Author: halo@bungie.org

343 Industries has released the trailer for the upcoming Episode 8 of Spartan Ops. Check out “Expendable” on both Waypoint or YouTube. Go watch now!(GrimBrother One 19:36:59 UTC)

Another powerful fan art creation, this time from DeviantARTist Morriperkele, was uncovered by Urban Reflex – excuse me, I think I have to go put a bandaid on my heart. (Louis Wu 18:09:36 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla is back with a new remake of one of his earlier Halo music videos – footage from a dizzying variety of Halo-related sources are cut nicely to Three Days Grace’ ‘Never Too Late’. AG’s characteristic timing and appropriate feeling are pre…

Jake Farrago is selling off a rare limited edition Halo 3 ODST Xbox 360; there were 30 of these, given out to the winners of a Best Buy Gamer’s Club contest. Snazzy! The auction ends on February 6 at about 8:30 in the morning (Pacific time)… so thin…

Firestream created a set of new wallpapers for Android phones (they probably work just fine for iOS devices, too) – they’re Destiny-themed, but our portal isn’t quite live yet, so we’re posting ’em here. Go look!(Louis Wu 17:29:59 UTC)

Alexander Floyd celebrated his love for Halo with a tattoo – check it out! (Louis Wu 17:28:31 UTC)

The Quim Ninja let us know about his write-up regarding the Community Forge Test Playlist – he feels it is the best move 343 have made on the multiplayer front yet. Go read!(mastrbiggy 11:41:41 UTC)

The Penny Arcade Report posted an interview with MLG CEO Sundance DiGiovanni where he shares his thoughts on first person shooters, competitive gaming and the possibility of an MLG developed game. He also compares competitive nature of modern FPS games…

Corbman decided to share a Halo 4 mod he has been working on – he calls it GODZILLACIDE! It is a Regicide FFA game type with target locators and a rather large King. I can’t help but laugh every time I see the giant Spartan model hoping around – it is…

YouTuber volpin created a timelapse video of his creation of some blueprints to build a Halo 4 Needler. 7.5 hours are compressed down to just over 4 minutes… pretty cool! Thanks, Laird.(Louis Wu 20:00:52 UTC)

Microsoft released a batch Halo 4 themes – go decorate your desktop with your favorite Halo 4 hero! Thanks, Steelyuhas.(mastrbiggy 18:00:02 UTC)

Woaf sent word that Dust and Echoes 31 is loose in the wild – go listen to their one-year-anniversary show! Topics of discussion include the new Forge maps, the return of Spartan Ops, and Grifball. Good stuff! (Louis Wu 15:10:22 UTC)

MoltenSlowa and crew are back in full force with Ops-Cast Episode 6. Go listen!(mastrbiggy 12:04:55 UTC)

Computron shared some beautiful high-res Halo 3 panoramas – sometimes I forget how incredible Halo 3 looks. Good stuff!(mastrbiggy 06:53:03 UTC)

Urban Reflex pointed out a pretty cool pic on DeviantART – AndrewKwan has his own view of the end of Halo 4.(Louis Wu 21:32:49 UTC)

RC Master let us know about three more Legendary Solo Spartan Ops films, all from Episode 1: Chapter 3, the Challenge (13:34), Chapter 4, Sacred (12:02), and Chapter 5, The Core (12:19). Go see how he handles himself alone!(Louis Wu 20:07:03 UTC)

The Game Developers Conference has added another Halo-related Summit talk this year – the Gameplay Narrative Summit will now include a discussion by Kevin Grace, Frank O’Connor, Kiki Wolfkill, and Matt McCloskey about the creation of the Halo 4 web ser…

It’s Monday, so there’s a new Spartan Ops episode live and ready to play – we’ve got the opening video up in our Cutscene Library, if you’d like to watch it before you get on LIVE. (It gave me chills.) Kermit’s put up a call for players who want to joi…