Author: halo@bungie.org

Thanks to Samuel L Jackson, I mean Morpheus, for giving us the heads up that all Halo: Reach map packs are currently on sale, as well as some Halo Avatar items and various things from other games. Check out the full list over at Xbox.com. Very cool!(Gr…

For fans of the excellent machinima series Playtime, the latest episode is now available to check out. Episode 8 sees Warren attempt to carry out a desperate rescue mission. Check it out!(GrimBrother One 21:44:27 UTC)

Microsoft sent out a bunch of slices of the Halo 4 box art today (this is what the email looked like – there were 32 choices). Compile all the pieces together… you get this. (If you were in Europe, you got this. it’s the same, except for the rating …

The Halo 3 Believe commercial has been remade… in Minecraft. How cool is that? Thanks, Tha Robbertster.(Louis Wu 20:43:09 UTC)

Last night, a bunch of MLG pros (mostly used to playing 4v4 games with MLG rules) joined up and played against the number one-rated BigTeamBattles.net team ‘Wake Up’ – watching the carnage is fascinating. Carbon’s Assault streamed it last night, and y…

lonefirewarrior is a DeviantARTist who has put together a set of images using Garry’s Mod and some judicious editing to illustrate a theoretical war. Master Chief is on-scene. Thanks, Endless and TheOddOne.(Louis Wu 19:30:38 UTC)

The latest Tyrant Documentaries has tips for grabbing 5 campaign-based Reach achievements – if you’re missing any of these, take a look! (They’re all done on Legendary.)(Louis Wu 15:25:09 UTC)

The Forward Unto Dawn crew has kicked off a new set of Halo 4 speculation – the first piece is called ‘Summum Malum – The Master Builder’, and discusses whether the Master Builder, a Forerunner who shows up in Greg Bear’s Halo trilogy, might be the ma…

AyonHunter stopped in to announce that he and a friend had remade a machinima they originally released almost two years ago. If you missed it then, or just want to see it with good video quality and voiceovers, go watch I Sense Danger!(Louis Wu 14:29:…

RC Master’s been busy – he sent us email about a pair of Reach speed runs posted on High Speed Halo (Winter Contingency on Heroic, in 8:29, and The Package on Heroic, in 13:13), and then posted in our forum about a ‘Legendary Classic Skulls’ run on Ha…

Geek and Sundry interviewed Rod Roddenberry – son of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek. He loves Halo so much that he named his DOG Halo. Go watch and see what grips him about the title! (Halo content starts around 1:40.) Thanks, Elnea.(Louis …

uberfoop put together a review of the different fields of view available in the various Halo titles, depending on the type of playing you’re doing. Fascinating… and pretty helpful!(Louis Wu 13:59:24 UTC)

Raulboy is currently in Afghanistan. These days, he has some additional protection. Thumbs-up!(Louis Wu 13:54:42 UTC)

Kampy, known for some great montages, posted a small one made from just two games. Usually, this means playing against low-ranking players and racking up huge multikills… but one of the games was against a team that included Tashi, who’s got his own …

There’s a new mini-ep of Arby ‘n’ the Chief up – though ‘mini’, in the context of Arby ‘n’ the Chief, is over 5 minutes. Arby tries to teach Chief about the importance of older games… while Chief explains the error of his ways, and his blasphemy agai…

Dust Storm sent word that Podtacular 289 is up – it discusses the events leading up to Halo 4. He also wanted you to know that they’ve kicked off a news-based YouTube series – the first episode is up now, talking about this week’s Halo bulletin, amon…

Dani stopped in to let our forum know that a new episode of Hindsight: ODST is now live at Forward Unto Dawn. Michael ‘Dax01’ Carollo walks us through Kizingo Boulevard – give it a read, see if you missed anything, or just reminisce! (Louis Wu 13:34:5…