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The Castle Map Pack drops this Monday – and you can get an early look at the maps on Halo Waypoint. The Daybreak preview went live on Thursday, as we told you, and then Perdition went up yesterday (thanks, CARDO 8 ATL), and finally Outcast is live toda…

The Lionheart found a piece of Cortana fan art that’s pretty interesting! Quirkilicious (we mentioned his rendition of Cal-141 a couple of years ago) created a piece called ‘Take a girl for a ride’ – go check it out! (Louis Wu 16:54:22 UTC)

kornman00 pointed out a modding tool being released by Xbox Message Boards (don’t use this if you don’t know what you’re doing, folks) that can actually now edit Halo 4 game variants. Pretty cool!(Louis Wu 16:48:44 UTC)

If you are looking to get just a bit closer to the new Castle Maps coming Monday to Halo 4, check out the new video “Welcome to Daybreak” over at Halo Waypoint. It’ll give you a sweet look at one of the new playspaces you’ll be taking your skills to co…

I stumbled across Thomas Scholes, a concept artist who did a lot of work on Halo 4, a couple of years back – you can find a whole bunch of his work on his blogspot blog, and much of that work has comments if you swing over to his Tumblr page. There are…

Halo Waypoint has released the Achievement list for the upcoming Castle Map pack for Halo 4. Most of these don’t look too bad, which is certainly refreshing. Go and see what it’ll take to add another 250 points to your Gamerscore!(GrimBrother One 19:47…

VG24/7 has an interview with Certain Affinity producer Tom Patter and 343’s Dan Ayoub, discussing the creation of the Castle Map Pack. Go see what these guys think about these maps!(Louis Wu 16:14:03 UTC)

cruellegacy let us know about the latest Playtime video – Warren and Cobra discover the magic of the Forge Island green screen. It was only a matter of time before Epic Sax Man found his way into Halo : /.(mastrbiggy 09:23:27 UTC)

The latest Fails of the Weak, from the AchievementHunter crew, has some great fails (the Sticky Det bounce on Haven was awesome), a win, and some discussion that has nothing to do with fails. Watch it on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu …

Oh and by the way, that Forge Island we were talking about? You know, the FREE mega Forge map 343 is releasing for Halo 4 as a thanks to all the community support? That one? IT’S AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.(GrimBrother One 15:19:04 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue announced the newest Reclaimer comic – another old friend returns to the party!(Louis Wu 15:39:08 UTC)

Xbox is celebrating Women’s History Month by introducing you to the women of Xbox in a five part series called Game Changer. The first episode focuses on the Superintendent (some like say General Manager) of 343 Industries, Bonnie Ross. Bonnie is in c…

Moorpheusl9 stopped in with a link to a video that was released last December – but it’s brand-new for me, and it’s pretty fun. Batman’s Bane teams up with Bronson’s Bronson (and a couple of randoms) in a game of Slayer on Harvest – well-done! Go give …

343’s off at PAX East this weekend – but you can take advantage of the occasion to buy some discounted schwag from their store! Through Monday, everything in their store (except for pre-sale and deposit items) is 20% off! Not too shabby.(Louis Wu 11:13…

Halo Custom Edition continues to evolve – the latest project brings the Halo 3 Foundry to Halo 1! Check out the screenshots and a video – awesome! Thanks, MatthewDratt. (Louis Wu 11:06:36 UTC)

The Superwaffle came in with another ridiculous Halo 3 trick – a drop to the bottom of the Crows Nest final elevator. It took 6 equipment jumps to make it down there (with 4 separate players) – I’m amazed it only took them 3 hours. Go watch the video!(…

CHa0s let us know about a video short explaining why you should join the Halo Diehards… I know I’ve met that Havoc guy before. (Louis Wu 18:19:17 UTC)

slYnki stopped in with word of a Halo 3 speedrun – not his normal fare! This is a single segment run on Easy, and it knocks six minutes off his previous time. The entire game… in less than 73 minutes. Not bad!(Louis Wu 18:35:21 UTC)

The folks over at Running Riot are hosting a Sandbox this Friday with special guest host CruelLEGACY, who will be showing exclusive stuff from the next season of Playtime. You can probably expect some Destiny talk too. The show will go live Friday the …

Joseph “Maniac” Cirillo sent word of a new documentary he released this weekend – swing by GameExcess.net to watch ‘Waiting for Halo 4’. It was inspired by Halo 2: The Road to Glory, released by Noah Gallup more than 7 years ago, and it takes a look at…