From DefendTheHouse:

DefendTheHouse is proud to present the fifth installment of our Halo 4 Mythbusters series! In this episode, we put some of our most asked questions to the test.

From petetheduck:

Thanks to bs angel, 343 Industries Community Manager, I have 10 Knight Avatar Prop codes and 10 Watcher Avatar Prop codes to give away in coordination with my current (top secret) Forge project. These are codes redeemable on the Xbox 360 for your Xbox Avatar!

How can you get one? Well, all you have to do is Forge FOR Pete! I am looking for specific kinds of Forge maps from the Halo community. This is not a contest–I will not be judging the maps that are sent to me. Instead, I will personally be considering them to potentially be featured in my (top secret) Forge project. I will give out codes at “random” to the authors of maps that impress me. I’m limited on codes, so not every author will get one.

I need these maps by February 20th (so I will wait until February 20th to distribute the codes). What kind of maps am I looking for? Click the link below to find out!

From PhuRioN:

Hope you enjoy my first Halo 4 montage! I had a good time getting the clips and putting this video together.

From Prima Games:

Last week, the Covenant suffered more setbacks courtesy of Fireteam Crimson. A signals intelligence facility was taken offline, captured Spartans were freed, and a Forerunner remnant was wrested from their control. With their brutal assault on the UNSC Infinity repelled, they have suffered losses that would demoralize almost any other military force. Despite this, the Covenant have managed to pull off arguably the biggest coup of this war or the prior one: Jul ‘Mdama has kidnapped Dr. Catherine Halsey.

Check out the official eGuide for episode 9 of Spartan Ops via the link below!

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 K0lucc1. Read a little more about this particular fan below, then hit their profile to find out what exactly the aliens like!

Gamertag: K0lucc1.

Current clan/community: I’m not much for clans, I just play Slayer with my friends or by myself. But I have a certain friend who, every time I play with him, the first thing he says is, “Join my clan!” 😛

Favorite map, game type and playlist: I like a lot of game types but whenever I go into Team Doubles, I lose. It just happens, so I steer clear of it.

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

Preferred control scheme: Default.

Halo playing style (offense, defense, sniper, driver, etc.): I am more of a sprayin’ and prayin’ sort of player!

Favorite Halo character: Noble 6.

Favorite Halo quote: “I know what the aliens like.” – Sergeant Johnson

Anything else we should know? I try to post my opinion often, and when I do, I try to think outside the box.

This week, we are proud to premiere the Team Snipers playlist. This playlist offers two different game modes: Team Snipers and Shotty Snipers. We are excited about this new and improved playlist that will offer two very different variants – while the classic Shotty Snipers offers a wonderfully chaotic harmony of long and close range combat, the new Team Snipers game type offers a pure sniping experience – the stripped down variant features disabled radar, grenades, secondary weapons, and instant respawn. In addition to some of the game’s larger maps, we’ve included modified versions of Abandon, Haven, and Shutout, the Lockout remake that was made popular in the Community Forge Test playlist.

Also premiering for the first time is Team Objective, which combines 4 vs. 4 Team Regicide, Oddball, and King of the Hill. Instant respawn has been disabled in both Oddball and King of the Hill.

Team Doubles has also received some updates. The biggest change to this playlist is the removal of instant respawn from Infinity Doubles. With this change, instant respawn is now disabled across the entire playlist to provide the best game flow. Additionally, we’ve addressed some weapon and respawn issues across a few of the maps in the playlist. As always, we’ll be keeping a close eye on community feedback and updating this (and other playlists) as necessary. If you’d like to leave feedback on any aspect of War Games / Matchmaking, check out our brand new feedback section.

For more information on the above, detailed settings for Team Snipers variants, information about Team Doubles updates, and additional Team Objective details check out The Halo Bulletin, and keep an eye out for Matchmaking updates each week!

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From Certain Affinity:

This video covers how to use kill boundaries, safe boundaries, and how to create a map ceiling using Trait Zones in Halo 4’s Forge mode.