Author: halo@bungie.org

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)

Deadly Cyclone found a few Halo 4 lithographs for sale – they are pretty darn neat, though I would skip buying the frame : /. Go get them while you can!(mastrbiggy 09:57:05 UTC)

pete_the_duck uploaded Forge walkthrough videos for each of the maps included in the Halo 4 Castle map pack – go check ’em out! (mastrbiggy 09:49:03 UTC)

Warren and Cobra explore Daybreak, Outcast and Perdition in the latest machinima short from CruelLEGACY Productions. GASP – those are some incredible sky boxes! (mastrbiggy 09:48:22 UTC)

Go Beyond Entertainment released a Castle map pack guide – the crew give the low down on map strategy, weapon spawns, cool jumps and more. Get ready to dominate come Monday! Thanks, CyReN. (mastrbiggy 09:46:54 UTC)

Wow, was cleaning up some notes and ran across this – totally forgot to post it a couple of days ago! If you’re anywhere near Kansas City this weekend, be sure to stop by Planet Comicon – our very own Leviathan will be there, and maybe you can get him …

Back in February, we mentioned Podtacular’s coverage of Spartan Ops – they were halfway through the season at that point. (If you missed any of those episodes, that newspost contains links to all 5.) They’ve finished the ten Episodes at this point – he…

FyreWulff has recreated the Perfect Dark map ‘Area 52’ in Halo 4’s Forge – go check out the pics, and then grab a copy and reminisce! (Louis Wu 17:23:22 UTC)