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B is for Butthead
The new Halo Bulletin is online now – and has been since last night. (Thanks, MacGyver10.) The main focus is Halo: Spartan Assault (new screens, new desktops, a bit of history in how it came about), but there’s also quite a bit of info about the Matchmaking playlist updates… and some internal trash-talking. And some very blue screenshots. As always, you’re welcome to read it locally, for a lighter experience, in our Halo Bulletin Archive.(Louis Wu 20:15:04 UTC)
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PGCR 165: Keeping it Clean
Robowski shot us a note about Post Game Carnage Report 165 – it’s their first-ever Safe for Work episode. They talk about current weapon tuning, Halo 2 campaign moments, and more!(Louis Wu 20:07:10 UTC)
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Project Mombasa – 4 years in
Beerbuca stopped by with pictures from Project Mombasa, a long-standing project to build the Halo version of New Mombasa in Sketchup. (If you want to see how far this has come in the past couple of years… here was his last post on the subject.)(Louis Wu 20:02:14 UTC)
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Kynan Says Goodbye
Kynan Pearson was Lead Multiplayer Level Designer on Halo 4’s Spartan Ops and War Games – and yesterday, he posted a farewell on the Waypoint forums. He’s moving to Austin for family reasons (might we see him again in the future at Certain Affinity?) – all of us here at HBO wish him the best! We’ll miss you, sir. (Thanks, pete_the_duck.)(Louis Wu 19:59:59 UTC)
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Bridging Initiation and Spartan Assault
Yesterday, Halo Waypoint posted an interview with Brian Reed, the author of Halo: Initiation (a comic series that begins the Sarah Palmer story that will be continued in Halo: Spartan Assault). Go give it a read! Thanks, Grizzlei.(Louis Wu 19:56:03 UTC)
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Halo 4 – Achievement HORSE #130
From Rooster Teeth:
In this super special episode of Halo HORSE, we continue our journey with an epic match-up between Kara and Patrick.
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Halo-themed Makeup
From Dietrah Taveras:
When you think Halo, you automatically think of the Master Chief. His main color is green but I wanted to show off the other colors in Halo. If you think back to the game, you will notice, from the menus to the special effects, that there is a lot of blue. Even Cortana had blue accents! Learn how to get the look here.
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Bill Cosby in Halo 4 – A Halo 4 Machinima
From ThatSpearheadGuy:
Bill Cosby returns to torture another poor soul in Halo 4.
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Halo: Spartan Assault – Debut Gameplay Reveal
VG247 has an interview with 343’s Dan Ayoub discussing Halo Spartan Assault – if you want some more info, including gameplay footage, this is for you! (Their full preview is here.) Thanks, Quirel.(Louis Wu 21:26:40 UTC)
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4 months of live + 400 MSP for $15
Not sure how long this is going to last, but Best Buy currently has a pretty sweet deal – 4 months of Xbox LIVE Gold membership, plus 400 MS Points, for a total of $15. (This means you can get a year, plus 1200 points, for $45 – and those 1200 points would cost you $15 on their own.) Go grab ’em! Thanks, munky-058. (Louis Wu 21:21:43 UTC)
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I Know a Guy Who Knows a Guy
gamerguy2002 dropped by the forum to share a picture that shows off a few logos of some unannounced and announced games. Among the logos is a Halo symbol with the number five in the middle as well as the recently announced Spartan Assault game – looks pretty fake to me. According to gamerguy2002, this picture was circulating BEFORE the announcement of Spartan Assault. I guess we’ll find out in a few days, for now this story gets the official rumor stamp.(mastrbiggy 19:20:34 UTC)
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7 Knights 1 Chief
Sliding Ghost is back with another assassination AI exploit video – this time a group of Knights are subject to Ghost’s back smacking methods. Nice!(mastrbiggy 19:14:32 UTC)
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Some Ducking Forge Tutorials
pete_the_duck has some new Forge tutorials to check out:- pete’s Halo 4 vehicle set tutorial shows how you can spawn more vehicles than the Forge budget allows for
- Halo 4 Forge Quacks 36 demonstrates grids with normal physics
Go watch!(mastrbiggy 18:56:40 UTC)
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Halo IRL: Exit 117
Halo is a fictional universe. However, sometimes we catch sight of things in real life that remind us of our favorite science fiction video game franchise. This particular series, titled Halo in Real Life, showcases those very moments. Enjoy the subtle Halo references sometimes spotted when out and about in the real world, and if you have a picture you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!
As seen and taken by Brainp0wa
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Halo Firefight Medley – Lindsey Stirling and William Joseph
From devinsupertramp:
Lindsey Stirling and William Joseph present their amazing Halo Firefight medley.
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Waypoint Weekly Test Nights: 6.5.13
From AgentPaperCraft:
Hello, Waypoint goers! With the addition of community-made content 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 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!
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Awkward Moments in Halo: Ghost – A Halo 4 Machinima
From omgitskazer:
“Awkward Moments in Halo” is a series about the strange moments we witness when playing Halo 4. This episode focuses on Ghosts. Enjoy!
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Podtacular 372: Assaulting Announcement
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Yesterday, Waypoint announced Halo: Spartan Assault, a new game built for the Windows 8 platform. Lots of speculation has been generated regarding the title on the basis that it is exclusive to Windows 8 PCs and mobile platforms. We have seen Halo do something similar in the past with Halo 2 Vista trying to promote a platform that is not being highly adopted by consumers. With fans already on the fence about 343 Industries ability to foster the Halo franchise, what does this title hold in the balance of the future of Halo? On a positive note, we will get to play as Spartan Palmer between the timelines of Halo 3 and Halo 4, giving us some back story into her time as a Spartan. Enjoy
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Case Study: Spartan Ops Content Updates
TriscuitCracker shot us a link for a great article on Raptr’s Community Unlocked – it looks at Halo 4’s Spartan Ops, and sees how content updates affected play by the community. Check it out!(Louis Wu 23:59:34 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
