Author: halo@bungie.org

Vengeance417 stopped in with word of Serenity, a ‘beauty of Halo’ music vid – loved it! Go watch.(Louis Wu 13:49:18 UTC)

OXM Online has a short interview with Frank O’Connor – it’s not really new information about Halo 4, but for folks getting nervous about how quiet the studio has been up until this point, it should assuage some fears! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 13:45:26 …

Justin Bryce sent word that Drunken Halo Episode 35 is now online – go listen! (Louis Wu 13:44:33 UTC)

It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had any submissions in our Fan Fiction section… but there are two new pieces today! Go look.(Louis Wu 13:43:32 UTC)

The Halo content is so slim as to be invisible (it consists of a couple of video screens in a single photo), but the Bungie Pentathlon is an annual event of great importance to Bungie employees (and Bungie fans) – and we’re pretty big Bungie fans here…

We really shouldn’t need to tell you this – but 343’s David Ellis wants you to know that there’s currently no Halo 4 Beta signup, so if you see one, it’s not real. Thanks to Moorpheusl9 for the heads-up (he found it at CVG). (Louis Wu 17:35:31 UTC)

Robowski sent word that Post Game Carnage Report Episode 101 is live – they spent a lot of time discussing the nine lives of Sgt. Johnson. Go listen! (Louis Wu 17:31:07 UTC)

In a pretty awesome piece of news, 343 Industries announced today that McFarlane Toys will be manufacturing a line of Halo 4 toys, as well as continuing the Halo Universe line (I know personally that GrimBrother IV will be ecstatic to see a Fred-104 fi…

bs angel dropped another new Halo Bulletin on us last night. Don’t worry, everyone’s fine. The focus of the new edition is an excellent interview with Tinkerbell himself, Tim Dadabo. Check it out for some awesome insight into not just how he feels abo…

SpearheadWarrior, the man behind “Life of the Grunts” and “Lives of the Elite” (and a video we totally missed when it came out in September, “The Lives of the Moa”), is back with an opening preview for “The Lives of the Brutes”. A mockumentacular! Tha…

There’s a new Achievement PIG up (YouTube | AH.com) for folks who enjoy watching Geoff trying to beat Jack. The maps this time around look fantastic. Go see! Thanks, SEspider (and hezekiah).(Louis Wu 22:55:48 UTC)

Dani stopped by with word of a new ‘Behind the Frontlines’ editorial at Forward Unto Dawn. This one was written by Postmortem, and suggests that a more realistic Halo might be fun. (I think I’m with Dani on this one; I wouldn’t really want to see it. …

TDSpiral let us know that there’s another fan-created video projects in the works – Halo: Archetype has just released a teaser trailer. Go see what you think! (Louis Wu 16:49:27 UTC)

ncsuDuncan continues to be the go-to source of compiled Destiny information (what little there is of it) – if you want to keep up on what Bungie fans are scrounging up, swing by and read his article! (Louis Wu 16:48:41 UTC)

kornman00 let us know that OpenSauce v3.0 has now been released – it’s a project to extend the HaloCE game engine and tools. The announcement article contains screenshots and a video to show you just what this powerful package can do – and get you sta…

Anoj has posted Episode 38 of his Reach Top 10 series – this one focuses on Multikills. Amazingly, there’s nothing over Killtastrophe… but there are still plenty of impressive moments! Check it out. Thanks, Jordan Bell. (Louis Wu 14:50:09 UTC)

Omnivoracious has an interview, of sorts, with Greg Bear about Primordium – go read what he had to say! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 17:22:13 UTC)

A little bit ago, OboeCrazy decided to set fun Reach clips to music – music played by her. Thus was born Oboe Scores. Episode #1 has some great Grenade Launcher action set to a mellow oboe score. Episode #2 was called ‘The Friendly Elite’ – it’s a hea…

Hoovaloov decided to look more closely into how bloom affects the DMR’s effectiveness (or, more specifically, how the change due to the Title Update affects the winning chances of folks who pace their shots vs folks who pull the trigger as fast as they…

Ross Mills noticed a new set of Halo-themed soaps from Digitalsoaps (we mentioned them back in 2009) – I love the design, but I’m not sure I want to smell like carbonated corn syrup. (The original link was via Sprite Stitch.)(Louis Wu 15:08:44 UTC)