Author: halo@bungie.org

We heard from Kontrol Freek that the winner of their Farewell to a Legend contest has been announced – go see who’s going to be playing on his new Reach Xbox 360 with a Master Chief vs the Flood statue in the background (and a pair of Freek Legendarys…

Achievement Hunter has published Fails of the Weak Volume 78 – some fun fails this week! You can watch it on AchievementHunter.com or YouTube – thanks, Taco Power. (Taco Power also pointed out a new video from Rooster Teeth, showing off a behind-the-s…

Queso Man let us know that his 11th montage is now online – he lists it as his ‘penultimate chapter on Reach’, but I think he means that it’s the last one. This release in in tribute to Bungie’s last weeks of Halo stat keeping – there are some pretty …

I missed this yesterday, but there’s still time; the weekend’s not over! In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Halosphere is bringing you the “Luck of the Irish” weekend – lots of extra booty to win! If you’ve never played Halosphere, now’s a fine time…

Over at Halo Waypoint today, you’ll find the Championship Finals games from MLG Columbus last year – Instinct against Str8 Rippin. Great play!(Louis Wu 15:40:50 UTC)

davidfuchs visited the Art of Video Games exhibit at the American Art Museum (it just opened!), and took a bunch of pictures. Some of them, including a Halo-related one, can be found in his forum post – the rest are here. Looks fantastic! (Louis Wu 15…

Folks have noticed that the ‘knock a banshee off the platform’ trick on AotCR is a bit harder in Halo Anniversary than it was in the original game… so Rockslider put together an illustrated guide which might help in pinning down that sweet spot we a…

Tashi0106 pointed out a new release of Halo rap by T-Money-N-Ca$h Flow… it has its moments.(Louis Wu 15:33:49 UTC)

Bungie has posted a new Mail Sack for your reading pleasure – its questions shed light on some of the oddities present in the Bungie community, while its answers do the same for the Bungie development staff. As always, a fascinating read. Did you know…

Halo Waypoint’s ‘The Anatomy of Halo’ series has a new release – this one focuses on the Library. This piece makes me alternate between fascination with the structure, and sadness that in all the fighting I did in there, I never ONCE tried to access a…

MaxRealflugel took a stab at theorizing about the customization options we might be seeing in Halo 4 in the latest article at The Secrets Within – go see if you agree with him!(Louis Wu 17:15:58 UTC)

MixMaker1 noticed an announcement at Tor’s website – the next installment of Karen Traviss’ Halo trilogy (did you know it was the ‘Kilo-Five Trilogy’?) will be out on October 2 – it’s entitled ‘Halo: The Thursday War’. There’s a little bit of informat…

Hoovaloov took a close look at the Halo 4 First Look trailer released recently – and then bundled what he found in with comments made in subsequent interviews. You can find his writeup over at Tied the Leader.(Louis Wu 19:04:16 UTC)

Kermit stopped in with an amazing writeup of the Deja Vu Invitational, a Co-Op night that took place back in December. (Yeah, so he’s a little late. Sue him.) Great pics, great videos – go see!(Louis Wu 19:01:41 UTC)

The Halo Bulletin is up, a little later than usual, but none the worse for wear. There’s discussion of the Halo 4 BR, updates about Halo Waypoint, info about Community Playdates (today is one!), some Halo 4 wallpapers, and one of the best O’Connor/Ell…

The Podtacular podcasts are coming fast and furious – hot on the heels of Monday’s release, there’s a new episode up now, focused on Armor Lock. Go listen!(Louis Wu 21:23:58 UTC)

Frank O’Connor talked to VideoGamer.com about Halo 4, and how it will be unveiled over the coming months. Interesting read! Thanks, Homeboyd.(Louis Wu 21:16:40 UTC)

The latest Bungie Ride-Along has DeeJ sharing some in-game time with members of Café, a laid-back Bungie.net group – go check out the interview, the screenshots, and the videos on Bungie’s blog!(Louis Wu 21:10:00 UTC)

Tashi’s posted another short montage in his Weekly Montage series – I’ll never be able to match his skill with a sniper rifle, but I love watching these for the insight on situational awareness and targeting priority. I feel like I get a little smarte…