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Forbes has an article in which the marketing manager for Mountain Dew explains why the Double XP promotion currently going on is for Halo 4, and not Black Ops II. Fun! Thanks, Deadly Cyclone.(Louis Wu 21:51:24 UTC)

Gamespot has a new Forge video available – it shows off the three new Forge maps (Erosion, Impact, and Ravine), and lets you know what sort of environments you’ll have to work in. Once again, 343’s Kynan Pearson and Certain Affinity’s Lori Zawada are …

Revenant1988 visited Ohio Comic Con a couple of weeks ago – in full Spartan dress. Check out his post for pics! (Louis Wu 16:26:47 UTC)

Jefferson told us about a new collection of Halo tricks – the HaloBible crew tackled Halo Anniversary. There’s a teaser video, to show you what you’re getting into, along with a pair of montages: the first one is called Out of Halo (there’s also a tuto…

Germany’s GameOne posted a half-hour video spotlighting their experience at a Halo 4 press event (HaloGAF’s Hypertrooper makes an appearance) – thanks, CrazY CroaTia. This might not have received coverage here at HBO (most of the footage is just discu…

It looks like David Fincher and Tim Miller have teamed up to film a 2-minute live-action Halo 4 trailer in Prague recently… The Daily Beast has an article on the collaboration (thanks, ElzarTheBam). The trailer will air for the first time on Late Ni…

Fans Domino Theory and mastrbiggy have collaborated to create Flesh and Faith, a new Halo-related blog designed to express their passion for the franchise. Explore, because there’s a bunch of fun stuff, but the first meaty piece is an article containin…

Josh Holmes talked to Potaku, a podcast crew made up of Kotaku Australia fans – go watch! Thanks, Ozzy Onya A2Z. (Louis Wu 16:08:29 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned Warm Machine’s outdoor photos of Mega Bloks figures; yesterday, Bravo, inspired by these, took his own shots of a really adorable little guy. Go see. (Louis Wu 16:00:39 UTC)

OboeCrazy has continued her romp through Halo: Reach – you can find 4-player playthroughs of Exodus, New Alexandria, The Package, and The Pillar of Autumn linked in this Rooster Teeth journal. Good stuff! (Louis Wu 15:57:11 UTC)

samurai stopped in to let us know that he and other members of the HaloOrbit.de team were at Firstlook 2012, a Dutch expo that took place over the weekend. They’ve got the first two parts (one | two) of their writeup online – the text is in German, but…

Kal, from GrifballHub.com, sent word that Wednesday Night Grifbrawl is special this evening – two former Grifball champions face off in a series of three scrimmages. Four Guys One Ball will meet Hot Bikini Guyz on the field of battle! There are even p…

Recently, a couple of flavor videos showing off Halo fans at PAX were released – ncsuDuncan posted ‘HaloGAF at PAX Prime 2012’, while Greenskull posted ‘PAX Prime 2012 Adventures – Day 1’. Whether you were at PAX, and want to relive it, or you weren’t…

The Tyrant is back with two separate guides for Halo 2’s Regret – one shows how to get through in standard fashion, while the other tosses the Envy Skull into the mix, along with Swordflying and Sputnik-enabled grenade jumping. Decide whether you want …

Halo Waypoint has a new video prologue to tease Halo 4’s Domain Terminals – skip it if you’re staying dark, but watch it if you can. Pretty interesting stuff! Thanks, Demoncarnotaur.(Louis Wu 18:28:33 UTC)

We’ve entered the final week of the KontrolFreek Halo 4 Free contest – and the chances of HBO getting an extra Halo 4 Xbox 360 bundle to give away to you guys are dependent on your participation! We are currently 80 referrals out of the lead – if you h…

Gamerbase (a UK gameseller) has information about a Halo 4 Preview Tour – 4 days of Halo 4, in Gamerbase stores around the UK. Read the page for specific details! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 17:15:26 UTC)

This isn’t STRICTLY Halo-related, but it IS ‘Halo-inspired’, and one of the principals is a heavy-duty community member, so… If you visit Vanquish Interactive, you’ll see that the crew will be on hand this week at New York Comic-Con, and will be sel…

343’s Kynan Pearson and Certain Affinity’s Lori Zawada team up to give you a bunch of new details about Halo 4’s Forge in a new video on Gamespot.com – awesome! Go look. Thanks, Vire. (Louis Wu 16:14:13 UTC)

IGN has posted its walkthrough of Adrift, with commentary by 343’s Kynan Pearson. (Go watch it now – looks like Microsoft has updated its Game Content Usage Rules, and the advertising attached to this video seems to be in direct violation of the new ‘y…