While the folks at ForgeHub and others groups have hosted contests, 343 is now getting in on the fun and partnering with the new ‘Ghost In The Shell’ movie to host their first ever Forge Contest! Go read the design rules and guidelines to see if it’s a challenge you’d be up for tackling!(MacGyver10 15:59:10 UTC)

Flugel Meister emailed us to give us a heads up on the new Halo Wars 2 review up at ‘Best Game Ever’. Like everyone else, he drooled over the Blur cutscenes, but go read what he thought about the gameplay and story when you get the chance. (MacGyver10 15:48:50 UTC)

Davidfuchs shared the ForwardUntoDawn review of the Halo Wars 2 story in our forum. Obviously there are spoilers if you haven’t finished the main campaign yet, but you can check it out in video form, or give it a read for a little more detail as well.

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Gamerguy2002 shared an interesting analysis of the cards in the new Blitz mode of Halo Wars 2 from Luke TheNotable. Looks like after level 6, the increase in HP, damage and speed is marginal, but still some interesting facts and questions posed by the vid.(MacGyver10 15:41:40 UTC)

Feeling naked still despite Halo Wars 2 coverage? Jinx has got your gear to commemorate today’s new Halo game!

We were so excited for Halo Wars 2, that we said "Why not celebrate with some new Halo equipment?" So we did! https://t.co/z4metimm0H pic.twitter.com/nBut9S9TVJ

— J!NX (@JINX) February 21, 2017

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While the ‘Early Access’ dump covered most of this, to celebrate today’s launch of Halo Wars 2, you can see what some of the team thinks about the new game here on launch week at HaloWaypoint!(MacGyver10 22:26:57 UTC)

Breitzen showed off the Halo 5 exploits of one of his friends and his games from this past week. Starting off down 24-12, breitzen and CBull tie it up at 49’s before pulling off the upset! Great sniper work by CBull for sure!(MacGyver10 21:46:58 UTC)

Schedonnardus seems to have been playing some Halo Wars 2 when his deceased spartan decided to float off to that great super-soldier party in the sky.(MacGyver10 16:31:24 UTC)

You know those sweet looking Halo Wars 2 posters we mentioned before? 343 has placed a limited number of them on sale at Hero Complex Galaxy. Those ‘Brutes’ and ‘Spartans’ posters in particular would look great on my wall!(MacGyver10 16:26:31 UTC)

For those that ordered the Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition, early access to playing the game began this past Friday! So while some are still waiting for the official release tomorrow, there’s plenty to catch up on in the world of Halo Wars 2 and HaloWaypoint has you covered! There’s a word from Dan Ayoub, the Halo Wars 2 Live archived video, some HW2 ViDocs and additional resources all in one central location.(MacGyver10 16:20:10 UTC)

I forgot how fun some Halo 3’s levels can be! Morpheus reminded me with a great pick for his Montage Monday series in a video called ‘Dispute’ by Caramel and Puba. Lots of fast cuts, but the shots and Caramel’s predictive gameplay was great!(MacGyver10 16:13:32 UTC)

Sorry for the lack of activity around a big release (early Halo Wars 2), but real life gets in the way sometimes (sick kiddo)! As we catch back up on some Halo goodies, Rockslider stopped in last week with a trick to a get a good look at Halo’s monitor. You can check it out in his forum post!(MacGyver10 16:08:00 UTC)

Some things are here to stay, others come and go! If you’ve been saving up RP for those classic helmets in Halo 5, looks like you have a hard deadline now. Seems they’ll come back eventually, but who knows when that will be!

Heads up, Spartans! The Classic Helmet Pack will only be available for one more week. Get your helmets by Feb. 21! https://t.co/n1myGKBj3C pic.twitter.com/axUvgq8IVk

— Halo (@Halo) February 14, 2017

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As a joke, Ducain23 first set out to recreate Forge World in Halo 5 for the fun of it, but it accidentally became a passion project for him. He has now finally completed the entire Forge World canvas in Halo 5, and while it’s not entirely practical to build new structures on it, it’s definitely possible! You might even be able to get elites surfing on it again!(MacGyver10 19:18:49 UTC)

Unyshek spent some of his day updating folks on the changes for the Halo 5 double playlist. You can read about them over at HaloWaypoint, but the basics are mode, weapon and map updates, giftable Valentine’s Day REQ packs, play 343 lovers this afternoon 6p EST in the playlist and old school art from the legendary Lorraine McLees (shoutout to mehvechan and the old Bungie webcam!)(MacGyver10 19:08:39 UTC)

You have until midnight on the east coast tomorrow to get your order in for Halo’s Legendary LootCrate #4, featuring heavily on the upcoming Halo Wars 2! Might make for a great, last minute gift for that special someone! Don’t forget you can save money by using the code ‘HBOCrate’ at checkout!

Just two days left to get the official Halo Legendary Crate for #HaloWars2! Get your order in by Feb. 15 at 9pm PST: https://t.co/15lMmA8YEz pic.twitter.com/Ap9kgoeSc5

— Halo (@Halo) February 13, 2017

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SEVEN YEARS now of Valentine’s Day goodies, and each year something new and different! Check out AssaultGodzilla’s latest call out to Valentine’s Day with his Halo music video for 2017! Don’t tell my wife, but like with Charlie Brown at Christmas, it’s not Valentine’s Day till one of AssaultGodzilla’s HMVs show up!(MacGyver10 18:53:46 UTC)