Category: HBO

Big fan of the Brute species? Already a Legendary LootCrate subscriber? Either way, you might want to check out the new figure coming with the next Halo Wars 2-themed crate, as Atriox can be picked up with this crate if you order before February 15th (His name is Atriox. That is what you’re up against.…

Both Gravemind and WizBlue (via email) gave us the heads up on an amazing bit of footage from a cancelled Halo Mega Bloks video game! There’s quite a bit of great footage of what might have been, including some use of iconic Halo weapons, and a killer …

As they’ve done in years past, the Awesome Games Done Quick crew will be speedrunning for charity again, and they’ll be picking up the controller-throw-inducing legendary difficulty of Halo 2! The jackal sniping is currently set to run at 7:55P EST thi…

Forward Unto Dawn is kicking off the new year by going old school with a classic Halo villain, the Prophet of Truth! Check out their piece, ‘The Shroud: Prophet of Truth as Tragic Hero’, and let ’em know what you think in our forum! (MacGyver10 23:03:3…

Forge user Julianoz1224 created a really cool game with the new scripting tools in Halo 5. Check out his scripted, co-op survival game where you and friends are pitted against Mantis’s! You can see his Imgur post for GIFs, links and explanations of the…

While we’ve known the next Halo Legendary Crate would be Halo Wars 2 theme, we get a pretty picture from LootCrate to show of Atriox and the new order-by date of February 15th for Crate #4! Don’t forget to use our code ‘HBOCrate’ to get 10% off! Would …

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences got together with upcoming DICE 2017 speaker, and Halo head, Bonnie Ross, to talk about sci-fi communities, ‘staying true to the franchise’ and other Halo bits. You can give it a read at the link!(MacGyver10…

If you’ve lurked a long time without posting at HBO, take a tip from Timishere on how to do it! He let us know of a teaser he put together for his friend’s new Halo machinima coming out soon! Something to look forward to for sure!(MacGyver10 22:16:26 UTC)

Rockslider has shown off his freezing of Covenant before, but this time he takes ‘goldie’ and gives him the purple explosion treatment with needlers, nades and rockets! Check it out in his forum post!(MacGyver10 22:14:43 UTC)

We posted about the news back in September of 2015, but it looks like Thomas Productions are finally ready to give viewers a peek at their upcoming, full-length ‘Marlin The Elite’ movie! Catch the trailer on YouTube for the full thing coming in 2017!(M…

Trollbait title aside, munky-058 brought up some pretty cool Halo 5 Forge work showcasing a recreation of The Maw run from Halo: CE! Check his forum post at the link for the download details and YouTube video!(MacGyver10 15:57:19 UTC)

We at the *BO are pretty passionate about a couple of games around here, but when you combine the two, we just don’t know what to do! Check out CupofJoe’s YouTube video showing off some Destiny baddies he created in Forge for Halo 5!(MacGyver10 15:54:2…

The Forward Unto Dawn crew got together with a couple of guests to talk their thoughts on how Halo fared and felt in 2016. You can grab show notes and listening options at forwarduntodawn.com/fudcast20. (Thanks davidfuchs!)(MacGyver10 19:29:28 UTC)

As I’m not (for the most part) done with my holiday time off, it’s time to catch up on some Halo news! Rockslider is back and playing with those poor banshees that seem to get stuck on the AoTCR bridge. Pick your video flavor in his forum post!(MacGyve…

Did you miss out on celebrating Christmas with the Chief last year? Hope in and play a game in Halo 5, and you’ll get these pretty cool emblems for the holidays! Play Halo 5 during the holiday season to unlock the Spartan Claus and Candy Canes emblems….

Distro has made his way through the entirety of Halo 5’s campaign in a blistering 1h29m18s! You can see all the glitches, tricks and spartan abilities he used to make his way through quickly in the YouTube video he shared on his channel! (Thanks davidf…

If you’re interested in what maps and gametypes are coming to the competitive Halo scene, there’s a new article up at HaloWaypoint that gives you the lowdown on the expected changes coming to the Team Arena playlist with the Winter Update. The transpar…

Looks like those codes for Early Access to Halo Wars: Definitive Edition have been rolling out in the last 24 hours for those that had already pre-ordered Halo Wars 2 before Decemeber 14th (Thanks munky-058. If you’ve pre-ordered recently, codes for th…

We knew to expect some pretty crazy things with Halo 5’s latest Forge update, but Gmember182 has started that a little early with his complete recreation of Pong in Halo 5! He has a link to the map (even a singleplayer version) and the gametype so you …

GrimBrother One is once again standing alone with his Canon Fodder, as he takes ‘What Once Was Lost’ and sheds new light on it! You get some lore on some of the characters and vehicles coming back in Halo Wars: Definitive Edition and even a free preque…