Author: halo@bungie.org

Greenskull sent along Episode 2 of ReadyUpLive’s funny “Halo 4 Fails & Stuff” series. Some pretty hilarious clips in there, and always clever commentary. Don’t miss it!(GrimBrother One 21:16:06 UTC)

A bit back, we mentioned how Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn was up for multiple Streamy Awards for excellence in online video experiences. Last night, the lovely Kat de Lieva (who played UNSC cadet Dimah Tchakova) shared the acceptance speech from the FuD c…

Halo Waypoint has some pretty majestic goodies for us today, starting with “Welcome to Landfall”, a new new feature highlighting one of the maps in the upcoming Majestic Map Pack. Also for us Achievement hunters, 343 Industries has also published the A…

The Halo Bulletin went live last night, as it does every Wednesday night – and it’s definitely worth a read. It’s chock-full of tasty info – the focus is on the Majestic Map Pack (including new exclusive screens, and a Behind-The-Scenes video), but the…

The Penny Arcade Report posted a review of Halo 4’s Spartan Ops season 1 – the article takes a look at what Spartan Ops did right and what it needed to improve on. Go Read! Thanks, Def Guru 7777. (mastrbiggy 09:45:58 UTC)

Jack and Gavin are back with the latest episode of Halo PIG (AH & YouTube) – Gavin finally ends Jack’s winning streak. Thanks, Nikko B201. (mastrbiggy 09:45:17 UTC)

Carnage A51 shared a video tutorial of a glitch he calls ‘Ghost Mode’ on the mission Reclaimer. It’s a really weird glitch that requires you to bypass all the scripting. Go check it out!(mastrbiggy 09:44:28 UTC)

Postmortem announced a new article at Forward Unto Dawn – Forward Ops looks at the goods and the bads of the first season of Spartan Ops, and kicks off an ongoing series in which Postmortem attempts to create his own (hypothetical) season of the game. …

Wow – someone is selling a suit of Halo armor… that’s actually made of body armor. (The claims it makes are questioned by Bry in this post… but the bottom line is, this isn’t just a costume.) It ain’t priced like a costume, either – starting bid is…

PhatMonkey shared some Meanscreen Production machinimas – The shorts are particularly wacky. Overly friendly Flood is worst Flood. Go check them out!(mastrbiggy 10:07:27 UTC)

Dragonclaws posted another feminist analytical review on Youtube – this time she takes a look at Halo 3: ODST. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 09:56:46 UTC)

Jake108 let us know about his Geekscape article that talks about how Spartan Ops revolutionized console downloadable content. Go read!(mastrbiggy 09:52:44 UTC)

Wow, was THIS a blast from the past… in more ways than one! BOLL stopped by (!!!) to point out that a 2003 GDC talk by Jaime Griesemer, Marty O’Donnell, and Mat Noguchi (and Hamilton Chu!) was made available in video form. Back in 2006, Gamasutra rel…

If you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone 4S, davidfuchs has created a pretty gorgeous Forerunner-like theme for you – check it out.(Louis Wu 14:35:31 UTC)

pete_the_duck stopped in to announce the final state of his HBO Forum Card Game project, with descriptions, pictures, and a Schooly D-supplied video. (Save Schooly’s bandwidth and watch our slightly smaller version here.) I’m sad, now, that this will n…

Postmortem has announced another round of his Visualizing the Halo Universe competition (I hesitate to call it a contest, because there are no prizes, but I LOVE seeing what people come up with) – swing by to read all the details! You’ve got a couple o…

CyReN found four videos showing gameplay on new the maps included in the Majestic map pack – one of the videos even shows off a new game type called Infinity Rumble. These maps look great – Landfall kind of reminds me of Halo 3’s Longshore. Go watch!(m…

Polygon posted an article detailing the collaborative development between 343i and Certain Affinity on the Majestic map pack. It provides some interesting insight into how the two studios communicate ideas. Thanks, Hypertrooper.(mastrbiggy 09:03:39 UTC)

Halo Waypoint released a video showing off three new Halo 4 maps included in the upcoming Majestic map pack. Those are some pretty looking skyboxes. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 08:55:33 UTC)

Podtacular invited yours truly to join the show for the Reclaimer episode of their Halo 4 campaign walkthrough series. Lots of great discussion was had, tips were given and credited, bad jokes were made, and fun ran rampant. Give it a listen and see if…