Author: halo@bungie.org

NPD’s sales numbers for November were released yesterday – Halo 4’s US sales for the month hit 3.2 million units. Not too shabby! Thanks, Gesalt. (Louis Wu 16:09:08 UTC)

RC Master has decided to write an open letter to 343 to explain his feelings about some of the features that didn’t make the cut in Halo 4 – if you swing by his post, you can read the 5-page letter, or simply watch a video of him reading it. Some good…

IGN’s second Developer Walkthrough of Shatter, one of the three Crimson Map Pack maps coming out on Monday, went live yesterday. It differs from Wednesday’s video by focusing on the map itself – there’s no gameplay here. Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 16:04:…

Dogiojoe sent word of her new video tribute to Master Chief – it contains Halo 4 campaign spoilers, but if you’ve played through already, it’s a nice history of John’s augmentation. Music comes from Halo Legends (well, the versions she used does – the …

CVG talked to Frank O’Connor about what’s coming up – looks like they’ve already begun tossing around ideas for Halo 5. (Spartan Ops Season 2, however, though much closer, is not yet decided upon.) Thanks, TheOddOne.(Louis Wu 18:23:16 UTC)

Robowski sent word about Post Game Carnage Report Episode 140 – the crew gets into a tussle over Campaign. (There’s also a video called ‘esPGCRpn CenterSports’… MegaBloks + Halo, in sports journo action.)(Louis Wu 18:21:56 UTC)

The Halo Bulletin went live this morning on Halo Waypoint (and of course in our Halo Bulletin Archive, for those who need a leaner version) – it contains information about a number of subjects. There’s a new contest called the Infinity Challenge – you’…

Firestream wrote to remind us about HaloSphere2, which has had some pretty fun updates recently. There’s now a built-in card game called Halodex – completely PVP. There’s also a mobile mode for the game, so you can have fun while on your phone. (Visit …

WhoLikesChicken pointed out a TED talk called ‘Your Brain on Video Games’ – cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier talks about how video games affect the human brain. It’s not specifically Halo-related… but she talks a lot about shooters. Great watch!(…

Spike has released a commercial for its Video Game Awards, coming up tomorrow night – it’s pretty fun. And both Halo gameplay and the Master Chief make an appearance. Go watch! Thanks, IHaveIce.(Louis Wu 15:51:37 UTC)

Davis Beutler took a picture of a QR code at some point, and it won him a pretty cool (giant) poster, signed by 343’s Josh Holmes. Nice!(Louis Wu 15:49:14 UTC)

The Halo Forge Epidemic has a couple of videos up on their YouTube stream that offer intriguing custom options to Halo 4 players – take a look and download the maps! Jurassic Park is a take on the Flood gametype – the map actually has self-driving vehi…

Yesterday, we mentioned GrifballHub’s Wednesday Night Grifbrawl coverage… along with a hint that an interesting presentation technique might be coming. If you missed the match live, it’s up on their TwitchTV site right now (the actual game begins aro…

The winners of the Halo 4 Remix Contest have finally been posted. There is almost two hours of music to listen to and plenty of wub wub to go around. Congrats to the winners!(mastrbiggy 22:41:56 UTC)

I love synchronized Christmas lights (except on my street) – and this particular batch is pretty amazing. Not clear where it is… but it’s absolutely worth a watch. Awakening never looked so good! Thanks, TheOddOne.(Louis Wu 22:33:55 UTC)

Whoa. Not sure if this is accurate or not (nothing’s been mentioned at all by 343, that I’ve seen), but someone on Reddit noticed a paragraph in the Halo 4 Strategy Guide that suggests we won’t be seeing any more Spartan Ops eps this month:In the follo…

Kal let us know that there’s a new Wednesday Night Grifbrawl tonight – it’s a double header between Green Army and Four Guys One Ball, starting at 10pm Eastern. The note ended with this interesting line: “But we’ll also be premiering an exciting new wa…