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Alex Hinkley at Examiner.com has an interview with MLG Pro Naded about what he saw at E3 recently – lots of good observations. Go read! Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 18:52:35 UTC)

John Carmack doesn’t think more horsepower is necessary for better gameplay in Halo-like games – go read his rationale at OXM UK. Thanks, ElzarTheBam.(Louis Wu 16:49:52 UTC)

Mr.Sci-Fi reviewed the Halo 4 Mega Bloks Warthog Resistance set – looks pretty cool! Go see.(Louis Wu 16:48:39 UTC)

u4iX casted some Halo 4 E3 gameplay, and interspersed game commentary with general impressions. Definitely worth watching (though the mispronunciation of ‘Elamite’ grated by the end). Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 16:46:33 UTC)

HAL0 M4N let us know that Requiem Episode 9 is live – just a couple of minutes long. Go take a look!(Louis Wu 16:44:59 UTC)

The Tyrant got together with some friends and spent an hour in Reach Matchmaking. He calls it Tyrant and the Dream Team vs The World – from watching the first game, I think the name of the team came from the fact that The Tyrant was asleep while playin…

Whoa. They did say summer… but I thought it would be later. David Ellis pointed out the all-new Halo Reach File Browser – hawt. Go play!(Louis Wu 19:57:59 UTC)

The Tyrant has released Halo 3: The Movie (a full runthrough of the game, cutscenes and all, in Heroic difficulty) – it’s not a playthrough guide, it’s a cinematic production. It weighs in at just over 5 hours long, and shows off way more weapons than…

Frank O’Connor talked to VentureBeat about why the Covenant are in Halo 4, why the focus is back on the Master Chief, and what 343 brings to the table. Good read! Thanks, bs angel.(Louis Wu 17:45:23 UTC)

Morpheus pointed out that the Microsoft Store is currently selling both Halo Anniversary and Halo: Reach for $19.99 each. (Of course, if you don’t want a physical disc, you can pick up Reach for under $15… but that’s a pretty nice price for Anniversa…

Rooster Teeth has announced that Halo 4 will be playable (for the first time for general fans) at RTX on July 7 and 8 – and tickets are still available! Are you anywhere near Austin? If so, you shouldn’t miss this! Update: Halo Waypoint has way, way, W…

spartansniper619 stopped by to announce a trailer for Hunger Games, an Infection map forged by his buddy WST Nakira. Nice work!(Louis Wu 14:32:57 UTC)

The current issue of Games magazine has an article entitled “Is 343 killing Halo 4?” Sounds pretty dire… until you read a summary of the article provided by TheOddOne, who has a copy. Then it just sounds like a typical forum post.(Louis Wu 14:31:52 …

Ninja is a master of the 1v1 – a bunch of people tried to beat him in matches to 15, but nobody did. Two got close, though, and Lan-G captured the highlights of those matches. you can watch the 3-minute minitage on YouTube. Thanks, heckfu. (Louis Wu 1…

Ninja and friends will be attempting to set a world record for Longest Gaming Session (they’re shooting for 60 hours) when Halo 4 comes out. Sounds… dangerous. Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 14:30:35 UTC)

Joe Venzon is a graphics engineer at Bungie. That means he helps artists realize their visions. Wanna know how he got to where he is? Go read his Breaking In article. (Louis Wu 14:29:10 UTC)

Dust Storm and crew were pretty busy during the E3 week and its successor – we’ve already mentioned some of the content they released during that time. Pod TV covered War Games on June 6, and Podtacular 293, 294, 295, and 296 all discussed the reveals….