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Dogiojoe’s Charity Auction kicks off
Dogiojoe let us know that the first batch of auctions, benefitting Child’s Play, are live now (more details on her blog) – swing by eBay to see a bunch of signed Fall of Reach Boot Camp comics! (I mean SERIOUSLY signed.) More stuff will be coming online today, and more still on Monday – all auctions last 1 week (these are through nearly 2 days already, so you’ve only got 5 days to bid). Folks who bid and lose will be eligible for a drawing for a Red vs Blue shirt – so you can win even if you don’t win! Go see.(Louis Wu 17:52:36 UTC)
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Meanwhile, at Bungie.net…
While we slept, Bungie.net turned out all sorts of interesting stuff. Two new mail sacks (last week’s had secrets, this week’s is the best ever), iOS engineer Adam Brown reveals his path to success… and even behind the scenes things coming to light. (Beckx pointed out a Kotaku article that throws light on some Destiny details that were supposed to be in a company-only blog, but was archived by Google.) The dark period isn’t over… but we’re closer to the light!(Louis Wu 17:47:12 UTC)
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Haliens – A Halo: Anniversary Machinima
From c0ldvengeance:The audio from James Cameron’s Aliens with the footage from Halo: Anniversary. This is a re-make from another video created 10 years ago.
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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A Fan on a Mission – An Interview with Jacob Benton
From Laura Akers:As the editor on Halo Waypoint, I basically had two roles: one, to make sure all the text we used was grammatically correct and Halo-appropriate, and two, to test our content and then push the button that would send it out into the world. When you’re at the end of the pipeline like that, it means a lot of late nights. Luckily (for me, anyway), I was rarely alone. Most nights, I had the company of our first video editor, Jacob Benton. Jacob was, and remains, a jack-of-many-trades. In addition to editing together our videos, he — along with Jeremy Patenaude (check out Jeremy’s interview here) — was our Halo fact-checker. He spent months working with our people on the backend to get the forums just right. He helped host Halo events. And eventually, he became a mission designer on the long-awaited Halo 4. From super-fan to one of the creative minds behind Halo 4, Jacob remains one of the most grounded, humble, and kindest people I know. He also possesses the ability to have played Halo, for over a decade now, without swearing. No joke.
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Halo 4 Forge Tutorial – Dominion Setup
From Certain Affinity:This video describes how to set up Dominion using Forge in Halo 4. Game labels for each object listed below:
Base Terminal – “DOM_Base”
Base Stripes – “DOM_Decor”
Base Status Monitors – “DOM_Bigscreen”
Decorations – “DOM_Decor” [Wires, Junction Box, Battery]
Antennas – “DOM_Fortify”
Turrets – “DOM_Turret”
Turret Monitors – “DOM_Screen”
Barricades – “DOM_Fortify”
Vehicle Pads – “DOM_VPad”
Shield Doors – “DOM_Shield”
Ordnance Drops – “Alpha_Resupply”
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First Halo 4 Grifball Tournament Tonight
Kal, of GrifballHub.com, sent word that they’re hosting their very first Halo 4 Grifball tournament tonight. Signups for the event open at 10:00PM EST and the games begin at 10:30PM. All teams are welcome!(Louis Wu 18:45:51 UTC)
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Spartan Ops Episode 2 Trailer
A trailer for Week 2 of Spartan Ops was released on both Halo Waypoint and YouTube this morning – go watch for a taste of what’s coming next week! (I’m excited!) Thanks, Shadders. (Louis Wu 18:44:28 UTC)
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Free XP and Armor – only a little cheating
There are a bunch of unlocks for various goodies hidden throughout Halo 4, and the folks on the Halo Waypoint forums are doing a great job of documenting them. However, since the solutions are spread out across a LOT of pages of posts, Shadders was kind enough to gather the info together in a single post on his Little English Halo Blog. Skip this if you like to solve puzzles on your own. Swing by if you’re lazy and just want goodies.(Louis Wu 18:37:39 UTC)
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Dongles
I missed this on Wednesday, when it came out – but I’m caught up now. Penny Arcade was intrigued by the flexibility of our favorite blue AI, when it comes to connecting to unfamiliar networks. I am too… now. (Louis Wu 18:34:23 UTC)
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A full line of Strategy ‘products’? Weird.
If you’re struggling at any stage of the Halo 4 campaign (or want some tips for the Multiplayer side of things), Prima’s got you covered – swing by Halo Waypoint for a press release about the Official Strategy Guide (and the different flavors that are available).(Louis Wu 18:33:00 UTC)
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Halo 4 Emblem Unlocks
If you’re wondering about when you might see new emblems (or what you might need to do to see them), CyReN posted a chart at NeoGAF detailing all of the available Halo 4 emblems (and when most of them unlock). Handy!(Louis Wu 18:31:00 UTC)
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A console exclusive will stay that way
The PA Report opined on the missed opportunity that Microsoft seems to be okay with – the absence of Halo 4 on the PC. Food for thought!(Louis Wu 18:13:33 UTC)
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Halo 4 and the DNA of the FPS
Drowned in Sound’s Savage Pixels looks at the DNA of the FPS – and how Halo 4 fits into the picture. Interesting read! (There’s also sutff you can win at the end of the article… worth sticking it all the way through!) (Louis Wu 18:09:44 UTC)
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More Halo 2 Joyride Figs on eBay
agdtinman is back with more special-edition Joyride action figures for sale (if you missed this last month, an explanation post is here) – go see what you can find!(Louis Wu 18:07:05 UTC)
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Two Sides of a Bullet, Episode 1
Timgie stopped in to announce the first episode of his new Reach-based machinima series, Two Sides of a Bullet. Spartans do film noir! Go check it out.(Louis Wu 18:05:12 UTC)
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Halo 4 Xbox LIVE Rewards
From Xbox LIVE:Rejoice, Halo fans – this month is all about you! Xbox LIVE Rewards members can earn their share of up to 10,000,000 Microsoft Points just by playing Halo 4 on multiplayer and purchasing eligible Halo content. For more information, click the link below!
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I’m pretty sure you can’t call that ‘limited’…
Heh – Chewbaccawakka noticed a funny little egg in Halo 4’s campaign (and Beorn helped out with better pics) – looks like a tongue-in-cheek mention by 343 of Halo 4’s place in history! (Louis Wu 17:53:51 UTC)
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Give me Liberto or Give me Death!
Thanks, Hedgemony for letting us know about some of John Liberto’s Halo (and other games) concept artwork up for viewing on the web. Gorgeous stuff!
Update: Hypertrooper pointed out that Liberto’s image was one of a series of Editors Picks at CGHub related to Halo today – check out these other amazing pieces:- Halo 4 MP Spartans by bischoff
- Halo 4 trailer by Blur by Maciej
- Bridge 01 by JoshK (check out all of his recent stuff – this reminded me of this)
- Halo 4- Locus Spartan Helmet Concept by koryface
ArtworkMania! (GrimBrother One 17:50:47 UTC)
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Rolling Forward with Halo News
Just because it’s Launch Week for Halo 4 doesn’t mean 343 has skimped on the Halo Bulletin content – a new one was released last night. In it you’ll find photos from launch events all over the world, plus breaking news about issues you might have encountered in Halo 4 (and things that might solve them for you), plus info about the first playlist updates, coming soon! (It’s local, too, if you’d rather read it here.)(Louis Wu 17:48:35 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft