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Somewhere, flying pigs are throwing snowballs.
For years, people have asked if HBO would ever have a Twitter account. For years, I’ve said it simply would not happen. A bunch of things are in the works, though, that make a Twitter account relatively important… and I was reminded that it doesn’t have to be a two-way communication. (That is: one of my biggest problems with the platform is the ability to become seriously unproductive as you try and keep up with those connected to you. But if we’re using Twitter as a notification system – and we are, each newspost will be posted to the account, in headline form, with a link to the full post – there’s no need to fret about followers, or following, or any of that.) It’s there for folks who want an alternative way to be notified when new Halo news goes live here at HBO. Here’s hoping that’s useful to some of you. So go follow HBOTweets, and you’ll never again need to say “what front page?”(Louis Wu 23:12:06 UTC)
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Halo Bulletin: Pretty Pictures, Soothing Text
The Halo Bulletin went up earlier this afternoon – and it includes even MORE pictures of the three new maps, plus details on changes to Halo 4 matchmaking and pictures of that Forza truck Grim mentioned recently. Go read it! (It’s local as well, of course.)(Louis Wu 22:40:45 UTC)
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Harvesting the fun
Rockslider just can’t get enough of the bizarro bits of Halo (the first one, of course) – he’s posted another collection of odd and funny moments from his campaign gameplay. Go watch!(Louis Wu 21:50:55 UTC)
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FUD Producers talk to SF.com
ScienceFiction.com has an interview with the Executive Producers of Forward Unto Dawn – interesting read! (Unfortunately, three out of five of the videos linked below the story don’t work – if you haven’t seen it, you’ll need to buy it when it comes out on DVD next week.)(Louis Wu 21:41:03 UTC)
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Crimson Map Pack Assets Released
The Crimson Map Pack is the first of three known DLC packs – and it’s coming in less than two weeks. We knew this last week – but now there is official info. Swing by the Xbox.com Press Center for promo screenshots and a 90-second HD teaser. (We’ve put up a local version if you’d like streaming instead of WMV.) Update: Looks like it’s already up on YouTube… and our forum is not really happy with what they see.(Louis Wu 20:27:09 UTC)
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An Unknown Ring
Dark Helmet continues to render stuff – his latest work is a pretty intricate Halo ring, and a ship I’ve never seen before. Go take a look! (Louis Wu 19:46:57 UTC)
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Wait… there are Winnebagos in Halo 4?
u4iX hosted a new Halo Council Top 5 – great gameplay, and some pretty nice commentary, too. Go see! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 19:45:35 UTC)
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Whipping through Halo 4
slYnki stopped in to let us know he’s finished a single segment run of Halo 4, incorporating all known shortcuts. (Difficulty was on Easy.) Total time: about an hour and a half. (!!) Go watch!(Louis Wu 19:40:48 UTC)
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Should The Package be returned?
Looks like McFarlane is coming out with a trio of figures based on Halo: Legends – reaction in our forum is… less than positive. (High heels on a Spartan? Really?) Thanks, tadboz. Update: apparently, they were like that in the original video. I can’t believe it didn’t raise a ruckus THEN.(Louis Wu 19:31:37 UTC)
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Joyridin’
agdtinman is back with more Joyride figures for sale on eBay! Stop by his post for details.(Louis Wu 19:27:01 UTC)
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Beatin’ up on SpOps
IGN’s pretty down on Halo 4’s Spartan Ops – they’ve been going through the missions in video format (Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3), and yesterday they used it as an object lesson for what NOT to take from television. (Thanks, Avateur.) Ouch!(Louis Wu 19:22:02 UTC)
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Top 10 Halo 4 Multikills
From Anoj:Anoj counts down his favorite 10 community-submitted Halo 4 multikill clips. Upload your clips to your File Share and submit at Top10Series.com to be featured in future episodes!
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Cortana – A Fan-made Halo 4 Wallpaper
From Beorn:Rise and shine, it’s wallpaper time (again)! I was watching the “A Hero Awakens” video and was fascinated by some of the new design elements on Cortana’s skin in Halo 4, especially the artwork on her spine and shoulder blades. Now, I’ve admittedly been a bit apprehensive about the new angular, mechanical aesthetic introduced with Halo 4, and while the above definitely fits into that category, I saw that clip and thought, “I have to make a wallpaper based on her design!” So, here we are; I hope somebody enjoys this one as much as I do! Comments and constructive feedback are always appreciated.
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Roses vs. Violets Easter Egg – A Halo 4 Trick
From CMNeir:In this episode, CMNeir shows you the Red vs. Blue Easter Egg on Spartan Ops Episode 1, Chapter 5. Enjoy!
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Fan-made Halo 4 Spartan Ops Graphic Novel: Part 2
From HaloFanForLife:
Here it is folks, the second in a series of comic books from Spartan Ops. Majestic team is on Requiem. A Forerunner artifact aboard the Infinity causes havoc…Now in “Spartan Ops, Episode 2: Artifact.”
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More Early Reveals For Bungie’s Destiny
Leaks seem to be de rigeur for Bungie’s new game, codenamed and possibly titled Destiny. First, court documents relating to legal disputes involving new publisher Activision revealed some of the general parameters of the game and the intended products, platforms and publishing schedules.
Now, apparently a third party employee forgot a flash drive at a restaurant, and supplied the gaming press with a few more documents and a few pieces of what appears to be concept art. In response, Bungie appeared to acknowledge the leak as legitimate, and replied with a bit of concept art of their own.
Since the leaked images have all been watermarked from hell to breakfast so that sites like IGN can stop other sites from stealing their “found footage” so to speak, I’m only going to take a close look at the shot Bungie actually wanted us to see, as well as the text quoted by some of the leak stories, and only describe the other images to try and back up some interpretation of the text or the official image. If you really need to see those other images, I’m sure the Internet will find a way to accede to your wishes.
Between the official image and the quoted portions of the text, it’s possible to build up a few tentative ideas about what to expect from Destiny, and the kinds of ideas and themes the new game might share with past Bungie works.
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Halo Christmas Twitter Backgrounds
Firestream has whipped up a pair of backgrounds you can use on your Twitter page – they’re Halo-ey, they’re Christmas-ey, they’re beautiful. Pick between Master Chief and a Promethean Knight! Great stuff. (Louis Wu 20:34:44 UTC)
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Audley Enough: Respawned
Master Theory’s Tiberius Audley has a new Audley Enough column discussing (in some depth) the Halo 4 spawn system, and how the weighting works. Worth a read! (Louis Wu 20:33:19 UTC)
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Adding to the metagame
Vic Deleon challenged his Twitter followers to find some easter eggs from the latest Spartan Ops episode – Hedgemony gave us the heads-up. Always good to have interaction with the devs!(Louis Wu 20:30:09 UTC)
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How to lose by dominating
Not sure why you’d want to highlight this video… but CruelLEGACEY pointed us towards a 10-minute gameplay vid on Ragnarok – total mantis domination, but they still lost… because the gametype wasn’t Slayer, it was CTF (and the other team actually PLAYED the objective). If you’re looking for ways to pad your K/D – this video has useful info. If you want to see some great CTF gameplay… go elsewhere.(Louis Wu 20:20:45 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
