Author: halo@bungie.org

flugelmeister got a chance to ask Karen Traviss a few questions about The Thursday War – swing by The Secrets Within to see what she has to say! It’s a pretty interesting read. (Louis Wu 20:05:30 UTC)

The final Reach-based Fails of the Weak went live yesterday (thanks, Nikko B201) – you can watch it on AH.com or YouTube. From here on out, it’s Halo 4, baby! Go watch the last few Reach derps.(Louis Wu 19:15:48 UTC)

Shadow8P stopped by to share a montage he made in Halo: Reach. Check it out!(GrimBrother One 16:38:53 UTC)

HBO stalwart Hedgemony certainly knows how to rustle the jimmies in the very best of ways. Whether it’s his mouth agape-inducing take on the “Timeless One” from Halo: Cryptum and Halo: Primordium, or his

Anoj released episode 5 of his top 10 series – this time focused on snipers. Multikills and 2-for-1s inbound. Thanks, Jordan Bell.(mastrbiggy 22:42:14 UTC)

There ain’t no Halo content in it – but it’s a great read anyway, and there are explosions. Go check out the latest Bungie Mail Sack.(Louis Wu 21:07:30 UTC)

IGN’s posted their walkthrough of the third Crimson Map Pack map, Wreckage. It looks… well, wrecked. Lots of debris, lots of blue and brown. Lots of particles, sparking circuits, smoke – if you’re used to using map motion to find your prey, this one’…

gunn3r11 sent word that The Spartan Force has kicked off a new YouTube series – it’s called The Big Dumb GUNNER Show, and the first episode is online now. It’s Halo news from behind a desk. (Hey – I heard about something I didn’t know before… Blast M…

Halo Waypoint has a full change list for the Title Update that dropped yesterday – swing by to see what’s changed!(Louis Wu 16:37:17 UTC)

Postmortem pointed out a DeviantART gallery of of an artist who did some fantastic work on Halo 4 concept art. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 16:36:23 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY has posted ‘updated impressions’ of Halo 4 – it’s a followup to his original review. It’s an interesting read, with a lot of food for thought. (The ‘set piece comparison’ vid does a great job of juxtaposing iconic moments from earlier Halo…

That poster Davis Beutler won yesterday? He’s selling it.(Louis Wu 16:27:39 UTC)

So while IGN is loving War Games, the team that’s looking at Spartan Ops isn’t quite so enthusiastic. Their latest commentary vid covers Episode 5 – they talk a lot about what doesn’t work for them, and how it differs from Firefight. (I found it intrig…

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)