The PA Report opined on the missed opportunity that Microsoft seems to be okay with – the absence of Halo 4 on the PC. Food for thought!(Louis Wu 18:13:33 UTC)

agdtinman is back with more special-edition Joyride action figures for sale (if you missed this last month, an explanation post is here) – go see what you can find!(Louis Wu 18:07:05 UTC)

Timgie stopped in to announce the first episode of his new Reach-based machinima series, Two Sides of a Bullet. Spartans do film noir! Go check it out.(Louis Wu 18:05:12 UTC)

Heh – Chewbaccawakka noticed a funny little egg in Halo 4’s campaign (and Beorn helped out with better pics) – looks like a tongue-in-cheek mention by 343 of Halo 4’s place in history! (Louis Wu 17:53:51 UTC)

Thanks, Hedgemony for letting us know about some of John Liberto’s Halo (and other games) concept artwork up for viewing on the web. Gorgeous stuff!
Update: Hypertrooper pointed out that Liberto’s image was one of a series of Editors Picks at CGHub related to Halo today – check out these other amazing pieces:

• Halo 4 MP Spartans by bischoff
• Halo 4 trailer by Blur by Maciej
• Bridge 01 by JoshK (check out all of his recent stuff – this reminded me of this)
• Halo 4- Locus Spartan Helmet Concept by koryface

ArtworkMania! (GrimBrother One 17:50:47 UTC)

Just because it’s Launch Week for Halo 4 doesn’t mean 343 has skimped on the Halo Bulletin content – a new one was released last night. In it you’ll find photos from launch events all over the world, plus breaking news about issues you might have encountered in Halo 4 (and things that might solve them for you), plus info about the first playlist updates, coming soon! (It’s local, too, if you’d rather read it here.)(Louis Wu 17:48:35 UTC)

Thanks to Brian Bryan Newman for mentioning a new Bloomberg article taking a look at Halo 4‘s impressive sales numbers. Looks like a lot of hard work is paying off! Check it out!(GrimBrother One 13:44:18 UTC)

Thanks to mrkevinhurd for letting us know about an interesting promotion partnership between AXE bodyspray and Halo 4. Check it out!(GrimBrother One 13:41:18 UTC)

FyreWulff pointed out a neat behind-the-scenes article about Certain Affinity, and the role they’ve played in Halo 4’s development. (It goes way beyond Forge.) Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 18:58:18 UTC)

BoneKin and a friend are working their way through the Halo 4 campaign, cooperatively… and recording the process. If you enjoy the ‘Let’s Play’ style of video, this series is for you!(Louis Wu 18:56:26 UTC)

Laura Akers, of Comics Bulletin, conducted a very cool interview with Jeremy Patenaude, otherwise known as Mr Vociferous. He used to be part of the team behind Ascendant Justice, one of the best ‘thoughtful’ Halo fansites out there – until 343 snapped him up a few years ago. Now he’s a writer on the franchise team. Go learn a bunch more about him! (I discovered, after reading that interview, that Akers did a similar interview of Jessica ‘bs angel’ Shea earlier this week, and will be releasing another one with Jacob ‘Cocopjojo’ Benton tomorrow. Don’t miss the bs angel interview – it’s awesome to get a view behind the public persona! (I found the original link to Comics Bulletin on Halo Waypoint – but only for Jeremy’s interview; there doesn’t seem to be a link for Jess. No self-promotion, I guess!)(Louis Wu 18:51:16 UTC)

One of the highlights (for me) of the early days of machinima was Haliens, by c0ld vengeance and demonelite. They’re back, now, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of that release… with Haliens HD, remastered with Halo Anniversary. I’m gonna let c0ld describe it to you, because it’s his baby. All I’m gonna tell you is those guys ROCK.(Louis Wu 18:44:13 UTC)

Certain Affinity have put together a tutorial vid showing you how to use Forge – go watch it, and make some cool stuff! (Louis Wu 18:36:27 UTC)

RC Master has already found a neat trick to shorten the first level of Halo 4 – considerably. Go watch.(Louis Wu 18:35:02 UTC)