Speaking of CruelLEGACEY Productions, make sure you check out their newest Community Spotlight featuring Nuclear Taco Productions. We’ve mentioned NTP before, when they launched their new website, but this is a good chance to get reacquainted with a great team of creative Halo minds. Go check it out! (GrimBrother One 15:11:53 UTC)

Are you 4Helmut? In case you haven’t seen, the fine folks over at The Running Riot Podcast, along with help from the guys at CruelLEGACEY Productions and various members of other Halo communities, are running a fun campaign to get a very special helmet into Halo 4. Somehow. Your very own Grimbrothers (One and IV) will be parading Helmut around PAX and HaloFest, so if you are there and see us, grab us and get in on the action! The pics and blackmail vids will be flowing, so stay tuned to the 4Helmut Twitter feed linked above for more! What a crazy universe we live in…(GrimBrother One 14:05:31 UTC)

The votes are tallied, and a general consensus among the HBO staff has been reached. The winner of the HBO video introduction contest is Donat! You can check out his winning submission here. Donat, I’ll be in contact with you shortly. To everyone who participated in the contest, we would like to compile all of the entries into one video to show the community your creative prowess. If you could email me (hitmonchan[at]bungie.org) the raw files of your videos, I’d appreciate it. I would like to say thanks to everyone who helped us out. It’s reassuring to know that when the site needs help, the community is ready to roll up its sleeves and go above and beyond the call of duty our expectations.(Hitmonchan 18:45:30 UTC)

Steam Pirate Action!

Steam Pirate Action!

IGN has posted ‘Who is 343 Industries?‘ – a quick look at the studio charged with future development of the Halo franchise. Love the team mugshots! Thanks, Hypertrooper. (And… that’s it from me, for a while. Time to get on a plane!)(Louis Wu 10:39:09 UTC)

Rockslider’s back with a new pair of Bad Cyborg videos – he’s found some fun Grunts on Assault on the Control Room, and he wants to show you how to play with them. BoomBoom.(Louis Wu 01:27:21 UTC)

Stewie2552 has a new episode of Fail, Win, WTF?!? – three clips, pick your favorite. (I felt this entire group was weaker than any of the clips in the last ep… but hey, that’s just me. Go watch.)(Louis Wu 01:25:03 UTC)

Halo Waypoint helps give some closure on the 2011 MLG Dallas event by providing some extra bonus footage and features that MLG fans are sure to enjoy. Go and give it a look!(GrimBrother One 18:53:23 UTC)

This is just a quick reminder – kanbo sent out emails last week to everyone who bought the first run of the HBO shirt, giving you instructions on what to do if you want to have your shirt hand-delivered to you at PAX. If you bought a shirt early, and you haven’t seen that email… you need to let him know TODAY, because he’s finalizing plans for which shirts he’s bringing with him to the show. Thanks!(Louis Wu 15:40:18 UTC)

Gabotron ES collected images of a whole bunch of Spartans (I’m in there!) – check out the collage he created!(Louis Wu 15:00:37 UTC)

The Halo: Faith team released a new song – go listen to The Destruction of Reach! Thanks, GreyThor.(Louis Wu 13:38:48 UTC)

Arby ‘n’ the Chief released a new Hypermail episode. Surprisingly, the banter is juvenile at times. Thanks, robofin117.(Louis Wu 13:37:58 UTC)

bierwiser stopped by yesterday with some pics of his Halo character (and friends) – in a really cool sketched style. Go see! (Louis Wu 13:37:12 UTC)

For those of you who will be attending Halo Fest, you’ll get the chance to see Dust Storm up along with a lot of other community leaders at the Community Panel along with more awesome panels at the event.  It is surely something that you will not want to miss.  For those who are not able to go, shame on you for calling yourself a Halo Fan… Just kidding.  There are going to be plenty of opportunities to get involved with the festivities.  As we have mentioned already, 343i has teamed up with IGN to stream the panels from Halo Fest.  There is also a new thread on the Waypoint forums where you can post your questions that we will get asked on the panel, so if you have a question that you want me to answer, post away.

If simply watching from the sidelines isn’t enough for you, Kete from The Running Riot is hosting Riot Fest.  Riot Fest is taking place on Saturday at 9:00PM EDT (6:00PM PDT) and will have people calling into the show for a little interactive confab between viewers and some of the attendees at Halo Fest.  It will be a chance to talk about stuff that will undoubtedly be announced/released at Halo Fest with other people watching from home.

Leviathan ran into some personal difficulties recently (a tree fell on his house), but he’s STILL managed to get out a pretty cool bit for his ‘A Fistful of Arrows’ universe. Visit our forum for a fascinating information sheet on the Castle Drop mission – personnel, logistics, it’s fantastic background! Go check it out.(Louis Wu 11:22:23 UTC)