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Forging Majestic
pete_the_duck shared some videos showing off the Forge options on the new maps included in the Majestic map pack for Halo 4. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 09:14:38 UTC)
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You Got Some Halo 3 In My Halo 4
TheIncomeTaxes and Insane Alpha Beta found what I think is the coolest Halo 4 easter egg so far – they found images of Tsavo Highway from Halo 3 cleverly hidden in some of the Forge piece reflections. You can see the giant storm cloud and even the broken bridge where the giant Covenant cruiser flies overhead. Go check it out! Thanks, wwm0nkey.(mastrbiggy 09:05:58 UTC)
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Pathways Out Of A Dark Hole
Dark Jedi from Dark Hole Games has put up a breakdown of the Destiny ViDoc. I’ve added it to the Destiny section of the movies page.
Dark Hole Games has a series of walkthroughs and let’s play videos on their YouTube channel.
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As Constant As The Morning Star
Last week we saw that Bungie alums Alexander Seropian (Marathon, Halo, Stubbs the Zombie) and Brent Pease (Oni) had formed a new group, Industrial Toys, working on a mobile shooter, Morning Star, bearing more than a passing resemblance to everyone’s favorite green cyborg and purple AI girl game. Now there’s an HD trailer, a two part documentary (one, two) up on their YouTube channel.
All have been added to our movies section tagged “industrialtoys“.
Unsurprisingly, the documentary is planned to have 7 parts.
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Welcome to Majestic
A couple of days ago, we mentioned ‘Welcome to Landfall’ – and then yesterday, Halo Waypoint released ‘Welcome to Monolith‘. Today, they finish up the series with ‘Welcome to Skyline‘ – if you haven’t checked these out, they’re a great way to get familiar with the maps before you get your hands on them! (The video footage was already seen in the BTS released in last Wednesday’s Bulletin, but the loadout/weapon spawn/overhead content in the articles is great.)(Louis Wu 23:53:03 UTC)
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Podtacular hits Spartan Ops Halfway Mark
Dust Storm contacted us about Podtacular’s Spartan Ops coverage – they just hit the halfway mark. Here are all five finished ‘casts:- Episode 1: Departure
- Episode 2: Artifact
- Episode 3: Catherine
- Episode 4: Didact’s Hand
- Episode 5: Memento Mori
They got some coverage help from HaloFanForLife – go listen!(Louis Wu 23:47:11 UTC)
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Playtime Majestic
Nevin Douglas sent word of a new machinima short featuring Majestic, due to drop on Tuesday. Nice backdrop!(Louis Wu 23:41:56 UTC)
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Podtacular 348: Monolithic Skyfall
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Next week features the release of the second Halo 4 DLC Map Pack featuring three brand new multiplayer spaces: Skyline, Monolith and Landfall. These maps are of the smaller variety catering more to FFA and 4v4 gameplay. You’ll see a lot of Slayer, CTF, KOTH and Regicide on these maps with a few extras thrown in here and there. Ten achievements accompany this map pack as well for a total of 250 Gamerscore. If you have the War Games pass or have bought the limited edition, these maps are free to you, but 800M$ for everyone else. Enjoy
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Friday’s Fan Fiction, just one day late
We actually have a policy that we will publish a maximum of three pieces of Halo Fan Fiction per author, in a given week – but the well’s been so dry for so long that we approved all five chapters of Blue 4 that firerwolf dropped off recently. Go give ’em a read!(Louis Wu 23:40:03 UTC)
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Twenty Two Minutes Past Midnight
RC Master let us know about a new LASO speed run, this time on Midnight. He polished the level off in under 22 minutes… lots of tricks in this one. Go watch! (To save you some trouble, he also reminded us that all of his LASO speed runs can be watched in this playlist.) (Louis Wu 23:34:38 UTC)
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Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack Preview
From Greenskull:We got the chance to try out the Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack early, so I decided to make a video sharing my thoughts about the new maps as well as give you a good preview of them with a tour and some gameplay.
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Forging on Monolith – A Majestic Map Pack Video
From petetehduck:Get a sneak peak at some of the Forge options available in Halo 4’s upcoming map Monolith, part of the Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack.
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Forging on Skyline – A Majestic Map Pack Video
From petetehduck:Get a sneak peak at some of the Forge options available in Halo 4’s upcoming map Skyline, part of the Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack.
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Forging on Landfall – A Majestic Map Pack Video
From petetehduck:Get a sneak peak at some of the Forge options available in Halo 4’s upcoming map Landfall, part of the Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack.
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Joe Cross Doing Concept Art, Graphic Design For Destiny
Polygon has a story about artist Joe Cross, who’s done concept art for Dead Space 3 as well as for Bungie’s upcoming shared world shooter, Destiny. That shot of the Pike speeding across the desert? That’s his. What’s more, he’s doing other art for Destiny as well:
“I’m also doing a lot of the in game graphic design for Destiny,” he wrote. “Graphic design is a passion of mine and an aspect of art that is under-valued or under-utilized in video games.”
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Halo 4 – Fails of the Week 127
Jack and Geoff take a look at this week’s Halo fails (AH & YouTube) – self-teabagging is now a thing! There are some pretty great vehicle fails in the video as well (and a win.) Thanks, Nikko B201.(mastrbiggy 09:20:34 UTC)
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Majestic Map Pack Preview
Ready Up Live’s Greenskull is joined by Heckfu as they preview the new battlegrounds included in the upcoming Majestic map pack DLC for Halo 4. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 09:07:33 UTC)
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Drunken Halo: Episode 47
Justin let us know that Drunken Halo episode 47 is live – Justin and Travis discuss the Covenant weapons in Halo 4. Go listen!(mastrbiggy 09:02:07 UTC)
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Words With Friends
Deej attempts to boil down the takeaway from the last week of Bungie reveals: Destiny is an action game set in a mysterious world that you CAN play alone, but will be better well you play cooperatively (or competitively) with friends.
Also, mail sack.
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Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack Live Stream
As we announced in this week’s Halo Bulletin, we’ll be showing off the Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack in a live stream event on Sunday, February 24th at 2PM PST. The stream will feature designers and other 343 team members playing FFA (both Infinity Rumble and Rumble Pro) and 4 vs. 4 matches. Additionally, we’ll be giving away 10 Majestic Map Pack codes during the stream – tune in for your chance to win the Majestic Map Pack before it’s officially released!
We’ll be streaming on our official channel, http://www.twitch.tv/343Industries on Sunday! Be sure to follow the channel to know when we’re going live. See you then!
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