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Guilt O’ Lantern Prizes – Preliminary List Up
Took longer than I’d expected, and I still don’t have it all photographed… but the preliminary prize list for the Guilt O’ Lantern contest has been posted. (Thanks to both Bungie and 343, not to mention Lawnmower172, for their generous contributions…
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BSR Review: FUD Ep 3
Big Shiny Robot’s SenadorKooch took a close look at today’s Forward Unto Dawn episode – while he enjoyed it, his review is not all roses and rainbows. Go see what he thought!(Louis Wu 17:28:52 UTC)
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Strip Halo? Really?
We’re all familiar with product placement in TV shows and movies – but sometimes, the end result makes you shake your head. Halo 4 made an appearance in Wednesday night’s Hart of Dixie, a show on the CW. Horrible Night explained why it’s so awkwardly …
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A life-sized Warthog
343 is building a new Warthog. It’s not like the Weta Warthog they already have – it’s actually full-scale. (The Weta ‘hog is smaller than the in-game dimensions would suggest, mostly to make it human-sized.) You can get a sneak peek at it in a G4TV s…
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Silentium Delayed
Looks like Tor Books has announced that Silentium, the third novel in the Greg Bear Forerunner trilogy, has been delayed – it won’t be out in January, as expected, but in March. Bummer! Thanks, TheOddOne.(Louis Wu 17:08:56 UTC)
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Awakening
ScOuRgE3 stopped by with a link to his newest Halo 4 fan art – nice work! Check it out.(Louis Wu 17:05:45 UTC)
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Halo 4 Tops Nielson Most-Anticipated List
Mobile & Apps has some results from the Nielson polling group that might surprise – as of this week, Halo 4 is the most-anticipated game for the Xbox 360, beating out Black Ops 2 by a quarter of a percent. (Heh – and that’s not within the margin o…
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Tyrant’s Halo 2 Walkthrough – Triple Play
The Tyrant has stepped up his rate of walkthrough chapter completions – to make up for the fact that his coverage of Gravemind isn’t finished yet, he’s released guides for Uprising, High Charity, and The Great Journey. (There’s also a shout-out to Mik…
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Green and Blue
Edge sent word that he’s put together a multiplayer montage of Halo 4 footage, collected from various official releases. Go watch! (Louis Wu 16:58:03 UTC)
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Podtacular – more like Contentacular!
Dust Storm let us know how busy the Podtacular team’s been – Podtacular 319 is live (discussing FUD Ep 2), a new episode of PodTV looks at the Halo 4 Forge footage unveiled by Gamespot last week, and Podtacular 320 takes their first look at the extende…
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Friday’s Fan Fiction, One Week Late
There were two new pieces in the Fan Fiction queue last week… but we were sorta busy. Sorry about that! Go read ’em now.(Louis Wu 16:51:50 UTC)
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PGCR 134
Robowski sent word (a couple of days ago, we’re sorry) that the Post Game Carnage Report crew teamed up with the Drunken Halo crew to discuss the first couple of episodes of Forward Unto Dawn on PGCR 134. (There’s also info about the winner of their X…
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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn – Part 3
Forward Unto Dawn Part 3 debuted today – and as 343 promised a few times recently, it DEFINITELY ramped up the excitement. A really fantastic piece of work – something for everyone from the hardest-core extended universe wonk to the most casual “I jus…
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Scanned
If you missed Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, you can see the brand-new live-action/CG Halo 4 promo piece ‘Scanned’ on Xbox’s YouTube channel… it’s amazing. Go watch it. (And join the discussion on our forum.) Update: It’s on the Xbox Press …
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Podtacular 320: First Look at Halo’s Extended Fiction
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. Continue reading →
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Halo Bulletin – Puzzleicious
As is the case on most Wednesday evenings, the Halo Bulletin went live last night. It contains a bunch of stuff you probably could have predicted it would have (new shots of a Halo 4 map – in this case, Meltdown; information about a Halo weapon – in th…
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Are You Worthy?
The Swedish promotional ‘Are You Worthy?’ site we mentioned a few days ago is live now (thanks, Mr Daax). While the contest itself is open only to Swedes, you can certainly participate in the Training Session – and if you like Halo trivia, you should…
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For people with too much money…
Wow. I’ve seen overpriced Halo auctions before… but this one might take the cake. Over at Halo Waypoint, Pocket Dorkfish has posted a link to an eBay auction in which he’s selling some sealed games, some giveaways from release parties/conventions, a…
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Live-action Halo 4 Ad… incoming!
NowGamer has a small article about the Halo 4 ad premiering tonight on Jimmy Fallon Live – and it includes a teaser pic. Drool! Thanks, ElzarTheBam.(Louis Wu 19:40:25 UTC)
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IGN/343 Halo 4 Haven Walkthrough
One of the earliest Halo 4 multiplayer maps we got to see was Haven – interestingly, it’s near the end of IGN’s series of Map Walkthroughs. The Haven episode was released this morning – take a look to make sure you’ve found all the nooks and crannies …