Per Audacia Ad Astra

Per Audacia Ad Astra

Dust Storm let us know that Podtacular 333 is out – it’s an interview with 343’s Kevin Franklin (Competitive Multiplayer Lead Designer for Halo 4) about upcoming changes, future vision for Wargames, and more. What are you waiting for? Go listen! Update: there are a couple of summaries on NeoGAF if you don’t have time to listen to the whole ‘cast: Tashi did one, enzo_gt did the other.(Louis Wu 16:25:18 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla’s back, with a remake of a vid he did in 2010. Same song, new footage. As always, great attention to detail. Interesting juxtaposition of Spartans/Elites. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:09:30 UTC)

The fifth Spartan Ops episode gives you options for 3 separate Achievements – and two of them have caused people a little bit of trouble. MixMaker1 put together a video showing you what you REALLY need to do to earn each one – worth a look!(Louis Wu 16:07:34 UTC)

Chuckthelittlealien found a hole in the boundaries surrounding the final Chapter of yesterday’s Spartan Ops episode – check out his video to see how to get out of The Cauldron! (Not sure he meant this in a clever way, but I loved how he ended the video ‘into the fire’.)(Louis Wu 16:03:54 UTC)

Xbox360Magazine has an interview with Kiki Wolfkill in their latest issue; this isn’t actually online for free (they’re selling it, after all), but the teaser has a couple of choice quotes that cast an interesting light on the thought process of 343. Thanks to Shadders, who found this at GameRanx.(Louis Wu 16:00:11 UTC)

CyReN put together a visual guide to some Playlist changes he thinks would make Halo 4 Matchmaking better… go give it a read!(Louis Wu 15:54:04 UTC)

IGN released a video showing you how to create a custom gametype called ‘Binary Slayer’ – this one is played around the 343 office, and looks to be frenetic (and likely frustrating at times). Hopefully, the day will come soon when we can point you to a Fileshare download link for gametypes like this. Thanks to Ryan McCaffrey for the heads-up on NeoGAF.(Louis Wu 15:52:07 UTC)

Halo Fix released their first Halo 4 Top 5 video yesterday – I’m not sure about the order, but the clips were fun to watch. Just three and a half minutes – go see!(Louis Wu 15:50:18 UTC)

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It’s the podcast you’ve all been waiting for, our interview with the Lead Multiplayer Designer for Halo 4: Kevin Franklin. This hour-long podcast covers how 343 Industries is addressing bugs, fixes and updates to the game that comes out every week to keep your War Games experience fresh and exciting. We also cover some of the design decisions about creating the maps, where the artists get their inspiration from, and how Valhalla was chosen to make it’s return as Ragnarok with the introduction of the Mantis. There are many more topics discussed in this podcast that you’ll just have to listen to find out about. Enjoy

IGN has posted another video – this time showing off the development of Halo 4’s new cooperative mode, Spartan Ops. Thanks, ElzarTheBam.(mastrbiggy 23:18:08 UTC)

Wow, cool.(Louis Wu 22:01:35 UTC)

Have you felt like you’re spending too much time on Campaign levels? RC Master has released yet another Halo 4 speed run – this one is a LASO run on Reclaimer, in under 18 minutes. Go learn how to whip through that puppy! Update: Link fixed – sorry!(Louis Wu 19:16:15 UTC)

Ready Up Live ran through Spartan Ops Episode 4 this weekend – wild, wacky, and willful! (Bonus RvB easter egg location included.) Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:54:05 UTC)