Year: 2012
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Podtacular 333 – now with more War Games
Dust Storm let us know that Podtacular 333 is out – it’s an interview with 343’s Kevin Franklin (Competitive Multiplayer Lead Designer for Halo 4) about upcoming changes, future vision for Wargames, and more. What are you waiting for? Go listen! Update…
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Leave Out All the Rest
AssaultGodzilla’s back, with a remake of a vid he did in 2010. Same song, new footage. As always, great attention to detail. Interesting juxtaposition of Spartans/Elites. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:09:30 UTC)
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Earning the Ep 5 SpOps Cheevos
The fifth Spartan Ops episode gives you options for 3 separate Achievements – and two of them have caused people a little bit of trouble. MixMaker1 put together a video showing you what you REALLY need to do to earn each one – worth a look!(Louis Wu 16…
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Out of the Cauldron…
Chuckthelittlealien found a hole in the boundaries surrounding the final Chapter of yesterday’s Spartan Ops episode – check out his video to see how to get out of The Cauldron! (Not sure he meant this in a clever way, but I loved how he ended the video…
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Bite off more than you can chew – then readjust.
Xbox360Magazine has an interview with Kiki Wolfkill in their latest issue; this isn’t actually online for free (they’re selling it, after all), but the teaser has a couple of choice quotes that cast an interesting light on the thought process of 343. T…
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Retooling the Playlists – a suggestion
CyReN put together a visual guide to some Playlist changes he thinks would make Halo 4 Matchmaking better… go give it a read!(Louis Wu 15:54:04 UTC)
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Binary Slayer – Thrust and Kill
IGN released a video showing you how to create a custom gametype called ‘Binary Slayer’ – this one is played around the 343 office, and looks to be frenetic (and likely frustrating at times). Hopefully, the day will come soon when we can point you to a…
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Halo Fix: Halo 4 Top 5 Ep 1
Halo Fix released their first Halo 4 Top 5 video yesterday – I’m not sure about the order, but the clips were fun to watch. Just three and a half minutes – go see!(Louis Wu 15:50:18 UTC)
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Podtacular 333: War Games Spectacular
Get the inside scoop about the ground work behind War Games with Lead Multiplayer Designer, Kevin Franklin. Continue reading →
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The Making of Halo 4’s Spartan Ops
IGN has posted another video – this time showing off the development of Halo 4’s new cooperative mode, Spartan Ops. Thanks, ElzarTheBam.(mastrbiggy 23:18:08 UTC)
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Take a Tour of Harvest
IGN posted a developer walkthrough of Harvest, one of the maps included in the Crimson Map Pack. Looks nice! An interesting question Ryan McCaffrey asked Kynan Pearson was ‘how much of this map was affected by user feedback over the past month?’ (The a…
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LASOing the Mammoth
Have you felt like you’re spending too much time on Campaign levels? RC Master has released yet another Halo 4 speed run – this one is a LASO run on Reclaimer, in under 18 minutes. Go learn how to whip through that puppy! Update: Link fixed – sorry!(L…
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Spartan Up Live
Ready Up Live ran through Spartan Ops Episode 4 this weekend – wild, wacky, and willful! (Bonus RvB easter egg location included.) Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:54:05 UTC)
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Harvest – IGN’s Halo 4 Crimson Map Pack Developer Walkthrough
From IGN: Halo 4 lead multiplayer map designer Kynan Pearson shows off “Harvest” from the Crimson Map Pack. See Harvest brought to life for the first time in a game! Harvest – IGN’s Halo 4 Crimson Map Pack Developer Walkthrough
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Community Member of the Week: Yiazmat012
Every Monday, we feature a community member who does one or more of the following things: routinely goes above and beyond for their fellow forum members, is a positive and active member of the community, and/or sends me mass amounts of cat pictures. Th…
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Theatrical Halo 4 (Full Campaign and Cutscenes)
The Tyrant let us know that he’s got a full run-through of Halo 4 (cutscenes and everything) online – it’s a ‘theatrical presentation’, designed to give you the story as it was intended to be delivered. It’s nearly 6 hours long! (Louis Wu 17:32:18 UTC)
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Spartan Ops Ep 5 Cinematic – now archived
Spartan Ops Episode 5 is up now on Xbox LIVE – and the cinematic that goes with it is now available in our Spartan Ops Cutscene Library. Thorne REALLY doesn’t like following orders, does he? (There’s a small stutter around 1:22 in – but it appeared on …
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Filling the glass with carnage
More coolness from padraig08 – this time culled from Reddit. Check out these amazing Christmas ornaments!(Louis Wu 16:32:04 UTC)
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Ops-Cast Episode 4: Didact Juice
MoltenSlowa and crew recorded Ops-Cast Episode 4 – this one goes through (surprise, surprise) Spartan Ops Ep 4. Go listen!(Louis Wu 16:29:15 UTC)