From Foan Song:
Cortana’s love theme in the game, Green and Blue, followed by Halo 4’s main theme, To Galaxy, on piano.
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Community Member of the Week: Verdigris
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 Verdigris. Read a little more about this particular fan below, then hit their profile to learn even more!
Gamertag: Verdigris.
Origin of Gamertag: I thought of a random word while making the Gamertag. Verdigris was that word.
Current clan/community: Section 3, of course! I’m also quite into hunting for easter eggs. 🙂
Halo game(s) you are currently playing: All of them!
Favorite map, game type and playlist: Halo 4; Shatter, BTB Objective, SWAT. All Halo; Sandtrap, Capture the Flag, BTB.
Least favorite map, game type and playlist: Wreckage, Oddball, Infinity 4v4 Slayer.
Preferred control scheme: I recently switched over to Bumper Jumper, and it’s been amazing to me!
Halo playing style (offense, defense, sniper, driver, etc.): I like dying a lot.
Favorite Halo character: Cortana. The story that 343i told in Halo 4 with John and Cortana was beautiful.
Favorite Halo book: The Fall of Reach.
Favorite Halo quote: “Captain Keyes.” – The first line spoken by John in the series.
Anything else we should know? I love making screenshots. This was really big for me in Halo 3, but it’s slowed quite a bit since then. The Bulletin spotlights have brought me back into it a bit though, and it’s always nice to see others’ shots and grab some inspiration from them!
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Halo 4 Top 5 – Episode 2: Splatters
HT Edge released episode 2 of his top 5 series – this episode focuses on community-submitted splatters (my favorite.) Go watch!(mastrbiggy 18:29:51 UTC)
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The Halo Mole
Dust Storm let us know about the announcement of ‘The Halo Mole’ – inspired by the reality TV show, contestants have a chance to win up to 25,000 Microsoft points and the title of the first Halo Mole. You can register right now on the official Halo Mole website where 10 contestants and one mole will be chosen. The contest will begin towards the end of May with a planned Youtube series to follow shortly after. Go watch the teaser and find out what this is all about! (mastrbiggy 18:20:06 UTC)
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Famous Halo 4 Highlights, Episode 8
From iFamousFilms:
Here is my newest Halo highlight video. There’s not much editing, just clips and music. Hope you enjoy!
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Playtime S4E2 – Customer Service
cruellegacy sent word that episode 2 of Playtime season 4 is live – Warren faces a moral dilemma while Dwight struggles with the challenges of retail. You can watch it on YouTube or on the official Playtime wesbite. Loving this season so far!(mastrbiggy 16:06:47 UTC)
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Towers in the mist
Yesterday, our sister site Destiny.bungie.org highlighted a piece of Sparth art that was inspired by Bungie’s upcoming title… but Sparth is still posting plenty of amazing Halo stuff. Case in point… this Forerunner architecture concept piece. Beautiful!(Louis Wu 22:01:02 UTC)
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Double XP for Spartan Ops
If you aren’t yet at SR130, you probably never got involved in the Doritos Double XP promotion. For this subset of the Halo 4 community, 343 has a new promotion – play Spartan Ops during the weekend of May 3-5 (that’s next weekend), earn 10 Double XP matches! Check out their info page for more details. (Louis Wu 21:58:56 UTC)
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A Touching Farewell
Foan Song sent word of his beautifully sad piano rendition of Halo 4’s love theme, Green and Blue… followed by To Galaxy. Really wonderful. Go listen. (Louis Wu 23:02:46 UTC)
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Driving a Pelican on Warrens
t00lbox is back with a new trick from Warrens (the Spartan Ops level) – wanna fly a Pelican? You can!(Louis Wu 23:01:57 UTC)
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Hunter becomes the Hunted
Rockslider let us know about a Halo 3 campaign video released by Sliding Ghost – a lot of work was put into bringing a boatload of Elites up the elevator in The Covenant… and the payoff was fantastic. Elites vs Hunter… that was fun. Elites trading weapons with you… even MORE fun. Go watch! (Louis Wu 22:56:36 UTC)
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Versus Ep. 6: Sanctuary Snipefest
aPK came by with a new Versus episode – he and Clicked faced off on Sanctuary, and I laughed more than once. It’s a lot of fun watching people who enjoy each other’s company try and shoot each other’s face off! Check it out. (Louis Wu 22:53:41 UTC)
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Fails of the Weak 136
The latest Fails of the Weak is pretty full of splatters – same team, other team, driver himself, it doesn’t matter. They all get mushed. Watch it on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 16:01:11 UTC)
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Podtacular 363: Save One Bullet
Download | Shownotes
343 Industries continues to tune weapons for future online experiences. More details behind their progress is available in this week’s Halo Bulletin. Before diving into the bulletin, we talk about the recently announced reveal of next generation of Xbox entertainment. Also in the bulletin is another set of Campaign Easter Egg hints along with join-in progress updates. Enjoy
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Halo 4 Friday Caption Fun 5
Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring a displaced Warthog. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!
“This is the LAST time I ask Bob for directions!” –Ov Thy Demise
“It turns out the latest community update to balance the Gravity Hammer made space travel possible in any vehicle.” –A Rock Launcher
“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!” –stckrboy
“Drop Pod? Ain’t nobody got time for that!” –IfOnly30
“Drive through that teleporter, they said… You’ll get there faster, they said…” –Kevin Pagán
“I have this sneaking suspicion that the Master Chief’s mission to disable Requiem’s gravity well was a success.” –DogMeatOnAStick
“Yeah, I’ll believe that when Warthogs fl…really?” –JGolf777
“And that, kids, is how Jimmy lost his license.” –Deadweigth548
“Despite failing the driving test multiple times, Dave took solace in the fact that he was still a better driver than most Marines.” –Fraidy Cat 5
“Recalculating…” –Ryguyrules147
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 startling situation. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!
Author: IIDARKIIHAWKII
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Making Halo 4: A Story About Triple-A
Over at Gamasutra, there’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how Halo 4 came together with a team that didn’t exist before the game’s inception. Love the game or hate it, the article provides some really interesting tidbits about why certain choices were made, and how the team grew from an idea to a massive studio in just the span of this game’s development. Thanks, excowboy83.(Louis Wu 19:19:48 UTC)
