Year: 2012
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CruelLEGACEY’s Community Spotlight: Pete the Duck
From CruelLEGACEY: Welcome to the Halo Waypoint Community Spotlight! The Halo community is without a doubt the most active, creative, and talented group of gamers in the world. This feature series will be covering some of the best and brightest our co…
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Reflecting On An Online Revolution
GamesIndustry International has its own article on the 10-year anniversary of Xbox LIVE, and it’s got its own Halo 2-related quotes in it. Bungie President Harold Ryan said “I think Xbox Live wouldn’t have made it without Halo 2”, and Certain Affinity…
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This time, it’s personal.
Almost two years ago, cbwilliams17 told us about Origins Abridged: Part I – today, he’s brought the story up to date with Origins Abridged: Part II. Always nice to see a funny take on a serious story! (Louis Wu 21:07:56 UTC)
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Iterating on a tank
Gamasutra has taken a look at the art direction of Halo 4 – pretty interesting read! Thanks, Quirel. (Louis Wu 21:02:33 UTC)
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Halo HORSE 101
Achievement Hunter posted Halo HORSE 101 (AH.com | YouTube) – it’s a bit different than most of them. Prolific mapmaker Edo Sens created a pretty tough racetrack… and a bunch of AH staffers got three shots each at completing it. We won’t ruin the su…
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2012 VGA Nominees Posted
Spike’s Video Game Awards are gearing up – nominees are posted for 25 separate categories. Halo 4 and 343 have been nominated for seven awards:Studio of the YearBest Xbox 360 GameBest ShooterBest Multi-player GameBest Original ScoreBest GraphicsBest Pe…
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300-0. Ouch.
Snipedown posted an Oddball game on Solace that shows why you really, really, REALLY don’t want to meet Halo pros in Matchmaking. (Snipedown goes 25-0 with 3 Overkills.) Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 20:39:30 UTC)
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Xbox LIVE – the first decade
Today is the 10th anniversary of Xbox LIVE – and for a lot of people, some of the earliest memories of that service are Halo-related. Bungie has put up a collection of thoughts from fans around the interwebs – and even though they chose to use this op…
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Halo Bulletin – November 14
Last night, as with most Wednesday nights, the weekly Halo Bulletin was posted at Halo Waypoint – it’s chock-full of stats. All kinds of stats. Go explore it! (There’s a local copy as well, as always.)(Louis Wu 19:08:30 UTC)
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The Halo Council’s Top 5 Halo 4 Plays, Episode 1
From The Halo Council: This is our first ever Top 5 Halo 4 Plays commentated by our very own NEXY. Enjoy! The Halo Council’s Top 5 Halo 4 Plays, Episode 1
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A super-cool gift to win
Over at NeoGAF, Shadders mentioned that he’s giving away a very cool, you-can’t-buy-it Halo 4 Moleskine notebook – swing by his post – or his Little English Halo Blog – to read what you’d need to do to win it! (He’s also giving away a Limited Edition …
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Videogame, Set, Match
Yesterday, Tex mentioned that Halo made a significant appearance in Tuesday’s episode of ‘Go On’ on NBC – I’d forgotten to mention it until Dart3rocks sent us an online link to the episode. Matthew Perry’s character is addicted to Reach! Take a look. …
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Charity Auction Update
Dogiojoe reminded us that all three segments of her charity auction are live – the first part actually finishes up in the next 6 hours! Go look at what’s available! Proceeds benefit Child’s Play and Idaho Parent’s Unlimited. (Louis Wu 18:53:45 UTC)
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More Reach Knock-Off Fun
Rockslider has expanded his Knock-Off fun in Reach Firefight – go see what’s online!(Louis Wu 18:44:51 UTC)
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Funnies on Fthursday (the F is silent)
It’s a day for Halo comics – Postmortem pointed out a recent episode of Dorkly that looks at the merchandizing of Halo, while RedGrimRune announced a new Halo-themed 6th Circle comic highlighting one of the more entertaining skulls. Go read! (Louis Wu…
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Master Chief at Requiem
RC Master let us know about a picture his girlfriend drew – great stuff!(Louis Wu 18:32:11 UTC)
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A transcendent playing experience outweighs all.
The Atlantic has an article that looks at Halo 4 – the headline is pretty funny:’Halo 4′ Gets Everything Wrong …except for the gameplay, which—as with the first three multi-billion-dollars-selling Halo first-person shooter games—is reall…
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Halo 4 Watcher – A Minecraft Remake
From TiagoMayheM: This is a Halo 4 Watcher I made in Minecraft. Hope you like it! Halo 4 Watcher – A Minecraft Remake