Author: halo@bungie.org

For years, it was a tradition at HBO that we would host a pumpkin-carving contest, and you guys would make us feel warm and fuzzy all over with the amazing creations you sent us. Last year, we skipped this tradition, because things were simply too bus…

Kotaku recently spoke to Stewart Hendler, the director for Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, and discussed how he got involved with the project, how the Master Chief fits into it all, and where the FuD story fits into the universe as a whole. Cool read, go ch…

This… is amazing. Watch it. Thanks, Pok3R Fac3D.(Louis Wu 16:42:12 UTC)

This weekend, Arena Gaming hosted a pro Reach tournament in Columbus, OH – CyReN went to the trouble of YouTube-ing a number of the matches (including the Finals, the Losers Final, the Losers Semi, and the Halo 2 Scrims. Go watch ’em – some awesome ga…

We’ve mentioned a lot of Halo LEGO creations – but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a full Halo ring before. Check out Catsy’s monster creation (11,000 blocks!). Wonga. (There are other shots, showing off other parts of the ring. I repeat – wonga.) Thanks…

Over at NeoGAF, Warm Machine posted a bunch of great photos of Mega Bloks figures in outside settings… love these! (The full set is here.) (Louis Wu 16:35:04 UTC)

Bravo has taken a close look at the controller settings available in Halo 4, with an eye to what gives you the best competitive advantage. Interesting! (Louis Wu 16:34:23 UTC)

Hedgemony has a pair of potential covers for the upcoming (not really) Deadeye comic – he’s not sure the first one works, but I can say with certainty that he’s wrong. (The second one rocks, too.) (Louis Wu 16:33:30 UTC)

The folks from Halo Destiny sat down with Frank O’Connor – discussion ranged from how 343 works to what’s coming in Halo 4 to Halo 2 Anniversary. Monster interview (25 minutes long) – go listen! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 16:32:28 UTC)

More off-screen video (plus adrenaline-fueled commentary) from EBGames Expo in Sydney – thanks, Shadders.(Louis Wu 19:48:06 UTC)

Postmortem has kicked off Week 2 of his ‘Visualizing the Halo Universe’ art contest – this one is focused on “any undesignated human or Covenant ship from the Halo comics”. The entries from last week were fantastic – let’s see if we can do it again!(L…

Forward Unto Dawn (the website, not the movie) has finally posted the third piece of its Reach Datapad analysis trilogy (part 2 came out in June, 2011) – this series can give you a pretty good overview of what the Datapads were all about (and how they…

Dust Storm sent word of Podtacular 315 and Podtacular 316 – the first covers the Mantis trailer, two new maps, Flood Mode, the latest Sparkcast, and the Halo 4 Remix contest, while the second is shorter, and focuses on the first episode of Forward Unt…

Andrew let us know about Phoenix Seven, a Halo Reach screenshot comic he’s been working on for quite some time. He sent us a link to his Majhost gallery (which contains all the actual episodes of the comic, plus character profiles, backstory informati…

The Ohio State University Marching Band paid tribute to video games during the halftime show of the Nebraska game on October 6. Halo makes an appearance (starts about 3:25, if you’re in a hurry), but the whole thing is amazing. (The appearance of Epon…

t00lbox has another ‘getting out of the level’ video for you – this one gets you out of the end of The Package, and then shows all the areas worth exploring. Pretty cool stuff!(Louis Wu 17:04:10 UTC)