Cover art for Halo: The Thursday War released!

This morning, 343i/Tor Books released the cover art for the latest book in the Kilo-Five Trilogy, The Thursday War.

http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/05/04/Tor-Books-Announces-the-Second-Halo-Novel-in-the-“Kilo-Five-Trilogy”-by-Karen-Traviss.aspx

Gameinformer Article reveals weapons from Halo 4

In a recent GameInformer article, they revealed details on 5 weapons from Halo 4, including a very interesting inclusion to the Halo Arsenal.

Link to Article

Live-action web series, "Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn" to be launched this fall

Beginning this fall, 343 will be releasing 5 15-minute live-action shorts about Master Chief and his early days in the UNSC. The shorts will appear on Halo Waypoint and Machinima.

We Won't Fight The Flood In Halo 4

In a recent post on the Halo Waypoint Forums, Frank O'Connor confirmed that we will not be fighting the Flood in Halo 4. But this doesn't exactly mean there won't be Flood in Halo 4. He could just be trying to throw us off.

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Source: http://halo.xbox.com/Forums/yaf_postsm814552_The-Flood-s-return.aspx#post814552

Halo 4 Release Date Revealed!

Its official! In a recent article by 343 Industries (The Halo Bulletin 4.17.12), they announced the release of Halo 4 to be November 6th, 2012.

New Halo 4 Concept Art Released By GameInformer Magazine

The following images are new Concept Art for Halo 4 released by GameInformer. (Remember: You can always enlarge the images simply by clicking on them.)

And this image was released by Josh Holmes via Twitter.

Review: Halo - The Great Journey - The Art of Building Worlds

While at first, I wanted to buy the signed, Limited Edition version of this for $75, I decided to just get the regular version. I'd been looking forward to this book ever since it was announced.

The book is filled with beutiful art inspired by the games and books. There are concept images, as well as srapped designs. Great for Halo fans who like looking at preproduction designs. I was pleased with the quality of the images, but the number of images just didn't seem enough. It's about the size of the Halo Encyclopedia, maybe a bit thinner. Maybe I'm just greedy.

There's really not much else to say on the book. Great art, great commentary, great price. 5 out of 5, 9 out of 10.

Sequel to Halo: Glasslands announced!

Halo: Thursday War is to be released October 2nd, 2012.

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/03/tor-books-announces-next-book-in-halo-series

Sequel to Halo: Glasslands to be released before Halo 4!

Frank O'Connor said in The Halo Bulletin 3/7/12 that the 2nd book in the post-war series will be released before Halo 4 is released. But we will have to wait until after Halo 4 for the final book in the Forerunner Saga.

The first REAL information on Halo 4!

       I turned on my computer as usual today, wondering how many of you would be disappointed by the lack of expected Halo 4 info. But instead, I got a pleasant suprise. I see "Rebuilding Master Chief in Halo 4 - IGN" on the front page of Halo Waypoint. So I thought, "oh that's nice." I expected some little BTS of the design of MC. Instead, what I saw blew me away. Full-on gameplay!

       The video shows the HUD, scoring, multiplayer maps, and a couple tiny clips of campaign. It also confirms the return of the Battle Rifle, as well as the usage of Spartan-IVs in Multiplayer. Instead of playing as Master Chief, you will play as a Spartan-IV. Frank O'Connor also said that they have an in-canon reason of why the Blue and Red Spartans are fighting. (Insurrection...?).

        But that's not the only info we've been given today. Halo 4's embargo was lifted today, so it seems 343i has opened the floodgates. A video was released on OXM's website with an interview with Frankie at Microsoft Spring Showcase. He discussed the multiplayer maps a bit more, giving us a look at two of them. One, Wraparound, is a Forerunner solar facility that creates sunlight for a Shield World. The other, Warhouse, is a UNSC ship in orbit of a gas giant. He also went on to say that their main focus is polishing and shipping the game, not releasing a multiplayer beta. He said a beta would just be a major interuption, so don't count on one being released.

Video here: http://www.oxmonline.com/showcase-halo-4-interview-343-industries-frank-oconnor

       X-Play also interviewed Frankie and Kiki Wolfkill. It was said that Halo 4 will have CoD-esque unlockables and custom-loadouts. Not much else was said in the video. Link: http://www.g4tv.com/videos/57595/halo-4-gameplay-preview/