Author: halo@bungie.org

Fails of the Weak 117 is the first of the series to focus on Halo 4 fails. There are some funny ones. Watch it on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 21:42:25 UTC)

pete_the_duck put together a small film explaining why he thinks Extraction is a better option for an Invasion replacement than Dominion. Interesting stuff!(Louis Wu 21:09:40 UTC)

Firestorm12 let us know that Halopen is back with a film called ‘The Spider and the Web’ – it’s a Reach-based horror short about a man who wakes up alone in an empty city. Check it out!(Louis Wu 21:07:06 UTC)

Robowski misses one of the critical pieces of Xbox LIVE – a piece which seems to have retreated to the background. Go see what he’s talking about… and let him know what you think! (Louis Wu 20:58:05 UTC)

The Tyrant has released another chapter in his Halo 4 Legendary Walkthrough – this one gives you the lowdown on Shutdown. He did his best to find new and interesting routes!(Louis Wu 18:25:04 UTC)

A couple of weeks ago, pete_the_duck announced a project he called the ‘HBO Forum Card Game’ – he was going to create a game based on forum members. It sounded pretty amazing! Unfortunately, not enough of you are signing up – he’s worried the deadline …

IGN did an unboxing video of the limited edition McFarlane Forward Unto Dawn Hunter… that thing’s amazing! Thanks, CyReN. (If this statue is news to you, there was a press release on October 30 – they made 500 of them, and the original price was $225…

Kete stopped by to announce a couple of things earlier this week; apologies for neglecting to point this out. The Running Riot podcast will be kicking off a couple of new formats this month – Spectator Mode will have TRR doing a live recording of OTHER…

zoojoo pointed out a pretty cool implementation of Dominion in a custom game – looks like reproducing Invasion is feasible! Check it out.(Louis Wu 15:48:11 UTC)

Heh – pretty cool. t00lbox found that if you skip the cave tunnel you need to walk through at the beginning of Requiem, the Warthogs on the other side don’t get destroyed! (So… it looks like YOU’RE responsible for blowing those bad boys up. Nice goin…

Nak3d Eli posted a video showing how you can unlock the Raider DSTT Helmet as well as some other cool stuff. Just make sure you play 1,000 games of War Games matchmaking. Go watch the video for all the details. Thanks, CyReN.(mastrbiggy 10:00:59 UTC)

Kotaku posted 26 more pieces of Halo 4 concept and promotional art by artist John Liberto. Some of it new and some of it old. Still, it is worth checking out!(mastrbiggy 08:18:06 UTC)

Robowski sent word of Post Game Carnage Report 141 – more perspectives on Halo 4’s campaign. Go listen! (Louis Wu 18:32:39 UTC)

Ray and Michael try out three new maps in this week’s Halo HORSE (er… PIG) from AchievementHunter. Watch it at AH.com or on YouTube. Simple is good sometimes. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 18:17:53 UTC)

The last Halo Bulletin for 2012 dropped last night, as well – there’s a little info about new playlists (say goodbye to Slayer Pro for a bit), an interview with Josh Holmes, an update about Fileshares (not going to be operational for a while) and the C…

Whoa. Some folks at Modacity have managed to get 4-player Coop working for Halo CE, in System Link. (The original game supported only two-player splitscreen.) Awesome! Thanks, orznge.(Louis Wu 17:30:24 UTC)

nillapuddin stopped by with a bunch of remakes of his own, after reading our ‘Forgotten Treasures’ post from yesterday. Check out Astroturf (another Turf remake), Keystone (a reimagining of Foundation), and Forsaken (a rebuild of Desolation, itself a r…