
Ever since 343 Industries was formed to handle all future Halo projects, Microsoft's off-shoot studio has been relatively secretive as to what it's planning for the franchise. Now, after umpteen job postings and sketchy internet speculations, franchise development director Frank O'Connor has told The Official Xbox Magazine in the UK that no major Halo release is slated for 2011, and the studio isn't looking to develop another Halo spin-off anytime soon...
July 7th, or 7/7, is Bungie Day - hey, that's today! Not sure what a "Bungie Day" even is? Remember the Seventh Column? It wasn't exactly in the gameplay, but you might remember the symbol from Halo 2's character creation menus. Along with Bungie's fascination with the number 7, it also happens to be the name of their official fan club.
In honor of today, Bungie teamed up with Rooster Teeth - famous for the Halo-based machinima series Red vs. Blue - and posted this video called "Deja View"...

Above: Here's a Halo: Reach screen to hold your attention
Want to help make the next Halo game? If you’ve got the skills, you may be in luck. Today 343 Industries, also known as the division in Microsoft that deals with all things Halo, posted fifteen new job openings in addition to the nine posted last month...

One of the many winning qualities of the internet is its ability to host high-res images that make your pupils go positively wobbly at the knees (well, it that wasn't anatomically impossible). Unfortunately, you won’t be getting a single image with a respectable resolution here. Instead, what we can give you is brand new, leaked screens, which have apparently been taken from Halo: Reach’s latest map pack, Defiant.
Happy birthday Bungie. The studio that created Halo recently celebrated its 20th anniversary with big announcements and a meaty challenge for its frag-loving fan base. First up is a mysterious site for a project called Bungie Aerospace.
Right now, there’s not much there besides the curious logo shown here. Earlier rumors suggested that the Aerospace project would have a steampunk theme based on an open invitation to show up at Bungie Studios in Bellevue, WA dressed in your “steampunk finery.” The invitation was for a photoshoot to assist with...

ZOMG he's really in it! We won't tell you where unless you click through, because it's minor-isly spoiler-esque.

Video reveals how to find Reach Racer in Bungie's shooter. It's Reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaccccchhhh Racer!

Halo Reach may have broken sales records last week, but it seems that Japan’s gaming audience just wasn’t interested. Although Bungie’s latest entry in the Halo series sold a respectable number of copies, it came in fourth on the sales charts, following Pokemon Black & White, Front Mission Evolved, and Yu-Gi-Oh Tag Force 05, of all things. It’s not surprising that Pokemon Black & White did so well, but Yu-Gi-Oh? C’mon!

Around 15,000 Halo: Reach players have had their credits reset and are experiencing a one-day credit earning ban in the game. In a statement, Bungie condemned these users for abusing checkpoints to gain obscene amounts of credits in a sort amount of time...

Now that Halo:Reach is running like a well oiled Spartan machine, developer Bungie is turning its attentions to its next project and calling on a few hundred thousand brave testers to join them...