Four new entries have been added in over at the Age of Gratitude project. Go and see what these fans had to say in appreciation for what Halo has meant for them, and as always, consider sending in your own memories to share!(GrimBrother One 19:00:14 UTC)

Australia’s V (an energy drink company) just unveiled ‘Purple Plasma‘, a Halo 4-themed libation. Initial reaction seems quite positive! Thanks, Jmte (who found it at Gadgetsteria). (Louis Wu 15:11:57 UTC)

NeoGAF’s lilty was at Fan Expo in Toronto this weekend – he wrote up some impressions in the Halo thread on GAF. I thought the biggest takeaway was how critical the hardware used at conventions can be! Update: This post has more.(Louis Wu 15:07:44 UTC)

Eurogamer Expo 2012 is coming up in a month – it’s a gaming festival that takes place every year in London. Recently, they announced the keynote speaker, kicking off the event on Thursday, September 27 – Frank O’Connor will present a Halo 4 Developer Session to showcase “this year’s biggest Xbox 360 release”. According to Tom Bramwell, Eurogamer Operations Director:

We were looking around for a big video game icon to open the show and they don’t get much bigger than the Master Chief. The Master Chief is more than a video game star – he’s a pop culture icon – and we can’t wait to see what 343 Industries has in store for us.

Not too shabby!(Louis Wu 15:04:09 UTC)

Nevin ‘CruelLEGACEY’ Douglas let us know that the 25th episode of the Waypoint Community Modcast went live yesterday – on it, he and Das Kalk discuss the playable Halo 4 they experienced at Fan Expo in Toronto this weekend. Go listen! (Louis Wu 14:52:26 UTC)

Some of the HBO Old Guard got together in DC this weekend, at the house of Malagate, to eat, drink, and play Halo. Greythor was there, and wrote up some of the highlights. Go read!(Louis Wu 14:50:25 UTC)

Nexy and Ghandi sat down to discuss recent Halo news – nice to see MLG-centric folks looking at the rest of the Halo community! Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 14:43:36 UTC)

The latest episode of HaloGAF Radio has Tashi, Domino Theory, and ncsuDuncan discussing Halo’s competitive community with Bravo, and Halo news with Heckfu. Two hours long, with delicious morsels spread throughout. Go listen! (Thanks, Duncan.)(Louis Wu 22:08:48 UTC)

Geoff Keighley talks to a variety of analysts about Halo 4’s potential this fall on the latest GTTV Bonus Round – go listen! Thanks, UNKNOWN iXi.(Louis Wu 20:56:15 UTC)

Greg O’Connor-Read let us know (several days ago!) that Marty O’Donnell will be speaking at PAX next week. Swing by the PAX site’s schedule section to read about the panel – he’ll be joining Jesper Kyd, Michael McCann, Inon Zur, Sam Hulick and Emily Reese as a previously-unannounced ‘suprise guest’. Nice! (Louis Wu 20:42:17 UTC)

NartFOpc stopped in with a new video entitled ‘TSD =‘ – it’s a montage with a sense of humor. I enjoyed it!(Louis Wu 19:44:34 UTC)

Dennis from HaloMaps sent word of a new custom single-player level for Halo Custom Edition – it’s called ‘Firefight Descent’, and it was created by MoooseGuy and Pepzee. It gives you Firefight-style play, with multiple rounds of increasing difficulty. Take a look!(Louis Wu 19:42:55 UTC)

Fan Expo is happening right now in Toronto – and Twitter user xJumPeR_JumPzZ is keeping track of fan-uploaded Halo 4 matches. Thanks to Blublur1 on NeoGAF for pointing out a video from iMidNiteBoss yesterday (slayer gameplay on Haven, doing their best to experiment with new stuff), and then today, a link to this video, showing off some Scattershot gameplay from the same guy (with some weird blurring going on occasionally). Go watch ’em! PAX in 5 days…(Louis Wu 14:57:46 UTC)

Rockslider’s a fan of raining death from above – swing by his latest article to read some of his tips for Aerial Fighting in Reach’s Firefight. Boom!(Louis Wu 14:54:28 UTC)

I watched a Double Team match posted by xClicked (thanks, Garrett 2U) that had me hanging on to the very end. xClicked and his buddy, Sleepy z Z z Z, decided to try and see how they’d do on a Matchmaking game of KotH using only Holograms… and melees. No grenades, no shooting – they had to beat their opponents with teamwork and stealth, or not at all. I found this really enjoyable to watch – check it out! (Louis Wu 13:59:16 UTC)

t00lbox put together a video showing how to get rid of all your weapons on Reach’s Pillar of Autumn… and screw up your arms, in the process. Makes for some funky pictures!(Louis Wu 13:55:29 UTC)