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The Halo Theme Song, Al Fresco
Huh. The Halo Medley video we mentioned yesterday was released yesterday afternoon (thanks, TTL Demag0gue) – and then disappeared again. A new version is back up this morning (thanks, thebruce0) – but it’s been recut, with no sign of the 405th members who participated in the first version. This one is just Lindsey Stirling (on violin) and William Joseph (on piano), in the woods – still really cool, and still a fantastic version of the Halo theme… but Spartan-free. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:02:08 UTC)
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Indirect’s Halo 4 Top Ten, Episode 6
From Indirect:
The sixth installment of my new Halo 4 top ten series is now live. I hope you all enjoy!
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Waypoint Weekly Test Nights: 5.22.13
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!
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Awkward moments in Halo: Sniping – 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 sniping. Enjoy!
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Video Design Tips by Rockslider
Rockslider has put together a guide to help you create videos – it doesn’t contain information about the hardware you’ll need, and it doesn’t contain information about the software you’ll need, but it DOES contain tips on how to optimize your content, how to present it to your audience, and how to ensure that your raw footage contains what you need to get from beginning to end. Give it a read! (He’s started a thread on our forum, if you have comments.)(Louis Wu 19:28:17 UTC)
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Forge Quacks #35
pete_the_duck stopped by with a new Forge Quacks – this one shows you what an Oddball can do! The game possibilities are… interesting.(Louis Wu 18:48:18 UTC)
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RvB Season 11 Teaser Trailer
Rooster Teeth has released the trailer for Season 11 of Red vs Blue… get hyped! (The season starts June 14.) Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 18:20:25 UTC)
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Tattoo Tuesday: UNSC
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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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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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft