Destructoid’s put up their Halo 4 initial thoughts. Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 14:14:44 UTC)

Eurogamer has their own take on what they saw – tying together disparate strands of the Halo universe into one cohesive whole. Go read! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 14:10:42 UTC)

GameFanMag has a summary of what was revealed at the Spring Showcase, in bullet form. Thanks, Dani.(Louis Wu 14:06:46 UTC)

343’s David Ellis pointed to Making Halo 4: First Look, a behind-the-scenes look at the development process. Go drool! (It’s also available, in HD goodness, on Halo Waypoint on your Xbox.)(Louis Wu 14:04:21 UTC)

Over at Metacafe, an interview with Frank O’Connor (done by OXM’s Ryan McCaffrey) was posted a bit early – it went live at 3am, ET (about 6 hours before the embargo was to lift). It contains some Halo 4 multiplayer footage, and some critical information (no public Halo 4 Beta, for example) – go watch!(Louis Wu 14:01:31 UTC)

Today’s the day the Halo 4 news embargo related to last week’s Spring Showcase ends; we should see a flood of Halo 4 content, beginning in a couple of hours. We’ll do our best to keep up, but Grim’s got jury duty this morning, and I’m in and out of the office – we might get behind. Over at Forward Unto Dawn, Dani’s set up a Halo 4 Reveal Hub – it might be the best place for an overview of what’s come out! (That said, I’ll try really hard to make sure you don’t need them. 🙂 ) (Louis Wu 12:10:45 UTC)

Leviathan has been quietly working on Sword and Shield, his next big Halo-related project… but he decided to share a sketch he finished recently. I’m really happy he did!(Louis Wu 12:06:37 UTC)

TDSpiral came across some early Halo Wars models – as we wait to see the LATEST iteration of the Master Chief, it’s fun to go back and look at some earlier work.(Louis Wu 12:05:05 UTC)

Postmortem ran across a piece of Halo concept art created by illustrator Sterling Hundley – it’s unclear whether this was commissioned by MS/Bungie, or whether it’s just fan art… but it’s pretty interesting!(Louis Wu 12:03:19 UTC)

Things are probably going to get insane later today – but for now, let’s clear out what’s currently on our forum. Yesterday, Fon462 mentioned that there are a bunch of new Halo Mylar prints on eBay – a little searching showed this to be true. If you’re looking for cool artwork and you missed these when Bungie was selling them… here’s another chance.(Louis Wu 12:01:42 UTC)

Rockslider has started up a new video series – this one is characterized as a collection of “kill-em all speed run movies”. The first one is a run (literally) through AotCR, on Legendary, no vehicles, no sniper rifle. There are even outtakes. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:23:09 UTC)

Pete Cooper stopped in with word of a project he’s been working on for the past year or so – he calls it ‘Halo-inspired’, and it looks amazing. It’s a graphic novel called ‘Telikos Protocol’, and he’s doing the writing, while Adam Burn is doing the artwork. (Both of them work together on Pete’s Operation Chastity movie project, as well.) Go check it out!(Louis Wu 15:20:34 UTC)

Hedgemony worked his usual magic on some scenes from a recent community customs event – I always want to grab my controller when I’m done looking at his panoramas. Go see!(Louis Wu 15:17:15 UTC)

The Tyrant continues his Reach review with The Tyrant Documentary Episode 10 – this one covers weapons, vehicles, and armor abilities.(Louis Wu 14:48:17 UTC)

Phat M0nk3y stopped by yesterday with word of Campfire Stories, Season 2, Episode 5. Take a look!(Louis Wu 14:46:28 UTC)

Halo Waypoint has put up a pretty cool video they call ‘The Anatomy Of Halo: Part 1‘ – it looks at the interior surface of a Halo ring, and what it was designed to do. I love this kind of stuff! Thanks, Grim.(Louis Wu 18:59:40 UTC)

Quirel turned up some fun close-combat animation footage created by onne of the developers on Halo Wars – go check it out! (Louis Wu 18:57:07 UTC)

Fails of the Weak Volume 76 went live yesterday – some facepalm-worthy fails in this one. You can watch it on YouTube, or you can watch it at AchievementHunter.com. Thanks, hezekiah.(Louis Wu 18:47:57 UTC)

ncsuDuncan was first with the news (though our own GrimBrother One wasn’t too far behind) – 343 Industries has put up a Behind the Scenes-style look at the studio that’s taken over the Halo franchise, with viewpoints from many of the developers currently on the team. Great watch – check it out!(Louis Wu 18:38:20 UTC)