Some extremely talented and handsome individual put together a list of 5 game trailers that had excellent music over at LoudMouthedGamers.com. The “Deliver Hope” trailer from the Halo: Reach ad campaign made the list. Go and check out the other selections and see if you agree!(GrimBrother One 14:52:48 UTC)

With the Halo Universe Panel footage from Comic Con coming on so late yesterday, we wanted to make sure you knew where to catch it. You can find it on the Halo Waypoint YouTube channel in four parts here: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4. Some great discussion on the future of the fiction in the Halo Universe. Go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 14:47:58 UTC)

Halo Waypoint is slowly but surely uploading the official footage from yesterday’s Halo Universe panel. Here’s part one of the panel. I’ll update this post with the other parts as they go online. There are technical issues with the audio, which means that some people can be hard to hear — especially Frankie. 343 is working to get fixed audio from Comic Con, but until then, enjoy this version! Update: Halo Waypoint now has parts two, three, and four up for your viewing pleasure on their YouTube channel. Go check them all out! -Grim(Hitmonchan 22:05:05 UTC)

You should see Jillbean’s proudest Halo moment. Then you should tell her how cool it was. Like, now.(GrimBrother One 20:01:54 UTC)

Seems like everyone wants to chat with Mr. Frankie. GameSpot’s Ricardo Torres spoke with him about “Anniversary” and “Halo 4.” It’s a pretty decent interview. Go watch!(Hitmonchan 17:53:53 UTC)

Rockslider continues to play with Sierra 117 Phantoms – go read his latest discussion!(Louis Wu 16:30:12 UTC)

padraig08 put together 7 panoramas (with some image manipulation on top) as a tribute to Bungie for the past 10 years. They’re gorgeous. Go look.(Louis Wu 16:26:14 UTC)

Owen Good from Kotaku was at the Halo Universe Panel at Comic Con and wrote up some impressions. Go and give it a look!(GrimBrother One 16:00:56 UTC)

Hiji pointed out a great thread on game development on the Waypoint forums. The original poster provides a very neat look at how the development process might affect Halo 4. Go give it a look!(GrimBrother One 14:02:42 UTC)

This week, Waypoint gave us a few goodies regarding the upcoming Halo Anniversary.  If you haven’t seen it by now, then here’s what’s going down.  Earlier in the week, Waypoint announced a skull that would be available in the campaign for pre-orders: the Grunt Funeral skull.  As one can imagine, the skull is very similar to the Grunt Birthday Party skull, but instead of confetti, it pulls it’s roots from the Halo 2 version of the skull where all grunts, when killed turn into plasma grenades.  You can watch a video of it in action below.

The other bit of news is a video demo of the Halo Anniversary campaign in-action.  It is very convincing that the physics and underlying code has remained untouched, so go check that out on Waypoint.

Machinima.com’s Adam Kovic with Inside Gaming was at the Microsoft event at the San Diego Comic Con, and they have video of his interviews. You might be particularly interested just after the 7-minute mark, when he talks to our shiny-domed hero, Frank O’Connor. Give it a watch! Thanks to jo for letting us know.(GrimBrother One 13:53:54 UTC)

GeneticSpartan stopped by our forums yesterday with a VERY cool project that he has been working on. Essentially, he has made a bluescreen stage within Reach’s Forge mode. You can grab it from his fileshare here, as well as see a very cool YouTube tutorial and explanation. The potential for this in machinima is huge, and I for one can’t wait to see how some very creative people are going to use this. Check it out!(GrimBrother One 13:43:57 UTC)

In my rabid excitement about the Halo Universe panel, I forgot about the second panel that happened today: Writing in Video Games. Thankfully, GameSpot’s mind is sharper and less prone to Halo hype. Check out the site’s summary of the panel, which included Frank O’Connor, Greg Bear and Karen Traviss.(Hitmonchan 20:25:35 UTC)

If the liveblog wasn’t enough for you, I’ve gathered the Twitter updates from those who attended the panel. There’s some interesting little tidbits in here. Thanks to Tex and Jon Goff for the updates! Check it out!(Hitmonchan 19:35:58 UTC)

The lovely Veronica from 343 Industries wanted to point us in the direction of the new Halo Anniversary Campaign demo playthrough from the just-wrapping-up Halo Universe Panel at Comic Con. What are you waiting for?! Go watch!(GrimBrother One 19:32:35 UTC)

The Tyrant has kicked off yet ANOTHER series of Mythic vids – this one is called ‘Third Person Mythic’, and its goal is to let you see Tyrant’s Mythic gameplay from a third-person viewpoint – so that you can tell what weapon he’s using, and how his shields look as he progresses. New commentary is included. The first installment is the easiest level to run Mythic – Nightfall. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:45:52 UTC)

Rooster Teeth’s Ubergirl loves Red vs Blue’s Agent Maine (otherwise known as The Meta). So much so, she’s whipped up some artwork – it’s really, really good. Go look. (If you’re not used to RT journals, click the pic for a larger version.)(Louis Wu 18:42:13 UTC)