Category: HBO

Drowned in Sound’s Savage Pixels looks at the DNA of the FPS – and how Halo 4 fits into the picture. Interesting read! (There’s also sutff you can win at the end of the article… worth sticking it all the way through!) (Louis Wu 18:09:44 UTC)

It took FOREVER… but the voting page for the Guilt O’ Lantern 2012 contest is now open! Swing by, browse the entries, pick your top 5… and vote! There are some awesome carvings this year.(Louis Wu 23:53:46 UTC)

Hedgemony has begun to make Halo 4 panos. As usual, they’re awesome. (Louis Wu 18:55:13 UTC)

Xbox Rewards is offering MS points for playing Halo 4 multiplayer in November; you can find the details on their FAQ. Seems like a no-brainer! Thanks, DHalo.(Louis Wu 18:54:18 UTC)

MoltenSlowa and friends created a new Spartan Ops podcast, the Ops-Cast. Go listen to the first episode!(Louis Wu 19:43:47 UTC)

The Tyrant has kicked off his Halo 4 Legendary Walkthrough – Dawn is now online. Go follow along! (Louis Wu 19:39:12 UTC)

jake108 let us know that the Teabag Prevention team has released their recap/analysis of the final episode of Forward Unto Dawn (a bit late, due to illness) – go read! (Louis Wu 19:31:07 UTC)

NeoGAF’s Highlaw whipped up a really cool pic in honor of Halo 4’s launch. Take a look!(Louis Wu 18:23:11 UTC)

David Ellis tweeted last night that 343 will be live-streaming Halo 4 multiplayer from Major Nelson’s digs. Check out the Twitch stream at 11:30am PST!(Louis Wu 11:54:03 UTC)

If you live in Ireland, and have preordered Halo 4, you have a shot at winning some cool stuff – check out this page at Joe.ie! (Thanks again, Zeouterlimits.) (Louis Wu 17:39:26 UTC)

Postmortem’s back with Round 3 of his ‘Visualizing the Halo Universe’ challenge – this time he’s looking for Sangheili females. What can you offer him? (Read the post for full details.) (Louis Wu 21:04:09 UTC)

Another Friday has come and gone… another Bungie Mail Sack has been rummaged through. This one will give you insight into the gaming thoughts of various Bungie workers. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 13:49:58 UTC)

DayandKnightly sent word of a cool surprise he received – looks pretty yummy!(Louis Wu 17:13:14 UTC)

Greenskull sent word of a new contest by LoadnVote – you can win a Halo 4 console! Check out this video for full details.(Louis Wu 22:04:18 UTC)

pat_11_5 stopped in to let us know that his interview with 343’s Kevin Grace went live on Canada.com today – go see what he has to say about Halo 4!(Louis Wu 19:04:53 UTC)

samurai let us know that HaloOrbit has posted a FirstLook 2012 hands-on article – in includes videos showing Regicide on Exile (offscreen, recorded at FirstLook). Text is in German, but readable even with a Google translation.(Louis Wu 17:40:28 UTC)

In short order last night and this morning, we received three separate reports of new Halo podcasts: Robowski told us about Post Game Carnage Report 135 – there’s talk of a lemonade stand (in the context of Master Chief)? Odd. Dust Storm let us kno…

Said Neo.(Louis Wu 23:31:21 UTC)

In addition to the new information on the upcoming DLC War Games maps, thanks to VanquishUK for letting us know where to find some absolutely gorgeous pieces of concept art from the maps themselves. Simply stunning, go look!(GrimBrother One 18:23:30 UTC)

pete_the_duck surprises me with almost every new Forge With Pete episode… but this latest one (which happens to be the last one) is truly jaw-dropping. He’s created Guitar Halo – you can play a Guitar Hero-style game… in Halo. First he shows you h…