Author: halo@bungie.org

DefendTheHouse released Episode 3 of their Halo 4 Mythbusters series – as always, fantastic info! Go watch. (Louis Wu 17:21:41 UTC)

An extended view of the Spartan Ops Season 1 (second half) trailer went live on Halo Waypoint (and YouTube) this morning – check it out for brand-new views of upcoming environments!(Louis Wu 17:20:05 UTC)

uberfoop got a good look at Haven’s skybox. The whole thing.(Louis Wu 17:18:18 UTC)

MoltenSlowa told us about the fifth episode of his Spartan Ops-centric podcast – go listen in!(Louis Wu 17:17:26 UTC)

Postmortem wrapped up the fourth round of his Visualizing the Halo Universe last night – go check out the Precursor entries, and his feedback on them! Amazing stuff. (Louis Wu 17:15:10 UTC)

Rockslider let us know about a brand-new bridge descent method for Assault on the Control Room – it’s PAL-specific, but it shaves several seconds off the record speed for getting off that first bridge. Amazing – we first saw that descent 11 years ago, …

Halo 4 won Game of the Year at the Inside Gaming Awards – you can check out the award (and an interview with Frank O’Connor and Kiki Wolfkill) on machinima’s channel. (They also took home Best Competitive Multiplayer – not too bad at all!) Thanks, TheO…

NobleGundam found a pretty cool Halo-themed tryptich created by a fan – love it!(Louis Wu 17:25:57 UTC)

NobleGundam found a pretty cool Halo-themed tryptich created by a fan – love it!(Louis Wu 17:25:57 UTC)

I’ve seen my share of tournament Halo matches… but I’ve NEVER seen a 0-0 tournament game before. (And we’re not just talking no flag scores – it was a CTF match – we’re talking ZERO KILLS.) Really entertaining commentary by Ninja_MLG and Ninja_Invict…

Tex found a really cool animation on YouTube – great artwork, great stop-motion animation. Five stars! (Louis Wu 17:18:13 UTC)

Ars Technica wrote up their list of most overrated games – and Halo (the original) made the list. I have a little trouble recognizing the game I’ve been playing for more than ten years in the description they posted… thanks, Arithmomaniac. (Louis Wu …

Ars Technica wrote up their list of most overrated games – and Halo (the original) made the list. I have a little trouble recognizing the game I’ve been playing for more than ten years in the description they posted… thanks, Arithmomaniac. (Louis Wu …

BOLL stopped in with a Halo-related image he created for a fun challenge on a different forum… pretty cool!(Louis Wu 17:03:44 UTC)

BOLL stopped in with a Halo-related image he created for a fun challenge on a different forum… pretty cool!(Louis Wu 17:03:44 UTC)

t00lbox has gotten out of Reclaimer – and he can show you how to do it, too. Interesting to see how 343 built out this map to seem so much bigger than it actually is!(Louis Wu 20:38:33 UTC)

Spike’s Video Game Awards were last night – you can watch the entire 2-hour extravaganza on their website now. If your time is limited, here’s the key stuff: you can watch the new Spartan Ops trailer by starting at around 1:42:30 (if you care about the…

IGN posted a new gameplay commentary vid – this time, it’s Extraction on Wreckage. (Both the gametype and the map will be available to the general public in Matchmaking tomorrow.) Thanks, ElzarTheBam.(Louis Wu 20:08:53 UTC)

343 artist John Liberto posted a bunch of Halo 4 concept art on his personal website (thanks, TDSpiral) – some you’ve seen, some maybe you haven’t. All of it’s jaw-dropping.(Louis Wu 20:07:28 UTC)