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)

Domino Theory, flush with the joy of anticipation as Halo Anniversary prepares to drop, is back with another giveaway – toss your name into the hat, and if he picks you on Friday, you’ve got yourself some cool Halo schwag – fer nothin’. You can’t beat that deal with a Gravity Hammer!(Louis Wu 23:03:13 UTC)

It’s heartwarming when a longtime Halo fan realizes a dream. Today, Bungie announced that the position of Community Manager (okay, Assistant Community Manager) has been filled… by a name that should be familiar to anyone who reads this page. Congratulations to TTL XerxdeeJ, who founded the Tied the Leader clan and gave players looking for a Good Game a place to call home. His flock has just grown exponentially! (Also, it looks like he’s just DeeJ now. Work for Bungie, lose your letters.)(Louis Wu 21:55:37 UTC)

Unveiling your new Community Manager.

Unveiling your new Community Manager.

Lord Friendship has the next chapter of his BOB Video Guide online – Part 4 covers the level Nightfall, which has only 3 BOBs in total. This is the last one for a little bit (LF’s going to take time with Halo Anniversary) – so enjoy it!(Louis Wu 19:20:38 UTC)

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Our final installment of our Decade series is finally here. We’ve relived some of our most memorable moments from the last 10 years with Halo and we are finally here to talk about what most people like in Halo: the multiplayer. In this last show, we go back to the Halo: CE maps and remember all the special moments we’ve had on all of them. We don’t have a large panel like we’ve had on the previous parts, but there are still some really good discussions. Enjoy