Author: halo@bungie.org

Our self-imposed break is over (for the most part) – we’re back, just in time for tomorrow’s launch of Halo 4. Looks like our roundup from Thursday was pretty close to spot-on – we’ll re-list the highlights here:Forward Unto Dawn Part 5 was pretty amaz…

Microsoft.com has an article about the back end systems that will make your Halo 4 experience magical – go read! Thanks, Arithmomaniac. Update: oddly enough, there’s ANOTHER article about the backend framework Halo 4 is built on, over at Yahoo. I guess…

Dani stopped by to announce a new FUDcast – the crew of Forward Unto Dawn (the website) sat down to discuss The Thursday War. If you’ve already read it, go listen! (If you haven’t, this is full of spoilers.) (Louis Wu 15:45:09 UTC)

pete_the_duck let us know that the latest Waypoint Community Modcast has a special guest star – him! Go listen.(Louis Wu 13:27:56 UTC)

Flesh and Faith has a new giveaway for you today – it’s another Vote poster! Want it? Just add your name and email to the post.(Louis Wu 13:26:25 UTC)

Morpheus is pretty disappointed that the participation in his Easy Does It 2 contest is so low – remember, you get a free copy of Halo 4 if you win it! Entries are due tonight at midnight (central time)… so get going! (Louis Wu 11:52:34 UTC)

Looks like McFarlane is making a Forward Unto Dawn limited-edition statue – you can read about it at GameInformer (thanks, aj1467) or on Spawn.com (thanks, Kevin Hurd). Official unveiling looks to be on Friday. (Louis Wu 11:50:24 UTC)

Halo 4 promotions are everywhere. Shadders did an unboxing of Pizza Hut UK’s Halo 4 pizza (thanks, CyReN), while Kevin Hurd did an unboxing of the Halo 4 DoubleXP Mountain Dew/Doritos Influencer promotional package. Goodies everywhere!(Louis Wu 11:48:…

Laird stopped by with a link to a trailer for Respawn, a live-action fan-made series. The outfits are amazing – keep an eye on this one!(Louis Wu 11:46:17 UTC)

A rather elaborate promotional event took place in Lichtenstein recently – the first word leaked out yesterday when Nak3d Eli posted his teaser, but that trickle of information has turned into a flood. Last night, Hedgemony pointed out a Tweet by bs an…

IGN posted their latest Halo 4 Multiplayer Map walkthrough yesterday – Solace got the full Ryan McCaffrey/Kynan Pearson treatment. Thanks, Mr Daax.(Louis Wu 11:31:30 UTC)

Quick reminder – today’s the last day to submit pictures for our Guilt O’ Lantern contest… don’t miss out on the huge prize pools!(Louis Wu 01:28:06 UTC)

Looks like there was a secret Halo 4 event in Zurich… and Nak3d Eli was one of the invitees. You can watch his promo piece about it… or just wait for the actual content, coming soon! Thanks, Shadders.(Louis Wu 18:39:46 UTC)

Jefferson let us know that HaloBible’s got a new Halo Anniversary tricks montage – It’s called ‘The Dark Hole’, and you can watch it on YouTube, or check out the Tutorial on HaloCreation.org.(Louis Wu 18:36:20 UTC)

Nak3d Eli stopped by to announce that he’s got an interactive Trivia Show running on The Game Station’s YouTube channel. Go try it out! (I tried the Heroic questions – found them satisfying difficult without being impossible.) (Louis Wu 18:29:15 UTC)

So yesterday, we mentioned a Tweet that contained a video. Remember how I said our forum is full of people who like to disassemble clues and solve puzzles? They jumped into this video – found some really cool stuff. Again, summaries are on thebruce0’s …

The Flesh and Faith 10 Days of Halo giveaway continues – Day 4 has Mega Bloks goodies! Go sign up.(Louis Wu 18:07:07 UTC)

Mountain Dew has a new Halo 4 ad that’s a lot of fun – thanks, malfcn.(Louis Wu 18:05:47 UTC)

There’s also a new trailer showing off the new features of Halo Waypoint – you can watch it on YouTube (thanks, Shadders), or you can download it from the Xbox.com Press Center (thanks, Demoncarnotaur). Worth a watch to see how this will integrate wit…