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This week, 343 Industries is celebrating “Halo Week” with the release of the Castle Map Pack, Halo 4 OST Vol. 2, giveaways and more. The latest Halo Bulletin gives us a nice overview of what’s happened over the week in addition to some tips for achieving your CSR challenge on the Castle DLC playlist and a little more insight into the weapon balancing coming soon. We take a step off the beaten path to talk about the Microsoft rumors floating around about the “always-on” functionality giving you our takes and opinions on the situation. Question of the week: Which map is your favorite and why? Feel free to add your own experiences and opinions to your response in email or voicemail form. Enjoy
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Podtacular 360: Drop Shock
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Halo 4 – Achievement HORSE #122
From Rooster Teeth:
Jack and Geoff are at it again in this week’s Achievement PIG in Halo 4!
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Malukah’s Main Menu Music
From halo.bungie.org:
Malukah is back, and I’m in love. (It’s platonic, I’m happily married… but that voice is amazing.) She’s covered the main menu music from Halo 4, and I want someone to swap it in so I can hear it every time I launch the game. Thanks, GryphonOsiris.
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Sandbox Science Episode 1: Pulse Grenades
From Beyond Entertainment:
Welcome to our new series called Sandbox Science, where we teach you all about Halo’s weapons and how to use them best, and possibly in ways you never considered. In this episode, Ghostayame and aPK teach you how to dominate CQC and mid-range with the Pulse Grenade.
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Halo 4: Spartan Ops Extended Behind the Scenes
LifeUp! Productions constructed a fantastic behind-the-scenes interview of 343 Industries and Axis Animation (in Glasgow, Scotland), discussing the creation of Spartan Ops, and how it all came together. It’s currently available on the YouTube Channel That Xbox Show. I loved it. Thanks, John McMurtrie.(Louis Wu 15:41:03 UTC)
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Halo HORSE 122
Jack and Geoff face off against each other on a new batch of community-created maps for the latest episode of Halo HORSE (this time as PIG) – Watch it on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201. (Louis Wu 15:36:11 UTC)
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Podtacular – Halo 4 Campaign, Midnight
From Dust Storm:
The Master Chief and Cortana have chased the Didact to Earth where he plans to compose the entire planet. The duo have managed to get inside the Didact ship’s shields before it jumped to slipspace, now trying to find a way into the Composer. If the Didact is successful at Earth, nothing will stop him from composing the entire human race. Will the Chief be able to stop the Didact before the population of Earth is composed? Will Cortana survive her rampancy? Join us for our final episode of our Campaign coverage as SixOkay, former Waypoint Top 5 host and now Community Manager for Robot Entertainment, joins us for the final journey in the Master Chief and Cortana’s Halo 4 saga. Enjoy!
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Ready Up Live wants to play with you
RUL’s Greenskull will be jumping on Xbox LIVE to play some Halo 4 Customs this evening – RUL and Xbox Canada are teaming up for a Playdate this evening between 7-10pm EST. Join ’em!(Louis Wu 13:25:57 UTC)
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Neil Blomkamp Talks Halo
IGN posted an article about Neil Blomkamp’s thoughts on finally doing a Halo feature film. He admitted that while he still loves the mythology of Halo, living up to everyone’s interpretation of Halo isn’t appealing. I would love to see Neil make a Halo movie, but I completely understand the hesitation. I guess Elysium’s ‘Halo’-esque setting will have to do, for now.(mastrbiggy 08:05:18 UTC)
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A Fridge 2 Far 2 – Episode 3
Andrew Gagnon let us know that part 3 of the Halo Mega Bloks Movie, A Fridge 2 Far 2, is live – subscribe and keep an eye out for part 4, which will premier on Friday. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 06:58:11 UTC)
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Halo Bulletin 4.10.13
GrimBrother One pointed out that this week’s Halo Bulletin is live – there’s plenty of Halo goodness to be had, including info on the CSR and Spartan Ops Challenges (as well as tips to help you rank up and win stuff), CSR statistics, new Halo avatar gear, weapon balance details, and Halo 4 DLC sales. There’s also a handful of slick Halo 4 screenshots to close out the info dump. A local version is available too.(mastrbiggy 06:56:52 UTC)
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Five Facts – Halo CE Part 2
Jack and Geoff are back with five more Halo CE facts – go test your Halo CE knowledge! Thanks, robofin117.(mastrbiggy 06:56:06 UTC)
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PGCR 157
Roboski sent word of Post Game Carnage Report episode 157 – Kete from The Running Riot joins the PGCR crew to discuss the latest Halo news such as the Title Update and the Halo Bulletin(s). There’s plenty off-topic discussion too. Go listen!(mastrbiggy 06:55:15 UTC)
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Beautiful Castle – A Halo 4 Machinima
From Beyond Entertainment:
The Castle Map Pack maps aren’t just home to beautiful gameplay, they’re home to breathtaking aesthetics, too. Snipetality takes you through the fantastic and immersive scenery and atmosphere of Perdition, Outcast and Daybreak.
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Halo IRL: CSR
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 captured by @Cxrtmxn
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Indirect’s Halo 4 Top Ten, Episode 2
From Indirect:
The second installment of my new Halo 4 top ten series is now live. I hope you all enjoy!
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Halo Waypoint Store Sale
Halo Week: Drop Shock is a full week of Halo 4 contests, challenges, giveaways and brand new stuff for your viewing, playing and listening pleasure. In honor of the festivities, all hoodies and t-shirts at the Halo Waypoint Store, along with Liberty sneakers, are currently on sale. Sale prices are good through Friday, April 12th, so don’t miss out!
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Halo 4 OST V2 – now available
UnrealCh13f let us know that the Halo 4 Soundtrack Volume 2 is now available – you can buy it at Amazon, or at Halo4Soundtrack.com. (You can also stream it on Spotify.) This is digital-only; it’s not available on CD.(Louis Wu 12:33:21 UTC)