Author: halo@bungie.org
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Double XP for Spartan Ops
If you aren’t yet at SR130, you probably never got involved in the Doritos Double XP promotion. For this subset of the Halo 4 community, 343 has a new promotion – play Spartan Ops during the weekend of May 3-5 (that’s next weekend), earn 10 Double XP m…
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A Touching Farewell
Foan Song sent word of his beautifully sad piano rendition of Halo 4’s love theme, Green and Blue… followed by To Galaxy. Really wonderful. Go listen. (Louis Wu 23:02:46 UTC)
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Driving a Pelican on Warrens
t00lbox is back with a new trick from Warrens (the Spartan Ops level) – wanna fly a Pelican? You can!(Louis Wu 23:01:57 UTC)
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Hunter becomes the Hunted
Rockslider let us know about a Halo 3 campaign video released by Sliding Ghost – a lot of work was put into bringing a boatload of Elites up the elevator in The Covenant… and the payoff was fantastic. Elites vs Hunter… that was fun. Elites trading …
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Versus Ep. 6: Sanctuary Snipefest
aPK came by with a new Versus episode – he and Clicked faced off on Sanctuary, and I laughed more than once. It’s a lot of fun watching people who enjoy each other’s company try and shoot each other’s face off! Check it out. (Louis Wu 22:53:41 UTC)
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Fails of the Weak 136
The latest Fails of the Weak is pretty full of splatters – same team, other team, driver himself, it doesn’t matter. They all get mushed. Watch it on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 16:01:11 UTC)
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Making Halo 4: A Story About Triple-A
Over at Gamasutra, there’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how Halo 4 came together with a team that didn’t exist before the game’s inception. Love the game or hate it, the article provides some really interesting tidbits about why certain choi…
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Poker Face
TTL Demag0gue told us about the newest Reclaimer – sometimes you just have to roll the dice.(Louis Wu 19:15:38 UTC)
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BTB.net Spring 2013 $1000 Halo 4 Tournament
BigTeamBattle.net is hosting a Spring Challenge tournament – top prize is $1000! Get your team of 8 together, qualify yourselves, and kick some butt! Thanks, Hexudus. (Louis Wu 19:14:06 UTC)
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Anoj’s Top 10 Lucky Kills: Episode 25
Anoj has released another Top 10 video – this one shows off his Top 10 Lucky Kills. There are some Spartan 117-worthy examples of luck in there! Thanks to Jordan Bell, who really enjoyed #2. (It’s pretty impressive.) Go watch!(Louis Wu 19:11:36 UTC)
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PGCR 159 – Epic Rap Battle Edition
Robowski sent word of Post Game Carnage Report 159 – Halo, other games, a rap battle… go listen! (Louis Wu 18:44:46 UTC)
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Sanctuary is back
aPK has released his Sanctuary remake – you can watch a video run-through, or just download a copy to your Xbox – appears to be pretty faithful! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 19:15:48 UTC)
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Dark Horse picks up Halo: Initiation
According to Wired, the next Halo comic to hit the bookstores will be from Dark Horse – and it will tell the origin story of Sarah Palmer. Interesting! Thanks to Grizzlei for pointing it out, even if she hates the idea…(Louis Wu 19:13:48 UTC)
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Here, piggy piggy piggy
Michael and Ray play Achievement PIG with a series of what looks like pretty rough maps. (Might just be their skill level… but it’s probably the maps. Maybe.) Watch it on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks as usual to Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 16:55:35 UTC)
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One-Bomb gets simulated in H4
SEspider misses Assault – so he tweaked the Grifball gametype a little bit to bring it back (sort of). There are hardcoded changes he can’t override… but it’s playable. Go read his description, and then grab a copy to play with!(Louis Wu 16:50:38 UTC)
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One-Bomb gets simulated in H4
SEspider misses Assault – so he tweaked the Grifball gametype a little bit to bring it back (sort of). There are hardcoded changes he can’t override… but it’s playable. Go read his description, and then grab a copy to play with!(Louis Wu 16:50:38 UTC)
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This Bulletin Is Not a Natural Formation
The latest Halo Bulletin is now available. Check it out to see a short and sweet blurb on Jen “I’d Listen To You Read a Phonebook” Taylor, as well as further details on weapon tuning and some tasty hints on Campaign easter eggs in Halo 4. Oh, and we al…
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Halo 4 Plays of the Week Ep 1
We heard from Edge that Halotracker has posted ‘Halo 4 Plays of the Week Ep 1’, focusing on clips from Action Sack (more specifically, Binary Rifle kills from Action Sack). Short and sweet!(Louis Wu 20:45:25 UTC)
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The aPK Cast Ep 1: Skyline TS/Mikwen PoV
aPK has kicked off yet ANOTHER new series – this one is called the aPK Cast, and has running commentary from aPK and Bl4ck, a caster from Arena Gaming League. The game is Skyline Team Slayer, from Mikwen’s point of view. Really entertaining, across the…
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The aPK Cast Ep 1: Skyline TS/Mikwen PoV
aPK has kicked off yet ANOTHER new series – this one is called the aPK Cast, and has running commentary from aPK and Bl4ck, a caster from Arena Gaming League. The game is Skyline Team Slayer, from Mikwen’s point of view. Really entertaining, across the…
