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  • Castle Map Pack Strategy Content Now Available in the Halo 4 Official eGuide

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    From Prima Games:

    View top-down maps, screenshots and strategy for the newest expansion to Halo 4’s competitive War Games map selection – Castle Map Pack. These new battlegrounds are sure to provide more intense multiplayer action, and all of the new Achievements can be unlocked using the strategy provided. This week only, get the Halo 4 Official eGuide for only $4.99, 75% off the original price!

    Castle Map Pack Strategy Content Now Available in the Halo 4 Official eGuide

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  • Halo 4 Matchmaking Update: 4.8.13

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    Buckle Up: There’s a bunch of new experiences available in Halo 4 this week.

    Episode 1 of Spartan Ops is available, as we begin an encore of Season 1 – the rest of the season will follow with the next episode each week. In War Games, the Castle Map Pack is now available for download. This map pack is included in the War Games Map Pass or can be purchased individually from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. With the Castle Map Pack comes a brand new playlist: Castle Team DLC, which includes vehicular 6 vs. 6 carnage.

    Multi-Team is also premiering this week in Halo 4.  Here are some of the game types that are available as of today:

      Map  Game Type
      Daybreak 
        Infinity Slayer
        Capture the Flag
        King of the Hill
        Extraction – 1 Plot
        SWAT
        Snipers
      Outcast 
        Infinity Slayer
        Capture the Flag
        King of the Hill
        Oddball
        SWAT
        Team Regicide
      Perdition 
        Infinity Slayer
        Capture the Flag
        King of the Hill
        Extraction – 1 Plot
        SWAT
        Snipers

    Also, these maps have been integrated into many of our existing playlists. DLC maps will appear in a playlist if all players in the match have downloaded the content.


      Playlist  Map
      Capture the Flag 
        Daybreak
        Outcast
        Perdition
      Infinity Slayer 
        Daybreak
      Multi-Team 
        Daybreak
        Outcast
        Perdition
      Action Sack 
        Daybreak
        Outcast
        Perdition
      Dominion 
        Outcast
      Flood 
        Daybreak
        Perdition
      SWAT 
        Daybreak

    Multi-Team is also premiering this week in Halo 4. Here are some of the game types that are available at launch:


     Game Type  Map
      Infinity Slayer 
        Haven
        Adrift
        Ragnarok
        Complex
        Abandon
        Solace
        Daybreak
        Perdition
        Outcast
      Oddball 
        Haven
        Complex
        Abandon
        Solace
        Perdition
     King of the Hill 
        Haven
        Adrift
        Complex
        Ragnarok
        Daybreak
        Outcast
      SWAT 
        Adrift
        Ragnarok
        Abandon
        Solace
        Daybreak
        Perdition
        Outcast

     

    Also, as if the above wasn’t enough to keep you busy for the next two weeks, Rumble Pit has replaced the temporary Community Forge FFA playlist. It contains both Infinity Rumble and Rumble Pro in the voting options. Here are the maps that the playlist launched with: 

    • Skyline
    • Landfall
    • Monolith
    • Haven
    • Solace
    • Adrift
    • Abandon
    • Shutout
    • Simplex
    • Dispatch

    Team Objective has transitioned into a 6 vs. 6 playlist, mainly in part to address the community’s desire for objective game types with larger team sizes and also to accommodate the Castle Maps, which are built for these team sizes. We’ll continue to monitor your feedback regarding Team Objective in the future as we look to optimize the experience it offers by possibly changing the team maps, team sizes and game types that are offered. The playlist features on-disc maps, as well as Crimson and Castle maps, and the Extraction game type.  

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  • Clips of the Week – Episode 3

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    aPK is back with another Clips of the Week episode – this one is predominantly Halo 4 and Halo 3, with a little Reach thrown in for good measure, and a couple of Black Ops 2 clips to ensure there’s no accusations of monopolistic tendencies. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 19:25:33 UTC)

  • Will You Be an Angel for Grif Today?

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    Kal stopped by with a new plea for donations… wrapped in a funny vid. Go watch, then toss ’em a few bucks to make that last Kickstarter stretch goal possible!(Louis Wu 19:23:17 UTC)

  • Beautiful Castle

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    Beyond Entertainment’s Snipetality recorded some of the beauty of the Castle Map Pack environments… absolutely worth slowing down to smell the roses (or the reactor effluent, whatever)! Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 19:19:22 UTC)

  • Community Member of the Week: Firesenz

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    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 Firesenz. Read a little more about this particular fan below, then hit their profile to learn even more!

    Community Member of the Week

    Gamertag: Firesenz.

    Origin of Gamertag: Sounded cool when I first thought of it when I was playing UT99 with a few of my friends, and so I just stuck with it!

    Current clan/community: SteamGamers, a PC gaming community. I am actually looking for a GB team for Halo 4 at the moment.

    Halo game(s) you are currently playing: Halo 4.

    Favorite map, game type and playlist: Lockout/Gephyrophobia, King of the Hill, Team Snipers.

    Least favorite map, game type and playlist: Ghost Town, Oddball, Rumble Pit.

    Preferred control scheme: Default.

    Halo playing style (offense, defense, sniper, driver, etc.): Sniper/Defensive/Gunner.

    Favorite Halo character: Sergeant Major Johnson.

    Favorite Halo book: Ghosts of Onyx .

    Anything else we should know? I am a GAYMER and I am Proud.

    Get to know Firesenz here

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  • The Ultimate Halo 4 Castle Map Pack Guide

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    From Beyond Entertainment:

    The Castle Map Pack drops on April 8th, but we have a comprehensive guide that will help you dominate the competition once it’s released. Whether it’s weapon spawns/times, strategy, cool jumps, or tips, we have it all. Check it out!

    The Ultimate Halo 4 Castle Map Pack Guide

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  • Halo 4 Weekly Challenges: 4.8.13

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    War Games Weekly Challenges

    Halo 4 Weekly Challenges


    Spartan Ops Weekly Challenges

    Halo 4 Weekly Challenges


    Campaign Weekly Challenges

    Halo 4 Weekly Challenges

    Halo 4 Weekly Challenges

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  • More than a Basketball Team

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    Tom ‘TheLegendary117’ Garrett has grown his life-sized Halo statue collection by one more – Carter now graces the ranks. (We mentioned his collection back in November – he’s now just one member of Noble Team and one special Master Chief away from a complete connection!) Check out the pics. (Louis Wu 17:57:17 UTC)

  • The Context of Castle

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    DayandKnightly has gathered the info he could find about the fictional setting for the new Castle Maps – pretty interesting read! (Louis Wu 17:56:43 UTC)

  • Castle Map Pack Glyphs – Solved Already

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    The Section 3 crew has already solved the latest Glyph puzzle, buried in the Castle Map pack – you can use the code they found to unlock 40,000 XP and some nice Castle Map Pack concept art! (23 gorgeous pics – even if you’re maxed out on XP, this one’s worth getting.) Thanks, GunRunner48. (Louis Wu 17:54:06 UTC)

  • Castle Preview (well… Review)

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    Greenskull and his friends tried out the Castle Map Pack early – there’s a twenty minute video showing off what they found! Go watch. (Louis Wu 17:44:32 UTC)

  • Why Aren’t Video Game Actors Treated Like Stars?

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    Polygon has a pretty interesting article about video game voice actors, and how they’re treated in comparison to movie voice actors (or any kind of voice actor, for that matter). Jen Taylor and Cortana (and Nathan Fillion!) play roles. Go check it out! Thanks, Arithmomaniac. (Louis Wu 17:41:50 UTC)

  • Madness and Modification

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    TTL Demag0gue has posted the latest Reclaimer – we’re starting to get an idea of what Ferial had in mind for the Precursors!(Louis Wu 17:31:28 UTC)

  • The Halo Community Matchmaking Project

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    Time Glitch is looking to automate the process of finding people to play Halo with. Read his summary on our forum, or the full description over at Reddit. And join in! (Louis Wu 17:29:38 UTC)

  • Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 9

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    Postmortem has put out the call for a new installment of Visualizing the Halo Universe – this time, he wants your ideas about an odd, obscure aquatic creature. Go read!(Louis Wu 17:28:03 UTC)

  • He got his 50 in Spartan Ops. Before CSR was even out.

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    RC Master has truly gone where no man has gone before (we think) – he’s completed all 50 Spartan Ops missions, on Legendary, solo, with no deaths. He’s still working on commentary, so they’re not all online yet – but his post contains some fun stats, interesting awards, and his thoughts on the entire game mode. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 17:26:40 UTC)

  • Island to Island Slide Jump on Forge Island

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    t00lbox paid tribute to a classic Halo trick, using Forge Island. I laughed.(Louis Wu 17:24:41 UTC)

  • Halo Wars Skirmish Automatic Difficulty info

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    kornman00 has dug deep into the code of Halo Wars and pulled out yet another nugget – he now knows exactly how the Automatic Difficulty is calculated, and how you can maximize it. He even goes so far as to show you what you’ll be facing when you do! Give his post a read. (Louis Wu 17:23:27 UTC)

  • 343’s Moving Castle

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    If you want to watch some Castle Map Pack action this evening, in preparation to release tomorrow, 343 will be streaming, beginning at 5pm PDT. Check it out!(Louis Wu 23:00:51 UTC)