Design Origins of the Flood

Last week, Bungie released a very cool article for fans of the Halo franchise detailing the design origins of the Flood, from when Halo was originally in development as an RTS to the Flood's debut in Halo: Combat Evolved, to their further evolution with each title in the franchise.

Featuring some cool concept art and shots you may not have seen before (though some has appeared in art books), you can read the whole thing right here. It's also interesting to note that some concepts which never made it into Bungie's titles did make it into Halo Wars, like Grunt Combat Forms (concept art pictured).