For the upcoming Halo Wars 2 launch, 343 and Microsoft commissioned some pretty fancy art in poster form for the six initial leaders from the game. I’m particularly swayed to the side of Anders and the Shipmaster, but all of the posters are pretty amazing, really! Details on picking these up is coming to the Xbox and Halo Twitter feeds apparently soon!(MacGyver10 17:02:52 UTC)

Adv Jones stopped in with the most recent Archive Beacon! There’s the site updates with plenty concerning their leadership system roles and structure, but also some great community content from the various corners of the web. Check it out at the Halo Archive when you get the chance!(MacGyver10 16:59:29 UTC)

Like all good series (LOTR, Back to The Future, Homeward Bound), Rockslider has shown up with the third video in his trilogy of cavern megabattles. This was has more battles, different weapon combos and a pretty funny ending to the whole thing. Check it out in his post in our forum!(MacGyver10 18:39:41 UTC)

You know those pesky slow-down moments where Cortana comes across your entire screen in Halo 3? Well to make those happen, Bungie spawned a model of Cortana on the level out of the playspace. Looks like Termacious Trickocity found her out there! (Thanks The SuperWaffle(MacGyver10 22:18:31 UTC)

Rockslider shared some great carnage of his recent foray into some cavern megabattling with 4 shades on the bridge. He also went airborne with a banshee to rain down green destruction on all those that might oppose him!(MacGyver10 22:15:42 UTC)

Sometimes it takes a long time and a persistent fan to figure out mysteries of old. Other times, it takes Cody Miller.(MacGyver10 19:58:04 UTC)

Check out the most recent Halo Community Update in all its glory at HaloWaypoint. I has news on the upcoming classic Halo helmets coming to Halo 5, the new ‘Warlords’ playlist, some Halo Wars 2 info and a request for some Halo fan feedback. The usual stuff is in there as well, so read to the end for community content and another 343 staff spotlight!(MacGyver10 00:01:02 UTC)

While digging through some Halo:CE scripts for the level ‘Keyes’, Masterz1337 found some hints at medals or achievements that were meant to be in the original game, or at least thought of!(MacGyver10 23:29:26 UTC)

uberfoop shared a new, thorough piece from Digital Foundry that looks back on Halo: Combat Evolved, its significance, technical accomplishments and ports to other systems. It really is an amazing retrospective on the software that created a cultural juggernaut and brought this very website into existence! (MacGyver10 17:25:19 UTC)

Rockslider is back with another take on his stuck banshee, even turning the Covenant against themselves! Check it out in his forum post for the local, high-quality video or the YouTube one! (MacGyver10 17:05:24 UTC)

Black Six sent us an email three days ago (sorry for the delay!) giving us a heads up that Isaac Hannaford had put up a few new pieces of Halo concept art. My personal favorites were Halo Reach spartan engagements and the amazing ODST LootCrate illustration!(MacGyver10 16:59:16 UTC)

Hope you’re enjoying the Halo Wars 2 Blitz beta (I’m having trouble selecting cards with a controller!), but here’s a few things over the weekend that can be consolidated into one post.

• Looks like we’ll receive a 12-spartan, team-based Warzone playlist to preview and test out this coming weekend called ‘Warlords’. It hits the playlist hopper at 5P EST on Friday, January 27th.
• As pointed out in Decemeber, some old school Halo helmets are coming back this year. Looks like Sketch just confirmed that will be early next month via reddit! Also saw where a month ago he confirmed they would be unlocked via real money or RP, not achievements like hoped for. 🙁

(MacGyver10 16:47:09 UTC)