Author: halo@bungie.org

This week’s Halo Bulletin went up earlier this afternoon at Halo Waypoint – a little bit later than usual. (It didn’t make it into our Halo Bulletin Archive until just now – still more delay. Sorry!) Coverage of Greg Bear’s recent book tour, a nice Sup…

Forward Unto Dawn has a new piece – this one returns to the Beyond the Frontline opinion series, and focuses on an open beta test for Halo 4 – or more specifically, whether Halo 4 NEEDS an open beta. Interesting read! Thanks, Dani.(Louis Wu 17:36:03 UTC)

thebruce0 stopped in with a link to a (currently live) podcast from Rex Sikes, on blogtalkradio, containing an interview with Jared Pelletier, the driver behind the Halo: Faith movie. I can’t figure out how to hear the relevant portion at the moment (…

You gotta hope that AIs don’t last 540 years…(Louis Wu 16:22:46 UTC)

Achievement HORSE #57 (AchievementHunter.com | YouTube) marks the return of Geoff – will Jack’s 3 extra months of practice keep him on top? Watch to find out! hezekiah’s informational forum post used up what seems to be a lifetime supply of horse puns…

This was on Halo Waypoint on Monday, but I missed it until thee henery mentioned it at NeoGAF – Kampy and BesT MaN have released an Anniversary dualtage, with some pretty slick multikills. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:22:50 UTC)

Justin Bryce sent word that Drunken Halo: Episode 34 is now online – the crew goes spelunking in the Waypoint forums. (Louis Wu 15:21:14 UTC)

Lord Friendship stopped in with some interesting information from reddit – looks like a woman is claiming to be the face of Cortana for Halo 4. No word from 343 on whether her claims have merit. (Louis Wu 15:18:12 UTC)

RC Master continues to hone his Firefight Survival gametype – check the post for details and download links! Doesn’t look like Waypoint plans on making too many changes to the Firefight playlists online, so this might be your best chance for some vari…

Today’s comic at idleduck.com just made me sad.(Louis Wu 17:53:40 UTC)

MASSAIKUR caught up with Nak3d Eli for an interview about his Halo playing and thoughts on the game. Interesting read! (Louis Wu 15:19:01 UTC)

Anoj has a new Halo Reach Top 10 – this one looks at Amazing Kills. The earlier ones might be a little weak… but they definitely get pretty amazing near the end. Thanks, Jordan Bell. (Louis Wu 15:18:40 UTC)

MastaSin333 stopped in to let us know that a Teaser for Halo: Gray Team – Episode 2 is now up at Newgrounds. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:18:05 UTC)

The January Matchmaking Playlist Update went live yesterday – you can read all the details over at Halo Waypoint. New maps, new playlists, tweaks to gametypes – go read! (Louis Wu 15:16:08 UTC)

ChristWire has an article explaining how Halo is ruining our society. I laughed. (Hint: ChristWire is satire. Apparently, some folks who read this article don’t get that.) Hypertrooper was the first to post it where I could see it, but there’s also a …

OXM UK has some choice words for Halo’s Forerunners (and other ancient races) – thanks again, ElzarTheBam.(Louis Wu 16:02:14 UTC)

All Ages Gaming has an article explaining why you shouldn’t be worried that 343 Industries currently sits at the Halo helm. (I wasn’t, actually… but it’s good to know other fans have their back.) Aside from some inaccuracies about prior credits of s…