Author: halo@bungie.org

GhaleonEB ran through Tempest last night, for folks who haven’t had a chance to download the maps yet – check it out! No voiceover, of course (it’s Bungie Pro video), but you can get a decent sense of the layout, and some of critical features. (Louis …

There was no weekly roundup of articles on Halo Waypoint this weekend (probably because it was a holiday week), so we’ve done our own. Some of the content already hit our front page – here’s the stuff we missed: bs angel summarized Noble Map Pack cov…

Shacknews is giving away 8 Noble Map Pack codes to US residents – all you need to do is have a Shack account and post a single comment in this story to be entered to win. Codes will be distributed tomorrow – get in the game! Thanks, Brian.(Louis Wu 23…

Bungie posted a teaser for the Noble Map Pack, which hits the interwebs tomorrow – and if you were quick, you might have noticed that the alt tags for the images housed download codes for the pack. (All gone now, of course.) Sneaky! Still worth a read…

ForgeHub summarized a couple of week’s worth of updates for Bungie’s Comm Chatter today – so we’ll just point you to it. Go explore!(Louis Wu 19:37:09 UTC)

munky-058 held a screenshot contest recently – and because he was offering Noble Map Pack codes as prizes, he got a LOT of submissions. Well, he’s picked his faves – and you can see them, along with a number of honorable mentions, in this post. Congra…

The latest Arby ‘n’ the Chief is the second in the ‘Mail Room’ series – questions from fans, answered by action figures. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:05:54 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 has got to take a break from Halo artwork for a while; he’s got some other stuff eating up his free time. He did provide one last piece for your enjoyment, though – check out ‘Rated Hyper Lethal’, with Master Chief and Noble Six joining forc…

Yeshy let us know that the Forgineers are holding a monthly giveaway; December’s starts now. You’ve got a chance at the Special Edition Wireless Xbox 360 controller with Play and Charge kit – go see what you need to do!(Louis Wu 23:03:38 UTC)

Looks like the Fan Fiction update never happened this week – but then, it’s only one piece. Go check it out.(Louis Wu 23:03:04 UTC)

Destructoid got their hands on the Reach DLC maps a bit early, and put up a couple of gaming sessions showing them off (one session here, the second one here). These were broadcast live yesterday – don’t expect a polished presentation.(Louis Wu 22:47:1…

Last week, Grim mentioned FoxmanFX’s ‘The Challenge Review Daily’ series – both Sam, via email, and RC Master, on our forum, pointed out Halo Reach Daily, a website devoted to the same task. Always nice to have more options!(Louis Wu 22:33:50 UTC)

Multiple forum members have pointed this out over the past few days, but just as a reminder, Halo: CE on Xbox Originals is just 400msp today only, and it looks like it’s not just a U.S. deal. If you have been looking to download the original hawtness,…

Thanks to Subtank for stopping by to let us know that the hotly anticipated Halo: CE mod was released today. Definitely go and give this a play!(GrimBrother One 22:34:13 UTC)

GodlyPerfection dropped in to ask our help beta testing a map. What he doesn’t realize is that the pleasure is ours when the maps are as awesome as Helix. Make sure you download this and try it out, and don’t forget to give feedback!(GrimBrother One …