Author: halo@bungie.org

pete_the_duck stopped in to announce Forge With Pete 3, now live on Halo Waypoint. He’s created yet another mini-game in Halo Reach… and I’m flabbergasted at the way it works. Go watch the video! (Louis Wu 13:11:25 UTC)

RC Master decided to take a look at ordnance drops, and see if he could come up with a way that would make them seem fairer to him than what we’ve seen so far in Halo 4. Interesting read!(Louis Wu 13:09:14 UTC)

The Terminal Velocity crew has been messing with the AI in Reach – how far can you push it? Check out Meta Stability 2.0 to see. Thanks, ReiKo.(Louis Wu 19:44:56 UTC)

YouTube user Tridyrium has collected all the Halo 4 music heard so far into a single playlist – while you’ve probably listened to the older stuff by now, the newest finds (recorded off Halo Waypoint’s Xbox 360 portal) are quite possibly new for you. R…

The Halo Council will be hosting a Halo 2 Vista 1v1 tourney – registration closes on June 30, prizes include Halo Anniversary, LIVE subscriptions, and MS Points. Go read about it! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 19:22:57 UTC)

Machinima VS is a new channel with tips and analysis of videogames – Bravo’s a new host whose taking his skills in commentating over to this new venue. Swing by to watch him interview other Halo pros who got a chance to get their hands on Halo 4’s mul…

Want to know more about The Master Chief? Halo Waypoint has you covered. Go watch their rundown on the man at the center of most of the Halo games.(Louis Wu 17:03:28 UTC)

The next chapter in Arby ‘n’ the Chief’s Season 7 is now online – Cortana and Greg try to help Arbiter with his drinking problem, while Chief wallows in self-pity over his recent dating failure. Thanks, Ogan Pavano.(Louis Wu 17:01:47 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla told us that he’s remade an older Sum 41-tracked Halo Music Video that got lost when his old account was suspended. It’s been two years, so I don’t remember the details of the older version… but the new version is really well-timed (…

GeneticSpartan put together a massive tutorial, showing how he created most of the visual effects in a recent well-received machinima project. If you’re looking for tips on how to add cool effects to your videos… or you’re just curious how he did i…

CyReN pointed HaloGAF towards a fan-made event montage looking back on MLG Anaheim. It’s really nicely done, and notable for its LACK of Halo content. (Just a couple of seconds, total – Street Fighter gets as much airtime as Halo does. This makes me s…

On Friday, I read the latest Bungie Mail Sack, which was full of fun tidbits and the occasional Halo-related morsel. (Did you know that DeeJ hates Spartan Lasers? I did.) Maybe half a dozen times since, I’ve made a mental note to write up a small news…

Someday, your children’s children will bring home their summer reading list from school, and instead of dreading the fight through thousands of pages of War & Peace, their eyes will be wide and their sense of wonder piqued. Because down the list, 8th f…

Pierre Tartaix let us know that TGO GMBH has remade a 2009 machinima (now in HD, with re-recorded audio – we mentioned the original here) they’d done that tells the story of a soldier looking to get her job back. Go watch!(Louis Wu 13:44:11 UTC)

UnrealCh13f stopped by to announce that a thread has been started over at args.bungie.org to keep up on any developments in the potential ARG revealed on ESPN.com yesterday. If you want to know where that’s going – bookmark the link!(Louis Wu 13:43:42…

G4TV has a top 100 Games of all Time list – and Halo took two spots; the original game’s at #37, and Halo 3 is at #23. Thanks, Morpheus. (For perspective, Mario games were at #41, #28, #7, and #1. And the WTF of the list… Bioshock is at #3.)(Louis W…

There’s a tiny tibdit on Greg Bear’s blog that might or might not give you insight into upcoming Halo fiction. (How’s THAT for vague? 🙂 ) Thanks, bryan newman. (Louis Wu 13:42:41 UTC)

Mator stopped in to announce he’s put together a couple of videos showing you how to fly a Banshee upside in Halo PC. He says it’s not a new trick, but he’s been having trouble explaining it to people who’ve asked, so he figured a visual tutorial (inc…