Author: halo@bungie.org

Stephen Loftus has completed a massive update to his Halo Scale Charts – the total number of pages has increased from 12 pages in the last version to 27 pages in this one! It contains a mountain of new items from previous games, plus most major vehicle…

The Tyrant has kicked off a new series – ‘Let’s Play Spartan Ops’. He’s starting at the beginning – he’s never tried out Spartan Ops before. It’s him, alone, on Legendary difficulty, in his first time out – no preparation, no practice. Fun! Go watch Ep…

Channel 9 released a video interview with 343’s Caitie McCaffrey, Hoop Somuah and Angus McQuarrie. They talk about the many ways in which Halo 4 utilizes Windows Azure Service Bus, including porting game statistics from console to Waypoint. Pretty inte…

Dust Storm sent word that episode 338 of Podtacular is live – this is a mashup of their mini-series of shows they have been doing for Campaign, Spartan Ops and War Games. In this episode they talk about Dawn, Departure and Complex. Go listen!(mastrbigg…

CruelLEGACEY let us know that he uploaded a screenshot gallery on his site that includes images from the first episode of the new season of Playtime. Check it out!(mastrbiggy 08:38:14 UTC)

Polygon posted an article about how Bungie handled the recent leak on their upcoming project – instead of staying quiet and letting speculation run wild, the studio managed to turn the leak into something beneficial for both Bungie and the fans. The ar…

Concept artist Albert Ng released some Halo 4 concept art – he worked on in-game touchscreen interfaces/consoles, props and Spartan armor designs. Pretty cool stuff! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(mastrbiggy 08:07:24 UTC)

Waypoint released a trailer for Spartan Ops Episode 7 – someone gets slapped silly and some unwelcome guests board the Infinity. Looks like things are starting to heat up! Thanks, TheOddOne.(mastrbiggy 07:45:40 UTC)

It looks like Halo 4, or something related, is the next lightning deal on the Amazon Gold Box. The offer begins at 2PM PT, 5PM ET or 2200 UTC if you’re into that kind of thing. It’s unclear exactly what the offer will be and I’m also unclear on regiona…

flugelmeister, from The Secrets Within, has posted a request for help – his son missed the window for the Halo 4 Remix contest, but still wants to create something fun. Unfortunately, the official contest site has taken down the stems they’d offered du…

Wahrer Machine shared his 8-bit rendition of ‘Nemesis’ from the Halo 4 soundtrack. Now all you need is an 8-bit version of the game :). Neat!(mastrbiggy 10:28:20 UTC)

xClicked from The Halo Council posted a rundown of the new maps in the Forge playlist. He goes over weapon placement, spawn times as well as some other neat details. Thanks, CyReN(mastrbiggy 09:56:39 UTC)

Today kicks off the second half of Spartan Ops Season 1 – Episode 6 is live now on Xbox LIVE. Before you can play, you’ll need to download a 2.2GB support file that covers episodes 6-10 – keep this in mind if you plan to play with friends (or play at a…

The newest Halo 4 Matchmaking Update went live early this morning – if you log on to Infinity War Games, you’ll find a new playlist to romp in. Community Forge Test has a number of smaller community-built Forge maps configured for 4v4 play – your parti…

dCon V let us know about a new Halo-themed shirt on TeeFury today – it disappears at midnight, Eastern time, so if you like it, buy it NOW! (It’s $10 plus shipping.)(Louis Wu 14:55:28 UTC)

MoltenSlowa stopped in with word of Ops-Cast 5.75 – it covers Halo 4 terminals 4-6. Go listen!(Louis Wu 14:48:16 UTC)

Jordan Bell let us know that he’s posted a new lore video – it looks at Halo 4’s terminals, as well as themes and species explored in all aspects of the Halo fiction. Go watch to get his take on the ins and outs of the Halo Universe! (Louis Wu 14:45:56…