Category: HBO

Gunner Eleven told us to watch The Mantis Dance, from HopeLightFilms. If you’re feeling down… this will help.(Louis Wu 21:04:54 UTC)

Anoj released another top 10 video – focused on those Halo moments that make us scratch our heads. Thanks, Jordan Bell.(mastrbiggy 08:11:49 UTC)

Hedge dropped off his last batch of Halo 4 panoramas for 2012. Beautiful.(Louis Wu 17:31:46 UTC)

Revenant1988 noticed a pretty cool stained-glass Master Chief – a little digging pointed out both a Design/Construction photoblog, and an Etsy shop where you can actually BUY the piece. Fantastic work!(Louis Wu 18:42:39 UTC)

The Tyrant let us know that he’s released not only the next chapter of his Legendary Walkthrough (he skipped over Infinity, for now, because he wants to polish it, but Reclaimer’s done), but also a massive review of the entire game. Go put on your watc…

munky-058 was playing with some cool art techniques. I love what he’s done! (Louis Wu 17:16:10 UTC)

According to this article at GameZone, the Halo franchise just hit the 50 million units sold mark; it’s unclear where this data comes from, but it’s pretty impressive if true!(Louis Wu 21:43:26 UTC)

Jack and Geoff are back with a new Halo PIG (the lack of Fileshare functionality makes them not want to do the whole HORSE) – go see some cool new maps (AH.com | YouTube)! Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 18:51:01 UTC)

It’s December, which means awards for a lot of gaming sites. Here’s what we’ve seen in the past day: Game Informer’s January issue has declared Halo 4 the best Xbox 360 Exclusive, the best Competitive Multiplayer, and the best Shooter for 2012. (It h…

Halo Waypoint has an article listing the new Achievements that will become available when the Crimson Map Pack drops on Monday – give it a look to see what you’ll need to do to earn 250 more GamerScore!(Louis Wu 19:22:38 UTC)

IGN posted a developer walkthrough of Harvest, one of the maps included in the Crimson Map Pack. Looks nice! An interesting question Ryan McCaffrey asked Kynan Pearson was ‘how much of this map was affected by user feedback over the past month?’ (The a…

The Tyrant let us know that he’s got a full run-through of Halo 4 (cutscenes and everything) online – it’s a ‘theatrical presentation’, designed to give you the story as it was intended to be delivered. It’s nearly 6 hours long! (Louis Wu 17:32:18 UTC)

It’s unclear what’s left to ‘premiere’… but the press release for the upcoming Video Game Awards (airing December 7 on Spike) contains the following snippet:”VGA TEN” will also feature highly anticipated world premieres from […] “Halo 4: Spartan Op…

IGN’s pretty down on Halo 4’s Spartan Ops – they’ve been going through the missions in video format (Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3), and yesterday they used it as an object lesson for what NOT to take from television. (Thanks, Avateur.) Ouch!(Louis…

So the biggest news around these parts (specifically the “B” in HBO) was yesterday’s early (and unintended) arrival of some fresh and juicy information on Bungie’s upcoming opus, Destiny. News came from a few different sources, including Kotaku and IGN…

Nevin ‘CruelLEGACEY’ Douglas has put up an article explaining Spartan Ops and Co-op lag – give it a read for answers (and suggestions!) if you’ve been having problems. (It’s an updated version of the article he wrote about Reach last year.) (Louis Wu 1…

How-To Geek found a piece of artwork with 52 sci-fi and video game weapons – do you recognize the one that makes it relevant to this site? Thanks, Cybrfrk.(Louis Wu 18:33:41 UTC)

Spartan Ops Episode 4, ‘The Didact’s Hand’, went live this morning – and we’ve put the cinematic up for viewing (and downloading) in our Halo 4 Spartan Ops Cutscene Library. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 19:15:22 UTC)

Looks like the dates for Spartan Map Pack DLC have been leaked (or maybe released) – Crimson will hit on December 10, Majestic on February 25, and Castle on April 1. Not bad! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 18:23:09 UTC)

Yahtzee released his Zero Punctuation Halo 4 review – overall, he’s pretty positive! Thanks, Vincent.(Louis Wu 22:19:51 UTC)