Author: halo@bungie.org

The newest Halo Bulletin went live yesterday – a little late, but hey, 343 were pretty busy this week! This one has lots of pics – pics from the launch events, concept art of the Anniversary maps, and more. Go read! It’s also in our local Halo Bulleti…

Samurai Fronk continues – Episode 2 of the latest season finally went live today. (JDQuackers apologizes for the delay – my guess is, he’s been playing Anniversary till his eyes bleed.)(Louis Wu 13:03:21 UTC)

Chris Neir let us know that there’s a new Halo Reach Tricks vid up – this one will show you how to survive indefinitely in Lone Wolf by basically escaping the level. KOBAYASHI MARU!(Louis Wu 13:01:43 UTC)

Dan Ayoub talked to PC World NZ about the launch of Halo Anniversary, and how it’s been shepherding the product to completion. Interesting read! (I think there are some Halo tricksters out there who would take issue with his “we didn’t fix any bugs” d…

There’s a single story for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read it! (There WERE two – but one submitter decided to reach the minimum word count by padding the piece with garbage – that’s a no-no!) (Louis Wu 12:59:56 UTC)

Firestream, the man behind Halocharts (and a number of other projects), has decided to shut down his site – timing is uncertain, but it will be offline in “no more than a few days to a week”. You can read the full story in the top news post on the fro…

Gamereactor UK has an interview with Frank O’Connor – he talks about why he thinks Halo got so big, and where the franchise is going. Good stuff. Thanks, TheOddOne.(Louis Wu 18:54:04 UTC)

Here’s a blog post from a man who drowned the sorrows generated from his breakup in a suit of Spartan armor. Interesting read! Thanks, Hydranockz.(Louis Wu 18:49:54 UTC)

If you still read newspapers, you might have seen a mention of Halo in today’s Dustin – I found a copy on the website of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. I know I’ve had this discussion with my wife, more than once…(Louis Wu 18:20:53 UTC)

Tyrant has released the next installment of his LASO Challenge Walkthrough – this one will bring you safely through the level Exodus. If you think “well, I’ve watched his Mythic guide already, I don’t need this” – think again. This contains a bunch of…

ChrisTheeCrappy pointed out the latest IGN Reach Top 10 Kills – some fun ones in there! (Armor-lock-haters will love #1.)(Louis Wu 18:09:52 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY let us know that he’s posted the first part of his Halo Anniversary review, covering the Campaign. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 18:09:09 UTC)

Nak3d Eli teamed up with The Lore Channel to bring you Halo Lore in a Minute. It covers prehistory up through Reach. (Louis Wu 18:05:47 UTC)

Stewie2552 put together a video that constantly jumps back and forth between classic and remastered modes in Halo Anniversary; if you haven’t gotten a good enough look at the graphical changes, this might be for you!(Louis Wu 20:28:07 UTC)

Gamasutra’s got an interview with Frank O’Connor covering Halo Anniversary – worth a read. Not a TON of new info, but a nice summary, and some funny moments. Thanks, mPlacki.(Louis Wu 17:39:20 UTC)

Anniversary’s been out officially for a day now – but there are already guides online for finding all the Campaign terminals, all the GRD dolls in multiplayer, many of the easter eggs hidden throughout both sets of maps, and more. We’re going to hold o…

McFarlane will sell you new armor for your action figures – but the packs run $30-40 when all is said and done… and you might only want a single pair of shoulder pieces. tadboz bought a couple of packs, and is selling off the bits he can’t use – they…

NeoGAF’s Tashi had a blast playing some early custom games with the Halo Anniversary maps – nice 2-minute montage! (Louis Wu 15:32:00 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know about Fearless Part 2 chapter eleven – unexpected visitors! (Louis Wu 15:31:10 UTC)

Operation Chastity, one of the first live-action fan film projects (and still the only one with a driveable Warthog), is spotlighted in a fan documentary on Halo as a community-building force, along with the crew from Haloathon – awesome! (OC’s Pete Co…