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Bulletonian
The latest Halo Bulletin went live on Halo Waypoint (and in our Halo Bulletin Archive) last night – it’s not all sweetness and light. There’s some information about the upcoming second half of the Spartan Ops first season, and a bit of info about next week’s new Matchmaking playlist changes… but there’s also the sad news that the Halo 2 Vista online support will officially end on February 15. If you’re gonna play… do it now! Update: A community question, asking about the expected date of arrival of Fileshare functionality, was inserted late on Thursday into Wednesday’s Bulletin. We’ve added it to the local copy, too.(Louis Wu 19:14:39 UTC)
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A Day in the Life of Dressing Master Chief
Ross Mills let us know about an article on Artem.com (the folks who created the Master Chief armor that was used in several European launch events) discussing the work that went into getting that armor on the Chief each day. Nice pics!(Louis Wu 19:12:01 UTC)
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Halo 4 Didact Desktop Wallpaper
From firestream:This is a compilation of some screen captures Fyrewulff did. Feel free to download and enjoy!
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Halo 4 – Achievement HORSE #110
From Rooster Teeth:Michael and Ray take their bromance into Halo PIG this week. Who will come out the victor?
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Halo 4 Nails
From jasjemine:I made Halo 4 nails! From thumb to pinky finger: Halo 4, Cortana, Promethean, UNSC, 343i.
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Lockout Remake – A Halo 4 Custom Map
From LayedBackGaming:This is a remake of the Halo 2 classic map Lockout, by Big Papa SaLoT. In terms of scale, it is almost 100% accurate. It is an amazing remake, and I strongly recommend downloading it and checking it out!
How to download:
1. Go to the Infinity menu on Halo 4
2. Click “Start” and go to “Settings & Files”
3. Go to “File Browser” then “Map Variants”
4. Go to “File Share Search” and type in “Big Papa SaLoT”
5. Download and have fun!!
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Halo 4 War Games: Haven
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One of the most favorite multiplayer maps in the Halo 4 experience has been Haven, which was actually designed with competitive play in mind. This map is most popular among competitive players because of it’s symmetry and many routes of escapes and shooting paths. To help us better understand the map, we have Nak3d Eli from Nak3d Halo on to give us the inside scoop on strategy, spawns, weapons, and control points on the map. Enjoy
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Halo 4 Spartan Ops Animatic
Vico shared this never before seen promotional Spartan Ops film by Planet Jump Productions. This is actually the animatic that was shown when 343 demoed Spartan Ops at E3 2012 – I never thought it would see the light of day. Really cool stuff! (mastrbiggy 23:35:54 UTC)
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Forward Unto Dawn Creatives At Transmedia LA
Forward Unto Dawn director Stewart Hendler and producer Joshua Feldman divulge about how they approached crafting a Halo story, from canonical considerations to fans’ expectations. Neat read! Thanks, thebruce0.(mastrbiggy 23:33:43 UTC)
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Halo Invades GDC 2013
If news of a Bungie GDC talk wasn’t exciting enough, 343 have their fair share of discussions planned for GDC as well – five to be exact…- Bringing the Game to Life – Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (Postmortem)
- Halo Reborn: A Postmortem on the Creation of Halo 4
- Relighting Forge in Halo 4: Just-In-Time Lighting of User Generated Content
- Static Lighting Tricks in Halo 4
- The Design of New Enemies for Halo 4
Wow, that is a lot of talking – seems like some really interesting topics are going to be covered! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(mastrbiggy 22:01:34 UTC)
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Date With Destiny
Bungie writer and design director Joe Staten and art director Christopher Barrett will be discussing Bungie’s next game at this years GDC. The discussion, titled “Brave New World: New Bungie IP,” will focus on Bungie’s world-building techniques, all the way from concept to production. Attendees might even get a glimpse of the new world that awaits us. Pretty exciting news – hopefully we get some info out of this!(mastrbiggy 20:54:13 UTC)
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PGCR 145
Robowski let us know that the newest Post Game Carnage Report takes a look at the insanity of the Infinity Challenge – sounds like fun! Go listen. Update: Oops, the actual audio file didn’t get posted until quite a bit later. If you visited when this post was first written, swing back and visit again! (Louis Wu 20:48:57 UTC)
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A ginormous vehicle
This article in the LA Times is a fascinating look at the Warthog that 343 commissioned from marketing company Antenna. Stop by for behind-the-scenes details, a great photogallery, and the tantalizing tidbit that “buyers with deep pockets may even be able to take home a version of their own”… whoa. Thanks to BS Angel for highlighting this on Waypoint.(Louis Wu 20:32:13 UTC)
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Bet you can’t drink it.
We’ve run across The Drunken Moogle before, with respect to Halo… a website helping geeks connect with booze? Sign us up. The Tyrant sent us a link that pointed to the Cortana – a Halo cocktail containing Blue Curaçao, Alizé Bleu Passion, and UV Blue Vodka. Rampancy awaits! Update: While you’re there, check out the Master Chief (Midori, Jack Daniels, Jager) and the Master Chief Mojito (Bacardi and Mountain Dew).(Louis Wu 20:12:52 UTC)
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Halo 4 artworks. 2011.
Sparth released another pair of concept pieces created during Halo 4’s development – swing by his Tumblr to see ’em. Thanks, TheOddOne. (Louis Wu 20:01:58 UTC)
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Halo 4 Character Reference Shots
FyreWulff continues to snap useful screens from the Halo 4 campaign – swing by this post to see galleries of various in-game characters, useful as reference shots. (Louis Wu 19:59:50 UTC)
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Dust and Echoes Ep 30
Woaf sent word that the Dust and Echoes podcast has risen from its slumber with a new episode – this one looks forward to the future of Halo (at least this year’s worth). Go listen!(Louis Wu 19:55:18 UTC)
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Warthog Goes from Pixels to Reality
If you’re anything like me, your dreams are full of Spartan super-soldiers and their larger-than-life rides. If the latter sounds familiar, check out LA Times automotive writer David Undercoffler’s thoughts on our recently commissioned Warthog, which stands (er, rolls?) almost 8 feet tall, more than 8 feet wide and more than 17 feet long. Yes, it comes with a turret. No, it’s not real. You can’t have everything, you know…
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Halo Respawn 1 – A Live-action Halo Web Series
From freakinrad:Newb, in a frantic attempt to kill and not be killed, finds himself spiraling into some unknown interdimensional halfway point between life and rebirth. In other words, the “break room” in between the time you die and come back where Halo Spartans go to socialize when not hard at work. There he meets Otto and Ted, who break the news of the truth to him in this ode to the ’90’s sitcom netherworld.
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
