MrGreencastle in the DBO forum also picked apart some of the images from the ViDoc, taking a detailed look at what they might mean for Destiny’s interface and gameplay features.
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The Destiny Letters
Ex-Bungie Community Guy Matt Soell, who was with the company during the early Halo days, has penned a response to some of the complaints about Destiny’s reveal being more “hype” than “substance”. It’s well worth a read, so please go take a look (Warning: little bit of NSFW language. No images, but some imagery.)
If you ask me, though, the crux of the issue is right here:
For years now, even before Destiny was a rumor, people have been calling for more transparency and less hype from Bungie. If a few pieces of concept art and a YouTube video are “hype,” it’s only because Bungie’s process has made less feel like more. They do not deluge the press or their fans in an antiseptic wash of tedious data. Anyone can do that. Bungie wants your entry into this world to be an experience unto itself.
Soell makes a good point; the Destiny reveal was not a planned press event watered down; it was an extension of the Cortana Letters-type experience to the mainstream gaming press. Looks like not all of them had as much fun as some of the fans (myself included) did.
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Halo 4 Mythbusters – Episode 6
From DefendTheHouse:DefendTheHouse is proud to present the sixth installment of our Halo 4 Mythbusters series! In this episode, we put some of our most asked questions to the test.
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Prima Games Official Spartan Ops eGuide – Episode 10
From Prima Games:Things have not gotten better despite the string of defeats you’ve delivered upon the Covenant. If anything, things have only managed to get worse. Requiem is on a collision course with its sun, which will claim the USNC Infinity crew as casualties of very grim physics. Fireteam Crimson and Majestic are sent to the Harvester to recover an artifact that will hopefully make things right before it’s too late.
Check out the official eGuide for episode 10 of Spartan Ops via the link below!
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Renegades Episode 3 – A Halo: Reach Machinima
From NukeTacoProductions:This week, the momentum of last week’s action-packed episode doesn’t slow down. How so? You’ll just have to watch and find out. We hope you like you what you see, and we hope to see you back next week for the release of Episode 4 of Renegades!
In this episode: Destruction…destruction can bring about pain and suffering but occasionally, it will bring about truths that would remain hidden otherwise. After the battle with the M.P., the duo is split up, forcing one to rescue the other from imprisonment. Check out www.nucleartacoproductions.com for more Renegades and other exciting content!
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Revisiting a 10-year-old talk
Wow, was THIS a blast from the past… in more ways than one! BOLL stopped by (!!!) to point out that a 2003 GDC talk by Jaime Griesemer, Marty O’Donnell, and Mat Noguchi (and Hamilton Chu!) was made available in video form. Back in 2006, Gamasutra released the audio, and soon after Jaime provided us with the slides… but this is the first time the video has been made available for free. Go watch!(Louis Wu 14:50:16 UTC)
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Requiem
If you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone 4S, davidfuchs has created a pretty gorgeous Forerunner-like theme for you – check it out.(Louis Wu 14:35:31 UTC)
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HBO Forum Card Game – a look at what almost was
pete_the_duck stopped in to announce the final state of his HBO Forum Card Game project, with descriptions, pictures, and a Schooly D-supplied video. (Save Schooly’s bandwidth and watch our slightly smaller version here.) I’m sad, now, that this will never really see the light of day… but I’m pretty pleased that pete was willing to share!(Louis Wu 14:20:45 UTC)
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Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 7
Postmortem has announced another round of his Visualizing the Halo Universe competition (I hesitate to call it a contest, because there are no prizes, but I LOVE seeing what people come up with) – swing by to read all the details! You’ve got a couple of weeks to show off your vision of what the Queen of a Yanme’e (Halo 2/3/Reach Drone) colony might look like. Get to sketchin’!(Louis Wu 14:05:37 UTC)
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It’s Your Destiny… Maybe
Ben Kuchera at the Penny Arcade Report seems optimistic about the possibilities for a PC version of Destiny. That’s good, I suppose, given the number of people threatening dire consequences to Bungie on Twitter if they don’t.
IGN’s commentary around the ViDoc reveal was very pessimistic about the possibility, saying Bungie would only mention current and next-gen consoles, but Bungie’s Pete Parsons has given PC owners reason to hope:
The interesting part is we, from the ground up, from the very beginning, we have made sure that [Destiny] can be on multiple platforms,” Parsons assured me. “It’s one thing to say it, it’s another to design and actually architect for it, which we’ve absolutely done.
So there you have it: definite maybe.
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Majestic Map Pack Gameplay
CyReN found four videos showing gameplay on new the maps included in the Majestic map pack – one of the videos even shows off a new game type called Infinity Rumble. These maps look great – Landfall kind of reminds me of Halo 3’s Longshore. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 09:16:31 UTC)
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Collaborating on Halo 4’s Majestic Map Pack
Polygon posted an article detailing the collaborative development between 343i and Certain Affinity on the Majestic map pack. It provides some interesting insight into how the two studios communicate ideas. Thanks, Hypertrooper.(mastrbiggy 09:03:39 UTC)
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Making Halo 4: Majestic Map Pack
Halo Waypoint released a video showing off three new Halo 4 maps included in the upcoming Majestic map pack. Those are some pretty looking skyboxes. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 08:55:33 UTC)
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Stay in Mammoth to Avoid Death by Reclaimed Water
Podtacular invited yours truly to join the show for the Reclaimer episode of their Halo 4 campaign walkthrough series. Lots of great discussion was had, tips were given and credited, bad jokes were made, and fun ran rampant. Give it a listen and see if you agree!(GrimBrother One 23:53:22 UTC)
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Halo 4 Campaign: Reclaimer
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Infinity is back in the sky but remains locked inside Requiem from the gravity well at the entrance of the Forerunner planet. Gypsy company has been deployed to take out particle cannons lining the path to the well making way for Infinity to get a shot at the well. The journey is not a simple one and you unexpectedly run into an ancient Forerunner, who has a purpose for you. Friend of the show GrimBrother One joins us for what is likely the game defining mission in the Halo 4 campaign. Enjoy
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Spartan Ops Cutscene Library Updated
A combination of a really busy morning and a much-larger-than-usual collection of uploads conspired to delay the updating of our Spartan Ops Cutscene Library – but it is complete now, as far as Season 1 goes. Swing by to view or download Episode 10, the Season 1 Epilogue, and the Season 1 Credits!(Louis Wu 20:05:37 UTC)
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Community Member of the Week: Greenskull
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 Greenskull. Read a little more about him below, then hit his profile to see why he loves emerald-colored craniums!
From Greenskull:
I’m Greenskull, but my friends call me Greenskull.
I make the Green’s Machines series on Halo Waypoint which you can check out here on the site or on Halo Waypoint on your console! I also make YouTube videos and run the gaming forum ReadyUpLive.
Ever since Halo 1, I’ve been a huge fan. When I got the original Xbox, my first game was Halo and I instantly fell in love. I’ve been very active in the Bungie community in the past, but now 343 and Waypoint are my new people. They don’t come any friendlier!
I play a lot of other games, too, but my all-time favorites are the Half-Life series, Portal, Saint’s Row, Elder Scrolls, and the classics like Doom, Duke Nukem, and Quake.
I came up with Greenskull when I was quite young. Back in Team Fortress Classic, I was setting up my character for online play. In TFC, you can choose a spray paint image and a color. My favorite image was Chuckskull and my favorite color was green. I then stared at the “Username” box and it hit me: Greenskull. It stuck ever since.
My favorite music artists are Linkin Park, 30h!3, All Time Low, Marianas Trench, Hot Chelle Rae, Theory of a Deadman, Cobra Starship, Sum 41, Billy Talent, Barenaked Ladies, and a lots of others. I like fun, happy music.
So yeah, that’s me! You’ll be a seeing me around lots so get to know me! Feel free to send me a message over Xbox Live or on the forums and we can game sometime!
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Halo 4 Matchmaking Update: 2.18.13
This week, Spartan Ops continues with episode 10, the final episode of Season 1, which contains five new Spartan Ops missions. Go play!
We have also launched our premiere competitive playlist, Team Throwdown. For the full details of this playlist and the game types offered, see the launch settings thread. We look forward to hearing your feedback on this playlist – be sure to pop into the Team Throwdown Feedback thread in the War Games Feedback Section after you’ve played some matches.
Other updates include reducing the score limit across the Team Snipers playlist from 60 kills to 50 kills (or 500 points) to account for the fact that instant respawn is disabled. Also, Shutout has been added to the rotation in the SWAT playlist. Lastly, the Crimson DLC playlist has been removed from the rotation in preparation for the upcoming map pack, but Crimson DLC maps will continue to appear throughout various Matchmaking playlists.
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