Author: halo@bungie.org

Beyond Entertainment has posted their first Top 5 Plays vid – some really nice gameplay. (I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Killtrocity in a 2v2 list before.) Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 22:35:26 UTC)

The Quim Ninja wanted you to know about an article contrasting 343 Industries and Valve – my takeaway was that he wished 343 would take some lessons from Valve and thereby improve the Halo franchise. Go see if you agree! (You can leave him comments on …

(VIDEO CONTAINS NUDITY) Paul Roustan documented his Cortana black light body paint work of art – I found the eyes a little creepy, but otherwise I think he captured the look of Cortana. Thanks, kylej.(mastrbiggy 19:18:21 UTC)

Asian Inferno pointed out a notice on the 7Hz Recordings website that mentions an upcoming Halo 4 Volume 2 Soundtrack from Neil Davidge, coming sometime this year. Interesting! (Louis Wu 15:41:10 UTC)

AddiCt3d 2CHa0s let us know about a machinima called ‘Noble Hates Randoms – Beauty is as Beauty Does’ – it’s designed as an experiential look at some of the beautiful Halo 4 scenery. (The lack of sound in parts is rather jarring – but it’s on purpose.)…

Postmortem’s latest round of ‘Visualizing the Halo Universe’ came to a close this weekend – and he posted the submissions on his website. I love the creativity that goes into speculating about parts of the universe we’ve never seen, officially!(Louis W…

Concept artist Shae Shatz posted tons of Halo 4 pre-production material from the live action E3 2012 trailer, Spartan Ops and more. Spartan Ops: The Sacred Spartan Ops: Apex Halo 4 E3 2012 Commercial Halo 4 Co…

t00lbox shows you how to get out of your Broadsword on the level Midnight – the trick/gltich tutorial let’s you explore the space where the Didact closes off the entrance to the composer. You also get to do weird things to Master Chief’s body. Go watc…

Crunch dropped by the forums to share a Halo 4 Trick Jumping video by The Subject Show – it’s really well edited and there are some ridiculous jumps. I especially like the Auto-Sentry jump on Exile. Go check it out!(mastrbiggy 06:39:56 UTC)

Rockslider spent a bunch of time on the Spiral Path megabattle in AotCR – 53 baddies, including a previously unincluded cloaked elite. Go watch the carnage!(Louis Wu 13:53:09 UTC)

There was no Fan Fiction in the queue yesterday – but there was one new story today. So it’s up.(Louis Wu 13:52:27 UTC)

Dogiojoe sent word that she’s kicking off another fundraiser – she’s got a limited edition copy of Halo 4, signed by a whole bunch of 343 devs. If you want in on the action, go back on Saint Paddy’s Day, March 17! (Pictures of the prize are up now.)(Lo…

Justin Bryce told us about the latest episode of Drunken Halo – he and Travis compare and contrast both precision and automatic weapons. Go listen! (Louis Wu 13:51:14 UTC)

AchievementHunter has posted Fails of the Weak 128 – you definitely have to enjoy the banter, because the fails themselves are secondary. (This time it’s Fruit by the Foot.) Watch ’em on AH.com, or YouTube.(Louis Wu 23:34:21 UTC)

The latest Halo 4 Top 10 video from Anoj looks at sticks – the early ones are just middlin’, but from 5 down they’re all pretty impressive. Thanks, Jordan Bell.(Louis Wu 23:28:51 UTC)

The latest Halo 4 Top 10 video from Anoj looks at sticks – the early ones are just middlin’, but from 5 down they’re all pretty impressive. Thanks, Jordan Bell.(Louis Wu 23:28:51 UTC)

Halo Waypoint has word of Renegades, Episode 5 – we lost track after Ep 2, back in February. Go catch up! (This is the last episode of Season 1.)(Louis Wu 21:12:49 UTC)

Snipetality makes our front page a second time today – this time for an artistic look at the new maps released this week. Gotta hand it to those folks at Certain Affinity – these are definitely beautiful! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 21:41:17 UTC)

pete_the_duck jumped into the microtransaction discussion that’s currently going on over on the DBO forum – but his thoughts got a little too extensive for a forum post. Since the focus of his argument is Halo, we’ve chosen this front page to highlight…