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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Can’t quite believe that my debut novel is out on store shelves today! Working on these stories has been a labour of love over the last few years, the positivity and engagement from the Halo community has brought us to this point—Jeff and I couldn’t be more thrilled! 💚💙

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Super excited for this and hope it’s a big hit for Deck Nine! Really enjoyed Double Exposure and how it laid the groundwork for this next part of the story, it’ll be bittersweet to say what seems to be a final farewell to Max and Chloe.

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Halo @halo.gg · 08/12/2025

After the Master Chief escapes the Silent Auditorium on Zeta Halo, the Weapon chooses her name. Halo: Edge Of Dawn releases December 16, 2025. The audiobook is narrated by Nicolas Roye, Jen Taylor, Steve Downes, and Debra Wilson. 💙 aka.ms/EdgeOfDawnPreview

Halo: Edge of Dawn cover art by Chris McGrath depicting the Master Chief, the Weapon, Jega 'Rdomnai, and Zeta Halo

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The Untold Adventures @claraoswaldtua.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Read 'A Citizen of the Universe' now: www.theuntoldadventures.com/a-citizen-of...

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A CITIZEN OF THE UNIVERSE | theuntoldadventures

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The Untold Adventures @claraoswaldtua.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The first second of eternity has finally passed. Clara Oswald: The Untold Adventures’ first episode, ‘A Citizen of the Universe’, is available to read (link below).✨🔮 #DoctorWho #ClaraOswald

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Halo @halo.gg · 08/10/2025

Celebrate Haloween with a spooky new story! The crew of the UNSC Saturn deal with the consequences of a catastrophic Flood outbreak at LV-31, and a fanatical alien cult seeks to find a new path to divine transcendence. 📗 aka.ms/Atropos 🔊 aka.ms/AtroposAudio

Cover art of Ascension on Atropos depicting a planet with two ring systems in space beneath the maw of a Flood-infected Spartan's Dirgesinger form

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

One of the most unforgettable and arresting first-time cinematic experiences of all time. For two and a half hours, it was as if the rest of the world ceased to exist.

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Halo @halo.gg · 14/09/2025

War journalist Benjamin Giraud pieces together stories of heroism and sacrifice from archives of recorded communications during the fall of Reach. 📗 aka.ms/GhostsAndGlass 📁 aka.ms/GhostsAndGlassPDF 🔊 aka.ms/GhostsAndGlassAudio

Ghosts and Glass art depicting a Spartan holding a nuclear device aloft with their helmet knocked off while a Covenant army swarms him.

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Isaac Hannaford @isaachannaford.com · 21/08/2025

Cover for Halo: New Blood

ODST Buck with a field of green and a futuristic city behind him.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

you're gonna wanna see this

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Halo @halo.gg · 10/07/2025

As Created forces continue to close their grip on an occupied Earth, the Peoples' Resistance of Mombasa seek to expose a dire act of escalation committed by Cortana. 📗 aka.ms/Moonrise 📁 aka.ms/MoonrisePDF 🔊 aka.ms/MoonriseAudio

Halo: Moonrise Over Mombasa cover art depicting a young human boy looking up at a Forerunner armiger in a dusty street.

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Could not believe my eyes when even the work-in-progress version of Levi's cover came in—an artist who I've admired since I was a young'un on the Bungie forums reading A Fistful of Arrows. Still can't quite believe that this will soon be a real thing that exists!

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Halo @halo.gg · 03/07/2025

Collecting over thirty short stories, including ten brand-new tales exclusive to the print edition, Halo: Waypoint Chronicles - Volume One releases in 2026. Take a peek at the full cover art by Levi "Leviathan" Hoffmeier! 📕 aka.ms/WaypointChroniclesCover 🛍️ aka.ms/WaypointChroniclesPreOrder

Cover art crop of Halo: Waypoint Chronicles - Volume One cover art illustrated by Levi Hoffmeier depicting a U N S C frigate, a Warthog driving past a Forerunner beam tower, Despondent Pyre, a Promethean Knight, Ilsa Zane, a Flood-infected Spartan, Laurette Agryna, Escharum, Fahl 'Nto, and Jun-A266.

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

New Halo story to end your week. Farewell, Nysa 😔🙏

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Halo @halo.gg · 06/06/2025

The fate of the Avery J. Johnson Academy hangs in the balance as the Banished invasion begins. 📗 aka.ms/AcademyBattle2 📁 aka.ms/AcademyBattle2PDF 🔊 aka.ms/AcademyBattle2Audio

Battle for the Academy Part 2 cover art depicting Ilsa Zane at the center surrounded by her dreadnought Ghost of Kholo, Iratus, Chieftain Atticus, and two Phantoms

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

not been very active on here lately so here are some cat pics 👀🐈‍⬛

Photo of the glorious black cat known as Hocus living his best life

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Some super exciting news this issue! Waypoint Chronicles will be released as a print anthology book (with an extra TEN short stories added) next year. And we're lifting the lid on when Edge of Dawn is set... 👀

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Halo @halo.gg · 30/05/2025

Canon Fodder returns with a new Waypoint Chronicle anthology novel announcement, a blurb reveal for Kelly Gay's next highly anticipated novel Halo: Edge of Dawn, and more fanciful fiction! ✨ aka.ms/CanonFodder163

Halo Infinite screenshot showing the Master Chief, the Weapon, and Fernando Esparza

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Ah, he never disappoints.

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Special delivery from Vault-Tec today, been waiting a whole year for this!

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 12/03/2025

A lovely thread on genAI and game design from the ever-phenomenal @lizardengland.bsky.social

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Kala Elizabeth 🐙 @kalaelizabeth.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

With the rampant and rising transphobia in America, I just want to be extremely clear that transphobes deserve absolutely nothing. Trans people deserve to live freely and safely and anyone who thinks, speaks or acts against trans people is not worthy of breathing. May transphobes perish

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

While I haven't really been gelling with the combat, there isn't so much as a single frame of NEVA that doesn't make me want to get back to painting. This game is utterly beautiful—nobody does it quite like Nomada Studio.

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 10/03/2025

One second from every scene in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace.

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Playing through shorter games over the weekend after hoovering up a bunch on sale. Completed 'Nobody Wants To Die' in two sittings, a solid seven hours that immerses you in a science fiction noir short story. Fantastic concepts, stunning visuals, enjoyable puzzles—really enjoyed my time with this!

Screenshot of Nobody Wants To Die (2024)

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

HALO: EMPTY THRONE released today! This is the fourth Halo novel I've had the pleasure of working on, and this one is an absolute beast—characters and story threads many years in the making come to a head while laying foundations for the future. 📖 aka.ms/EmptyThrone

Halo: Empty Throne cover art crop showing a one-legged child with a crutch and a Spartan escaping a Forerunner structure with a blue explosion

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Six hours in and having an absolutely fantastic time with Avowed—combat is really fun, exploration of the world feels great, it's wonderfully vibrant, and I'm always here for Obsidian's storytelling charm.

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I miss video game manuals so much. Opening the case to get That New Game Smell™, the artistry and lore put into these little bits and bobs was something I always really loved and appreciated. A real shame this was such an early casualty of the push towards digital.

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Sam Lake @samlakewrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

A long time ago, games used to come with manuals. The prologue of Max Payne.

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Few things in life are better than becoming utterly enraptured by a piece of art and feeling it creatively searing itself into your soul. That’s been Twin Peaks for me this month.

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illumi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

they should invent unprecedented times that are good

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Long version: Games have slid so far into the tech sector that corporate leadership forgets that they're art. When you strip the human element out of your storytelling mechanisms, the humans who consume it won't enjoy it. You lose the bet. Short version: aaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Done nothing but engross myself in Twin Peaks over the last three days. I remember watching the first season when I was very young but never saw the second—feels very special to come back to it now, fully equipped to appreciate not just its brilliance but more importantly David Lynch's heart.

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a man in a suit and tie is giving a thumbs up in front of a red wall .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is giving a thumbs up in front of a red wall .

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 19/01/2025

A little motivation for your Sunday from David Lynch 🤍

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 19/01/2025

Respectfully & from the bottom of my heart, if you think anything in the world could justify this, you’re a monster or an idiot or some impressive combination of both.

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Richard Whittall @rwhittall.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

One thing about David Lynch is that he was popular on social media beyond the fact of his incredible output, but because he staunchly associated creating art with something tremendously positive and life-giving, and believed suffering stifled ingenuity. He believed making art is an act of love.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

We should never forget David Lynch’s own words about this

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

In 2021, I had the pleasure of working on Halo as part of the incredible Community Team. Next week, after three amazing years, that great journey ends and a new one begins as I join the Halo Studios Franchise Team. See you in Seattle! 💚💙

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nagunkgunk @nagunkgunk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

2015 - when i realized that thru the power of art, i could give master chief many tiny fluffy dogs #halo #halofanart

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Alan Wake's American Nightmare was cool for what it was, I enjoyed it as something of a coda and side story to the first game. That said, replaying the same three levels three times over? Definitely ended up dragging my feet through to the end by the third reset loop. Onto Alan Wake II at last!

Screenshot of Alan Wake's American Nightmare

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CeramicToast on bsky! @ceramictoast.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Discomfort is not harm. Internalize that. Discomfort is not harm, and if you're made uncomfortable by the work of a total stranger who does not know you exist, you can just process on your own and move on. You do not need to make it anyone's "fault" and no one needs to be "held accountable" for it.

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Sam Lake @samlakewrites.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Having a coffee with many lovely friends, on and off camera, in 2024 ❤️. Happy New Year, everyone ✨✨✨. Looking forward to 2025 ☕️.

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Finished up Alan Wake after I was too chicken to play through it over thirteen years ago. Loved this game, can easily see why it became a cult classic—the way they evolved some of the gameplay elements in the special episodes was fantastic! Onto Alan Wake's American Nightmare.

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

An excerpt from a short story released back in February this year celebrating the seventh birthday of Halo Wars 2. This part in particular from Captain Cutter's perspective as a man almost thirty years out of time was a joy to write—almost as much of a as making the UNSC Spirit of Fire's cat canon.

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Alex Wakeford @haruspis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

This one's a bit abstract and there's no way to not sound ridiculous describing it... but there's a bit near the end of GRIS where a big sea monster representing grief is chasing you and you get rescued by a pink turtle as the music absolutely soars. That is *the* example that comes to mind for me.

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