There’s plenty of history out there on the origination of Halo, but Oozer3993 dropped by with his self-penned history on ‘The Making of Halo: How Combat Evolved from Blam!’ It’s about a 11-minute read, but starts with three people in a back room in Chicago putting together the pieces that would eventually make Halo. It’s a pretty decent collection of facts (with sources!) and does a good job recounting the start of Master Chief and his ringworlds.(MacGyver10 15:39:44 UTC)

Morpheus, whether intentionally or not (we all know the truth!), waited till yesterday, the 15th anniversary to release his choice for this week’s Montage Monday. Check out B SIK’s ‘Combat Evolved’ for some ridiculous map control and awe-inspiring snipe skills! (MacGyver10 15:36:01 UTC)

The Vengeful ‘Vadam posted his own tribute to the 15 years of Halo existence. Check out his video tribute here on YouTube!(MacGyver10 23:22:13 UTC)

The Halo 15th Anniversary livestream is getting ready to start! Lots of cool stuff and a few surprised I’m told will be on there!

The Halo 15th Anniversary livestream kicks off at 3:43PM PST today! Tune in at https://t.co/dda9QxPbLG. #15yearsofHalo pic.twitter.com/KFPvk2zROF

— Halo (@Halo) November 15, 2016

(MacGyver10 23:20:39 UTC)

Wow, there’s a lot of stuff on the Halo twitter feed and elsewhere to celebrate Halo’s (and Xbox!) 15th anniversary! Check out this post at HaloWaypoint to see an overview of all the ways 343 is celebrating today! There’s a new plasma grenade plushie, Xbox gamerpics, the live stream and recounts form 343 employees on their time and introduction to Halo!(MacGyver10 23:17:05 UTC)

In addition to tomorrow’s stream at 3:43p PST, Schooly D is asking the HBO faithful to assemble for a little celebration of Halo’s 15th anniversary. Check out his post in our forum, and be ready to boot up MCC at 9pm EST tomorrow!(MacGyver10 22:59:05 UTC)

Rockslider is back after that banshee with 10 more attempts at hitching a ride at the bridge in Attack On The Control Room. Check out his post to watch the video!(MacGyver10 22:57:43 UTC)

This past Friday’s update hits ya in the feels with its nostalgia-induced gut punch. Some info on tomorrow’s coming celebration of Halo, some community spotlights and other fun stuff. Lots of community flashbacks as well, and even a shout out to our very own Updates archive! Check it out over at HaloWaypoint!(MacGyver10 22:54:24 UTC)

This coming Tuesday, 343 will gather on Twitch to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Halo! There will be freebies given out, plenty of Halo gameplay, a special community playlist in Halo 5 and a few surprises! So far, all they’ve set up is a Facebook event for the day, but we’re to hear more news soon I’d say in today’s community update whenever it hits! (Thanks davidfuchs!)(MacGyver10 16:30:42 UTC)

Have you or a friend had trouble connecting to Spartan faces with your melees? Random disconnects getting you banned from matchmaking because they’re counted as ‘quitting games’? Looks like 343 is hoping a small update will help them figure out how to stop both of those from happening anymore!

We've deployed a small behind-the-scenes update for Halo 5 to investigate server & melee reports. Get more details: https://t.co/nCT3lMF3b5 pic.twitter.com/sZDptpyXQU

— Halo (@Halo) November 10, 2016

(MacGyver10 16:28:03 UTC)

I sunk more hours into Halo’s 2nd game than any other single piece of media in my lifetime (including reruns of MacGyver!), and for many, it welcomed them into the joys and pre-teen smacktalk of online gaming for the first time! If you want to relive the magic of one of the biggest video games of all time, check out our classic library of Halo 2 Weekly Updates from Frankie! You can relive the build-up for Halo 2, and see how Frankie started out with Halo updates, as the excitement builds for Halo 2’s launch! Happy Birthday, Halo 2!

Twelve years ago today, Halo 2 released and Master Chief proved that he could, in fact, stick it. pic.twitter.com/6psZjSIJZa

— Halo (@Halo) November 9, 2016

(MacGyver10 22:08:46 UTC)

RVideo shared in our forum that the new Hot Wheels UNSC Warthog is out on Amazon now! It’s the first in their new ‘Screen Time’ series and a 1/64 scale straight from Halo!(MacGyver10 20:10:31 UTC)

Rockslider has dissected Halo: CE more than most, and yet he STILL finds unusual happenings like these banshee pilots dropping dead for no apparent reason! Check it out in his forum post for your preferred video flavor!(MacGyver10 20:07:02 UTC)

Last week’s Community Update gets personal with new/old community manager, Ske7ch! He answers a bunch of questions about himself and Halo before letting Grim out of the pumpkin to show off some Halloween themed fan creations and a Battlefield 1 insertion into Halo 5’s Forge! Make sure you check it out at HaloWaypoint!(MacGyver10 20:03:10 UTC)