Author: halo@bungie.org

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)

Hmm… that title sounds vaguely pornographic. Don’t worry – it’s not. Rockslider returned to the Dropship Turret Removal technique he played with a while back (1 | 2 | 3 | 4), discovering that the turret is rammable in mid-air, leading to some interes…

Grizzlei pointed out a pretty interesting article at Microsoft.com, focusing on Cortana. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 22:44:37 UTC)

HaloFanForLife has highlighted a few new tidbits you can collect from the HaloStarscope.com website – wallpaper and ringtones are up for your perusal! (You might need to grab the versions he posted on his website – the actual site is offline at the mom…

343 Industries posted new content update notes on their website this weekend – swing by for full details. Several critical matchmaking issues are addressed. (Louis Wu 22:24:28 UTC)

I got an email from Armin Mortazavi, who, with his brother, had done some filming at PAX last summer. The video product (a search for anything Halo) finally went online in December; I didn’t know about it until the email arrived. Go see what they found…

Okay… what?(Louis Wu 19:13:13 UTC)

Interesting – Lord Zedd added Gutas to Reach’s Firefight mode, just for giggles. With no long-range attacks, the fights are not as varied as I’d expected… but they still look like they’d have added some spice to the mode! Thanks, gamerguy2002.(Louis …

Did you log in to play the Master Chief Collection during its first month after launch? If so, you should receive a free month of Xbox LIVE Gold as part of your apology compensation for the early problems the game had. The messages announcing this star…

Are you a lore junkie who couldn’t wait to read the latest installment of ‘Canon Fodder’ in the (old) Halo Bulletin? Are you sad that the feature disappeared when the Bulletin converted to a video format? Be sad no longer! According to GrimBrother One,…

This showed up in our Twitter feed. I like it a lot.(Louis Wu 22:45:52 UTC)

Penny Arcade has their own take on the way Halo 5 Beta matches end. And on what constitutes ‘beer’. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 23:49:50 UTC)

Intriguing – this article discusses a Halo 4 tournament that took place earlier this month in St. Louis… and one of the focuses is 3D Printing. Odd? No. The founder of UCG, the host of the tournament, printed out a bunch of Halo weapons to help celeb…

tadboz decided to model some of the weapons visible in the Evolution of Halo video released back in 2002 (as well as a few bonus pieces). He used Creo, and then had the results printed at Shapeways – go check out the pics! There are even cookies! (Loui…

Intriguing. We know that Halo 2 Anniversary was released with Blur-created CGI cutscenes… but apparently the original (in-engine style) scenes were being worked on at some point… and some NeoGAFfers found a way to see them. There are results in thi…

Wow, very cool views. Gamecheat13 has broken out of the Halo 5 Beta space, and provided some flythroughs. Love this! Thanks, gamerguy2002.(Louis Wu 23:17:31 UTC)