Over at the Team Beyond forums, there’s some interesting information about Halo 5’s squad AI, written by Chris Proctor, systems designer, and posted by Josh Holmes. (Whether you like it or not depends on what you think about playing with smart AI teammates.) Thanks, Bounce-A-Gon. (Louis Wu 23:13:50 UTC)

Well, that’s intriguing. Bounce-A-Gon appears to have ordered Last Light, a Halo novel due out in September… and it comes with a free REQ Pack for Halo 5. Fine example of cross-promotion!(Louis Wu 23:08:31 UTC)

Gamespot discusses the latest sales milestone hit by the Halo franchise: 65 million units sold. That’s a pretty big number! (It also means the sales of the Master Chief Collection are below 5 million at this point, since they were at 60 million in October of last year, before it launched. Still a really big number.) Thanks, Gravemind. (Headline, for anyone who cares, comes from here.)(Louis Wu 15:21:32 UTC)

A little late… but MatthewDratt stopped by yesterday to announce that CE3 2015 Live had just wrapped up. There’s a recap on YouTube, and a full livestream (along with a list of projects) on their website. Check it out – really impressive stuff!(Louis Wu 14:59:51 UTC)

Revenant1988 stopped by with pics of a new project he’s just polished up… and it’s pretty awesome. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 21:35:14 UTC)

Wow, interesting. Exanubisleader stopped by to point out a project he’s just released – it’s a trailer for Hunt the Truth. Works pretty well! Go watch.(Louis Wu 20:48:27 UTC)

Longtime visitors will remember This Spartan Life, a groundbreaking series that used Halo machinima as a backdrop to fascinating interviews with real-world guests. They’re back with a second episode of their newest series, ‘Selfies in the War Zone’ – and the guest this time out is Pete Cooper, superfan whose biggest claim to fame is a full-size Warthog he built for a live action Halo video. He talks about Telekos Protocol and Drone, two graphic novel series he’s been building for a few years. It’s a great discussion, and Damian Lacedamian shows that the format still works wonderfully! Check it out.(Louis Wu 20:34:16 UTC)

This week’s release from the Rooster Teeth team was another PSA – this one takes a close look at Trigger Warnings, and, well… if you need them, don’t watch. That’s all.(Louis Wu 20:06:58 UTC)

Grim let us know a little late that the new Canon Fodder is up on Waypoint. There is a lot of cool info in there this week recapping some of the San Diego Comic Con reveals, including an interview with Frankie and Kiki Wolfkill, info on the new Warzone map revealed at Gamespot we previously mentioned, a trailer for the Fall of Reach Animated Series trailer and more!(MacGyver10 19:27:41 UTC)

Warzone is the new 12v12vEverything game mode that 343Industries revealed at E3 this year, but so far we only knew of one of the maps we would be playing on. In a pretty cool reveal, Gamespot uses Mega Bloks to show off the second map revealed for the new game mode. At the time of this posting, Gamespot.com seems to be down, but hopefully it will be back soon. Thanks Quirel!(MacGyver10 19:23:17 UTC)

Last night, VAVA Mk2 let us know that a new Vidoc would be releasing according to the Halo and IGN Facebook pages. Looks like that video is up now and live at IGN.com! There’s some awesome insight not only into the Spartans we’ll see featured in Halo 5: Guardians, but also the making of 343Industries as a game developer. One of my favorite Vidocs in a while!(MacGyver10 15:23:54 UTC)

Our illustrious leader let us know that the Halo Channel app is now available to download on your iOS and Android devices. You have to use your Xbox Live account to login, but the UI is pretty sweet and you’ll now have access to some killer videos on your handheld!(MacGyver10 15:19:39 UTC)

Cheeseburger Williams let us know the final installment of the eight part web series, Halo Legends Abridged is up. Good luck teddy bear charms and robot spartans had me really confused for a bit, but it’s an entertaining video! Check it out here on YouTube.(MacGyver10 19:35:24 UTC)

Halo: Reach is still providing some amazing new videos as Termacious Trickocity has released the final installment of their Meta Stability Series: Meta Stability 3! Two and a half years in the making, 150 plus hours of tricking, 6 months of editing resulting in a 10 minute video that I think most Halo fans will appreciate! Check it out on YouTube!(MacGyver10 19:28:32 UTC)

Ever wanted to dress like a casual employee of the UNSC? Looks like Musterbrand, a company that specializes in ‘everyday cosplay-ish threads’, has reached a deal to start carrying items from within the Halo universe. Thanks Revenant1988!(MacGyver10 19:23:56 UTC)

CE3 Live is an annual showcase of some pretty amazing Halo: Custom Edition mods brought together by the community and shown off during a livestream. This is the 6th year making CE3, and as the post in our forum shows, they have some pretty cool Halo mods coming in this year!(MacGyver10 18:42:17 UTC)

Rockslider is back with some more Megabattle craziness! He and his 11 marines tackle the Covenant with some various tactics and weaponry. Check out the linked post for your flavor of video!(MacGyver10 18:33:06 UTC)