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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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Halo 4 Forge Tutorial – Progressive Extraction Trick Breakdown
From Certain Affinity:This video covers how to use the EXT_Target game type label to allow objects to spawn in when an objective site is extracted.
Halo 4 Forge Tutorial – Progressive Extraction Trick Breakdown
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An Axe to Grind
If you enjoyed the opening episode of the new machinima series “Renegades” by Nuclear Taco Productions, then don’t miss Episode 2, which is now available! Follow Axe and Kane as they travel towards their destination, metting up with inevitable obstacles. Check it out!(GrimBrother One 14:43:20 UTC)
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Activision, Bungie Reveal Destiny
Activision/Blizzard has posted their official press release. I’ve archived it here. Near the bottom they put a tidbit for Bungie fans with a penchant for rampant speculation:
Activision reiterated that although Bungie’s amazing new world was revealed today, Activision has not included the launch in its 2013 outlook and there should be no speculation or expectation of a different result.
So there you have it. You’re not even allowed to think it’s not true that Destiny won’t come out this year.
Thanks to MDQuackers in the DBO forum for the heads-up.
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Wired: Halo Creator Unveils Its Next Masterpiece
Over in the DBO forum, manti452 pointed out Wired’s take on Bungie’s Destiny reveal.
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Dax01’s Halo 3 Co-Op Story
For her birthday, Dax01 sat down with Dan Miller of Bungie for a few games of Halo 3 co-op. She details the entire game session (pics and all) and shares some developer insight into Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST. Go check it out!(mastrbiggy 11:39:47 UTC)
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Annotated ViDoc Screencaps Up
I’ve now annotated many of the images captured from Bungie’s first Destiny ViDoc, Pathways Out Of Darkness.
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MLG Season Finale
deathmcgunz let us know that season finale of the Halo 3 machinima, MLG, is live – Cameron gets his shot at the clan and Remey gets what she’s always wanted. Great job with the first season – I hope to see more episodes in the future. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 11:32:02 UTC)
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Spartan Ops Season 1 Conclusion and Matchmaking Update
Spartan Ops Season 1 comes to a conclusion with the release of Episode 10, ‘Exodus’ – there’s actually two parts to watch. Along with new Spartan Ops content, the Team Throwdown playlist went live this morning – Bravo posted all the details. Go watch and read!(mastrbiggy 11:24:19 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
