Author: halo@bungie.org

Thanks to internal testing and the feedback of the ‘Team Arena Summer Preview’ playlist in Halo 5, 343 Industries has announced the changes they have made to gametypes, weapon placements and map selections. Read all about it at HaloWaypoint, or check i…

Jumped online to play some Halo last minute and no one’s available? Join in on our HBO Discord Chat to send messages to your fellow HBOers that have Discord on the PC’s or phones, and maybe you can instantly fill out that team for some slayer matched o…

343 Industries has released their latest ‘Skilltacular’ highlight video, this time focusing on the recently released Infection gametype. Go see a lot of insta-reloading as the last man standing, and a few zombies that seem to have bullets pass right th…

We’ve mentioned SPV3 a good bit here on HBO, but Jafet Meza gave us a heads up that they’re custom soundtrack for the game is also nearing completion! Check out the full soundtrack preview and see how they’ve updated the music whilst maintaining the so…

Revenant1988 has been cataloging his Halo/Marvel armor on his Facebook for a while, but now you can see the professional shots he had made of his ODST/Spiderman-symbiotes crossovers!(MacGyver10 18:23:24 UTC)

Season 14 of Red vs Blue is well under way and bringing back plenty of the funny and old characters to crack a smile on this face! Robofin117 has done a good job of collecting the videos so far in his HBO forum post! Go watch the first two, and link ov…

Rockslider is now toying with the covies in megabattles from long range! See him rocket, snipe and grenade the little guys in the videos from his latest post!(MacGyver10 18:19:59 UTC)

SESpider captured an hour of video from last week’s Customs Night! Check it out to see our very own HBO folk running through Infection maps, misuse of ‘toggle crouching’ and maps named after Vagueness and Bounce-a-gon!(MacGyver10 15:33:01 UTC)

In the most recent community update, Bravo has answers for frequently asked questions on the news that Halo 5’s Forge mode is coming to PC, some interesting numbers on the new Infection mode, an early REQ reveal for a smaller ‘Hog Wild’ update coming l…

GrimBrother One is still pumping out canon fodder after 75 entries, and with the 76th one, spends some time covering the tales from the upcoming short stories collection and going wild with some stinging news from the next Halo 5 free update! It’s all …

Rockslider comes back with more mega-battles to pit his 12 marines and weapon combinations against 38 covies! He’s got you covered in options to view it in his forum post!(MacGyver10 16:19:39 UTC)

Forward Unto Dawn was joined on their most recent FUDcast by Masterz to talk some SPV3 mod! They talk backfilling canon, storytelling mechanisms in the Halo games, and more. Check out the MP3 download and YouTube link or subscribe to their iTunes podca…

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Masterz1337 has posted what is believed to be the earliest footage of the ‘Halo’ level from Halo: CE after it’s transition to an FPS for Microsoft’s first console. Apparently his YouTube video comes from an old promo for the new game.(MacGyver10 16:02:…

Munky-058 dropped in with an amazing creation of the SPNKr Rocket Launcher in LEGO! It’s a life-sized creation of the twin-tube rocket launcher with even a removable dual tube assembly! Check out the YouTube video to see it in action!(MacGyver10 15:59:…

Rockslider has a brand new, surefire way of descending from the bridge in AoTCR on PAL systems. Check out his post to see how you can ride the shade down with either a frag or plasma grenade!(MacGyver10 20:04:14 UTC)

There have already been some amazing maps using the new ‘textures’ in Halo 5’s Forge, but WyvernZu has shown off some amazing work in progress shots of her map, ‘Outlast’ that you need to see! Some wip shots of my new map named “Outlast”. Loving the new texture feature for forge! pic.twitter.com/OwbMSG0DjA— WyvernZu (@WyvernZu) May…

Now whether he’s referring to the Firefight update being pushed back, playlist maintenance or full-on updates like we’ve been having is up for debate, but Frankie looks to have said more support AND CONTENT will be coming after June over at NeoGAF.(Mac…

Did you enjoy reading the many different stories and author styles in ‘Halo: Evolutions’? This week’s Canon Fodder might excite you then with the announcement of ‘Halo: Fractures’, more small, stand-alone stories fleshing out the Halo universe from aut…

Sorry we missed it yesterday (life calls!), but the latest free update for Halo 5, ‘Memories of Reach’ is up and obviously playable! With it came a lot of cool features (like the new post-game carnage report, Infection game-mode, REQ’s, etc) and new so…