Author: halo@bungie.org

Okay, let’s start the day off with a quick summary of some of the Halo 4 stuff we missed yesterday – I’m guessing the flood of info will settle down into a much more reasonable flow going forward. NeoGAF’s Devolution was invited at the last minute to…

TOTALLY NOT HALO-4-RELATED… but very cool nonetheless. Jason Cheng is a US Marine who was deployed to Afghanistan when Halo Fest happened in Seattle last summer… but his buddies brought a picture of him to the event, and included it in a series of…

1Up isn’t thrilled with the new perks system – go check out their discussion.(Louis Wu 18:45:31 UTC)

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)