DPS Sundown, from the International Grifball League, wanted to share some upcoming events, and invite participation from you! IGL’s Night of the Living Dead will take place on October 31st, from 4-9pm EST (or possibly later, depending on lobby sizes and turnout) – custom games, focusing primarily on Infection and Assault gametypes. Go play!(Louis Wu 11:25:49 UTC)

Kete stopped in to remind people that The Running Riot will be hosting a live interview with Dani, aka Slightly Live, tonight at 9:30 eastern. Go listen to the man behind Forward Unto Dawn!(Louis Wu 11:21:41 UTC)

Bry took some astoundingly large screenshots of Forza 4’s Halo 4 Warthog – go check out the detail!(Louis Wu 11:19:19 UTC)

In case you didn’t realize, Tuesday, October 25, 2011 was the date the Halo: Glasslands hit the store shelves and doorsteps of excited Halo fiction fans everywhere. Glasslands is penned wonderfully by the “reliable Karen Traviss”, and gives fans their first real, sweet taste of life in the Halo Universe following the epic events of Halo 3. In order to better serve the community with complete coverage of this incredible installment to the series, let us provide some more details…

• In case you really want the book, but don’t know what it looks like, here is the cover
• In case you don’t know what Karen Traviss looks like, here you go.
• For you Press Release fans, here is the Official News Announcement on Halo Waypoint.
• On the release date itself, Tor Books also posted an article that talks about the book with statements from both author Karen Traviss and Frank O’Connor from 343 Industries.
• “But Grim, I just can’t pick up the book right now and read it because it hasn’t come out yet/I don’t have the money/I’m allergic to books/etc. What do I do?!” Fear not! If you haven’t read them already, here are the first two chapters, featured at Tor’s website and Halo Waypoint. We’ve got your back, yo!
• Wondering what other books are out there? Here’s a selection of other Halo books you might have missed out on because we didn’t front-page them.
• You can find some great discussions already going on about the book by people who were sneaky enough to have already known about its release and read through it already. Those devious buggers! If you don’t mind the spoilers, you can find threads here, here, and here.

By now, hopefully you have some idea of the gravity of the situation. New Halo fiction, people. If it’s out in your region, go buy it. If it’s not yet, go get in line. We’ll be updating you further as more Halo: Glasslands news comes in, at a fast and furious pace I won’t doubt!(GrimBrother One 11:16:47 UTC)

IGN posted a Halo Anniversary preview – decent clips! Go watch. Thanks, ElzarTheBam.(Louis Wu 11:14:36 UTC)

RC Master stopped in with a list of new vids available at High Speed Halo – swing by his post for links and descriptions!(Louis Wu 21:31:30 UTC)

Dani announced a new podcast from the Forward Unto Dawn crew – 90 minutes of Halo discussion from some pretty smart people! Go listen. (They’re also giving away some free stuff – go see what you can snag.)(Louis Wu 21:23:39 UTC)

ElzarTheBam pointed out some Halo Anniversary B-Roll Campaign footage released by GodisaGeek.com – 10 minutes worth. No gameplay of note – just a chance to see some campaign scenery you might not have come across yet. If you’re staying dark to experience this fresh on November 15, pass on this one. (Louis Wu 21:22:53 UTC)

The fantastically-lineaged GrimBrother IV let us know that Game Informer has posted a very cool round=table discussion with a couple of 343i leads on the subject of Halo 4. Really good watch, go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 17:52:07 UTC)

Both Inside Pulse and Kotaku have articles about McFarlane’s Halo Anniversary Series 2 figures – though neither site has pictures. (The press release can be found on Spawn.com, too, if you want to go straight to the source.) (Louis Wu 14:43:48 UTC)

RVideo let us know about a new Halo 3 minitage from Flashgabe – gameplay is from Sk Bonfire. Heavily edited, lots of nice kills. Three minutes – take a look!(Louis Wu 14:43:16 UTC)

MLG Phumphy loves Halo – he’s working on a full Halo: Reach tattoo sleeve. Shadow8P posted shots of the outlines – colored versions coming on November 15!(Louis Wu 13:18:28 UTC)

Ty Coker mentioned a Halloween special coming out soon – and linked to last year’s special, so you can catch up. (Louis Wu 13:17:46 UTC)

Kermit wrote up a recap of last week’s ODST Co-op night, on Kizingo Blvd. Funny stories! If you want to get in on the action, he also posted an invite for tonight’s edition, which will take place on ONI Alpha Site. (Louis Wu 13:17:08 UTC)

Apologies for the downtime overnight; seems Reddit still has the capability of bringing down a server around here. Going to do a quick once-over of the news queue; the day is looking pretty hectic. First up: Firestorm12 reminded us that War (or War) Issue #15 was live yesterday – every Tuesday and Thursday there’s a new ep! (Louis Wu 13:16:31 UTC)

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GameFront has a little tidbit from Chad ‘Shishka’ Armstrong, the guy who hid Halo: Anniversary’s skulls throughout the game. He wanted to make the skulls hard to acquire – but he learned the lesson from Halo 3 that just making the triggers complicated won’t work, because modders can just read them out from the code. Grabbing some of THESE skulls is going to be tough – even if you know where they are. Hmm… (Louis Wu 16:41:23 UTC)

Hyokin pointed out a video from Tinkernut that can help making a Halo helmet easier for you. Halloween’s just around the corner – take a look!(Louis Wu 16:40:20 UTC)

GamingBolt thinks two things: that ODST was overhyped (huhwha?)… and that it disappeared too fast. (Not sure I buy that; I was playing it until Reach came out. But hey… they’re entitled to an opinion.) Thanks, Urban Reflex. (Louis Wu 16:39:51 UTC)