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One Small Step for Halo…
Microsoft just announced the awesomely-named (if I do say so myself) Xbox One, and along with it, a brand new premium television series based in the Halo Universe, and headed by Steven Spielberg. While details are scarce at the moment, we’ll certainly be bringing them all to you as they flow. Stay tuned!(GrimBrother One 18:07:10 UTC)
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Halo Medley – Revisiting a Cool Fan Shoot
Last year, we mentioned a teaser pic that showed off Lindsey Stirling, the amazing dancing violinist, holding a giant Halo turret. In December, DevinSuperTramp released his ‘Real Life Halo’ video, and I assumed that was that… but today, DHalo pointed out both a version of the Halo theme played by Lindsey Stirling, and a Behind-The-Scenes vid from DevinSuperTramp, showing the recording session (which seems to be the same recording session as last year’s piece). The actual Halo Medley vid should be live in the next day or so. In the meantime, enjoy everything else!(Louis Wu 17:54:45 UTC)
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Halo 4 Plays of the Week, Episode 2 – Team Snipers
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!
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Podtacular – Halo 4 Spartan Ops, Invasion
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!
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A Fridge 2 Far 2, Episode 3 – A Halo Toymation
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!
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Clips of the Week – Ep. 9
aPK came by with a new Clips of the Week episode – it has some great gameplay along with his plans for summer content. Go watch!(Louis Wu 22:17:05 UTC)
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The Story of Perdita – coming to life with your help!
Wow, this is pretty cool. If you followed ilovebees, the ARG that was used as part of Halo 2’s marketing campaign, you might remember Perdita – the character created by the AI Melissa to help her deal with the predicament she found herself in. Curt Stewart is an independent filmmaker who has decided to bring Perdita’s tale to life… as an animated film. (He’s posted a couple of vines – one | two – so that you can see where he’s going with this.) He can’t do it alone, though – so he’s turned to Kickstarter to let you help make this happen. Swing by and listen to the why and the what – and if you can throw in your help, he might just be able to bring this tale to the masses! (Time is of the essence – this kickstarter has until May 23 to get funded. That’s less than 3 days from now!)(Louis Wu 18:58:26 UTC)
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Transmutation
TTL Demag0gue dropped in with word of the latest Reclaimer – Ferial is pretty sure he knows where things are going.(Louis Wu 18:38:50 UTC)
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Halo 4 Matchmaking Update: 5.20.13
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 HillPlease 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.
We hope you enjoy the new playlist and updates, and we’ll see you on the virtual battlefield.
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Community Member of the Week: FistOtheUnicorn
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.
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After FraG 1 – A Halo 4 Montage
From Beyond Entertainment:
After Frag is proud to showcase his very first Halo 4 montage featuring slick editing and solid gameplay.
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Playtime S4E5 – The Forrest for the Trees
cruellegacy lets us know about the latest episode of Playtime – Dwight gives Warren some advice about women and a new character is introduced (voiced by Danni Cherie.) We are also treated to some intro music by Despite Distance (Grim’s band!) You can watch it on YouTube or the official Playtime website. Go check it out! Update: it’s also available on Halo Waypoint now.(mastrbiggy 09:49:44 UTC)
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Greenskull’s Weapon Tuning Trip
Ready Up Live’s Greenskull documented his recent Seattle visit and provides a behind the scenes look at what went down at 343’s studio. Jess’ haircut > Tashi’s. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 09:39:19 UTC)
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Ninja’s Visit to 343
Ninja discuses his recent visit to 343 Industries in his newest video blog – he talks about the tuning changes for each of the primary weapons. Thanks, Poker Face.(mastrbiggy 09:37:31 UTC)
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Anoj’s Halo 4 Top 10 Ep 28: Multikills
A new Top 10 from Anoj looks at Multikills – there were fewer Killionaires than I would have expected, but there were definitely some pretty impressive runs! Thanks, Jordan Bell.(Louis Wu 23:28:55 UTC)
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Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 11
Postmortem has announced that Round 11 of his ‘Visualizing the Halo Universe’ challenge is now active – he’s looking for your take on JOTUN farming machines. (If you haven’t read Contact Harvest, that might not mean anything to you.) Check out the post, and put together your best ideas!(Louis Wu 23:01:41 UTC)
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CRS-class Light Cruiser – scale comparison
Stephen Loftus stopped by with some new scale comparisons he put together after hanging out in the Waypoint forums for a bit – they look at Covenant Light Cruisers, and show you just how small they really are. Pretty cool!(Louis Wu 23:00:04 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
