The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
From Prima Games:
We compiled a list of the top seven weapons you don’t want to pass up if you come across them on the battlefield. Pick these up at all costs, even if just to keep them out of your enemy’s hands. Just remember to do your best to properly pair it with your existing weapons. Don’t end up with two snipers or two shotguns, severing your ability to compete in specific combat scenarios unless you properly weigh the risks. Hit the link below for the full article!
From Prima Games:
We compiled a list of the top seven weapons you don’t want to pass up if you come across them on the battlefield. Pick these up at all costs, even if just to keep them out of your enemy’s hands. Just remember to do your best to properly pair it with your existing weapons. Don’t end up with two snipers or two shotguns, severing your ability to compete in specific combat scenarios unless you properly weigh the risks. Hit the link below for the full article!
From Prima Games:
We compiled a list of the top seven weapons you don’t want to pass up if you come across them on the battlefield. Pick these up at all costs, even if just to keep them out of your enemy’s hands. Just remember to do your best to properly pair it with your existing weapons. Don’t end up with two snipers or two shotguns, severing your ability to compete in specific combat scenarios unless you properly weigh the risks. Hit the link below for the full article!
From Dan Bull:
Words by Dan Bull, and co-produced with Benny Aves. Enjoy!
From Polycount:
Do we ever have a treat for you. Some members of the amazingly talented environment art team over at 343 Industries have put together an article on creating the environment art for one of the largest releases in video game history – Halo 4. This article was written by the artists at 343 Industries – not us – specifically for Polycount. So, without further ado, may you have your inspiration folders open and your minds ready as Halo 4 Senior Art Director Kenneth Scott takes it away on this multi-page article, ‘The Environment Art of Halo 4?.
This is our second Halo 4 Montage, featuring clips from the CTF playlist!
Clear off your desk! Our friends at Sideshow Collectibles are hosting a special holiday giveaway for one lucky Halo fan to win a Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Master Chief Premium Format Figure. This meticulously detailed 1:4 scale statue measures in at approximately 25 inches with base and includes additional swap out arms so you can equip the Master Chief with his signature Assault Rifle or Magnum armaments. This contest is running through December 19th so be sure to enter while there is still time!
Please follow the link below to Sideshow Collectibles’ contest page for details.
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 SensoryFour34. Read a little more about this person below, then hit their profile to learn more about someone who’s a part of our community, whether they like it or not!
Gamertag: SensoryFour34.
Origin of Gamertag: Nothing special. It was just the random one I got when I joined Xbox LIVE and I couldn’t come up with anything better, so I kept it.
Current clan/community: None. Clans just aren’t really my thing.
Halo game(s) you are currently playing: Halo 4 and Reach.
Favorite map, game type and playlist: Asylum and Anchor 9, Elite Slayer, Grifball and Multi Team.
Least favorite map, game type and playlist: Hemorrhage, Shotty Snipers, Team Snipers and SWAT.
Preferred control scheme: Recon.
Halo playing style (offense, defense, sniper, driver, etc.): Offense/Objective.
Favorite character: Sgt. Johnson.
Favorite Halo book: Glasslands or Cryptum.
Favorite Halo quote: “Dear Humanity…”
Anything else we should know? I can be a real Grammar Nazi at times, but I try not to correct people too much. I think that’s about it!
Geoff and Gav of Achievement Hunter get some sweet air using the Sticky Detonator. Make sure to say hello to the moon when you’re up there!
Time for the post I’m sure everyone has been waiting for: details on the Halo 4 midnight release and the final reveal of my completed Cortana costume. Hit the link below for pictures and the full story!
This is Episode 2 of our weekly montage series featuring The Spartan Force community. Enjoy!
Geoff and Jack show you the Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter easter egg in Halo 4.
Halo 4 Achievement Hunter – Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter Easter Egg
Sign-ups are now open for GrifballHub’s very first Halo 4 Grifball League. Our league, called the Good Games League (GGL), is a recreational Grifball league that welcomes all teams, regardless of your level of experience. So if you are a squad of grizzled pros or if you are new to the game, you are all welcome to join!
This video describes how to set up Extraction using Forge in Halo 4. Game labels for each object listed below:
Hill Marker – “EXT_Site”
Extraction Decal – “EXT_Decal”
Extraction Crates – “EXT_Target”
Here it is folks, the first in a series of comic books from Spartan Ops. Let me know what you think!
u4iX, the Major League Gaming Halo 4 caster, is here to walk you through some of his early callouts for the Halo 4 map Haven. These are some of the callouts and locations used during the MLG Fall Championships in Dallas, TX. So, stay tuned and attentive, because you’re gonna learn something and you just might have fun along the way.
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Rejoice, Halo fans – this month is all about you! Xbox LIVE Rewards members can earn their share of up to 10,000,000 Microsoft Points just by playing Halo 4 on multiplayer and purchasing eligible Halo content. For more information, click the link below!
In this tutorial, I will show you a green screen map that I built using Forge in Halo 4, and how to key out the green background using Adobe After Effects to do chroma key effects in your machinimas.
Green Screen Map Download (Halo Waypoint download link not yet available):
1. Run Halo 4
2. Press Start and select “File Browser” under “Settings & Files”
3. Select “Map Variants”
4. Select “File Share Search”
5. Select “Gamertag” and type “geneticspartan”
6. Select “Done”
7. Select “Search” and find the map titled “Green Screen” with a version number
8. Press Y and select “Download”
