Author: halo@bungie.org

It’s been a while since we reported the goodies you can find at Halo Waypoint (other than top stories) – but you shouldn’t miss the cornucopia of Halo gems they turn up. Just on the front page, you’ll find these entries: Remnants is a Halo 3/Reach mo…

I… I don’t know what to say. UK’s The Sun has an article about how terrorists are using first-person shooter online lobbies (including Halo lobbies!) to organize their nefarious plots… I think the take-home message is, if you play Halo, the terror…

Dust Storm let us know that Podtacular 287 is live – in addition to Halo 4 info, there’s a discussion with director Robert Imbs about Imbs’ new film, Game Changers (featuring MLG Halo players). Go listen!(Louis Wu 16:28:14 UTC)

The second part of RC Master’s look at the problems with Halo’s objective gametypes is now online. I have to say, I disagree with a whole bunch of his points… but that doesn’t mean they’re not solidly presented. Discussion can occur on his blog, or i…

The latest Breaking In article at Bungie.net focuses on Nate Hawbacker (who posted for quite some time around these parts as Veegie – he’s still got a Gallery page here); go read it for tips on how HE got a job at Bungie, and what that might mean for …

GatchamanUK stopped in to let us know that the Halo: Reach Project we mentioned a couple of times last summer has been finished, and published! You can find a summary of the most interesting bits on the professor’s website, or the full paper at arXiv….

Greenskull sent word of a new video – he talks about armor customization across the Halo games. If you’re interested, swing by and watch!(Louis Wu 18:49:38 UTC)

MLG Columbus kicks off this Friday – there’s $56,000 on the line for Reach players! The full press release can be seen on MarketWatch.(Louis Wu 17:21:43 UTC)

Gary Whitta, former Editor-in-Chief of PC Gamer Magazine, visited the Bricks by the Bay 2012 exhibition… and found a very cool Master Chief construction! (Of course, the non-Halo stuff is amazing in its own right.) Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 13:5…

So, the weekend’s over and you’ve got to be back to work or school. Got something important you should be doing on the computer? Well why don’t you ignore it and check out some awesome panoramas from the Community Customs group instead! Some great shot…

RC Master was excited to let us know about a new article series he is writing on his less-than-stellar opinions of Halo’s Objective gametypes. Part 1 is up now, go and take a look at his reasonings – which are very well-thought out and detailed – and s…

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…