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Halo Fix: Halo 4 Top 5 Ep 1
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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Podtacular 333: War Games Spectacular
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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
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The Making of Halo 4’s Spartan Ops
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)
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Take a Tour of Harvest
IGN posted a developer walkthrough of Harvest, one of the maps included in the Crimson Map Pack. Looks nice! An interesting question Ryan McCaffrey asked Kynan Pearson was ‘how much of this map was affected by user feedback over the past month?’ (The answer was ‘this map was actually one of the earliest developed maps’… which I guess means ‘not very much’.)(mastrbiggy 23:07:10 UTC)
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LASOing the Mammoth
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)
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Spartan Up Live
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)
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Harvest – IGN’s Halo 4 Crimson Map Pack Developer Walkthrough
From IGN:Halo 4 lead multiplayer map designer Kynan Pearson shows off “Harvest” from the Crimson Map Pack. See Harvest brought to life for the first time in a game!
Harvest – IGN’s Halo 4 Crimson Map Pack Developer Walkthrough
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Community Member of the Week: Yiazmat012
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 Yiazmat012. Read about this particular person below, then hit their profile to learn more about this Mega Man-loving gamer!
Gamertag: Yiazmat012.
Origin of Gamertag: In Final Fantasy XII, the ultimate boss in the game is named Yiazmat and takes about three hours to beat if you are at the highest level with the best equipment. But I choose this name for another reason. A man named Yasumi Matsuno worked on previous Final Fantasies but quit during the start of the game’s creation. This depressed a lot of people in the studio, and they decided to name the dragon after him to honor what he had done for the company. The Japanese name for the Yiazmat is Yasmat but translated is Yiazmat. I honor him since Final Fantasy made up part of my childhood.
Current clan/community: None, I play Halo for fun and carnage.
Halo game(s) you are currently playing: Halo 4.
Favorite map, game type and playlist: Exile, Grifball, and Dominion.
Least favorite map, game type and playlist: Haven, Grifball, and CTF.
Preferred control scheme: Default.
Halo playing style (offense, defense, sniper, driver, etc.): I can drive a vehicle better than most people, and I like to go on offensive.
Favorite character: The Arbiter.
Favorite Halo book: First Strike or Cryptum.
Favorite Halo quote: “The Reclamation has begun…”
Anything else we should know? I don’t like the My Little Pony fad going around, but if you don’t try to shove it down my throat, you and me will get along just fine!
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Theatrical Halo 4 (Full Campaign and Cutscenes)
The Tyrant let us know that he’s got a full run-through of Halo 4 (cutscenes and everything) online – it’s a ‘theatrical presentation’, designed to give you the story as it was intended to be delivered. It’s nearly 6 hours long! (Louis Wu 17:32:18 UTC)
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Spartan Ops Ep 5 Cinematic – now archived
Spartan Ops Episode 5 is up now on Xbox LIVE – and the cinematic that goes with it is now available in our Spartan Ops Cutscene Library. Thorne REALLY doesn’t like following orders, does he? (There’s a small stutter around 1:22 in – but it appeared on 5 separate recordings (and it seems to be in a version I found on YouTube, as well), so you may just have to live with it.) (Louis Wu 16:37:44 UTC)
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Filling the glass with carnage
More coolness from padraig08 – this time culled from Reddit. Check out these amazing Christmas ornaments!(Louis Wu 16:32:04 UTC)
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Ops-Cast Episode 4: Didact Juice
MoltenSlowa and crew recorded Ops-Cast Episode 4 – this one goes through (surprise, surprise) Spartan Ops Ep 4. Go listen!(Louis Wu 16:29:15 UTC)
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With a little help from his friends.
padraig08 put together a few nice panoramic shots – the first one, especially, is amazing. Go look! Update: Plus one more.(Louis Wu 16:28:06 UTC)
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Multikill Monday 3 – A Halo 4 Montage
From Parsnipes:This is Episode 3 of our weekly montage series featuring The Spartan Force community. Enjoy!
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An Unexpected Journey
munky-058 becomes the first HBO regular to hit SR 130. Not sure that’s something to be proud of…(Louis Wu 16:18:22 UTC)
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Hang on, lemme just lick my armor…
NeoGAF’s Ken was inspired by the Doritos/Mountain Dew promotion. I love it.(Louis Wu 16:14:56 UTC)
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Picturing Destiny
At last, ncsuDuncan has released another detailed article focused on Bungie’s next big adventure! He covers the last six months of news regarding Destiny and even though the game is still shrouded in secrecy, there is actually quite a bit of information to dissect. It is an extremely interesting read, so check it out! Oh, and while you’re there be sure to check out Duncan’s other article regarding Bungie’s super secret project. (mastrbiggy 08:16:04 UTC)
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An Elegant Weapon
Vanguards of Requiem released a video where they put the Assault Rifle, Storm Rifle, and the Suppressor head to head. The results are pretty interesting! Thanks, TCKaos. (mastrbiggy 08:02:12 UTC)
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