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Fails of the Weak 133
There’s a new Fails of the Weak live on both AchievementHunter.com and YouTube – and it’s actually full of some fun fails! Go watch. Thanks, Nikko B201. (Louis Wu 17:25:08 UTC)
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Area 52 Perfect Dark Remake in Halo 4
FyreWulff has recreated the Perfect Dark map ‘Area 52’ in Halo 4’s Forge – go check out the pics, and then grab a copy and reminisce! (Louis Wu 17:23:22 UTC)
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Castle Previews all live on Waypoint
The Castle Map Pack drops this Monday – and you can get an early look at the maps on Halo Waypoint. The Daybreak preview went live on Thursday, as we told you, and then Perdition went up yesterday (thanks, CARDO 8 ATL), and finally Outcast is live today. Prepare yourself! (Louis Wu 16:59:36 UTC)
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Spectator Mode – Stalking Podcasts
Kete told us about another Spectator Mode podcast – this time he’s spying on Post Game Carnage Report. Block out some time this Tuesday evening! (Louis Wu 16:56:01 UTC)
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Take a girl for a ride
The Lionheart found a piece of Cortana fan art that’s pretty interesting! Quirkilicious (we mentioned his rendition of Cal-141 a couple of years ago) created a piece called ‘Take a girl for a ride‘ – go check it out! (Louis Wu 16:54:22 UTC)
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Reclaimer – Of Gods and Precursors
TTL Demag0gue stopped by yesterday with the latest episode of Reclaimer – you get some Precursor history! It’s inspired by Greg Bear’s work… but has its own twist. (Louis Wu 16:50:13 UTC)
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Horizon now handles Halo 4 Game Variants
kornman00 pointed out a modding tool being released by Xbox Message Boards (don’t use this if you don’t know what you’re doing, folks) that can actually now edit Halo 4 game variants. Pretty cool!(Louis Wu 16:48:44 UTC)
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Halo 4 Friday Caption Fun 2
Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring a sniper-wielding Spartan. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!
“Why does everyone look so far away?” –sarcasmbully
“The first prototype for the Hologram armor ability wasn’t very convincing.” –oO DREWISH Oo
“After a few accidents like this one, the UNSC added the “HOLD IT LIKE THIS” picture.” –SaintMartyrG1rl
“What makes you think I read the directions backwards?” –Savage Dias
“Bank shot off the third asteroid and straight through the Halo Ring.” –SSG Jettstream
“The red team paid a heavy price for saying they would all be behind their sniper at this year’s competition.” –Link1201
“One does not simply show stop themselves. ‘Oh, really?'” –WhiteDeathFINN
“Instructions? Ain’t nobody got time for that!” –Ryguyrules147
“I think I forgot how to Halo.” –XGHOSTOFW4RX
“And that’s why I’m on the blue team.” –EnderWeggen
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 Spartan that has a spring in his step. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!Author: Xboy707
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Halo 4 – Fails of the Weak 133
From Rooster Teeth:
Jack and Geoff keep on keeping on in this week’s episode of Fails of the Weak!
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Top 10 Halo 4 Splatters and Vehicle Kills
From Anoj:
Anoj counts down his favorite 10 community-submitted Halo 4 splatter and vehicle kill clips. Upload your clips to your File Share and submit at Top10Series.com to be featured in future episodes!
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VG247: Halo 4 Castle DLC

From VG247:
Halo 4?s Castle Map Pack DLC is out April 8, and VG247?s Dave Cook has spoken with 343 Industries and Certain Affinity about what it takes to make the perfect map.
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Podtacular 359: Castle, Soundtrack, Ranks
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The Castle Map pack is just around the corner meaning quite a big matchmaking update is due. Coinciding with the map pack release is also the Competitive Skill Rank system, showing your true skill to the whole world. This week’s bulletin covers the release schedule for Castle content including the Achievements dropped Tuesday along with the upcoming introductory map videos and Sunday’s live stream. I can tell you from my experience at PAX East these maps will not disappoint those ready for some bigger team gameplay. Enjoy
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Daybreaking News
If you are looking to get just a bit closer to the new Castle Maps coming Monday to Halo 4, check out the new video “Welcome to Daybreak” over at Halo Waypoint. It’ll give you a sweet look at one of the new playspaces you’ll be taking your skills to come next week. Looks gorgeous, go check it out!(GrimBrother One 20:27:55 UTC)
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Carbon’s Corner Episode 2: Skyline Guide and Callouts
From Beyond Entertainment:
In the second episode of Carbon’s Corner, Gandhi and Ghostayame take a look at Skyline, which was recently added to the Team Throwdown map pool. Watch as the two Carbon legends take you through the various strategies and callouts of the Majestic Map Pack map and get the advantage on the competition.
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Playtime Season 4 Premiers April 22 on Halo Waypoint

From cruelLEGACEY:
Warren, Cobra, Red and the rest of the gang are back for another adventure! The fun kicks off on Monday April 22 and continues each following Monday until the end of the season. That’s every Monday for 8 weeks!
Catch it all on Halo Waypoint.
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Halo 4 – Achievement HORSE #121
From Rooster Teeth:
Jack and Geoff throw angry spurs at each other in this new episode of Halo PIG!
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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CSR U Ready?
The latest Halo Bulletin found its way to the interwebs yesterday. In it you’ll find a whole lot of information about the upcoming implementation of the new Competitive Skill Rank for Halo 4, as well as information about the impending celebration of the Castle Map Pack and all sorts of things Halo-related next week. Lots of worth-reading conversation, so go and check it out! And as always, if you like your Bulletins slimmer, faster, and more productive, you can always grab it locally. Go go go!(GrimBrother One 15:05:10 UTC)
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Podtacular – Halo 4 Campaign, Composer

From Dust Storm:
The Master Chief and Cortana continue their pursuit of the Didact as he searches for the Composer, a powerful machine that can turn the fate of humanity in an instant. Scientists at Ivanoff Research Station have been studying the Forerunner artifact but now they are in jeopardy. The Chief and Cortana must prevent the Didact from finding and obtaining the Composer before it’s too late. We are joined from across the pond by writer/director Peter Cooper as we near the conclusion of Halo 4?s story arc. Enjoy!
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Podtacular – Halo 4 Campaign, Composer

From Dust Storm:
The Master Chief and Cortana continue their pursuit of the Didact as he searches for the Composer, a powerful machine that can turn the fate of humanity in an instant. Scientists at Ivanoff Research Station have been studying the Forerunner artifact but now they are in jeopardy. The Chief and Cortana must prevent the Didact from finding and obtaining the Composer before it’s too late. We are joined from across the pond by writer/director Peter Cooper as we near the conclusion of Halo 4?s story arc. Enjoy!
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Halo Theme For Plucked Orchestra
Here’s my arrangement of the Halo Theme for plucked orchestra.
The file includes:
- mandolin 1
- mandolin 2
- mandola
- guitar
- bass
- percussion
- direction
I hope you’ll enjoy!
Ask me if you have any questions about my sheets



