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Halo: Spartan Assault Part of Games with Gold For X1
Microsoft announced that Games with Gold is coming to Xbox One in June. Halo: Spartan Assault will be among the first Games with Gold titles for Xbox One. You can read Major Nelson’s official statements here. Thanks, thebruce0. (mastrbiggy 22:03:32 UTC)
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The Drunken Halo Podcast Ep 75
Justin Bryce let us know that episode 75 of the Drunken Halo podcast is live – go listen!(mastrbiggy 21:54:33 UTC)
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Proving Ground Top 200: 5.13.14
Below, you’ll find the final top 200 players in the Proving Ground playlist for the latest season, which ended on May 12! We’d like to congratulate the top players for their performance over the past eight weeks. You can track your CSR (Competitive Skill Rank) for the playlist by visiting your Halo 4 Service Record. To learn more about CSR, head here. Only CSR 50 players will have a progress bar next to their ranking, which will allow for direct comparison between other CSR 50 players. Stay tuned for next season’s Top 200 leaderboard!
Rank MVP CSR 1 Bi0h 
2 Twissted Mindss 3 FlawlessNSP 4 ElBurgerWeiner 5 DHGBR0 821543 6 Infinite sweat 
7 Skiperior 
8 MISS SKIP 
9 ZeuCifer 
10 Dirtying 11 NadeFame 
12 Alanimaul 
13 Sour Onion 14 GooN iZz BacK 15 xXBOXx L1VE 16 Gamble007 17 Honest Paradox 
18 Smoke Yadig 19 I Shoota I 20 WhyIsMyButtSore 
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Halo: Spartan Assault PC on Sale
Humble Bundle is currently selling Halo: Spartan Assault for $2.49 as part of their Spring Sale. 10% of the proceeds go to charity – save money and support a good cause! Thanks, DHalo. (mastrbiggy 21:22:32 UTC)
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2154
Prime999r dropped by with news of his last machinima film titled ‘2154’. The film is entirely in French, so you might need to turn subtitles on, unfortunately YouTube’s subtitles aren’t very good. Visually, the film is very impressive. Prime999r also linked to a Visual Effects reel that shows some of the techniques that were used to make 2154. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 21:21:14 UTC)
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Halo 4 Matchmaking Update: Dominion
Every two weeks we update Halo 4 Matchmaking with exciting new game types, playlist changes and more. You can see what we have planned in the months ahead by visiting the Matchmaking Playlist Calendar, but below you can get details on what’s now available in today’s Halo 4 Matchmaking Update.
Dominion Light
Today, Dominion is making a lean and mean return to Halo 4 Matchmaking as Dominion Light, which features 4 vs. 4 gameplay. The updated game type will feature a faster pace, modified scoring, smaller resupply drops balanced for smaller teams, and a new custom map list.
Team Ninja Assassins
Ninja Assassins is back in Matchmaking! Need a refresher on how Ninja Assassins works? Check out the previous Matchmaking Update here.
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Podtacular 422: It’s Elementary
We were supposed to start our discussions for our Halo 5 roundtables this week, but due to some scheduling conflicts for the people we were getting on, we are going to try again next week. Not to worry though; there’s still plenty of Halo news out there besides the matchmaking update in the weekly Halo Bulletin. Halo Waypoint tweeted out a Minecraft image with a Master Chief Steve skin, a Halo in the sky and what seems to be some custom Halo-themed blocks that hints at a Halo mash-up pack for Minecraft on Xbox. More rumors are floating around the Xbox press conference that will take place at E3 this year. A new Legendary speed-run for the Halo PC campaign was achieved and element 117 was discovered.
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Trick Talks Episode 3
Trick77 let us know about Trick Talks, a series that invites members of European Halo community to talk all things Halo. In the latest episode, Harry ‘ Lethal’ Thomas stops by to discuss the future of competitive Halo. You can also check out episode 1 and episode 2 if you wan to catch up.(mastrbiggy 20:21:39 UTC)
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Halo Fan Art Focus: 5.9.14
Do you have Halo fan art you’d love to share with the world? Send us your images to Twitter @HaloWaypoint with #HaloFanArt, or by email to community[at]HaloWaypoint.com for future consideration!
Spartan
By ARNAXNIMROD
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The Forefathers of the Space Squirrel
Former Bungie environment artist Paul Russel tweeted out some creatures and vehicles that never made it into final version of Halo 1. Marcus Lehto later jumped into the conversation and shared a few more things from the vault. Some of this stuff we’ve seen before, but it’s always nice to take a look at what could have been. If you take the time to read through the conversation you might even gain a little insight into the development of Halo 1. Thanks, Grizzlei. (mastrbiggy 20:36:31 UTC)
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Halo 5 Shows Up In Xbox Trailer
Microsoft’s recently released Xbox One trailer has a little surprise at the 51 second mark – ‘Halo 5 Infinity Slayer on Haven’ appears in the Xbox activity feed. This raised the collective Halo internet eyebrow, but 343i was quick to clarify. As you might have guessed, the image is simply a placeholder. Thanks, Kermit.(mastrbiggy 20:15:23 UTC)
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It’s Wednesday, right?
Once again, way late… but hey, sometimes we forget. This week’s Halo Bulletin went live on Wednesday (as usual)… and it’s worth a read. A great speedrun, playlist updates, new elements, and some slick screenshots – go read! (It’s local, too – as usual.) (Louis Wu 20:07:57 UTC)
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Kotobukyia Master Chief Statue
Waypoint posted a handful of pictures of Kotobukyia’s 12-inch Master Chief statue – it looks pretty slick! Thanks, thebruce0.(mastrbiggy 19:47:49 UTC)
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New Master Chief Statue revealed by Kotobukiya!
From Kotobukiya:
The fans demanded it, and now Kotobukiya triumphantly returns to the best-selling Halo series with an all new Master Chief ARTFX Statue, available in November! Stepping right out of Halo 4, the mega popular video game character wears his MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor and strides down a high tech ramp in a Forerunner facility. The Chief carries his trusty Battle Rifle and comes equipped with two sets of interchangeable arms that let you pose the hero with weapon at the ready or held over his shoulder with a frag grenade in the other hand! The intricately sculpted armor captures every detail you know from the game with screen accurate detail from Chief’s two-tone green armor to his iconic gold hued visor. There’s even limited articulation at the neck and waist so you can create your own poses! Sculpted by M.I.C., Master Chief ARTFX stands nearly 12 inches tall and makes for a perfect centerpiece for your Halo collection. Watch for more ARTFX and ARTFX+ Halo statues coming soon from Kotobukiya!
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Finally, A Halo Terrain Editor
Compton dropped by to let us know that Halo Waypoint tweeted a picture of a Minecraft Master Chief. Apparently Halo content is coming to Minecraft for Xbox – weird.(mastrbiggy 20:24:23 UTC)
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All Units 2?
Joystiq published an article highlighting that Microsoft is looking for an experienced designer to work on an ‘established and well-loved strategy game franchise’. My guess is that Microsoft is referring to Age of Empires. The fact that Microsoft is building an entire team also makes me doubtful that this is related to Halo Wars – though, one can hope. Thanks, MacGyver(mastrbiggy 20:09:44 UTC)
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