From Indirect:

The sixth installment of my new Halo 4 top ten series is now live. I hope you all enjoy!

Indirect’s Halo 4 Top Ten, Episode 6

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From AgentPaperCraft:

Hello, Waypoint goers! With the addition of community-made content going into Matchmaking, custom maps and game types have become an integral part of Halo’s Multiplayer. Forgers and game type creators often work hours, days and even months on their content before it’s considered for Matchmaking, and it’s usually the lack of having a ready player-base to test their maps that makes it takes so long. So I offer an option to our Forgers, a place to bring your maps and game types to have them tested and reviewed by a group of the top Forgers around. You’ll receive top-notch forging tips and tricks to wow your players, improve map spawn and flow, provide a better map experience and get your name out there. You’ll also get to work directly with the Community Cartographers, a select group of community Forge enthusiasts who work with 343 Industries in the search of top-quality content for Matchmaking consideration. Every Wednesday night at 6PM ET, get an invite by sending “AgentPaperCraft” a message over Xbox LIVE, or leave a comment in the Test Night Thread.

Hope to see you there!

Waypoint Weekly Test Nights

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From omgitskazer:

“Awkward Moments in Halo” is a series about the strange moments we witness when playing Halo 4. This episode focuses on sniping. Enjoy!

Awkward moments in Halo: Sniping – A Halo 4 Machinima

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Some people show their love for Halo by playing the games. Others get a relevant image permanently placed upon their body. Enjoy this particular example of a Halo-related body modification, and if you have a picture you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!

As seen on Drunk Toby and b MiNuS m

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From HT Edge:

Here is the second episode of Halo 4 Plays of the Week. This episode goes over a few Team Sniper clips. Enjoy!

Halo 4 Plays of the Week, Episode 2 – Team Snipers

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From Dust Storm:

Halsey has been confined after being interrogated by Lasky and Palmer, but it doesn’t stop her as an opportunity through Roland presents itself. Overriding Roland, she learns Master Chief is alive and tries to take matters into her own hands, contacting Jul and preparing to leave Infinity. Roland stops her attempts to undermine Lasky’s operation, but Infinity get’s invaded. In response, all Spartan teams are ordered to return to defend Infinity. What will happen to Dr. Halsey from her treachery? Will the Spartans be able to fend off invaders? Find out this week as HaloFanForLife returns once again. Enjoy!

Podtacular – Halo 4 Spartan Ops, Invasion

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From Andrew Gagnon:

In this episode, Wiener Dog Team addresses the fans call for more action from episode 2 and bring to you… BATTLE AT HIGH GROUND!

A Fridge 2 Far 2, Episode 3 – A Halo Toymation

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Today’s Halo 4 Matchmaking update welcomes an encore of Spartan Ops Episode 7, as well as several War Games updates.

Premiering this week is the Community Forge Island playlist, which brings with it 6 new community-made maps on Forge Island. It will be available for a limited time only (until the June 3rd Matchmaking Playlist Update). If you haven’t yet downloaded the free Forge Island canvas, head here to download to your Xbox 360. The Community Cartographers have worked hard to select some of their favorite map and game type combinations:

Map: Elevated by Smexi Bilzo
Infinity Slayer
Capture the Flag – 5 Flag
Extraction 1-Site

Map: Crucifix by Wraith2098
Capture the Flag – 5 Flag
King of the Hill
Infinity Slayer

Map: Onyx by Hahkarazy
Throwdown v3 Slayer
Throwdown Capture the Flag – 5 Flag
SWAT

Map: Confined by Big Papa Salot
TD Slayer Pro
Team Snipers
Capture the Flag – 5 Flag

Map: Ender by The Fated Fire
King of the Hill
Infinity Slayer
SWAT

Map: Forgotten by Flying Shoe ILR
Extraction 1-Site
Capture the Flag – 5 Flag
King of the Hill

Please remember to head to the War Games Feedback section and give us your thoughts on the maps and playlist overall. The Community Cartographers and Forgers will review the feedback prior to selecting which of these fine maps will potentially make their way into Halo 4’s official playlists in future updates.

In addition, Big Team Infinity Slayer and Infinity Slayer have some updates as well.

Big Team Infinity Slayer:

• Slayer Pro added to voting options.

• Complex added to map rotation.

• Voting options reorganized to provide increased variety.

Infinity Slayer:

• Slayer Pro added to voting options.

• Complex removed from map rotation.

• Voting options reorganized to provide increased variety.

Every Monday, we feature a community member who does one or more of the following things: routinely goes above and beyond for their fellow forum members, is a positive and active member of the community, and/or sends me mass amounts of cat pictures. This week our Community Member of the Week is FistOtheUnicorn. Read a little more about this particular fan below, then hit their profile to learn even more!

Gamertag: FistOtheUnicorn.

Origin of Gamertag: My Gamertag FistOtheUnicorn was chosen as a nod to a Halo CEA egg.

Current clan/community: Ancient Warriors, old dudes that play well. Section 3 is the best at what they do.

Favorite map: My favorite map is Sand Tarp. Ahh, see what I did there? CTF on Sandtrap with Elephants was epic.

Favorite mode: I love BTB, but right now I am trying to finish Dominion victory master. Love that Optimus Prime armor!

Favorite game type: I love matchmaking but being an explorer, I enjoy campaign’s nooks and crannies.

Favorite Halo quote: My favorite line belongs to Sgt. Johnson when he says, “This is it baby, hold me.” However, Buck’s ODST silent Legendary ending contribution stands alone.

Anything else we should know? I have been playing Halo since it was released, and have loved watching the game evolve. Halo was developed to be the game that game developers wanted to play. I feel this is still true today. I am a completionist, and have enjoyed every egg found and achievement completed.

Get to know FistOtheUnicorn here

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War Games Weekly Challenges

Spartan Ops Weekly Challenges

Campaign Weekly Challenges

Halo 4 Weekly Challenges

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From Beyond Entertainment:

After Frag is proud to showcase his very first Halo 4 montage featuring slick editing and solid gameplay.

After FraG 1 – A Halo 4 Montage

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Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring a rather fancy vehicle. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!

“Oh, your team has a Warthog? Yeah, we don’t have one of those…” –A sLackEr X
“Hey guys, you’ll never guess what I got in the last ordnance drop!” –ShadowSniper002
“Unfortunately, in order to make room for the armaments, the new Mongoose no longer comes with an engine. Or a horn.” –Pending storm
“Stay close to me. I’m your best chance for survival.” –FlavorousTube8
“Thanks UNSC, for pimping my ride!” –ShadEO9
“Tank beats…. never mind.” –sarcasmbully
“Why are there six pedals if there are only four directions?!” –MeCauseIShotYou
“This isn’t even my final form!” –Manasseh Pauling
“He hasn’t been the same since the vasectomy…” –L3roy J3nkins96
“Imma firin’ ma lazer…and my Rocket Launcher…and my sniper…and my Incineration Cannon… and my-” –SogenSamurai

Now that we’ve wrapped up that picture, let’s start a new one. Up for your captioning pleasure this week is an image featuring a rather fancy vehicle. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!

Author: lizking10152011

Caption your heart out here!

From Dust Storm:

Arena Gaming League has made long strides since its inception back in November 2011 and now it’s the premiere league for competitive Halo. We have the privilege of having AGL founder Brad Weir and AGL Wired founder Connor White to talk about how AGL was founded and upcoming AGL events. We talk about AGL Knoxville, the upcoming conference-style AGL Wired and changes coming to AGL and its tournaments. Enjoy!

Podtacular 366 – Arena Gaming League

From Rooster Teeth:

After a week’s hiatus, (thanks Michael and Gavin!) Jack and Geoff are back to kick your day off right with some Halo mockery.

Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.

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From Beyond Entertainment:

Beyond Entertainment is proud to showcase the fourth installment of our Top 5 series, with commentary by Nak3d Eli and editing by Jazzy.

Beyond Top 5 Halo 4 Plays, Episode 4

Halo is a fictional universe. However, the place where it’s created is not. Serving as home to both Mister and Master Chief, little else is known about the inside of our studio…until now. Enjoy a teeny tiny peek inside 343 industries, and if you have a hankering to see or learn about something that isn’t overly top secret, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com and we’ll see what we can do!

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From Rooster Teeth:

In today’s special episode of Achievement PIG, Kerry (Dragonface) faces off against The Martinizer in a Play-In PIG special event for the Halo HORSE Tournament! Who will win and advance on to play Burnie? Watch and learn!

Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.

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From Postmortem:

Visualizing the Halo Universe is a website designed to encourage artists of all kinds to come forth and share their unique visions of some of the least-seen aspects of the Halo universe by participating in set rounds of focused brainstorming and creation. Here are the results for Round 10!

DangerousDave submitted an excellent rendition of a Flood-infected zebra, taking inspiration from Halo story “The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor” from the Halo Graphic Novel.

TDSPIRAL submitted a perfectly twisted (pun intended) vision of a rampaging elephant combat form.

And Sl’askia showed us the terrifying possibility of a new combat form, called the Devourer.

Thanks to all who submitted. Feel free to check out our archived page for Round 10 if you’d like to see what kind of combat forms the Halo community has envisioned previously, and remember to check in next Sunday for Round 11, this one focused on a human subject!

Visualizing the Halo Universe – Flood Forms

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