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Overhead Halo 4 MP maps – with callouts
Someone on Polygon.com scanned flyers available at MLG Dallas – they contain overhead maps for all 10 Halo 4 Multiplayer maps, with callouts. Handy! Thanks, NullPointer. (Louis Wu 17:07:02 UTC)
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In Memoriam
padraig08 pointed out a new Halo 3 remix on OCRemix – it’s a metal-ized remix of three Halo 3 tunes (Finish the Fight, Halo, and Never Forget). Pretty impressive! Go grab a copy. Update: whoa, Nikko B201 pointed out that not only had we already covered this last year, but we’re hosting a local copy! Goodness. Steel trap, indeed. (The OCR version has been updated a bit.) (Louis Wu 17:04:39 UTC)
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More Halo Anniversary Tricks
Jefferson is back with another pair of Halo Anniversary trick vids (plus tutorials): The Banshee Trick (and its tutorial) show you some shenanigans involving the first Banshee on AotCR, while Out of 343 Guilty Spark (and its tutorial) help you… well, get out of 343 Guilty Spark. Go watch! (Louis Wu 17:02:44 UTC)
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Cortana gets some eyes
Sidola added some eyes to the Hefley Cortana sculpt render we mentioned yesterday (and made a couple of minor adjustments to… some other assets she has). Go see!(Louis Wu 16:57:07 UTC)
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Halo 4 Green Screen Tutorial
GeneticSpartan stopped in to let us know he’d recorded a green screen tutorial for Halo 4 – including setting up the map you’ll need. Watch it, and then get to making some cool machinima!(Louis Wu 16:55:04 UTC)
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T-Rex Hands!
Captain Spark spent a little time in Shutdown’s vehicle bay, and recorded 30 Marine audio clips. Some of them are hilarious! (He’s not starting up collecting dialogue again… but that doesn’t mean we wouldn’t set up a page for it if people started submitting clips.) (Louis Wu 16:53:52 UTC)
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Visualizing the Halo Universe: Round 3 Winner
Postmortem announced a winner for Round 3 of his ‘Visualizing the Halo Universe’ competition – some great entries! Go see. (And congrats to Nikko B201 for the win!)(Louis Wu 16:50:10 UTC)
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The Top 10 Master Chief Lines
From MixMaker117:
Welcome to the brand new series – Halo Top 10’s. The first edition looks at the top 10 Master Chief quotes from Halo: CE, Halo 2, and Halo 3. Let me know what you think of the list – what are your top 10 Master Chief quotes?
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Halo Community Tournament: Halo 4 Flood
From Sundown:
Follow HaloCommunity as we celebrate the release of Halo 4 with our next site tournament! Join us for an awesome and fun tournament in the Flood game type on November 24th at 1:00 PM EST! That’s right, we’re taking the Flood experience to Custom games for an epic, double-elimination free-for-all! Work together with other Spartans to stay alive, or rack up points as a lone wolf! But be careful not to turn your back for too long, for those you will be cooperating with one minute may be coming to infect you the next!
For those of you who may not be familiar with the new Halo 4 game type, Halo 4’s Flood mode is a round-based, ten-player game. It is a truly asymmetrical experience with the added twist of dynamic teams, making every game a different experience… especially during the incredibly action-packed and intense final seconds.
At the beginning of each round, two players spawn in Flood form, and eight players spawn as Survivors. Survivors are standard Spartans equipped with shotguns and magnums, while Flood move very quickly and can only use a melee attack. When a Survivor gets killed by the Flood, the Survivor will convert and re-spawn as a Flood. The round ends if a Survivor makes it to 3:00 or if all players are converted to Flood, and a new round with new teams will commence.
We will be allowing the first 160 players that sign to compete in the tournament, so mark your calendars for November 24th, and keep an eye on HaloCommunity.com for signups to open soon! Here is an example bracket for the tournament: http://bit.ly/FloodFFA. Maps and game variant downloads will be available when signups open!
It wouldn’t be a HaloCommunity tournament if there weren’t some awesome prizes, would it? Our champion will take home a Rocketfish Wireless Headset, Second place will win a Season Pass for Halo 4 War Games, Third Place will score a set of Halo 4 FPS Freek Infinity Controller Add-Ons, and the runners up will receive in-game armor codes. Various avatar codes will also be given out to participants for inter-tournament accomplishments.
Get more information and sign up via the link below!
Halo Community Tournament: Halo 4 Flood
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Green And Blue – Composing the Halo 4 Universe
From Neil Davidge:
A video excerpt from the box set DVD “Composing A Universe” available at www.halo4soundtrack.com.
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One Man’s Misery is Another Man’s Montage-maker
Xorian brought to our attention today’s Penny Arcade comic, which focuses on how Halo’s Theater Mode can highlight our lowlights. I know the feeling!(GrimBrother One 22:07:24 UTC)
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Spartan Ops Cutscene Library – Open
We’ve decided to kick off our Spartan Ops Cutscene Library – the first two cutscenes are available now. These are already available in streaming format on Halo Waypoint (both on your Xbox and on the web) – but lots of people have shown a desire to download the files, either for easy replay or for use in video projects… so having a source for HD downloads is a good thing for the community. We’ll add new cutscenes each week, as they go live. For each cutscene, you’ll find download links for 360p and 720p versions of the scene (in both QT and WMV formats), plus a streaming 360p version, for when you just want to check something quickly (just click the thumbnails). Enjoy! (Louis Wu 20:50:30 UTC)
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Don’t overwrite your work!
pete_the_duck has a warning for you if you’re a big Forger… read his post to see how to avoid losing maps.(Louis Wu 20:37:26 UTC)
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Getting out of Infinity
t00lbox stopped by with a video that shows you how to get out of Infinity. Pretty cool!(Louis Wu 20:36:17 UTC)
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Halo 4 Lead Designer to Headline Game Design Expo 2013
343’s Chris Haluke has been tapped as the first speaker on Industry Speaker Day at Game Design Expo 2013, in Vancouver this coming January. If you’re interested in game design, and near Vancouver… don’t miss it! (Louis Wu 20:15:06 UTC)
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Were It So Easy
Clefton Twain wrote up his thoughts on Halo 4 – swing by his blog to read ’em!(Louis Wu 20:13:11 UTC)
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Spartan Ops Episode 2 – now active
Episode 2 of Spartan Ops went live today – and you can watch the opening cutscene on Halo Waypoint. Thanks, DHalo.(Louis Wu 20:00:38 UTC)
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Waypoint Worth Watching
There’s a bunch of new stuff up at Halo Waypoint today – swing by!- G4TV’s done another History of Halo – some of the visuals are off, but the audio timeline’s spot on.
- Grifball Hub has a new podcast live – Hubcast 131 focuses on Halo 4.
- Parsnipes submitted Multi-Kill Monday Episode 1, a new montage (series?).
Go check it out!(Louis Wu 19:58:16 UTC)
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