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Mythic Tips and Tricks Vol VI: Killing Promethean Knights
The Tyrant has released another episode of his Mythic Tips & Tricks series – this one focuses on the Promethean Knight. Some things in here might be familiar to you – but some won’t be! Take a look.(Louis Wu 21:28:16 UTC)
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Last chance to vote!
If you haven’t voted yet in our Guilt O’ Lantern contest – do it now! We’re going to close voting tomorrow at noon, Pacific time. If you haven’t found the time to look through the entries, find it today! We need your help in picking the best winners! (…
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GDC Vault Frees Up Bungie Design Talks
The 2010 Game Developer Conference contained a talk by Jaime Griesemer in which he described why the time between shots for the Halo 3 sniper rifle was increased from 0.5 to 0.7 seconds – and right after the event, Bungie released his slides in their P…
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Buy a Master Chief Sculpt for Christmas
Jason Evans has been casting sculpts of Master Chief for a few years now – I bought a couple from his 2011 series. This summer, he posted pics of a Halo 4 version – and he’s back, with a Facebook page that you can use to buy a new version that will be …
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Halo Escalation Details: Eps 2-3
mikimarquez returns with more info about Halo: Escalation, the Dark Horse comic series about the ongoing adventures of the UNSC Infinity. Episode 2 (search the page for ‘escalation’) is due out on January 8, while Episode 3 (again, search) is coming Fe…
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The Week in Review
343 posted a new Halo Bulletin last night – there’s a recap of a recent Community Playdate, details on the Ricochet Forge Contest winners, a new Community Choice poll, an update on the Team Slayer playlist, and some cool Grav Hammer screenshots. Go rea…
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Spartan Assault Achievements – for console versions
Interesting. Halo Waypoint has posted the Spartan Assault Achievements for the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One – and they’re different. There are twice as many points for each achievement on the Xbox One as you get on the 360 – and there are two achievements…
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Lost But Not Forgotten
Red vs Blue Season 11 has wrapped up – Episode 19 was released last night. Aside from a pretty cool new song, the episode not only closes out the season… but gives you a reason to look forward to Season 12. Go watch! (Discussion on our forum kicked o…
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Forging The Future
There’s a new interview with Forgers Pete the Duck and Nillapuddin over at Forward Unto Dawn – it’s a pretty interesting discussion. Go give it a read! Thanks, davidfuchs.(Louis Wu 21:52:48 UTC)
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AGL Closes Down
Wow, bummer. Arena Gaming League has closed down – read the statement on the Team Beyond website. Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 23:47:50 UTC)
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The Birth of Xbox LIVE
Polygon has a fantastic look back at the birth of Xbox Live – and surprisingly, Halo (which didn’t have a live-enabled title for the first two years of the service) plays a pretty sizable role. Great read! Thanks, cheapLEY (and e!)(Louis Wu 23:45:45 UTC)
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The Pumpkins Need You!
This is just a reminder that voting is underway for our Guilt O’ Lantern contest – if you haven’t cast your votes yet, please swing by and do so! (You get 5 of them, so you don’t need to pick your absolute favorite pumpkin.)(Louis Wu 23:00:19 UTC)
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Workin’ on the Drives
343 Artist Sparth has been doing a bunch of ’30 minute sketches’ recently – and his latest one is called ‘Stardrive Maintenant’. Wow… just wow. (Louis Wu 22:58:39 UTC)
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Thinking Holistically about the Halo Franchise
IGN talked to Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer about a variety of subjects – and he had some pretty interesting stuff to say about Halo Wars, both the existing product and what might come from it in the future. Go see! Thanks, Revenant1988.(Lou…
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Halo 4 WTF Moments: Infinite Devil Machine
The Tyrant sent word of a new Halo 4 WTF Moment – which is actually longer than a moment. It’s a 6-minute video from a run through Reclaimer, and it shows you what can happen when you circumvent the rules. Breaking one thing sometimes breaks a lot more…
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Fails of the Weak Volume 164
Geoff and Gavin look at the latest batch of fails in this week’s Fails of the Weak (viewable either on AchievementHunter.com or YouTube) – and while most clips show semi-familiar stuff (this IS the 164th episode, after all), the last fail is pretty imp…
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Podtacular 397
Dust Storm let us know about Podtacular 397 – with discussion ranging from Spartan Assault to the future of Halo. Go give it a listen! (Louis Wu 20:49:48 UTC)