Author: halo@bungie.org

Chris101b is back with his latest installment of Things You Wouldn’t Expect. It’s Episode 11 of his smirk-inducing series, and you should definitely go and give it a look! Chris also noticed that things seem to be affected by the Doppler effect in Re…

It’s Thursday, so it’s time for Bungie (well, A rascal cat) to highlight another fan-built map – this one is called ‘Terra Firma’, and was created by El Roboto. Go read why you should try it out.(Louis Wu 20:09:11 UTC)

Two new vids for you in Bungie’s Comm Chatter today – SingleHaloClips released their Halo: Reach Community Montage for October, and Halo Reach Fails Episode 4 dropped, showing off a bunch of funny plays. Go watch!(Louis Wu 20:06:40 UTC)

A few days ago (Sunday, to be precise), Halo Waypoint added a new ‘Different Way to Campaign’ feature – “Way of the Ninja”. It described an interesting way to run Nightfall – be stealthy, like a ninja. No bullets, no grenades. Melee kills ONLY. HaloCh…

Voting for the Guilt O’ Lantern contest has slowed down considerably – we’re going to give it another day, just in case, and announce winners tomorrow morning. If you haven’t had a chance to peruse the fine offerings this year – consider this your war…

It’s no secret that lots of folks look for shortcuts to make some of the Challenges a bit easier. A couple of days ago, c0ld vengeance outlined a technique for grinding out this week’s Weekly Challenge in just a couple of minutes. A day later, Beckx de…

BlueNinja felt that Reach’s epilogue was delivered too quickly – so he recorded it without music, added pauses, then re-added music. The final product (obviously spoiler-laden) is now available for viewing. The difference (for me, at least) was really …

ChrisTheeCrappy pointed out the latest Halo Reach Top 10 Kills vid from IGN – #2 made my jaw drop.(Louis Wu 13:20:07 UTC)

It’s not up on Marvel’s site yet, but Littlebigman stopped in with what might be the artwork for the cover of Boot Camp #4 (issue 3 should be out in a couple of weeks). (Louis Wu 13:19:23 UTC)

The folks over at PikiGeek posted a cool piece of artwork done by Chris Bringhurst, who took a couple hundred of his favorite videogame characters and redid them, old school Mega Man-style. Guess who shares the centerpiece spotlight?(GrimBrother One 2…

Anoj is back yet again on the Top 10 warpath… this time, it’s all about the Exterminations. Go and give it a look!(GrimBrother One 19:07:25 UTC)

Halo Waypoint has a new ordinance piece up, and this time it’s on the Sabre. Some nice renders in there as well as some cool info. Go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 15:40:07 UTC)

Today’s One One Se7en takes a look at the (rather expensive) Armor Effects you can buy from Reach’s Armory – and warns you about potential pitfalls with those purchases.(Louis Wu 13:56:53 UTC)

The Halo Waypoint app is now out for Windows 7 phones – Know Your Mobile likes it. If you’ve got a Windows 7 phone, give it a whirl!(Louis Wu 13:54:12 UTC)

In response to Chris101b’s desperate plea for help with Reach spawn points, Jon ‘JonnyOThan’ Cable pointed out a small guide he wrote for a Bungie.net Forging group. Should be required reading for mapmakers! (Louis Wu 13:53:32 UTC)

The Escapist kicked off a new feature recently – MovieBob’s ‘The Big Picture’ allows him to rant about anything he wants. This week, he’s ranting about the parallels between Reach and Nazi Germany. (Yeah, it was a stretch for our forum, as well.)(Louis…

Mid7night noticed a slighty older interview with Marcus Lehto and Niles Sankey (it was posted on the eve of Reach’s release) – stuff you might have heard before, or maybe not. Definitely a solid overview of where the collective Bungie head was at duri…