Author: halo@bungie.org

The Penny Arcade Report took a look at Spartan Ops – and found it lacking. Go see if you agree! Thanks, GhaleonEB.(Louis Wu 20:51:04 UTC)

I missed this last week – but IGN posted an Extraction Mode walkthrough with 343’s Kevin Franklin; if you’re not sure how Extraction works, watch this.(Louis Wu 20:47:46 UTC)

The Halo Council’s NEXY has commentated their Top 5 Season 2 Episode 1 – there are a pair of Kilimanjaros and more evidence that the Binary Rifle should just be renamed ‘DeathBringer’. Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 20:45:49 UTC)

The next chapter of Tyrant’s Halo 4 Legendary Walkthrough is live – he tackles Requiem. Forty-five minutes of carnage!(Louis Wu 20:14:16 UTC)

Good stuff on Waypoint today: A look at composing A Flood Tournament A yummy-looking cake Go read!(Louis Wu 20:12:30 UTC)

343’s Sparth just posted a piece of Halo 4 concept art from a couple of years ago. Go look at it.(Louis Wu 17:29:06 UTC)

Both CNBC.com and Gamespot have articles up about the early sales of Halo 4 – looks like it’s doing okay! (Louis Wu 17:25:23 UTC)

Nak3d Eli has released a speedrun through Shutdown – in under 5 minutes. Looks like you can skip large portions of the level! Thanks, Shadders.(Louis Wu 17:20:22 UTC)

The Halo Council’s Clicked has another glitch vid for you – this one shows you how to alter the time you remain in a lift, and how to reload the Boltshot super-fast. Here’s hoping that last one gets fixed… thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 17:16:38 UTC)

padraig08 pointed out a new Halo 3 remix on OCRemix – it’s a metal-ized remix of three Halo 3 tunes (Finish the Fight, Halo, and Never Forget). Pretty impressive! Go grab a copy. Update: whoa, Nikko B201 pointed out that not only had we already covered…

Beorn added another half-dozen panoramas to his Halo 4 collection (most in this post, but one in here) – lovin’ this stuff! (Louis Wu 16:58:43 UTC)

Sidola added some eyes to the Hefley Cortana sculpt render we mentioned yesterday (and made a couple of minor adjustments to… some other assets she has). Go see!(Louis Wu 16:57:07 UTC)

GeneticSpartan stopped in to let us know he’d recorded a green screen tutorial for Halo 4 – including setting up the map you’ll need. Watch it, and then get to making some cool machinima!(Louis Wu 16:55:04 UTC)

Captain Spark spent a little time in Shutdown’s vehicle bay, and recorded 30 Marine audio clips. Some of them are hilarious! (He’s not starting up collecting dialogue again… but that doesn’t mean we wouldn’t set up a page for it if people started su…

Xorian brought to our attention today’s Penny Arcade comic, which focuses on how Halo’s Theater Mode can highlight our lowlights. I know the feeling!(GrimBrother One 22:07:24 UTC)

We’ve decided to kick off our Spartan Ops Cutscene Library – the first two cutscenes are available now. These are already available in streaming format on Halo Waypoint (both on your Xbox and on the web) – but lots of people have shown a desire to dow…