Author: halo@bungie.org

The Tyrant let us know that his next step in Halo 2 Legendary domination, Quarantine Zone, is now live. Go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 17:23:49 UTC)

Eurogamer also spoke with Frank about how the wizards at 343 Industries seem to be squeezing so much out of the Xbox 360 hardware. An interesting look at how the core code has evolved over time, go look!(GrimBrother One 17:09:15 UTC)

CVG has posted an interview with Frank O’Connor revolving largely around thoughts on how the Halo Franchise must evolve as time moves on. A lot of interesting points brought up and made, go check it out!(GrimBrother One 17:04:52 UTC)

Deep in the night, the fine folks at Halo Waypoint dropped a load of hot new Halo 4 screenshots from Wargames, Spartan Ops, and Campaign. We’ve also mirrored them locally for your convenience if you have any trouble loading it up first party. Go and ch…

New Zealand’s Gameplanet talked to Kiki Wolfkill about Halo 4, and its imminent release – there are some interesting answers here, revealing where Kiki, personally, is coming from (along with the studio as a whole). Give it a read!(Louis Wu 17:50:29 UTC)

Hypertrooper pointed out a Limited Edition of Awakening: The Art of Halo 4 – it’s coming out on November 4 (two days before the regular Hardcover is available here in the US), from a British bookseller. Costs a bit more (close to 4x as much, in fact)….

Last night, Rooster Teeth released RvB Season 10 Episode 16 – Tex shows a softer side, while the process for creating AI fragments is detailed. Good stuff! Thanks, Lurono.(Louis Wu 16:17:18 UTC)

343’s Kenneth Scott tweeted an image from Legoboy Productions – the Prometheans have been recreated in LEGO! (Blue variants can also be found in his photostream.) Thanks to GrimBrother One for the heads-up (though he should never, ever, EVER use that …

The Tyrant’s Halo 2 Legendary Guide continues – the latest chapter covers Sacred Icon. Pretty fast run – lots of zipping past enemies. Take a look!(Louis Wu 16:00:41 UTC)

Postmortem pointed out a fun piece of artwork from DeviantARTist SharpWriter – it’s the ORIGINAL Master Chief! (He’s got a couple of other Halo-related pieces – there’s a new Presidential Seal for the US (more guns, more Elite skulls) and an ODST sket…

Did you know it’s Speed Run September at High Speed Halo? We’re in the final week, and they’ve got a ton of content for you. Yesterday was a record 5:21 run on ONI: Sword Base. Today you can find the run featured yesterday on Waypoint – a zippy four-p…

Dust Storm sent word of Podtacular 312 – discussion revolves around the past couple of Halo Bulletins. Prometheans and Covenant weaponry are high points! (Louis Wu 15:38:47 UTC)

u4iX took a close look at the recent Solace gameplay, and offered some suggestions on how to most efficiently enjoy your experience on the map. Nice work! Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 15:24:14 UTC)

Just a reminder – there’s just a day and a half left until the deadline for entries for the Get Stuck! contest; if you want a shot at Tex’s cake pops, you need to submit your screenshot/movie/artwork/whatever by midnight tomorrow!(Louis Wu 17:24:21 UTC)

Elros let HaloGAF know about Projet Alpha’s release of Long Night of Solace – glitches and funky happenings on the fifth level of Halo: Reach. It’s 15 minutes, and contains lots of fun stuff! (Louis Wu 17:22:03 UTC)

A YouTube user named ‘MrAvakstone92’ has three videos up right now that show direct-feed footage (some we’ve seen before)… but with no overlaid music or commentary tracks, just the original sounds. This is a Campaign footage video, this is a War Game…

t00lbox stopped in with instructions on how to get into a secret area on Pillar of Autumn – bizarre stuff! Take a look.(Louis Wu 21:44:13 UTC)

Postmortem has kicked off the ‘Visualizing the Halo Universe’ contest – Week 1 focuses on a character we’ve seen so far only in extended universe material. Jump in!(Louis Wu 18:12:41 UTC)

G4TV has a pair of new HD gameplay videos – this one shows DMR gameplay on Exile CTF, Dominion gameplay on Longbow, Carbine-based Infinity Slayer gameplay on Solace, and Light Rifle-based Regicide gameplay on Haven. This one, on the other hand, is a …

IGN, V Energy Drink, and Xbox are hosting a Halo 4 event in Sydney, Australia – the code you’ll need to RSVP will be displayed on the event page in just about 19 hours. There are only 150 passes… so if you’re in the area, keep an eye on the page! Th…