Author: halo@bungie.org

Dust Storm sent word that Podtacular 337 is available for your listening pleasure. Discussion ranges from the first Halo Bulletin of 2013 to upcoming Matchmaking changes. Fill your aural cavities! (Louis Wu 20:37:54 UTC)

ScOuRgE3 stopped in to announce a new pic of Requiem – gorgeous!(Louis Wu 17:56:27 UTC)

Wired posted a fun little piece on the making of the Master Chief Bobblehead – who knew so much went into one of these? Thanks, ShortBizzle.(Louis Wu 16:52:57 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Computron pointed out a pretty nice high-polygon Halo 4-style helmet you can study from any angle, at Sketchfab. Shiny! (Louis Wu 16:51:12 UTC)

Firestream was inspired by some pics of the Didact posted recently by FyreWulff – the result was a pretty slick piece of Wallpaper for your computer! Grab a copy. (Louis Wu 16:50:48 UTC)

Nak3d Eli continues his video series of ‘Halo 4 Hiding Spots’ – Episode 2 shows off some pretty disturbing problems with Ragnarok. I’m front-paging this for the same reason Eli compiled his list – because until these holes are fixed, it’s pretty import…

Sparth recently posted a piece of concept art, showing off a UNSC ship design originally created in 2010 as part of Halo 4’s pre-production buildup. Funky! Thanks, Moa.(Louis Wu 16:44:13 UTC)

Headset maker Astro followed pro team Instinct as they played through MLG Dallas 2012 (the first Halo 4 tournament) – part 1 was released way back in May, while Part 2 came out today. Check it! Thanks, Tashi.(Louis Wu 21:23:38 UTC)

RC Master let us know about a pretty impressive run on Forerunner, Legendary, with all skulls on – it scared me just watching! The whole thing takes less than 19 minutes. (While you’re watching videos, he includes a pair of Spartan Ops No Deaths runs, …

Zylon 0217 stopped in with word of a new video, showing off some pretty mysterious buttons that can be found on the level Reclaimer – it’s unclear what they do, exactly, but the hints are intriguing! Go watch.(Louis Wu 20:46:58 UTC)

MTG Clover X let us know (via HaloGAF’s Twitter, actually) that Multi-Threat Gaming is hosting a tournament – top prize is 1600 MS Points. You can read the details on Halo Waypoint’s forum, and then register on their Facebook page. (Louis Wu 20:05:01 UTC)

Nevin ‘CruelLEGACEY’ Douglas has kicked off work on Playtime Season 4, and wanted to share a collection of screenshots of a new Forge location he’s built for the process. Looks like fun!(Louis Wu 17:51:59 UTC)

Firestream created a really useful Challenges service on HaloCharts – and we finally got around to integrating it into our forum. Grabbing the current challenges on Halo Waypoint’s site takes a whole bunch of mouseclicks, and a bunch of scrolling. Doin…

Jefferson is back with more Halo CE Anniversary tricks, from the HaloBible crew – this time, the montage (and the accompanying tutorial) involves the area outside The Maw. (Not sure I understand the first half of the vid – it’s just a standard playthro…

Zylon 0217 posted a video of two Grunts having a dance off on the level ‘Dawn’ – seems they are having a rap battle too! All you have to do is get past the first Elite encounter above the elevator and sneak into the next control room unnoticed. Neat fi…

Some Forge fans created a pretty funny parody ViDoc showing off the new features of Halo 4’s Forge – I laughed. (pete_the_duck wants to make sure you understand that there might have been a touch of hyperbole in the video… but don’t let that stop you…

Deathmcgunz let us know that episode 1 of the new machinima series, ‘MLG’, is now live – neat concept and great first episode. Go Watch!(mastrbiggy 10:21:11 UTC)

Zylon 0217 shared this video (CONTAINS STORY SPOILERS) demonstrating what happens when you try to jump on the back of a Pelican – the UNSC may want to look into this. I don’t know if I’d consider it an easter egg, but it is amusing!(mastrbiggy 09:15:28…