Author: halo@bungie.org

An excerpt from Hunters in the Dark, the new Halo novel coming from Peter David next month, is up on Amazon – go give it a read! Thanks, Quirel.(Louis Wu 23:32:22 UTC)

Wahrer stopped by to announce a 9-minute piece he put together; it’s a remix/arrangement of a couple of tracks created by Ian Kerns. Go listen!(Louis Wu 23:29:37 UTC)

This tweet showed up last week – I’m STILL not sure I understand what I’m looking at, but it made me laugh. @GrimBrotherOne @Brav @franklez @JoshingtonState Found this on the net. lol. pic.twitter.com/iK1naW1VC7— The Master Builder (@TheMasterBui…

Xbox revealed that a white Halo: The Master Chief Collection Xbox One bundle will be available later this month. It’s priced at $349, but unfortunately this bundle will only be available in the United States. Thanks, Revenant1988. (colindosaj 22:00:09 …

This week’s episode of Red vs Blue Season 13 (the 7th) gives us a peek into Locus’ past… and it ain’t that pretty. Go take a look!(Louis Wu 17:10:33 UTC)

Kal Belgarion from GrifballHub let us know that they put together a video tutorial on how to download Halo 3 and Halo 4 maps and game types on Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Neat!(colindosaj 23:38:08 UTC)

Lord Zedd has been digging through Halo code again – go check out what secrets he’s discovered! Thanks, gamerguy2002. (colindosaj 23:28:05 UTC)

Kotaku pointed out that Kotobukiya is currently taking pre-orders for some interesting Halo figures. These figures come with a basic body techsuit and armor that you attach yourself. The base body suit costs $19.99, but you can purchase full kits for M…

MartianMallCopStudios created a fully functioning random weapons box with the Halo 2A Forge scripting tools. The weapon box is similar to system found in Call of Duty’s Zombie mode, but this version has a Halo twist. Thanks, Bounce-A-Gon.(colindosaj 00…

The13th Dimension posted a preview for Halo Escalation 18. Thanks, Grizzlei.(colindosaj 23:53:08 UTC)

We neglected to mention the most recent Red vs Blue Season 13 episode last week (Episode 5, “No Fighting in the War Room”) – so now you get to hear about TWO new episodes (because Episode 6, “Along Came a Spider”, came out yesterday for the general pu…

Hunt the Truth Episode 7 was released recently (thanks, asa) – Ben is getting to the heart of some pretty interesting stuff! Go listen.(Louis Wu 21:15:29 UTC)

Back in 2007, a piece of Halo fan fiction was released into the wild, and immediately turned into machinima fodder (sadly, the SnowGlobePro version is lost to time), not once but twice. (That version is still online – because we’re hosting a copy.) Afr…

MELEE was playing through Truth and Reconciliation on the MCC version of Halo Anniversary, and encountered a pretty odd (but sort of awesome) glitch – check out the army he’s facing! If anyone figures out how to reproduce this, there are a lot of peopl…

Rockslider released a revisiting of his Banshee antics in the cavern megabattle on AotCR – six and a half minutes of carnage. Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:03:05 UTC)

RVideo sent word of a pretty nice Halo CE montage released last week – Mint Blitz calls it ‘Ascension – CEM3’, and it nicely marries impressive Halo play with mellow ambient music. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:01:12 UTC)

Flugel Meister sent word that he organized a writing competition on the Halo Waypoint forums – and that this month’s iteration is more intense than ever. Participants need to write a compelling short story in 600 words or less – with the top three winn…

We don’t hear from the Termacious Trickocity team directly any more, but it’s okay, Kotaku had the story this time around. Looks like they got themselves into the Banshee room on Reach’s Long Night of Solace. The procedure contains a pretty absurd leve…

What’s better than Halo? Drunken Halo! In the latest episode of Drunken Halo, Travis and Justin touch on Spartan Ops and its role in MCC. They also analyze the recently revealed Halo 5 Guardians cover art and discuss the incoming Master Chief Collectio…

GrimBrother One is back with more Canon Fodder. Grim recaps some Halo news and hints at what’s to come in the weeks leading up the E3 in June. We also get some insight regarding Jul ‘Mdama’s faction and we learn about what happened this week in Halo. G…