Author: halo@bungie.org

Followers of Red vs Blue might recognize the name of Monty Oum, the animator behind some of their recent seasons. He’s had a medical emergency (details are vague, at the request of family), and it looks pretty serious. (He’s hospitalized in critical ca…

Rockslider’s back with a new Megabattle vid – this time, he’s playing in Truth and Reconciliation’s Dustbowl, with (self-) limited weapons and all enemies gathered in one place. Check it! (Louis Wu 21:14:08 UTC)

AfroRyan pointed out a fun set of tributes to Halo in the Xbox One game #IDARB, a crowdsourced eSports title (of sorts). Nice!(Louis Wu 21:13:41 UTC)

fake_frogs returned with another episode of Green Team, his friends’ gameplay hijinx in Halo 4. Fun stuff.(Louis Wu 23:49:54 UTC)

Gamecheat13 has posted a pretty cool video showing off cut mission dialog from the first several levels of Halo 3. It’s fascinating! Thanks, gamerguy2002.(Louis Wu 23:47:12 UTC)

Justin Bryce let us know that Drunken Halo Episode 101 is live – he and Travis wrap up their final thoughts about the Halo 5 Beta. Go listen! (Louis Wu 23:30:12 UTC)

gamerguy2002 let us know that Gamecheat13 has released a full gameplay video in Halo 3 using the ‘BigHead’ mod – pretty funny stuff! Go watch. (Louis Wu 23:27:36 UTC)

Mike Hector (known to this community as SK1LLZ from Post Game Carnage Report) has written a blog post entitled ‘Everything I learned about Audience Engagement, I learned from the Master Chief’. It’s an interesting look at the lessons that can be drawn …

Stephen Loftus put together a few maps showing our solar system for various dates featured in Halo fiction – intriguing stuff!(Louis Wu 21:46:58 UTC)

fake_frogs came by with a link to some gameplay with his buddies – splitscreen fun! (Louis Wu 21:45:54 UTC)

AfroRyan put together some Halo 5 Beta clips, and also linked to a buddy’s multi-title montage, and a funky little holo of Truth in the beta. Go watch!(Louis Wu 21:43:50 UTC)

Last week, we mentioned the new Halo book coming in March, ‘New Blood’ – GrimBrother One pointed out a post on the author’s blog with a little more info for those interested.(Louis Wu 21:41:40 UTC)

SIX min WHISTLE pointed out that Toys R Us is having a clearance sale on Mega Bloks – lots of cool Halo stuff for cheap. On top of that, he linked to a coupon to give you an ADDITIONAL 20% off. Valid in-store only until Saturday. Go see!(Louis Wu 21:39…

Mixmasterchief stopped in to let us know that Reclaimer Radio now has an actual website! Go visit for anything to do with that podcast. (Louis Wu 21:37:07 UTC)

gamecheat is at it again – he ran the Halo CE: Anniversary cinematics in remastered mode. Things get messy sometimes! Thanks, gamerguy2002. (Louis Wu 21:35:54 UTC)

Whoops – empty front page for way too long! Let’s catch up on a few things. Last week, 343 mentioned that the next big Master Chief Collection Content Update was going to have a beta test – there are more details in the FAQ they’ve written up. Definite…

Halo Waypoint has news of a new Halo fiction release – Matt Forbeck has written ‘Halo: New Blood’, coming in early March. This book will tell the story of Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck (the star of Halo 3: ODST and a bit player in Halo: Reach). For more…

Heh – The Guardian has noticed that Microsoft is playing off the popularity of the Halo franchise in other aspects of their product empire… and jumped in to help. Their suggestion for a Garageband competitor is awesome.(Louis Wu 19:17:23 UTC)

Stephen Loftus has released a couple of images that might help you if you’re not up on your ship nomenclature. These are great! Swing by his UNSC Ship Callouts page for full details.(Louis Wu 21:35:14 UTC)

Justin let us know that Episode 100 of the Drunken Halo Podcast is now online – they’ve gone meta to celebrate! Listen to this one for a nice highlight reel of the podcast through the years. (It’s got a very special ending, too.) (Louis Wu 21:33:49 UTC)