Author: halo@bungie.org

Alex Garland talked to Edge Magazine about writing – his Halo experience (he wrote at least one commissioned draft of a Halo movie) gets some time. Thanks, Zeouterlimits. (Louis Wu 15:26:49 UTC)

The latest Halo Bulletin went live last night – it gives you lots of info about Halo 4 button layouts, contains an interview with Stepto, the marketing guy from GAEMS, the company making that cool Xbox 360 carry system, and provides a single pixelated…

NeoGAF’s YourExWife linked to a montage by Element that is chock-full of high-value multikills. Fun watch!(Louis Wu 15:41:17 UTC)

Some fantastic news from MLG – looks like Halo 4 will be featured at their Fall Championship in Dallas, November 2-4. W00t! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 22:08:48 UTC)

If you’re working on the Weekly Challenge, and need some help on speeding up your time on The Package… check out Nak3d Eli’s latest run – it’s a LASO run in 16:45 (a new record). Wonga! Thanks, Ghouse. (Louis Wu 22:06:29 UTC)

CyReN pointed out some new offscreen footage from Toronto, as well – a decent look at the Carbine, and the Hardlight Shield. Go watch! (Louis Wu 22:02:24 UTC)

Bravo talked to Canadian pro MaD MaX about the gameplay he experienced at Toronto’s Fan Expo last weekend – go listen! Thanks, Slaker117.(Louis Wu 22:00:10 UTC)

And… that’s it for me, for a bit. Headed to the airport in 30 minutes; not sure when I’ll get my next chance to grab some internet time. Be good – and keep an eye out for HBO reports from PAX!(Louis Wu 06:56:50 UTC)

1Up’s For the Love of the Game blog has a new entry entitled ‘Most Memorable Multiplayer Moment: Halo 2’. Chris Pereira looks at clan support in Halo 2, and how it changed the way we played. Good read! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 02:32:49 UTC)

nomis78 stopped in with word of some new content at the Community Customs site – part 7 of Gravemind’s ‘Building the Ultimate Halo Game’ is up (this piece looks at multiplayer), and Hyokin posted a ‘Brief Guide to Forge (Halo Reach Edition)’ – consid…

There’s a new Top 5 Halo Plays of the Week from Halo Council – Ghandi is doing the commentating. Some lucky shots, some amazing shots, lots of fun comments. Go watch! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 20:02:31 UTC)

The Tyrant has released the next chapter of his Halo 2 Legendary Walkthrough – this one gets you through Metropolis, and he uses a sneaky little trick to deal with those pesky jackal snipers. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:53:07 UTC)

Nikko B201 put together a nice Halo propaganda poster – swing by his forum post to see a couple of versions!(Louis Wu 18:49:39 UTC)

Lord Friendship created some high-res pictures for his BOB Video Guide, and now that he’s finished with that, he hates the idea of wasting the artwork. So he’s offering it to you!(Louis Wu 16:25:15 UTC)

Kotaku has taken an up-close look at the newest McFarlane Halo 4 figures – go check out the pics! Thanks, INSANEdrive.(Louis Wu 13:40:45 UTC)

CyReN found another Fan Expo off-screen gameplay vid, this one full of Carbine action. Take a look! (Louis Wu 13:30:19 UTC)

1on1 interviewed Paul Patinios, Microsoft’s Global Marketing Manager for Halo, at Toronto’s Fan Expo – good stuff. (The following interview, with a pair of fans, is comedy gold.) Thanks, Munish23. (Louis Wu 13:27:03 UTC)