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The newest Halo Bulletin went live yesterday – a little late, but hey, 343 were pretty busy this week! This one has lots of pics – pics from the launch events, concept art of the Anniversary maps, and more. Go read! It’s also in our local Halo Bulletin Archive, if you need it.(Louis Wu 13:04:27 UTC)

Samurai Fronk continues – Episode 2 of the latest season finally went live today. (JDQuackers apologizes for the delay – my guess is, he’s been playing Anniversary till his eyes bleed.)(Louis Wu 13:03:21 UTC)

Chris Neir let us know that there’s a new Halo Reach Tricks vid up – this one will show you how to survive indefinitely in Lone Wolf by basically escaping the level. KOBAYASHI MARU!(Louis Wu 13:01:43 UTC)

Dan Ayoub talked to PC World NZ about the launch of Halo Anniversary, and how it’s been shepherding the product to completion. Interesting read! (I think there are some Halo tricksters out there who would take issue with his “we didn’t fix any bugs” discussion… but for the most part, I think he’s got a pretty solid view of what they wanted, and what they got.)(Louis Wu 13:00:19 UTC)

There’s a single story for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read it! (There WERE two – but one submitter decided to reach the minimum word count by padding the piece with garbage – that’s a no-no!) (Louis Wu 12:59:56 UTC)

The Adventure Continues on iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

The Adventure Continues on iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

Firestream, the man behind Halocharts (and a number of other projects), has decided to shut down his site – timing is uncertain, but it will be offline in “no more than a few days to a week”. You can read the full story in the top news post on the front page – and if your enjoyment of Halo has benefitted from his programming over the past four years (as mine has), maybe drop a comment into the thread!(Louis Wu 21:46:22 UTC)

Gamereactor UK has an interview with Frank O’Connor – he talks about why he thinks Halo got so big, and where the franchise is going. Good stuff. Thanks, TheOddOne.(Louis Wu 18:54:04 UTC)

Here’s a blog post from a man who drowned the sorrows generated from his breakup in a suit of Spartan armor. Interesting read! Thanks, Hydranockz.(Louis Wu 18:49:54 UTC)

If you still read newspapers, you might have seen a mention of Halo in today’s Dustin – I found a copy on the website of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. I know I’ve had this discussion with my wife, more than once…(Louis Wu 18:20:53 UTC)

Tyrant has released the next installment of his LASO Challenge Walkthrough – this one will bring you safely through the level Exodus. If you think “well, I’ve watched his Mythic guide already, I don’t need this” – think again. This contains a bunch of refinements that make this level much less painful – it’s not just the same runthrough with Blind turned off. 35 minutes – worth your time! (Louis Wu 18:13:02 UTC)

ChrisTheeCrappy pointed out the latest IGN Reach Top 10 Kills – some fun ones in there! (Armor-lock-haters will love #1.)(Louis Wu 18:09:52 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY let us know that he’s posted the first part of his Halo Anniversary review, covering the Campaign. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 18:09:09 UTC)

Nak3d Eli teamed up with The Lore Channel to bring you Halo Lore in a Minute. It covers prehistory up through Reach. (Louis Wu 18:05:47 UTC)

Stewie2552 put together a video that constantly jumps back and forth between classic and remastered modes in Halo Anniversary; if you haven’t gotten a good enough look at the graphical changes, this might be for you!(Louis Wu 20:28:07 UTC)

Gamasutra’s got an interview with Frank O’Connor covering Halo Anniversary – worth a read. Not a TON of new info, but a nice summary, and some funny moments. Thanks, mPlacki.(Louis Wu 17:39:20 UTC)

Anniversary’s been out officially for a day now – but there are already guides online for finding all the Campaign terminals, all the GRD dolls in multiplayer, many of the easter eggs hidden throughout both sets of maps, and more. We’re going to hold off a bit from highlighting this stuff (because we think you should have a chance to find it for yourself, and for some of us, links are easy temptation), but if you need this info, just browse our forum (or any other Halo forum on the internet). The truth is out there.(Louis Wu 15:34:04 UTC)

McFarlane will sell you new armor for your action figures – but the packs run $30-40 when all is said and done… and you might only want a single pair of shoulder pieces. tadboz bought a couple of packs, and is selling off the bits he can’t use – they’re starting at about a buck each. Might be a nice way to grab that single chest piece you were eyeing!(Louis Wu 15:32:51 UTC)