Robowski sent word that the latest Post Game Carnage Report has an interview with MLG player Dewbron (with info about cheaters in the Infinity Challenge) – and discussion about an upcoming contest. Go listen!(Louis Wu 21:14:33 UTC)

Tyrant has released the seventh chapter of his Halo 4 Legendary Walkthrough – this one will help you get through Composer. It’s pretty straightforward gameplay all the way through… but but he found a pretty nice position to play out the Mantis fight from – minimal danger! Take a look.(Louis Wu 19:23:08 UTC)

Just noticed that pete_the_duck posted a new Forge Quacks last week – did you know that two one-way shields placed back-to-back can be passed through in either direction? Weird; I’d have guessed they’d turn into a wall! (Louis Wu 17:24:31 UTC)

MoltenSlowa and crew got together for another Ops-Cast – there’s no new Spartan Ops content yet, so they decided to discuss the first three terminals they found in Halo 4. Go listen! (Louis Wu 17:22:52 UTC)

Chappified stopped back in with some more messing around on Halo 2’s Outskirts – mostly using a spazzing Phantom to shoot him around the map, but there’s other stuff too. Take a look!(Louis Wu 17:21:34 UTC)

The Halo Council has posted the third episode of their second season of their Top 5 list (whew!) – commentary by u4iX. Thanks, VivaciousJazzy.(Louis Wu 20:04:17 UTC)

Angry Joe released his Top 10 Gaming Controversies of 2012… and Doritogate (and its commentary on gaming journalism in general) made #3. He’s angry… but it’s a cool list! Thanks, SonGoharotto.(Louis Wu 20:02:29 UTC)

Paula found a Didact sighting in El Yunque, Puerto Rico. Love the pic!(Louis Wu 19:59:34 UTC)

A couple of new fan-created pieces of art came to light on our forum – CrunchbiteNuva pointed out his ‘Hold the Line‘, a Mass Effect 3/Halo 4 mashup… while Scourge3 showed off his take on Halo 4’s opening, ‘Forward Unto Dawn‘. Awesome! (Louis Wu 19:58:16 UTC)

On this first day of 2013, we have tricks from a wide range of Halo titles, all coming from different tricksters! Amazing.

• Chappified showed off a new way to corner ride to the bottom of the huge first wall in Halo 2‘s Sacred Icon – an amazingly long drop.
• The SuperWaffle and Tenacious Tricking have revisited a two-year-old Halo 3 trick – and reduced the 2-hour timeframe to accomplish it to a mere 10 minutes. Go visit The Island in Sierra 117!
• MelkorTheGreat let us know about a new video from SomeFilthyCasuals that shows you how to fly a Pelican on the Halo 4 level Infinity… that’s THREE levels you can fly one in!
• t00lbox has released a new compilation video showing off a collection of Halo 4 glitches and tricks – fun stuff!

Too bad there’s no original Halo or Reach release today…(Louis Wu 19:35:11 UTC)

Big thanks to The Lionheart for bringing to my attention this absolutely sick render of the awesome MJOLNIR GEN 2 LOCUS helmet worn by great-looking Spartan IV’s in Halo 4. The render comes from the Deviant Art gallery of Rhythem02, and is well worth the look. Check it out, and HAPPY FREAKING NEW YEAR, HALO FANS! (GrimBrother One 00:47:17 UTC)

Over at Halo Waypoint, Bravo posted an update on the Halo 4 Infinity Challenge – the playlist this week is Regicide. (To clarify, it’s the FFA list, not the team one.) Play to earn points, and rise (or fall, I suppose) on the Leaderboard!(Louis Wu 21:08:10 UTC)

In 2007, Bungie released a DVD with the Legendary Edition of Halo 3 that contained all of the Halo and Halo 2 cutscenes on it. Nothing really suprising here (well, they WERE re-rendered to clean up some minor glitches)… but there WAS a special part. There was a Directors Commentary track, with Joe Staten, Marty O’Donnell, and Jason Jones talking about the making of the game in the context of these cutscenes. For fans of the company, it’s gold. We’ve never put it online before, partly because it was exclusive to the Legendary Edition, and partly because it’s more than 2 hours of video, in just a couple of files… we’re not made of money here. A few days ago, though, FyreWulff pointed out that he’d predicted, back in 2009, that these might be available here by the end of 2012. Foolishly, I suggested that I had the power to make that prediction come true. Five years is long enough… so although the video quality is pretty low (after all, the cutscenes are available in much higher quality in many other places, including our own Cutscene Library), the critical part – the audio commentary – is now available for your listening pleasure. Halo commentary is here, while Halo 2 commentary is here. Be sure to thank FyreWulff for making this happen!(Louis Wu 19:47:09 UTC)

Defend the House released the fourth episode of their Halo 4 Mythbusters series… another great collection of factoids! Go watch. Thanks, u4iX.(Louis Wu 19:25:40 UTC)

Sparth put another pair of images up on his Tumblr – amazing concept art from Halo 4. Thanks, TheOddOne.(Louis Wu 19:22:54 UTC)

GameTrailers posted their Game of the Year awards, and Halo 4 took home Best Graphics. (It was nominated for, but didn’t win, a number of other categories: Best Platform Exclusive, Best Shooter, Best Multiplayer, Best Soundtrack, and Best Story.) Thanks, UNKNOWN iXi.(Louis Wu 19:21:21 UTC)

Zylon 0217 let us know that he’s released a video containing ALL Halo 4 Assassination animations… great work! (The slo-mo gets old… but the content rocks.) (Louis Wu 23:34:11 UTC)