Month: December 2012

Whoa. Some folks at Modacity have managed to get 4-player Coop working for Halo CE, in System Link. (The original game supported only two-player splitscreen.) Awesome! Thanks, orznge.(Louis Wu 17:30:24 UTC)

nillapuddin stopped by with a bunch of remakes of his own, after reading our ‘Forgotten Treasures’ post from yesterday. Check out Astroturf (another Turf remake), Keystone (a reimagining of Foundation), and Forsaken (a rebuild of Desolation, itself a r…

Can you watch this Things to do in: Halo 4 film from the Achievement Hunter crew and NOT laugh? (If you can, you’re more adult than I am. You don’t need to tell me about it.)(Louis Wu 17:24:51 UTC)

Skywalker DSP stopped in with a link to a CTF game on Harvest, commentated by him and his buddy. I wish I faced more teams like they were facing… it’s a fun film.(Louis Wu 17:23:33 UTC)

Barrow Roll pointed out painted versions of two new figures coming from Play Arts Kai – a Spartan Soldier and Spartan Ops Commander Sarah Palmer. (We saw unpainted versions of these figures in September – nice to see them finished!) They’ll be availabl…

Still more concept art from 343 employees – Kotaku’s got a gallery of Michael Pedro’s Halo work. Awesome stuff! Thanks, Demoncarnotaur.(Louis Wu 18:37:51 UTC)

The crew of the fan-made live-action film The Fallen have released a new teaser – that’s a pretty awesome Jackal! Go watch. Thanks, SonGoharotto.(Louis Wu 18:35:54 UTC)

The Secrets Within has posted a new review of Halo 4 – this one was written by Chronarch. It’s long. (Louis Wu 18:32:28 UTC)

Gunner Eleven is back with the second episode of his Big Dumb Gunner Show – this one gets out from behind the desk. Go catch up on the news!(Louis Wu 18:30:36 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY has released The Fails of Requiem Episode 2 – I loved the angles! (The Mantis takeover at about a minute in made me laugh.) Go watch. (Louis Wu 18:29:00 UTC)

Ready Up Live’s Greenskull and Minolta1034 were interviewed by a local radio station – go see how it turned out!(Louis Wu 18:24:40 UTC)

Matthew Burns worked on Halo 3, ODST, Halo Reach, and Halo 4 – now he’s working on a new music game. Polygon wants to tell you about it. Thanks, Arithmomaniac.(Louis Wu 18:22:28 UTC)

MixMaker1 put together a video showing you tips on getting the Crimson Map Pack Achievements – quick, grab ’em before your free maps are disabled!(Louis Wu 18:19:19 UTC)

Hedge played on Wreckage last night. While other people were shooting enemies in the face, he was taking gorgeous pictures. Go look.(Louis Wu 18:14:56 UTC)

MrGreencastle has been keeping an eye on the Forgotten Treasures thread at ForgeHub – yesterday he pointed out a remake of Turf, and another of Construct. Both of ’em look amazing! (Not sure how well Construct would play with jetpacks, though…)(Louis…

Back in September, we pointed out a humorous recap of Halo 2 from videogamedunkey – he released a Halo 3 version last month. (Thanks, ElzarTheBam.) There were some great lines in there.(Louis Wu 18:10:51 UTC)