Author: halo@bungie.org

munky-058 and friends found some REALLY big footprints on Nightfall – any idea what created these? (No, Gúta do not have this many toes…) (Louis Wu 14:36:59 UTC)

Leviathan noticed a small (but humorous) reference to Halo in a recent X-Men comic – nice to see it showing up in the culture of even FICTIONAL worlds! (Louis Wu 14:36:17 UTC)

Just two new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – but one of ’em is HUGE. Go read!(Louis Wu 14:35:12 UTC)

In continuing with an odd news coincidence, the Waypoint Blog brings us a video that shows off the Chief put on a sidewinding spectacle in a very different way than you might think. Here is one fan who is bound to get an avalanche of fan mail with thi…

Kotaku found a pretty cool piece of art done by Tyler Edlin as a commission piece. Even though we all know Chief is actually a Lightning fan, it’s still definitely worth checking…out.(GrimBrother One 06:14:22 UTC)

bs angel certainly loves someone who knows how to use their sword, especially when they take pictures. That’s right, her Favorite Halo Screenshots are back over at the Waypoint Blog, this time around focusing on the infamous and deadly Energy Sword. S…

ZZoMBiE13 informed us that Achievement HORSE #6 is up at the Achievement Hunter website – new challenges, new trash-talk, new ways to blow up. Who’s gonna win? You gotta watch!(Louis Wu 19:37:30 UTC)

SK1LL4XED sent word that Post Game Carnage Report Episode 62 is now live – it’s “emotionally charged”, and topics of discussion include the Bungie Pentathlon and maybe an upcoming Fan Fiction contest… go listen!(Louis Wu 19:35:23 UTC)

FyreWulff continues his Fire Team Zulu Birthday Bash – the first Reach Firefight challenge using the built-in Firefight gametype is now online! Glacier, no Wraith – how well can you do? Go see.(Louis Wu 18:09:08 UTC)

ChrisTheeCrappy pointed out the latest IGN Top 10 Kills feature – some fun gameplay in there! (This one’s dated 1.06, just like the last one – but it was posted today, and it says it’s from Reach (Limited Edition). Weird.)(Louis Wu 16:49:43 UTC)

The Achievement Hunter guys noticed that there’s a Halo reference in the new World of Warcraft Cataclysm expansion, and Elnea followed up on the Red vs Blue reference… fun!(Louis Wu 16:45:43 UTC)

geophf stopped in to point out a blog post he’d written on the whole ‘K/D’ discussion in Halo: Reach. Interesting viewpoint… though his argument may not be fully applicable to video games. Give it a read and see what you think!(Louis Wu 16:41:53 UTC)

Cody Miller stopped in with a wrapup of the Speed Demos Archive charity drive, Awesome games done quick. They raised a total of $51,737 – more than twice their original goal! Money will be used by the Prevent Cancer Foundation to fund a grant for canc…

Kaidon stopped in with links to some custom Halo action figures – he’s added custom sculpted armor, new paint jobs, the works! There’s a custom ODST Spartan (a what, now?), an Elite Commando (awesome helmet!), and a repaint of the Elite Ultra to match…

I’m not sure what to make of it… but I’m intrigued. Go check out Leviathan’s latest creation.(Louis Wu 22:37:24 UTC)

xorth wrote to us to tell us about halotracker.com, a Halo: Reach stats site. Lots and lots and lots of stats – stuff I haven’t seen elsewhere. They’ve also got Challenges – like Bungie’s, but more varied. And there’s more coming! Go explore. And sign …

We are WAY the heck behind on the good stuff you can find on Bungie’s Community Blog, Comm Chatter. Here’s the latest: IGN’s Top 10 Kills series had a new episode go live last week – some great clips in there! (I had no idea there was a connection be…

Luke McKay posted a shot of The Meta without his helmet last weekend – just getting it added to his collection here now. Looks too human for me… heh.(Louis Wu 14:47:20 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped by with word of a new Reclaimer – sounds like there’s some sneaky stuff being planned!(Louis Wu 14:39:55 UTC)

FyreWulff continues the Fire Team Zulu Birthday Bash with a Legendary contest – you can win the Essentials 1 and 2 discs from the Halo 3 Legendary Edition! Send Me Out With A Bang is set on The Ark – no armed human vehicles (doesn’t seem to bar Ghosts,…