Author: halo@bungie.org

Whoa, where does the time go? Goosechecka let us know that Grifball is celebrating it’s fourth birthday already! Want to help? Check out the celebratory antics outlined on GrifballHub! Comraderie, death by Hammers, and prizes galore!(Louis Wu 16:54:39…

If you’re going to the Consumer Electronics Show next week in Las Vegas, be sure to set aside an hour Wednesday afternoon – 343’s Frank O’Connor will be part of a panel discussing ways for games and movies to get along better. Nice! Thanks to Hypertro…

TheSparbiter let us know that he’s celebrating the new year with a new music video – this one sets Halo footage to Manic Bloom’s ‘Never Back Down’. Go watch!(Louis Wu 14:51:55 UTC)

TheSparbiter let us know that he’s celebrating the new year with a new music video – this one sets Halo footage to Manic Bloom’s ‘Never Back Down’. Go watch!(Louis Wu 14:51:55 UTC)

DaFrontlineTrooper decided to put some of his props and visual effects into a film – check out where he’s going! Thanks, robofin117.(Louis Wu 14:49:00 UTC)

Yesterday, pete_the_duck stopped by with word of a new duck comic on idleduck.com. Today, there was another. He says they won’t be every day – but they’re pretty funny – maybe keep an eye on the Webcomic tag on idleduck.(Louis Wu 14:44:38 UTC)

Gamasutra has an interview with Bungie Senior Graphics Engineer Hao Chen – it’s a technical look at how Bungie is trying to solve problems for their next game, and how they’re approaching graphic challenges. Their experience with Halo drives many of t…

Halo Waypoint has a Stride Championship match – a 2v2 match, Clutch and Cloud (Believe the Hype) vs Hysteria (Triggers Down) and Heinz (Dynasty). Great gameplay!(Louis Wu 18:24:31 UTC)

CyReN announced a huge (15 minute) Halo montage from Jeenyus – 3 years of original Halo LAN footage, boiled down to a quarter hour. Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:02:26 UTC)

hezekiah told us about Fails of the Weak Episode 67 (AH.com | YouTube) – last Fails of the year!(Louis Wu 16:57:35 UTC)

Check out AssaultGodzilla’s newest Halo Music Video, this time set to Linkin Park’s “My December”. Some really nice editing as always, and a meaningful feel to the whole piece. Take a look!(GrimBrother One 16:54:47 UTC)

Ty_Coker stopped in yesterday to announce SYNAW Season 2 Episode 5 – plus a bonus teaser!(Louis Wu 16:54:17 UTC)

Kermit wants to help you ring in the new year with two new panoramas. That frog knows beauty! Check them out!(GrimBrother One 16:51:47 UTC)

Grumpy let us know about a new (yes, new) variant on the ‘get the Scarab Gun from Metropolis, get down alive’ Halo 2 trick – congrats to DrBizz. He got up to the top in single-player, grabbed the gun, then corner-rode all the way down to the bottom (wi…

This past week, yours truly was teaching a winter break camp on video game design for a group of middle school students. Many of them were big Halo fans, and one of them decided to bring in a collection of Halo weapons he had created using Legos. In th…

On a site note, everyone here at HBO wants to wish the Halo Community and beyond a very happy and safe New Year. 2011 was an exciting year to be a Halo fan, and 2012 looks to be no different. We plan on being there every step of the way, just like alwa…

343 Industries posted a video today featuring 11 of their favorite user-submitted clips from 2011. It’s a fun collection to look back on; some you may have seen, and others you may have missed. It’s a quick view though, at 3 minutes and 43 seconds (an …

The Tyrant let us know that 343’s Verohime is featured in the latest Women of Xbox video – short, and in fact not gaming related at all… but Virohime is an important part of the Halo franchise team, and the information she imparts might save your li…