lord Friendship has jumped back into BOB hunting – he’s killed his 52nd BOB, and compiled a sortable table showing all the runs he’s actually done so far – amazing. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 19:47:19 UTC)

Back to Halo news: according to Major Nelson, you can now buy Halo 3: ODST (well, the campaign section) on Games On Demand – it went live today! A quick search of XBL Marketplace turns up the price – just $14.99! Grab a copy, and have what might just b…

I posted this on DBO, but it’s big news for ALL Bungie fans, and gamers in general; two big-time fans rebuilt Pathways into Darkness to run on modern Macs, and released the product (with Bungie’s blessing), for free, on the App Store. If you’re too you…

For full details about the happenings this week, check out the Halo Week: Drop Shock article, which includes a friendly video from Bravo (also available on Xbox LIVE), and handy links to all the upcoming goodies. Get back in the game!(Louis Wu 15:38:13…

In case you forgot what changes were coming this week in Halo 4 Matchmaking, Halo Waypoint has reposted them from last week’s Bulletin. Castle maps are great – go try ’em out!(Louis Wu 15:35:40 UTC)

aPK is back with another Clips of the Week episode – this one is predominantly Halo 4 and Halo 3, with a little Reach thrown in for good measure, and a couple of Black Ops 2 clips to ensure there’s no accusations of monopolistic tendencies. Good stuff!…

Tom ‘TheLegendary117’ Garrett has grown his life-sized Halo statue collection by one more – Carter now graces the ranks. (We mentioned his collection back in November – he’s now just one member of Noble Team and one special Master Chief away from a com…

DayandKnightly has gathered the info he could find about the fictional setting for the new Castle Maps – pretty interesting read! (Louis Wu 17:56:43 UTC)

The Section 3 crew has already solved the latest Glyph puzzle, buried in the Castle Map pack – you can use the code they found to unlock 40,000 XP and some nice Castle Map Pack concept art! (23 gorgeous pics – even if you’re maxed out on XP, this one’s…

Greenskull and his friends tried out the Castle Map Pack early – there’s a twenty minute video showing off what they found! Go watch. (Louis Wu 17:44:32 UTC)

Polygon has a pretty interesting article about video game voice actors, and how they’re treated in comparison to movie voice actors (or any kind of voice actor, for that matter). Jen Taylor and Cortana (and Nathan Fillion!) play roles. Go check it out!…

TTL Demag0gue has posted the latest Reclaimer – we’re starting to get an idea of what Ferial had in mind for the Precursors!(Louis Wu 17:31:28 UTC)

Time Glitch is looking to automate the process of finding people to play Halo with. Read his summary on our forum, or the full description over at Reddit. And join in! (Louis Wu 17:29:38 UTC)

Postmortem has put out the call for a new installment of Visualizing the Halo Universe – this time, he wants your ideas about an odd, obscure aquatic creature. Go read!(Louis Wu 17:28:03 UTC)

RC Master has truly gone where no man has gone before (we think) – he’s completed all 50 Spartan Ops missions, on Legendary, solo, with no deaths. He’s still working on commentary, so they’re not all online yet – but his post contains some fun stats, i…

t00lbox paid tribute to a classic Halo trick, using Forge Island. I laughed.(Louis Wu 17:24:41 UTC)

kornman00 has dug deep into the code of Halo Wars and pulled out yet another nugget – he now knows exactly how the Automatic Difficulty is calculated, and how you can maximize it. He even goes so far as to show you what you’ll be facing when you do! Gi…

If you want to watch some Castle Map Pack action this evening, in preparation to release tomorrow, 343 will be streaming, beginning at 5pm PDT. Check it out!(Louis Wu 23:00:51 UTC)