Author: halo@bungie.org

Elzarthebam noticed a short article at Eurogamer that hints at the Kinect features that will be available in Halo: Anniversary. Key points: they’re optional, they’re cool, they’ll enhance your overall experience but will not affect your core game exper…

Stewie2552 and the Funny Halo 3 Productions crew put together 10 Years of Halo in 10 Minutes – a tribute to Bungie’s games, shown in the order they were made and compiled from cutscene footage with a soundtrack that’s made from various Halo pieces (so…

FyreWulff collected all the posts Jeremiah made in the Bungie.net Optimatch forum concerning changes to the Matchmaking playlists – and now that the Optimatch forum is offline, he’s made the collection publicly available. Nice!(Louis Wu 13:57:37 UTC)

OXM UK speculates about Cortana, and her importance in Halo 4, in a recent article on their website. Thanks, INSANEdrive. (Louis Wu 13:56:45 UTC)

If you visit Bungie.net, you’ll notice a new layout, for the first time in a month. And new news, even – a reminder that the upcoming ViDoc will hit the interwebz on Thursday, and a small note about the facelift itself. Go explore! (I like the new Hal…

IESUproductions stopped by with a link to ‘Iridescent’ – a Halo retrospective, set to Linkin Park’s Iridescent. Cutscene footage from all Halo games is matched to the song’s lyrics in a tribute to the official passing of the Halo torch from Bungie to …

Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris sent word that the last chapter of his Legendary ODST saga, covering Coastal Highway, is now online – the most difficult mission on Halo 3 or ODST has now been beaten – with no deaths! (Can you find the easter egg?)(Louis Wu 18:…

Sniper94 painted a Halo screenshot. With paint. He wanted you to see it.(Louis Wu 17:58:49 UTC)

Greenskull put together a song called ‘I Less than 343’ – it’s an ode to the franchise overseers, and it’s full of Halo love (and far too much tongue). Check it out! (Louis Wu 17:56:46 UTC)

Mid7night found a fan-made space-based RTS called ‘Star Wars vs Halo’ – you can see a trailer (story-based, no gameplay) here, an announcement trailer showing promo gameplay here, and a gameplay demo made by the Funny Halo Productions crew here. The …

Brute Honour Guard pointed out a document (originally posted by its author on Bungie.net) showing one fan’s attempt to do some translating of the language we hear from the Sangheili in-game. At the very least, he gets kudos for the systematic approach…

CaptainTony is back with another find from DeviantART – NOBLE 06 is not QUITE as epic as the stuff he brought us yesterday, but it’s still pretty cool!(Louis Wu 17:04:20 UTC)

Red vs Blue Season 9, Episode 7 is now online for everyone – nice mix of Freelancer drama and Caboose silliness. Go watch! Thanks, mattroe.(Louis Wu 17:03:29 UTC)

Minor Harry Potter spoilers… but CortanaVII showed us a video that shows off the ending of Harry Potter vs Halo. I giggled. (Louis Wu 17:02:29 UTC)

Hedgemony posted a bunch of deleted scenes from his 117×5 project – the man has an eye, and it’s amazing. (They’re not really deleted scenes; they’re images he didn’t get finished in time to add to the project. Absolutely worth perusing.) (Louis Wu 17…

Avcracy pointed out the first in a new series – Horrible Origins: Creation Episode 1. This is a series that will take old vids from Firelight Studios, and make fun of them, a la MST3K (no silhouettes, though). (Louis Wu 17:00:26 UTC)

Bilzo has a buddy who made what he thinks is a great BTB map – but there aren’t that many ways left to promote these. So he made a video to show it off. It’s pretty fun to watch!(Louis Wu 19:48:57 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY continues his re-release of his Playtime Season One films with Episode 2 (again) – yes, yes, we know it’s only been a month since these were released the first time, but now they’ve got commentary! I mean… what more could you want? (Lou…

CaptainTony stopped by with a couple of cool fan creations he found at DeviantART – check out We Remember (simply spectacular) and Cal-141 (a great imagining of a character from Legends’ The Babysitter). Gorgeous!(Louis Wu 14:44:02 UTC)

MLG Anaheim wrapped up last night, and eon instinct (basically, the Final Boss guys who lost their name) crushed the competition. (Although the final match info page suggests that Status Quo won the last game, the recap disagrees – and the Bracket list…