After taking a short vacation from the regular weekly update, Sketch is back with info on the upcoming Halo Wars 2 patch, the aforementioned new leader vidoc, some assets for the Halo 5 API, community spotlight and more! Go give it a read over at HaloWaypoint when you get the chance!(MacGyver10 00:04:22 UTC)

The Vengeful ‘Vadam let us know of a trailer they made for the OG, Halo: CE! Cool to see what they think would have been highlight worthy for this 16 year old game!(MacGyver10 00:01:30 UTC)

Remember that cancelled Halo Mega Bloks game? More leaked footage has surfaced of it, this time a video of a new mode called ‘Besieged’ which draws instant comparisons to Halo’s beloved Firefight mode!(MacGyver10 22:24:07 UTC)

To further clarify both the announcement of the new Arena season, and the test-changes for the ‘Proving Grounds’ playlist, GrimBrother One penned a piece on the new Arena Season over at HaloWaypoint!(MacGyver10 22:22:36 UTC)

As usual on a Monday, ZaedynFel spends some time in the Waypoint forums discussing feedback on Halo 5’s matchmaking and particularly goes over smurfing, MMR and challenges!(MacGyver10 22:19:38 UTC)

Morpheus dropped in with another montage for your Monday called ‘Brutal Bounce’. It had a lot of hands in putting it together, but it really comes out to a specific distinction of two halves, one brutal (pretty intense music and language to begin with!) and the other full of bounce!(MacGyver10 22:13:17 UTC)

Munky-058 gave us the heads up that Halo Wars 2 can be grabbed for the steal of a deal on eBay at just $35. It’s for the physical disc obviously, but if you were waiting on a price drop, this is a great opportunity while the game is still fresh!(MacGyver10 20:38:30 UTC)

The March-April season is live in Halo 5 now. Go get your matches in to find out how you match up against others!

The March-April 2017 Season has arrived! Prove yourself in the Arena by fighting your way through the ranks. Are you the next champion? pic.twitter.com/rcXeXKiy8T

— Halo (@Halo) March 10, 2017

(MacGyver10 16:37:57 UTC)

Want to continue to be amazed at forgers in Halo 5? Check out this working Skeeball map and its lovingly-retro aesthetics! You can download the map and download the gametype to try it out yourself for your next play time with custom games!(MacGyver10 18:37:04 UTC)

ZaedynFel continues his conversation with the community on matchmaking in Halo 5! He spends some time talking smurfs, CSR playlists in this week’s feedback, so if you’re interested go give it a read and some feedback yourself!(MacGyver10 18:35:07 UTC)

While Morpheus prepared enough to get his post in early, we’re a day late sharing his ‘Montage Monday’ choice for this week. Check out Dlongo’s ‘Final Halo 3 Montage’ for about 12 minutes of multiplayer mayhem!(MacGyver10 18:31:57 UTC)

Rockslider is throwing down some more megabattle carnage in his latest videos. Check out his forum post to see some rocket carnage on the AoTCR spiral path and a couple of battle plans for megabattling!(MacGyver10 16:20:00 UTC)

Breitzen gave us the heads up that the latest Halo Community update is up! Some game patches for Halo 5 and Halo Wars 2 are incoming, a test playlist for Halo 5 radar changes is on the horizon and the usual golden nuggets of a 343 team spotlight, community spotlights and awesome Forge creations are there. Go give it a read at HaloWaypoint when you get the chance.(MacGyver10 19:59:40 UTC)

You can still check out our ODST unboxing from last October, but now we have the latest ‘Halo Wars 2-themed LootCrate’ unboxing for you to preview, and a killer fake write-up from Quirel. If this gets you all hot and bothered (for the stuff, not the sexy man), you can check out our ‘HBOCrate’ code to jump in for the next ‘Great Schism-themed’ Halo Legendary crate!(MacGyver10 19:51:10 UTC)