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)

NeoGAF’s Tashi had a blast playing some early custom games with the Halo Anniversary maps – nice 2-minute montage! (Louis Wu 15:32:00 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know about Fearless Part 2 chapter eleven – unexpected visitors! (Louis Wu 15:31:10 UTC)

Operation Chastity, one of the first live-action fan film projects (and still the only one with a driveable Warthog), is spotlighted in a fan documentary on Halo as a community-building force, along with the crew from Haloathon – awesome! (OC’s Pete Cooper is wearing the Leviathan-designed HBO shirt we sold recently, cranking the level up to 11.) Thanks to ChrisTheeCrappy for letting us know.(Louis Wu 15:18:02 UTC)

Thanks to Hyokin for letting our forum know about a very cool “Halo: A to Z” interview from Gamespot with Frank O’Connor. Don’t dismiss this as a casual overview… there are some juicy little nods and hints toward the future of the franchise in there!(GrimBrother One 13:59:35 UTC)

I just don’t know what to post.

I can’t write eloquently enough to document and proclaim how momentous the 10 year anniversary of the release of HALO: Combat Evolved is. That’s today, by the way.

I struggle to define just what HALO: CE is. Sometimes the best way to describe something is to describe what it is not. And the things that HALO: CE wasn’t helped make it what it is.

HALO: CE was an accident. Bought at the last moment by a MEGA CORPORATION to help launch a new product.

And this accident has affected the course of our lives.

Game Paused, a company that makes videogame-themed shirts (we’ve worked with them before), is relaunching their website next week, and decided that it might be fun to give away some shirts in celebration of Halo Anniversary. Swing by this page for information on how you and four friends can get in on the action – beat them (they say they’re not that great) and you could go home better-dressed!(Louis Wu 18:41:34 UTC)

Yesterday, Halo Heads made a return, to celebrate the release of Halo Anniversary. Today, Stuntmutt gives us a new One One Se7en for the same reason. I think maybe Cortana is wishing she had her OWN Back button…(Louis Wu 14:07:05 UTC)

Red vs Blue Season 9 Episode 20 aired last night, ending the season (but not the storyline). Great episode! MoltenSlowa was first.(Louis Wu 13:43:48 UTC)

Dani was the first I saw to point out the new Halo Anniversary Digital Experience subsite at Halo Waypoint – pretty nice collection of information all in one place! Go see if you missed anything in the ramp-up to today’s release.(Louis Wu 13:34:27 UTC)

AladelAngel noticed that Halo Waypoint has been redesigned, with some sections (Stats is one!) getting lots o’ love. Go explore!(Louis Wu 23:05:06 UTC)