Author: halo@bungie.org

Lord Zedd discovered a vault/clamber mechanic buried in the Halo 4 code. There are no fancy animations, but it’s neat to see that this mechanic was considered prior to Halo 5. Thanks, gamerguy2002.(mastrbiggy 23:26:49 UTC)

TheCrazedSpartan has recreated Simplex from Halo 4 for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Looks like an exact replica – nice work! Thanks, SEspider.(mastrbiggy 23:26:17 UTC)

GrifballHub is running a Kickstarter to help fund a Grifball booth for this year’s RTX. There’s 23 days left to help fund the booth and reward levels start at $1. Go donate! Thanks, Kal Belgarion.(mastrbiggy 22:27:38 UTC)

Martin O’Donnell was recently inducted into the Classic FM Hall of Fame for his iconic work for the Halo series. Neat!(mastrbiggy 22:19:32 UTC)

Frank O’Connor is excited with how ODST is looking – check out this Tweet: ODST conversion to 60fps and 1080p is really showing off some of the subtle improvements to the H3 engine Bungie put in the 360 version.— Frank O’Connor (@franklez) April 7, 2015 I’m really looking forward to playing this through again!(Louis Wu…

Hedgem0ny let us know about some Halo 5 tv spot pitch art by Ev Shipard. There’s one from Spartan Locke’s POV and one from Master Chief’s POV. Very cool!(mastrbiggy 21:13:59 UTC)

Episode 2 of Red vs Blue Season 13 went live yesterday for everyone – and Grif is on a really important mission. Will his needs be met? Watch to find out!(Louis Wu 18:12:18 UTC)

Okay, so maybe it hasn’t been a few decades, but it sure seems like it. It’s just been a few months. Back in October, we hosted the 10th Annual 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest – and it’s taken until today to get the prizes packaged up and mailed to the wi…

A group of indie filmmakers are raising money for a fairly strange movie premise titled, Galactic Battles. The idea is to merge the universes of Star Wars, Mass Effect, Star Trek, and Halo into a single universe. You can check out their indiegogo page …

It’s Art Mag posted a behind the scenes look at how Digital Domain created the Halo: The Master Chief Collection cinematic. The video shows the entire process including, storyboarding, the VFX pipeline, and motion capture. This is worth checking out!(m…

GrimBrother One filled the latest Canon Fodder with questions from fans, and answers from canonical sources. (See what I did there?) Grim, as always, tiptoes a fine line between facts and hints, without knocking over existing constructs or disappointin…

According to Ars Technica, Microsoft is serving DMCA takedown notices to those who have accessed Halo Online content and are outside Russian territory. So far the takedown specifcally targets GitHub’s repositories, but this has also affected any YouTub…

We haven’t heard from t00lbox in a while, but thankfully he still posts elsewhere; Bounce-A-Gon noticed a reddit post describing Termacious Trickocity’s exploration of the SuperCarrier at the end of Long Night of Solace. Pretty awesome – go watch!(Loui…

This is so six weeks ago… but it made me laugh, so I’m posting it. The Warp Zone (yeah, they like One Direction) has a parody of OD’s “Steal My Girl” that’s pretty good. Plus, there’s a Grunt Plushy in there! Go watch. (SEspider posted it on our foru…

MixMaker1 stopped by with his latest mashup trailer – this one portrays the tensions and rivalry between Locke and Chief and it is mixed with sound from the 007 Spectre trailer. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 23:10:24 UTC)

Rockslider posted another POA kill ’em all speed run – this time using plasma weapons. He managed to complete the run in 8:14 – go check it out!(mastrbiggy 22:44:09 UTC)

This is a little old, but the folks working on Project Contingency released a small update last month that shows off some pre-alpha footage of Valhalla. Seems like this CryEngine Halo mod is still coming along nicely. Neat!(mastrbiggy 22:39:34 UTC)

Looks like Best Buy is offering a free phone (the Nokia Lumia 635, running Windows Phone 8.1) for buyers of the new Xbox One/MCC bundle; get an Xbox One, a copy of the Master Chief Collection, AND a phone – all for $349! This is not an April Fools joke…

Red vs Blue Season 13 has kicked off – and Episode 1’s a doozy. You didn’t think Felix and Locus were just gonna fade away, did you? (Louis Wu 23:07:02 UTC)

GrimBrother One stopped in to let us know that the latest Canon Fauxder is up (a little early, methinks) – it’s FULL of cool info! Go read and you’ll understand some of the longest-kept secrets in the Halo universe!(Louis Wu 23:02:15 UTC)