Author: halo@bungie.org

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…

Defend the House has released Episode 6 of their Halo 4 Mythbusters series – there are some amazingly cool tidbits in this one! (I may have to start using the Hardlight Shield more…) Thanks, Lawnmower172.(Louis Wu 14:57:38 UTC)

Masterz1337 let us know that there’s another Halo Legendary guide on YouTube – Hokiebird has been working through Halo 2. It’s got a lot of detail, and multiple strategies for difficult encounters. The most recent chapter is Mission 11: Uprising – but …

We got another writeup of the HBO Mountain Bash yesterday, from Bryan Newman. My takeaway – he doesn’t like admitting to mistakes. (Okay, there were other takeaways. Worth a read.) The thread it spawned contains some… disturbing pics.(Louis Wu 14:45:…

t00lbox has put together a new compilation of tricks and glitches from Halo 4 – there are no ‘hows’ in here, just ‘whats’. Bizarre situations, cool places, weird views. Pretty fun stuff! Go watch.(Louis Wu 14:32:31 UTC)

Tyrant has put together a video showing off assassinations of EVERY kind of enemy in Halo 4 – set to holiday music. (Hey, better late than never, right?) Thre are even a couple of extra goodies thrown in. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:26:30 UTC)

Gui_PT shared this image of Master Chief created from dialogue from the various Halo games. NobleGundam found the source of the image as well as a huge collection of Halo fan art. Nice!(mastrbiggy 10:17:21 UTC)