Author: halo@bungie.org

The Verge has pulled out salient points from a couple of recent Frank O’Connor interviews – go read ’em if you’re short on time. Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 18:43:15 UTC)

Greenskull has done his own analysis of the new Halo 4 first look video – go see if he caught anything you missed!(Louis Wu 18:40:53 UTC)

MLG’s Tom ‘Tsquared’ Taylor talked to Gamespot about his hopes for a competitive Halo 4. Thanks, ChrisTheeCrappy.(Louis Wu 18:21:37 UTC)

GameReactor interviewed Frank O’Connor – great discussion. Go watch.(Louis Wu 16:31:04 UTC)

VentureBeat listed 11 things they’ve learned about Halo 4 – maybe this should be titled ’11 things we think we’ve guessed about Halo 4′, but it’s an interesting list. Thanks, Boomwood.(Louis Wu 16:27:59 UTC)

GameTrailers has an interview with Kiki Wolfkill – did you know Halo 4 starts 5 years after Halo 3 ends? I didn’t. Thanks, stryker1138.(Louis Wu 14:29:13 UTC)

Edge has a small summary of Halo 4 online – but promises a full preview in their next print issue, due out April 11. Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 14:25:52 UTC)

Eurogamer’s also got an article about the Halo 4 ‘perks system’… not much info… but an interesting read. Thanks, Dani.(Louis Wu 14:23:46 UTC)

Destructoid’s put up their Halo 4 initial thoughts. Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 14:14:44 UTC)

Eurogamer has their own take on what they saw – tying together disparate strands of the Halo universe into one cohesive whole. Go read! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 14:10:42 UTC)

GameFanMag has a summary of what was revealed at the Spring Showcase, in bullet form. Thanks, Dani.(Louis Wu 14:06:46 UTC)

343’s David Ellis pointed to Making Halo 4: First Look, a behind-the-scenes look at the development process. Go drool! (It’s also available, in HD goodness, on Halo Waypoint on your Xbox.)(Louis Wu 14:04:21 UTC)

Over at Metacafe, an interview with Frank O’Connor (done by OXM’s Ryan McCaffrey) was posted a bit early – it went live at 3am, ET (about 6 hours before the embargo was to lift). It contains some Halo 4 multiplayer footage, and some critical informati…

Today’s the day the Halo 4 news embargo related to last week’s Spring Showcase ends; we should see a flood of Halo 4 content, beginning in a couple of hours. We’ll do our best to keep up, but Grim’s got jury duty this morning, and I’m in and out of th…

Leviathan has been quietly working on Sword and Shield, his next big Halo-related project… but he decided to share a sketch he finished recently. I’m really happy he did!(Louis Wu 12:06:37 UTC)

TDSpiral came across some early Halo Wars models – as we wait to see the LATEST iteration of the Master Chief, it’s fun to go back and look at some earlier work.(Louis Wu 12:05:05 UTC)

Postmortem ran across a piece of Halo concept art created by illustrator Sterling Hundley – it’s unclear whether this was commissioned by MS/Bungie, or whether it’s just fan art… but it’s pretty interesting!(Louis Wu 12:03:19 UTC)

Things are probably going to get insane later today – but for now, let’s clear out what’s currently on our forum. Yesterday, Fon462 mentioned that there are a bunch of new Halo Mylar prints on eBay – a little searching showed this to be true. If you’r…