Author: halo@bungie.org

ANOTHER charity auction, also benefitting Child’s Play, just kicked off – Laird stopped by to announce his annual goodies have begun to flow. A Halo 4 helmet and a couple of poster-sized prints are the first wave – go see!(Louis Wu 18:07:47 UTC)

The speedrunning has begun – NartFOpc turned in a Legendary run on Dawn that’s just over 8 minutes. What will the limit be?(Louis Wu 18:05:48 UTC)

The Penny Arcade Report has a review of Paul Davies’ new ‘Awakening: The Art of Halo 4’ – if you haven’t ordered this, read the article, you might want to. Thanks, Flynn J Taggart. (Louis Wu 17:58:57 UTC)

Nikko B201 found a pretty nice piece of artwork showing off the Master Chief as drawn by Stuart Ng – take a look! (Louis Wu 17:57:04 UTC)

The Halo Council’s Clicked shows off some useful jumps in Haven – study ’em to get a leg up on your opponents! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 17:54:12 UTC)

Dogiojoe let us know that the first batch of auctions, benefitting Child’s Play, are live now (more details on her blog) – swing by eBay to see a bunch of signed Fall of Reach Boot Camp comics! (I mean SERIOUSLY signed.) More stuff will be coming onli…

While we slept, Bungie.net turned out all sorts of interesting stuff. Two new mail sacks (last week’s had secrets, this week’s is the best ever), iOS engineer Adam Brown reveals his path to success… and even behind the scenes things coming to light….

Kal, of GrifballHub.com, sent word that they’re hosting their very first Halo 4 Grifball tournament tonight. Signups for the event open at 10:00PM EST and the games begin at 10:30PM. All teams are welcome!(Louis Wu 18:45:51 UTC)

There are a bunch of unlocks for various goodies hidden throughout Halo 4, and the folks on the Halo Waypoint forums are doing a great job of documenting them. However, since the solutions are spread out across a LOT of pages of posts, Shadders was ki…

I missed this on Wednesday, when it came out – but I’m caught up now. Penny Arcade was intrigued by the flexibility of our favorite blue AI, when it comes to connecting to unfamiliar networks. I am too… now. (Louis Wu 18:34:23 UTC)

If you’re struggling at any stage of the Halo 4 campaign (or want some tips for the Multiplayer side of things), Prima’s got you covered – swing by Halo Waypoint for a press release about the Official Strategy Guide (and the different flavors that are…

If you’re wondering about when you might see new emblems (or what you might need to do to see them), CyReN posted a chart at NeoGAF detailing all of the available Halo 4 emblems (and when most of them unlock). Handy!(Louis Wu 18:31:00 UTC)

The PA Report opined on the missed opportunity that Microsoft seems to be okay with – the absence of Halo 4 on the PC. Food for thought!(Louis Wu 18:13:33 UTC)

agdtinman is back with more special-edition Joyride action figures for sale (if you missed this last month, an explanation post is here) – go see what you can find!(Louis Wu 18:07:05 UTC)

Timgie stopped in to announce the first episode of his new Reach-based machinima series, Two Sides of a Bullet. Spartans do film noir! Go check it out.(Louis Wu 18:05:12 UTC)

Heh – Chewbaccawakka noticed a funny little egg in Halo 4’s campaign (and Beorn helped out with better pics) – looks like a tongue-in-cheek mention by 343 of Halo 4’s place in history! (Louis Wu 17:53:51 UTC)

Thanks, Hedgemony for letting us know about some of John Liberto’s Halo (and other games) concept artwork up for viewing on the web. Gorgeous stuff!Update: Hypertrooper pointed out that Liberto’s image was one of a series of Editors Picks at CGHub rela…

Just because it’s Launch Week for Halo 4 doesn’t mean 343 has skimped on the Halo Bulletin content – a new one was released last night. In it you’ll find photos from launch events all over the world, plus breaking news about issues you might have enco…