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As Halo 2’s 20th anniversary passes us by, so does a bunch of press coverage. Halo Studios has been celebrating in Infinite, in MCC, and on Waypoint, but among the press recollections there were two I found worth a read. On IGN, Ryan McCaffrey has h…

In a joint effort with Halo Studios and marking Halo 2’s 20th anniversary, Digsite has released a playable restoration of the game’s E3 2003 demo, for MCC PC. Not sure how off-script you can go to tackle things in different ways, but multiple playthro…

Polygon reports that the soundtracks to the first three games (minus the licensed tracks of 2, sorry Breaking Benjamin fans) are coming to vinyl, either a la carte or in a monster eight-LP box set. I don’t have a turntable, but the new cover art by lo…

MisterMonopoli has been busy with co-op on the original Xbox lately (no mods involved). After various short teaser videos in which one player has somehow become something other than a cyborg, he now has a tutorial for becoming a gold Elite, so you can…

Some big news today: Halo is moving to Unreal Engine, and 343 Industries is rebranding to Halo Studios. You can hear more watching the Vidoc below: (fuchsdh 23:39:11 +0000)

If you’ve ever wanted to sail the high seas and fight the Covenant along the way, the new Halo 3 mod from InfernoPlus may be the ticket to your dreams. With Captain Johnson at the helm, Pimps at Sea takes you to multiple tropical islands and features …

Apologies for the tardy mention, but it’s worth playing catch-up on this one. Just recently, Spasmodic achieved one of the holy grails of Halo 1 tricking, namely reaching the bottom of Keyes (as was mentioned in the forum). All you need to do is&helli…

After taking a break, longtime Halo CE tinkerer Rockslider has been back with a bunch of new videos, most recently different setups for battles on AOTCR. The amount of variations you can make in CE’s battles with some tinkering never ceases to amaze. …

After taking a break, longtime Halo CE tinkerer Rockslider has been back with a bunch of new videos, most recently different setups for battles on AOTCR. The amount of variations you can make in CE’s battles with some tinkering never ceases to amaze. …

Resident technical expert Stephen Loftus stopped by to let us know he did the hard work of figuring out the rotational dynamics of Zeta Halo from Halo Infinite. Turns out a day in the day/night cycle is an hour of real time. Neat! (fuchsdh 21:00:08 +0…

Resident technical expert Stephen Loftus stopped by to let us know he did the hard work of figuring out the rotational dynamics of Zeta Halo from Halo Infinite. Turns out a day in the day/night cycle is an hour of real time. Neat! (fuchsdh 21:00:08 +0…

There have been a lot of recreations of Halo weaponry over the years, but this effort by B Squared Mfg is one of the most impressive I’ve seen. The resulting BR55 Battle Rifle looks very nifty, and comes with a working ammo counter to boot. Thanks for…

343 Industries dropped their March Update preview for Halo Infinite, coming on the 19th. It features an overhauled networking model and anti-cheat, weapon tuning and balance changes, and more. Check out what’s cooking! (fuchsdh 15:16:52 +0000)

343 Industries dropped their March Update preview for Halo Infinite, coming on the 19th. It features an overhauled networking model and anti-cheat, weapon tuning and balance changes, and more. Check out what’s cooking! (fuchsdh 15:16:52 +0000)

After an 8-year hiatus, Stephen Loftus is back with around 100 new Halo signs, downloadable in high quality if you so desire. Unfortunately, the page navigation is somewhat clunky (100% my fault, not Stephen’s, it was built well over a decade ago), so…

After an 8-year hiatus, Stephen Loftus is back with around 100 new Halo signs, downloadable in high quality if you so desire. Unfortunately, the page navigation is somewhat clunky (100% my fault, not Stephen’s, it was built well over a decade ago), so…

The quality of Halo Infinite Forgers continues to astound me, and there’s a new crop of BTB maps arriving in the game. I’m super-excited for the overgrown Headlong remake. Check them out in the video below or read the blog for more details. (fuchsdh…

The quality of Halo Infinite Forgers continues to astound me, and there’s a new crop of BTB maps arriving in the game. I’m super-excited for the overgrown Headlong remake. Check them out in the video below or read the blog for more details. (fuchsdh…

Postmortem has been producing a Youtube channel focused on media for a while now, and he dropped by to mention his latest video is all about the history of humanity in the Halo universe, starting from almost the very beginning. You can watch it on You…

The evocatively-named Infinite “Content Update 29” brings with it a bunch new cosmetic options, and there’s a trailer embedded below showing it off. (fuchsdh 20:03:10 +0000)