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Painting the Edge
Wow, awesome – pete_the_duck (with some help from NOKYARD) showed how you can make visible safe/kill boundaries in Grifball! No more trying to guess where that edge is…(Louis Wu 12:26:37 UTC)
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CSR Trackers hit the scene
mastrbiggy passed along a pair of new CSR trackers, courtesy of NeoGAF – Rev3rb created this one – simple and clean – while CyReN pointed out another one I can’t get to load. If you want to keep track of your brand-new Competitive Skill Rating, here are some tools for the job! (Louis Wu 12:22:31 UTC)
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Madness for Madness
TTL Demag0gue stopped by with a new Reclaimer – if you haven’t finished Silentium, this MIGHT be considered to contain spoilers. However, since these ideas came completely out of Demag0gue’s head, maybe not. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:09:59 UTC)
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Scientifically Spea- Ranking
Sal Salerno let us know about his Periodic Table of Competitive Skill Ranks – if numbers alone weren’t enough to help you determine your skill level then perhaps this more ‘scientific’ approach will be of more use to you. Go check it out!(mastrbiggy 12:04:11 UTC)
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Anoj’s Top 10 Splatters an Vehicle Kills: Episode 22
Anoj’s latest Halo 4 top 10 video focuses on spatters and vehicle kills – number two is probably the coolest vehicle moment I’ve seen in a while! Thanks, Tawpgun.(mastrbiggy 10:46:50 UTC)
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A Majestic Glitch
Tashi witnessed a Spartan go into phase mode and fall through the geometry on Monolith – even more strange is Tashi’s taste in music. Go watch! (mastrbiggy 10:41:27 UTC)
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Retracing Pathways Into Darkness
Through the efforts of Man Up Time Studios, Bruce “Hippieman” Morrison and Mark “Have Blue” Levin, the classic Bungie FPS game Pathways Into Darkness lives again, available for free in the Apple App Store for computers running version 10.6 or higher of OS X.
For their work in making this ancient artifact available to modern audiences, Bungie’s Community Focus this week is on Man Up Studios.
Originally released in 1993, the game predated the Marathon series and tasked a lone soldier with transporting an atomic weapon deep into an abandoned jungle pyramid in order to prevent a sleeping god from awaking. For the game, go here. For information on the game, go here to the excellent fansite, pid.bungie.org.
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27 seconds of reverb
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. (Louis Wu 19:55:52 UTC)
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Microtransactions coming to Halo 4?
Mr Daax is unhappy about the news that Halo 4’s creators are considering adding microtransactions to the game. Does the idea of monetizing the game further bother you… or do you look forward to being able to buy new skins for your weapons? Weigh in!(Louis Wu 19:53:31 UTC)
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Versus Ep 1: MLG 1v1 on Guardian
aPK has kicked off a new series with xClicked – they’re playing 1v1s in various games. Episode 1 is MLG 1v1 on Guardian, in Halo 3. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 19:51:36 UTC)
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Halo 4, segmented, in an hour and a half
slYnki is back with another segmented speedrun – this one is a full-game run (on Easy) of Halo 4… in under 84 minutes. Excuse my drool.(Louis Wu 19:49:59 UTC)
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We’re going on a BOB Hunt!
Lord Friendship has jumped back into BOB hunting – he’s killed his 52nd BOB, and compiled a sortable table showing all the runs he’s actually done so far – amazing. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 19:47:19 UTC)
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Tattoo Tuesday: Halo Sleeve
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!
Halo sleeve, as seen on Ryan
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ODST now a GonD
Back to Halo news: according to Major Nelson, you can now buy Halo 3: ODST (well, the campaign section) on Games On Demand – it went live today! A quick search of XBL Marketplace turns up the price – just $14.99! Grab a copy, and have what might just be the best Halo campaign available at your fingertips.(Louis Wu 17:29:52 UTC)
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Pathways… again
I posted this on DBO, but it’s big news for ALL Bungie fans, and gamers in general; two big-time fans rebuilt Pathways into Darkness to run on modern Macs, and released the product (with Bungie’s blessing), for free, on the App Store. If you’re too young to have played Pathways when it first came out (in 1993), or you weren’t a Bungie fan until recently, or you simply didn’t have access to a machine that could play this… here’s your chance. Grab a copy, and relive the early days! Major props to Mark Levin and Bruce Morrison, who created this out of their love for the studio and its roots. If you need more info about the game, Hamish Sinclair still maintains pid.bungie.org!(Louis Wu 17:23:40 UTC)
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Playtime Castle – A Halo 4 Machinima
From cruelLEGACEY:
Catch an exclusive glimpse of the new Halo 4 Castle Map Pack in “Playtime: Castle”. Warren and Cobra visit Daybreak, Outcast and Perdition in this new machinima short from CruelLEGACEY Productions.
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Podtacular – Halo 4 Spartan Ops, Departure
From Dust Storm:
We are continuing our mini-series with the initial episode of our Spartan Ops coverage. You’ve played the Campaign; now it’s time to continue the story with your Spartan-IV career as you go back to Requiem aboard Infinity. Covenant occupation has grown while you’ve been gone, and it’s time to take the planet back. For our Spartan Ops coverage, we have partnered with HaloFanForLife over at halofanforlife.com. Enjoy!
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Halo Week: Drop Shock
For full details about the happenings this week, check out the Halo Week: Drop Shock article, which includes a friendly video from Bravo (also available on Xbox LIVE), and handy links to all the upcoming goodies. Get back in the game!(Louis Wu 15:38:13 UTC)
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Matchmaking Update this week
In case you forgot what changes were coming this week in Halo 4 Matchmaking, Halo Waypoint has reposted them from last week’s Bulletin. Castle maps are great – go try ’em out!(Louis Wu 15:35:40 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
