Author: halo@bungie.org

In a direct answer to prayers (albeit trivial ones), Halo Waypoint announced today that the Covenant Energy sword is the newest addition to the Halo Avatar Collection on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Woohoo! Thanks to the honorable and immaculate GrimBrot…

Podtacular is planning on hosting a live podcast to celebrate Halo’s 10th anniversary – should be a pretty entertaining event. Check out the full post – and mark June 18 on your calendar!(Louis Wu 17:41:53 UTC)

Sqorck found a pretty cool wire sculpture of the Master Chief at Reddit – I want one for my back yard! (If you’re near Sioux Falls, SD, you can see this for yourself on Phillips, between 11th and 12th. Heck – you can even buy it, if you’ve got an extr…

Normalcy Week continues at Fire Team Zulu – today’s challenge is, as expected, no Normal… you just have to get through Sierra 117, on Halo 3. The catch? No guns allowed. All kills have to be via skull kill! Sounds like fun. More details at FTZ.(Loui…

Tuesday offerings on Bungie’s Comm Chatter: video 8 from the Forge Café Recap series – another night of community maps – and a commented video of gameplay on Synapse, a new community map you’ll run across in several playlists (the Arena, Double…

Morpheus wanted to share one of his greater moments in Reach gaming. I laughed. Go check it out!(GrimBrother One 21:12:53 UTC)

Those crafty, creative modders: HaloMods made a slow-motion video of two “Reach” animations. Here’s the kicker: Instead of slowing down the clip, the modders slowed down the actual animations. Of course, anything in slow motion has to be set to “Char…

CruelLEGACEY Productions sends word along that they have released the second trailer for their recently announced “Playtime” machinima. Looks awesome, go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 20:47:27 UTC)

Akahoney made this adorable Noble Team cake for her nephew’s 13th birthday. It’s a chocolate cake with a vanilla cream cheese filling. It might not be the most impressive creation, but it made me ravenously hungry for cake. And if I hadn’t just downed …

GuysGirl.com sat down with Anthony Ingruber, one of the actors from the “Halo: Faith” fan film, to discuss his current and future work. Intentionally vague about his role in “Faith,” he told the site he plays an “[a]dmiral who informs the elite marine …

Hedgemony’s long-awaited Romeo: One Shot comic is now online (five pages per post, just follow from the first). Makes me want to boot up ODST, I’ll tell you that. (There’s even a Fan Tribute section – a Romeo tribute vid, plus screenshots and artwork, …

The Game Developer Conference Vault has made some popular video talks free – you can now watch David Aldridge’s “I Shot You First: Networking the Gameplay of Halo: Reach” online without having a subscription. The notes from this talk have been availab…

Tyrant’s back with a new collection of Mythic Tips and Tricks – this one focuses on Pillar of Autumn, just in time to make this week’s big challenge just a bit easier. It contains a plethora of tricks and exploits that will allow you to speed through a…

DukeLehto7 from the Waypoint forums noticed the blog of concept artist Kevin Prangley. Some nice work in there, some of which might look pretty familiar. Go and give it a look!(GrimBrother One 15:31:13 UTC)

MaxRealflugel tried to give away a Defiant Map Pack last week – but nobody wanted it. 🙁 So he’s adjusted the contest parameters; he’s looking for a cool screenshot from Halo: Reach. His favorite one will win the submitter a Defiant code, and have the…

There’s a new challenge up at Fire Team Zulu – Cornerstone runs you through Tip of the Spear on Normal… but without a HUD (or ammo, really). It’s part of Normalcy Week – a collection of challenges coming this week that are played on Normal difficult…

SonGhoharotto has finished up his rewrite of the first Halo story, incorporating canon material from later works. The Maw went online last night, and has met with forum praise – go give it a read!(Louis Wu 13:09:24 UTC)

padraig08 stumbled across a pretty funny mashup that explains a few things…(Louis Wu 13:08:54 UTC)

If you need some help with the Weekly Challenge this week (Pillar of Autumn, Legendary, All Skulls On), you’ve got a couple of choices already. Tyrant’s Mythic Guide should always be a first stop – but if that doesn’t do it for you, swing by High Spee…