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.

War Games Weekly Challenges

Spartan Ops Weekly Challenges

Campaign Weekly Challenges

From Beyond Entertainment:

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

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

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!