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The Riot Sandbox Kicks Off January 25
Kete stopped by to announce that The Riot Sandbox will be kicking off tomorrow night, with host Damien Lacedamian. Drop in and participate!(Louis Wu 20:39:04 UTC)
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The Council Gamer: Episode 2
The Council Gamer is a live videocast from The Halo Council – the latest episode has guests Walshy, Goldenboy, and Flamesword discussing Halo news and ideas. Go listen! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 20:37:29 UTC)
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Chasm Shoot in the Library
Rockslider stopped by our forum to announce a new video – he calls it ‘Chasm Shoot in the Library’, and it’s an extension of his Spore Herding experiments. He gets some really odd visuals… go see!(Louis Wu 20:35:00 UTC)
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Ohio, where the wind co- wait…
Do you live near Ohio? Do you love playing Halo with fun people? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you might be interested in HBOhio, a LANfest being planned by Revenant1988 – go read about it and see what’s going on! And don’t forget to block off the weekend of April 20th on your calendar.(Louis Wu 15:05:41 UTC)
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Waypoint Bulletin 23 Jan 2013
Waypoint released this week’s Halo Bulletin last night – if you were expecting details about the upcoming Title Update, you will probably be disappointed. What you WILL find is a summary of the changes to the Matchmaking Playlists next week, a bit about what’s coming down the road, and a description of Halo campers. It’s in our Waypoint Bulletin Archive, as well, if you’d like a lighter version.(Louis Wu 14:28:40 UTC)
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Games as Lit 07: The Halo Books (Part One)
Travis Knight let us know that Halo has made an appearance (and will continue to do so) in a podcast he runs – it’s called ‘Games as Lit’, and the current series focuses on the Halo novels. Part One, out today, covers Fall of Reach, The Flood, and First Strike. (Part Two will be out next Thursday.) If you’d rather, you can find all episodes of Games as Lit on iTunes. Go listen!(Louis Wu 14:09:09 UTC)
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Halo 4 Campaign: Requiem
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Continuing our journey in the Halo 4 Campaign, the Master Chief crash lands on Requiem in the remains of the Forward Unto Dawn and other Covenant ships that got sucked in with you. There’s no doubt that there are Covenant that made it down with you too. Near the very beginning of the level, there is one part that truly shows how beautiful the game looks on 7 year old hardware, but don’t let that keep you for too long. Remember, you need to figure out where you are. We are joined by B2theRyanNewman to help cover the mission. Enjoy
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Races, catapults, and mines
Achievement Hunter’s Halo Horse 111 has Ray and Ryan fighting for points on some funky maps. Too early to be on YouTube – sorry.(Louis Wu 23:51:59 UTC)
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Scaling the Heights, and Then Some
Stephen Loftus has completed a massive update to his Halo Scale Charts – the total number of pages has increased from 12 pages in the last version to 27 pages in this one! It contains a mountain of new items from previous games, plus most major vehicles from Reach and Halo Wars. Go take a look! (The original article is unchanged; only the Cascade Scaling images are new. You can jump right to the top level of this series if you’re in a hurry.)(Louis Wu 20:52:39 UTC)
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Let’s Play Spartan Ops – Ep One: Land Grab
The Tyrant has kicked off a new series – ‘Let’s Play Spartan Ops’. He’s starting at the beginning – he’s never tried out Spartan Ops before. It’s him, alone, on Legendary difficulty, in his first time out – no preparation, no practice. Fun! Go watch Episode One, Chapter 1 – Land Grab.(Louis Wu 20:38:51 UTC)
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Halo IRL: She’s A Life Saver
Halo is a fictional universe. However, sometimes we catch sight of things in real life that remind us of our favorite science fiction video game franchise. This particular series, titled Halo in Real Life, showcases those very moments. Enjoy the subtle Halo references sometimes spotted when out and about in the real world, and if you have a picture you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!
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From Darren OHare, who captured the image and is the voice of Thomas Lasky: I worked on a TV pilot recently and we shot on a Navy Destroyer, and the name of the ship was… USS Halsey.
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The Sound of Halo 4 – A Halo 4 Machinima
From Machinima:If this doesn’t get you pumped for Halo 4, I don’t know what else can. Enjoy!
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The Halo Council and Gamers for Giving Halo 4 Tournament
From The Halo Council:The Halo Council and Gamers Outreach Foundation are proud to announce the Halo Council & Gamers For Giving Halo 4 4v4 Tournament taking place in Ypsilanti, MI on February 17th. The entire event will take place at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center from 10:00 AM Saturday, February 16th to 10:00 PM Sunday, February 17th. Yes, you read that correctly. The entire weekend will be filled with non-stop gaming and eSports competition in the name of charity from Halo 4 to Call of Duty Black Ops 2.
Information
• $1,500 1st Place Prize / $750 2nd Place Prize
• Entry Fee: $25 Per Player
• Players will need to bring their own WIRED Xbox 360 controller.
• Monitors and consoles will be provided.
• Astro Mixamps will be provided at each station.
• Headsets are optional and must be provided by players.
The goal is to raise $15,000.00 to help support Gamers Outreach initiatives in 2013. All event costs and tournament prize pools are underwritten by our partners, which means your entry fee directly supports Gamers Outreach programs. Hope to see you there!
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Tyrant’s Halo 4 Legendary Walkthrough – Dawn
From MythicTyrant:The iconic Master Chief awakens after a four-year slumber to find that a rogue group of Covenant known as “The Storm” have stumbled across the Forward Unto Dawn. Worse, they are about to collide with an unknown mechanized Forerunner shield world. Your mission? Repel the Covenant troops and survive entry into the new world!
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Channel 9 on Halo 4 and Windows Azure Service Bus
Channel 9 released a video interview with 343’s Caitie McCaffrey, Hoop Somuah and Angus McQuarrie. They talk about the many ways in which Halo 4 utilizes Windows Azure Service Bus, including porting game statistics from console to Waypoint. Pretty interesting! Thanks, MrGreenCastle.(mastrbiggy 09:05:55 UTC)
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Podtacular 338
Dust Storm sent word that episode 338 of Podtacular is live – this is a mashup of their mini-series of shows they have been doing for Campaign, Spartan Ops and War Games. In this episode they talk about Dawn, Departure and Complex. Go listen!(mastrbiggy 08:50:38 UTC)
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Playtime Season 4 Episode 1 Image Gallery
CruelLEGACEY let us know that he uploaded a screenshot gallery on his site that includes images from the first episode of the new season of Playtime. Check it out!(mastrbiggy 08:38:14 UTC)
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Turn That Leak Upside Down
Polygon posted an article about how Bungie handled the recent leak on their upcoming project – instead of staying quiet and letting speculation run wild, the studio managed to turn the leak into something beneficial for both Bungie and the fans. The article also details a recent Polygon trip to Bungie’s studio to interview some of the team. The article will be released on January 24th. Thanks, miladesn. (mastrbiggy 08:32:49 UTC)
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Halo 4 Concept Art by Albert Ng
Concept artist Albert Ng released some Halo 4 concept art – he worked on in-game touchscreen interfaces/consoles, props and Spartan armor designs. Pretty cool stuff! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(mastrbiggy 08:07:24 UTC)
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Classic Map Remakes For Halo 4 Forge
TCKaos pointed out a list of classic map remakes for Halo 4 as well as the fileshare names you’ll need to download them. Wow, it seems like almost every map has been remade, even the Halo 2 PC exclusive maps. Oddball Sword Base anyone?(mastrbiggy 07:53:38 UTC)
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