Author: halo@bungie.org

The Podtacular crew got together with the community stalwarts over at ReadyUpLive during PAX East to record Podtacular Episode 355, where they discuss the various events and gatherings of the convention, as well as their impressions of the upcoming Cas…

Thanks to a bit of recovery required from PAX East, the latest Halo Bulletin went live yesterday evening. In its delicate folds you will find an eclectic menagerie of community queries related most directly to the recent announcements surrounding thing…

TTL Demag0gue is back with the latest issue of his excellent “Reclaimer” series. Go and give it a look; if you’ve never read this comic, you’re missing out!(GrimBrother One 15:08:27 UTC)

We already mentioned the upcoming V2 of the Halo 4 Official Soundtrack, but this morning zoojoo stopped by with a link that has all of the music samples from the upcoming release in one handy dandy YouTube video. Sounds awesome, go and check it out!(Gr…

Beyond Entertainment’s aPK has a story for you – it’s fun. Go watch!(Louis Wu 20:33:56 UTC)

Wow – it’s been since January that we’ve been without a new Top 5 from The Halo Council – but Episode 4 went live a few days ago. Go watch some crazy sniping clips! Thanks, Jess. (Louis Wu 20:30:44 UTC)

Halo Waypoint has posted the details (again) for the latest Title Update, which is live today – if you missed last week’s Bulletin, this is a great place to recap!(Louis Wu 20:24:34 UTC)

Clefton Twain stopped by with some cool news – Leviathan will be appearing at Midwest Geekfest on April 20! Check out the post for more details.(Louis Wu 20:22:41 UTC)

DeathMcGunz told us Episode 8 of his Halo 3 machinima, ‘MLG’, is now online – Christy learns stuff she didn’t know – and passes on stuff the guys didn’t know. Go watch it! (Louis Wu 20:20:56 UTC)

Robowski sent word that the latest Post Game Carnage Report has a return of an old friend (as well as discussion of Gagnon’s A Fridge 2 Far 2). Go listen! (Louis Wu 20:15:25 UTC)

Now that the Fileshare is active, the AchievementHunter guys are getting enough maps to actually play full HORSE again – Gavin takes on Jack for a game that’s shorter than I’d expected. Great-looking maps, though! Watch it on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks,…

On Monday, we pointed out that preorders for the Halo 4 Original Soundtrack Volume 2 were live – but now Halo Waypoint has the official announcement. Full track listing, prices, composers – go check it out! Thanks, Black Six.(Louis Wu 15:42:45 UTC)

MrKevinHurd stopped in to share an email that shows that the Sideshow 10th Anniversary Master Chief statue has been pushed back to August – bummer! (Louis Wu 15:37:52 UTC)

SEspider has designed a new Halo-themed shirt, and it’s currently up on Threadless for voting – this is a pretty competitive process, so if you want to see this shirt for sale, you HAVE to go by and vote for it. This little grunty DESERVES to live on …

Beyond Entertainment’s Saucey runs down the new FFA Forge playlist for you – you get overviews of each map, plus power weapon spawns and spawn times. Pretty useful stuff! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 14:09:46 UTC)

The 2013 Game Developers Conference is in full swing, and 343 Industries has posted the talks they’ll be participating in (or have participated in, in one case) on Halo Waypoint. There was one talk yesterday (it was a postmortem of Forward Unto Dawn, t…

The crew from Forward Unto Dawn have released a new podcast – this one focuses on Silentium. The start is spoiler-free, so if you haven’t finished the book, you can at least get a taste! Thanks, davidfuchs.(Louis Wu 18:09:33 UTC)

Gamecheat13 and his friends have been messing around with a test map they found in the code for Halo 4 – you can watch Gamecheat’s video, showing off both the Revenant and the Disintegrator (two items that didn’t make it into the final build), as well …