Author: halo@bungie.org

343 Industries announced that HCS Cup 1 will be cancelled due to party connectivity problems. Although Halo: The Master Chief Collection has received a handful of patches over the past 5 months, connectivity and online matchmaking issues still persist. Hopefully we will receive further updates regarding HCS and connectivity fixes sooner than later. Kotaku is…

Kyle Johnson also created a Force Awakens/Halo mashup trailer. The Force is strong with this one! (colindosaj 21:37:49 UTC)

TheGamingVault put together a Halo 5 Guardians fan made trailer inspired by the Star Wars Force Awakens teaser trailers. Very cool, but it needs more lense flare!(colindosaj 21:33:23 UTC)

For the past few days the Halo community has been hard at work trying to piece together the Hunt the Truth star map images. The mystery has been solved and the final image was revealed by Xbox Wire earlier today. The art reveals the inclusion of Blue T…

Dust Storm sent word that the latest episode of Podtacular is live. In this episode the crew discusses episode 4 of Hunt the Truth by dissecting Mashak Maradi’s interview and Janecek’s talk with Ben Giraud. Go listen!(colindosaj 21:21:56 UTC)

Hunt the Truth is heating up considerably – here’s a rundown of what’s been happening. Xbox emailed star maps yesterday – you can unlock images by clicking on flickering stars. A visit to this thread on reddit will show you what’s out there (that the…

343i executive producer, Josh Holmes, confimed that a limited edition Halo 5 Xbox One is on the way. Neat! @juliocurt There is a limited edition console coming, yes. It hasn’t been revealed yet, but it’s pretty sweet. :)— Josh Holmes (@Joshington…

Rockslider put together another H1 freakiness and fun compilation – go watch!(colindosaj 22:16:31 UTC)

GrimBrother One stopped by to let us know about the latest Canon Fodder. We get a recap of this week’s Halo news, including Halo: Fleet Battles and the Spartan Locke pre-order bonus. Grim also does a little Canon Fodder housekeeping and chats with 343i…

Get your headshot on! SWAT is now available in matchmaking, as well as ranking for Team Slayer & Halo Championship Series. See you online! pic.twitter.com/Q1QmLiOWcY— Halo (@Halo) April 23, 2015 (mastrbiggy 23:18:07 UTC)

Maker is back with another note – looks like things might be ramping up.(Louis Wu 17:20:47 UTC)

343 released new Update Notes for the Master Chief Collection – the latest update covers quite a bit of ground. Go read all the details! Thanks, The BS Police.(Louis Wu 17:18:38 UTC)

Grizzlei stopped in with details about the Halo: Fleet Battles tabletop game, coming next month. (We mentioned them in February, but now we have more info – including price, number of pieces, and more.) Apparently, there are a couple of busts that come…

A few days ago, we got a new (now-rare) submission to the Fan Fiction section – go take a look!(Louis Wu 16:13:04 UTC)

Heh – Microsoft sent their full-scale Warthog down to Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Tacoma… and put US military inside. Go watch the video on Facebook! Thanks, SEspider.(Louis Wu 21:52:56 UTC)

Gamecheat13 has modded Halo 3 to allow the cinematics to be playable – and the end result is pretty interesting! Go watch. Thanks, gamerguy2002.(Louis Wu 21:50:06 UTC)

Red vs Blue Season 13 continues, with Episode 4 going live for the general public today. One team investigates an abandoned base, and accidentally activates… something. I’m not sure that’s a good thing. Go watch!(Louis Wu 23:23:47 UTC)

gamerguy2002 and serpx both noticed new ads from Gamestop (there’s a 30 second version and a 60 second version) showing off Spartan Locke armor you can get by preordering Halo 5 at the right place. Putting aside the issue of preorder bonus unfairness…..

Postmortem has kicked off another round in his Visualizing the Halo Universe series – what can you come up with, when you think about Precursor tech?(Louis Wu 23:11:01 UTC)

Hunt the Truth got another update this weekend; Episode 4 dials up the story a bit. Thanks, arithmomaniac.(Louis Wu 23:09:32 UTC)