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If you live in or near Essex, UK, you should try to get to Xtreme Gaming this Friday – they’ll be showing off Halo 4 for 5 hours during the afternoon. Thanks, Hypertrooper! (Louis Wu 16:37:34 UTC)

nscuDuncan stopped in to announce that his MS Paint Halo 3 contest has been wrapped up – you can view the entries (and the winners) on HaloGAF.com. Take a look – cool stuff!(Louis Wu 19:39:24 UTC)

Bungie posted a new Mail Sack yesterday – lots and lots of input from lots and lots of employees. Some great answers to fan-generated questions – go read!(Louis Wu 17:40:58 UTC)

Bryan Simon is back with a new Halo song – this one uses Eminem’s ‘Without Me’ as the inspiration for a plea for the return of Master Chief. Guest rapper u4iX adds his own battle rhymes. Go watch! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 17:25:33 UTC)

Hypertrooper pointed out a Halo 4 Remix Soundtrack contest – there’s an official video from Xbox UK (you can download it off the US Press site, as well – thanks, Morpheus), and a contest website to enter your own remix. You’ve got until October 29 to …

It looks like Microsoft South Africa is hosting a Halo 4 tourney, with the top prize being a trip to Gamescom 2013 (in Cologne, Germany) next August. Not too shabby! If you live in SA, sign up! Thanks, TheOddOne. (Louis Wu 14:08:24 UTC)

AddiCt3d 2CHa0s put together a small progression vid showing his work on a ‘pet Promethean’ – pretty cool! (Louis Wu 15:45:42 UTC)

TDSpiral continues to impress – this time, it’s his envisioning of the Didact’s face. (Check the rest of the thread – there’s tons of new artwork in there!) (Louis Wu 19:47:25 UTC)

samurai let us know that the HaloOrbit team put the three Halo 4 weapons videos (Human, Covenant, and Promethean) released by 343 recently together – in one sub-4-minute video. If you can’t abide by the idea of switching between videos to see all weap…

This week’s Fails of the Weak contains a lot of Campaign footage – watch it on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 16:57:22 UTC)

Following up on their popular Double XP promotion with Modern Warfare 3, Mountain Dew (and Doritos) will be kicking off Double XP for Halo 4, starting on October 14. The site is currently just a teaser placeholder… but the rules can be made visible,…

pete_the_duck has a change he’d like to suggest for Halo 4’s Capture the Flag mode. I’ll get behind that…(Louis Wu 17:14:13 UTC)

HT Edge sent word that Halotracker has posted clips for their Pick of the Week #2 feature – and you get to vote. Watch the clips here, then swing by their forum and vote for your favorites.(Louis Wu 17:12:42 UTC)

The New York Post has a preview of Halo 4 – not a lot new, but a nice mainstream venue.(Louis Wu 22:03:14 UTC)

Couple of new previews of Halo 4 from outlets that have been at recent press events – T3 has one, Pocket-lint has another. Are you content’d out yet? (Louis Wu 23:00:17 UTC)

Sparky, from MacGamingMods, let us know about HaloDemoMods – a site for modding Mac Halo. Swing by MGM to read about Zeus, a new site for uploading and modifying Halo map and tag files. Then upload stuff! (Louis Wu 22:39:48 UTC)

I said that Hypertrooper had collected all the Halo 4 content I’d seen – I was mistaken. IGN posted a video showing off the new Halo 4 Legendary symbol – Bryan Newman pointed it out last night. Reaction on our forum has been… less than positive. (Lo…

Whoa. Check out this Cortana cosplay – amazing. Thanks to Hypertrooper, who found it via SirPwn4g3’s twitter feed.(Louis Wu 17:11:29 UTC)

The Waypoint Blog has a video showing off a really cool upgrade for RvB’s Lopez – I’d LOVE to find this as a loadout. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:32:49 UTC)

u4iX put together a short look at the Halo 4 Boltshot, a new weapon we’re starting to get info on. It’s a pistol! It’s a shotgun! It’s a dessert topping! Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 13:58:35 UTC)