Author: halo@bungie.org

For their 117th video, defendthehouse decided to revisit Halo 3 and bust some myths. I had no idea that the Arbiter could pick up skulls – wow! Thanks, mattroe. (mastrbiggy 08:45:29 UTC)

What happens when you combine an enclosed spherical map with tweaked gravity settings, plenty of weapons and thruster packs? You get the Episphere! Looks fun, but be sure to bring your motion sickness pills! Thanks, Gabotron ES.(mastrbiggy 08:43:36 UTC)

t00lbox posted a video showing off some really cool tricking. Plenty of neat spaces to check out as well as some funny glitches. Go watch! (mastrbiggy 08:40:46 UTC)

Malukah is a composer and singer from Mexico – she’s covered a number of video game songs, but her most recent one is her first Halo-related release. It is simply spectacular. ‘Frozen Sleep’ is a tribute to Cortana – it combines existing Halo themes, s…

uberfoop went back to Halo 3: ODST’s campaign and found quite a bit worth appreciating. His post is dripping with cool screenshots and fun videos – nostalgia is growing! (You may have missed some of the clever little bits Bungie put into this game, the…

Pete Cooper is still selling off assets built up for the now-defunct Operation Chastity project… if you wanted to get your hands on some high-quality Halo props, this is your chance! Swing by to see a link to what’s being sold, and how much each piec…

NartFOpc stopped in with a ‘Christmas Minitage’ – a bunch of HBO regulars got together for a bunch of games, he pulled some fun clips from these games. Go watch! (Louis Wu 18:20:28 UTC)

Edge let us know about Halotracker’s latest Halo 4 weekly montage – these clips are all from King of the Hill games. Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:18:05 UTC)

Bry posted this a couple of days ago, but I accidentally passed over it when I was posting news: he’s finished the first five episodes of his Spartan Ops series. We mentioned the first episode a couple of weeks ago – now he’s got all five episodes up. …

Clicked continues to document jumps in various Halo 4 maps – check out his latest vid! (Some of these look pretty tough.) Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 16:34:11 UTC)

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)