Author: halo@bungie.org

Quinn Delhoyo, multiplayer designer for Halo, goes over the map-specific changes to expect for the upcoming Arena seasons this fall in the Team Arena Fall Preview, up at HaloWaypoint now.(MacGyver10 14:55:39 UTC)

The lates community update begins the tease for the next Halo 5 content update (finally!) with a new piece of Arena concept art, weapon skins and a new magnum REQ weapon! There’s info on the upcoming Action Sack playlist, in-game content browser and of…

If you wanted sound other than Steve Downes voice to emanate from Master Chief’s helmet, you can now pre-order a special bluetooth speaker system featuring our green hero’s head! Pro-orders receive 25% off, and you can also choose from a red or blue At…

LostDecay has put out some pretty cool Halo art before, but this interesting Halo Warzone Firefight boss might be the boss we all didn’t know we needed.(MacGyver10 19:56:17 UTC)

Podtacular has put up some b-roll footage of the Halo Wars 2 Stronghold’s gametype from GAMESCOM. You can see some of the leader powers in action and a LOT of units blowing up or being destroyed!(MacGyver10 19:46:12 UTC)

The Xbox Wire is celebrating Halo Wars 2 being playable at GAMESCOM with a couple new screenshots and some thoughts from Creative Assembly on the game. It’s pretty bare, but hey, new stuff is new stuff!(MacGyver10 18:10:54 UTC)

If you missed out on the Kickstarter, you can now grab a digital copy of ‘Halo: Community Evolved’ online from iTunes and Amazon. They’ve even upgraded your experience from PDF to ePUB for a much smoother reading time!(MacGyver10 14:20:33 UTC)

It’s a short update this week, mostly built on promises and the mention of an ‘Action Sack’ playlist coming soon, but you can read up on the Halo Wars 2 beta realizations and read up on the Mythic Loot Crate. Check it out in the update on Waypoint, and…

If you missed Rockslider’s color-changing grunt before, you might want to check it out! Then see how he managed not only to bring the little red guy to the front, but also the orange guy out as well!(MacGyver10 18:21:12 UTC)

Deviant Art user Sketch-BGI has taken the enemies of Halo and stylized them to look like Pokemon! Some very clever evolutions in there, but it all really just makes me want a Halo game in this artstyle!(MacGyver10 17:57:30 UTC)

Looks like from the recent Xbox beta, Dan Ayoub and 343 Industries are already making changes to the way Halo Wars 2 plays. Leader powers, controls, bases and more have already had some significant changes in place to come more in line with the feedbac…

ukilledkenny7 sent us an email with a YouTube channel he started called the Halo Machinima Archive. It’s a YouTube channel dedicated to archiving machinimas from the Halo 2 era. He’s already uploaded 415 videos to the channel; and the archive has a tot…

Tired of getting thrown into Warzone against large teams that farm the spawns like Old MacDonald? Fight fire with fire and join the CustomsNight Crew in the Warzone Wednesday tomorrow! See their forum post to find out when and with whom!(MacGyver10 21:…

LaserGadgets has made a mean-looking Halo concussion rifle that actually has a working laser inside it! The rifle itself is well-done piece with moving parts and flashing lights, but go see what it can do to an awkwardly-shaped sausage and more as it b…

This past week 343 Industries showed off some of the new ‘Halo: Ground Command’ pieces from Spartan Games and really went in deep with insight into each unit (hey, KP!). There’s a Halo Pro League recap, a new Forge screenshot and the promise of things …

With the recent launch of the Xbox One S, you had to know someone was eventually going to take it a part and look through to see what makes it tick. Looks like the new console might actually run on little green men!(MacGyver10 15:29:23 UTC)

Gravemind gave us the heads up that a couple of Red vs Blue characters duked it out to the death in the YouTube Death Battle series. You can check out the video here!(MacGyver10 14:31:06 UTC)

Rockslider seems to find the most unusual enemies in Halo still, and this grunt at first look seems to have a hard time choosing the color of his methane tank.(MacGyver10 19:34:49 UTC)

A couple of cool Halo 5 Forged maps were shared in our forum this past week. Munky-058 waxed nostalgic with a remake of the warthog run in Halo 3’s last level, and davidfuchs shared a new mini-game that pits your small rowboat against a Moby Dick-sized…

Bravo and Grim teamed up for the latest Halo Community Update this past week, spending some time on the new characters coming to our Halo universe via Halo Wars 2, teases of new features and playlist changes and your normal community spotlights!(MacGyv…