A few weeks ago, we opened the October 2016 Halo Legendary Loot Crate and showed you the goodies. The next one is focused on Halo: Combat Evolved, and we’d offered you a way to grab it for a 10% discount. Well, if you act fast, you can blow that discount out of the water; Loot Crate is offering a 25% Black Friday discount on this crate, good today only! Swing by and check it out – comes with some sweet loot! (Black Friday code is at the top of page, in the orange banner.)

(If it matters to anyone, I’m pretty sure we don’t make any money off this. It’s just a great deal.)(Louis Wu 19:45:54 UTC)

The boss man, Louis Wu, shared in our forum a custom, limited-edition of the Dr, Halsey’s Journal that come with Halo Reach LE’s that has blank pages for YOU to fill in as your own, personal journal. It’s up for auction now on eBay, and 100% of the proceeds benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for Jordan Silcox!(MacGyver10 21:44:05 UTC)

When Bungie created Halo 2, they redefined how we play games online in so many ways that are even today carried on by Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo and even PC! Max Hoberman, the man hehind the revolution, recently asked on Twitter if anyone would be interested in hearing him do a talk on the process, so please go let him know there’s interest!

Considering a talk about bringing Halo 2 online and spearheading XBL & console online gaming in the process. Any interest?

— Max Hoberman (@MaxHoberman) November 23, 2016

(MacGyver10 21:41:09 UTC)

LootCrate is gearing up for their third Halo Legendary Crate with signups due by December 15th. They even got the Chief to do some voice over for their new commercial showing off some of the goodies that have been and will come! Don’t forget you can see us unboxing the most recent box and use our discount code to get some money off!(MacGyver10 21:37:45 UTC)

Lots of sales over the next week, and the Gear crew at 343 have put together a great, comprehensive list of what’s being discounted. Some of the highlights I saw where MegaBLOKs, a custom printed Halo ornament featuring YOUR spartan, 40% off the Astron Gaming Halo headset, discounts on apparel and every, digital Halo comic at Dark Horse for $20 total this coming Monday!

Get ready for @Halo #BlackFriday deals from @MBCollectors, @ASTROGaming, @JINX, @sandboxr, @HotTopic & more! https://t.co/0ksLhch6BK pic.twitter.com/fGaPkVjDgW

— Halo Gear (@HaloGear) November 23, 2016

(MacGyver10 21:25:09 UTC)

Claude got a shout-out from 343 Industries yesterday on his birthday!

Special birthday wishes today go out to Halo: Fractures author @ChristieGolden & Halo community godfather Claude Errera of @hbotweets! pic.twitter.com/yomez12IbS

— Halo (@Halo) November 21, 2016

(MacGyver10 21:11:14 UTC)

For those interested in the upcoming Halo Wars 2, the Xbox Wire has a piece up interviewing 343 Industries and Creative Assembly on next year’s Halo RTS!

Learn more about Halo Wars 2’s journey from concept to near-release in this interview with 343 & Creative Assembly. https://t.co/8MTd6IjXfl pic.twitter.com/7VGV76gBBD

— Halo (@Halo) November 22, 2016

(MacGyver10 21:09:53 UTC)

Morpheus has chosen to highlight a rather unique montage this week, as while it was edited by Halzred, there’s no mention of the spartan doing all the work! It comes straight from the doubles playlist in Halo 1 MCC, so check out ‘Return to The Sky’ on YouTube!(MacGyver10 20:41:27 UTC)

Davidfuchs let us know that Dani and ToaFreak of Halo Canon fame join him on the latest FUDcast to talk Halo: Mythos and the Halo: Fractures anthology. Show notes and listening options are available here!(MacGyver10 22:26:03 UTC)

He’s been here less than a month, and already GrimBrother One is kicking Ske7ch out of the community update seat and writing it himself! Actually, there’s a recap of the HCS tourney and Ske7ch’s discovery of the Prisma app that took him away form home, the 15th anniversary of Halo fun and news that Josh Holmes, studio head of 343 Industries, is leaving to pursue independent gaming (thanks UnrealCh13f for the heads up too). If you want to check it out for yourself, you can read the entire thing at HaloWaypoint!(MacGyver10 22:19:28 UTC)

Without him, we would be nothing. Non-existent! A very special birthday shoutout to our illustrious leader, Louis Wu!

Special thanks to Leviathan for the artwork!(MacGyver10 20:13:33 UTC)

DrBizz is back at it again! Here’s his own words on his latest trick!

Another big trick here, On The Great Journey, way outside the level there is a large, floating invisible box with livable space inside it that is used during the ending cutscene after killing Tartarus.The new graphics in MCC allowed me to stumble upon it because there are visible graphics used such as flames and the explosions used during that cutscene. There is an odd “void” space around all sides of it which kills you fairly quickly, but I was able to get into this room by getting out of a Spectre during the launch and get smashed inside it. A very interesting place, never been accessed before by a non-modding player.

Check it out on YouTube to see this awesome feat!(MacGyver10 22:54:30 UTC)