Uncover the mystery of what exactly is “Halo: Spartan Assault” in this announcement trailer posted today by Halo Waypoint. Available only for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, “Halo: Spartan Assault” is a new top-down action shooter that brings a “Halo” video game to touch-based devices for the first time in franchise history. Developed by 343 Industries in conjunction with…
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Halo 4 Weapon Tuning Update
Halo Waypoint discusses the weapons changes that went live today in Halo 4 War Games.

“Halo: Spartan Assault” Bootcamp’s Real Name?
Fusible, a website that watches and reports domain registration, has posted up an article showing that a private party using MarkMonitor privacy service, a service Microsoft is known to use over the years, has registered several domains containing the words “Spartan Assault”. SpartanAssault.net, HaloSpartanAssault.com, Halo-SpartanAssault.com, Halo-SpartanAssault.net and HaloSpartanAssault.net have all been registered. Of course the domains could be related to…

It’s not Halo, but damn it’s cool! Mars on Earth
You may have gotten a chuckle about the first manned mission to Mars, but millions of dollars have been spent all over Earth in the last decade, researching how man will survive physically and mentally in the inhospitable environment. Last year in Russia a worldly crew consisting of three Russians, a Frenchman, an Italian-Columbian and a Chinese citizen survived…

New Skins Coming for Halo 4
Coming this October, McFarlane Toys will be releasing Halo 4 Series 2 figures that will unlock in-game content like the Armor Skin shown above. Eight new armor and weapon skins will be available through the action figures and will include customizable colors. Check out HaloFanForLife’s blog post for more information. I want to see moar Skins, take me to HFFL…

Halo 4 Weapon Tuning Finalized
In addition to announcing the weapons changes that will occur June 3rd, this week’s The Halo Bulletin includes details on other changes to War Games. Battle Rifle Increased damage, four burst kill Rate of fire has been slightly decreased Auto-aim range has been decreased Two-shots and melee now results in a kill Carbine Increased damage, seven shot kill Accuracy…

“Spartans’ Playground” Customs w/ CHa0s, Weds May 29
“Spartans’ Playground” Customs w/ CHa0s, Weds May 29 – games will start 7pm PST/10pm EST * * * * * * * * All Halo 4 Map Packs Necessary for this Event * * * * * * * * “What’s this?!? CHa0s has joined a custom games group?!! But I thought you hated customs!!” It’s true, I’ve joined a…