From IGN:

It’s Halo week on Cheap Cool Crazy! Featuring: A real fake Energy Sword, a Halo-themed Xbox 360, Halo 4 Limited Edition, the best Master Chief costume ever made, and a life-size and fully-drivable Warthog!

Cheap Cool Crazy – The Halo 4 Episode

GAEMS, along with Mad Catz and 343 Industries, have come together to host an amazing Halo 4-themed giveaway! There are numerous prizes up for grabs, and with the primary entry requirement being posting a reply in the appropriate forum thread, there is no reason to refrain from throwing your hat in the ring. You can enter until 11:59 p.m. PT on November 6, 2012, so check out the specifics below, read the rules, and then get to entering. Good luck!

Please note: We will only accept one entry per person regardless of the number of comments posted. This giveaway is open to numerous countries and regions, so please read the rules for the specifics.


Grand Prize
GAEMS Halo UNSC Vanguard, MSRP $349.99
Tritton Halo 4 Warhead 7.1 Wireless Headset, MSRP $299.99
Xbox 360 320GB Limited Edition Halo 4 Console, MSRP $399.99

2nd Place
GAEMS Halo UNSC Vanguard, MSRP $349.99
Xbox 360 250GB Console, MSRP $249.99
Xbox 360 Halo 4 Limited Edition Wireless Controller, MSRP $59.99

3rd Place
Tritton Halo 4 Warhead 7.1 Wireless Headset, MSRP $299.99


Read the rules
Enter here

From BravoMLG:

This is the world’s first ever Halo 4 montage, from Tashi – http://www.twitter.com/tashi0106. These clips were captured all in one day. Enjoy!

In with the New – The First Ever Halo 4 Montage

We are pleased to announce, just days away from the worldwide Halo 4 launch and the first MLG Halo 4 tournament in Dallas, the Competitive Skill Rank system in Halo 4. The CSR will appear post-launch in an update to Halo Waypoint and associated Smartglass applications.

When will it launch?
The short version is CSR will launch early next year when it’s ready. We have an extensive post-launch plan for Halo 4, including DLC, playlist updates, and title updates. As soon as we have a confirmed launch date for the Waypoint update that includes CSR, we’ll make an announcement. Set your expectations for release timing appropriately since this will require delicate tuning, testing and implementation for Waypoint Web, Waypoint Console and Smartglass integration and is a feature designed specifically for the competitive community.

What is it?
At Halo 4’s launch, the competitive skill system will measure your performance against other players in Halo 4 War Games and use this information to match you up against opponents of comparable skill ranks. When the CSR system is fully implemented post-launch, Waypoint will assign each player a visible and detailed Skill Rank, viewable in the player profile section of Halo Waypoint.

How will it rank me?
All players will be ranked on a per-hopper basis, so, for example, you will have a unique CSR for your Slayer Pro games vs. your CTF games. CSR is currently planned to use a familiar and easy to understand 1-50 scale (subject to change or alteration). Your CSR will go up and down based on match outcomes.

Which playlists will support CSR?
All competitive playlists will support and track CSR. As the playlists will continuously change post-launch, the exact list of playlists that will support CSR will be determined when the system is ready to drop.

Will a CSR be ‘assigned to me’ once the system launches? Or do I need to start fresh?
Matchmaking and hoppers will be tracking and analyzing data from Day 1, and when the final settings for CSR are in place, we’ll make the call on whether to use existing data as a baseline for your CSR, or to start everyone fresh in new playlists.

Why the delay?
We know how important skill rank is, and we take skill integrity very seriously – we want to make sure we’ve taken the time to test, tune, and balance the CSR system in a live environment, and identify problems and potential exploits before launching the system publically.

Taking the time to test and tune the system ensures we can deliver a very accurate and meaningful skill rank, and gives our competitive playlists time to mature to for optimize a wide range of playlist and game settings.

Enjoy the launch!
We’re incredibly excited for Halo 4 to launch, and to see you at one of our worldwide events, or online November 6th. We see this announcement as just one of many new experiences and features coming post-launch to Halo 4 and are excited to share more with you in the future.

From MachinimaPrime:

Sark and Kovic discuss Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn with Anna Popplewell, who plays Chyler Silva in the live-action web series.

So Who Died? – Halo After Dawn with Sark and Kovic

From Prima Games:

We recently sat down with Kiki Wolfkill, Executive Producer at 343 Industries, and chatted about the journey of making Halo 4. Read the complete interview via the link below!

Prima Halo 4 Collector’s Edition – Developer Interview

From Prima Games:

No help when you’ve got the flag? Don’t be afraid to defend yourself. Further improve your multiplayer experience in War Games by getting additional tactics and tips straight from the Major League Gaming Pros via the link below!

Halo 4 Tips: Improving Your Play

From HaloFanForLife:

I made a graphic novel of the third episode of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. Using the screenshots I took as well as typing out some the dialog, I added Photoshop effects and laid out the project in InDesign. Feel free to download this as it’s FREE. If you repost this anywhere, please give me credit as: Designed by Sal Salerno of HaloFanForLife.com. Enjoy!

Fan-made Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Graphic Novel: Part 3

From machinima:

In Part 2, we speak with the incomparable Monty Oum and the dudes from Achievement Hunter as we expand on the network of shows and employees Rooster Teeth has grown to support. Includes a chorus of YouTube celebrities including Freddie Wong, Brandon Laatsch, Adam Montoya (SeaNanners), and Rooster Teeth’s own Burnie Burns, Gus Sorola, Geoff Ramsey, Monty Oum, Jack Pattillo, and Barbara Dunkelman.

Infonaut: Red vs. Blue vs. Hollywood Part 2

Airing today at 5 PM ET/2 PM PT on ESPN2 during a special one-hour episode of SportsNation, one of the newly spawned rivalries in professional football will be rekindled and set ablaze via the most anticipated game of the year. Victor Cruz and his teammates will go head-to-head in Halo 4 against Rob Gronkowski’s squad to settle the score once and for all. In a best-of-three showdown, Team Cruz (Victor Cruz, Ramses Barden and Terrell Thomas) and Team Gronk (Rob Gronkowski, Wes Welker and Donald Thomas) will go blow-for-blow to crown the Halo 4 Bowl champion.

Not only can you can catch all the action on ESPN2, but you can also jump on Twitter and Facebook for a chance to win some amazing Halo 4 prizes, like the Xbox 360 320GB Halo 4 Limited Edition Console, the GAEMS Halo UNSC Vanguard Personal Gaming Environment, the Halo 4 TRITTON Warhead 7.1 Wireless Surround Headset, Halo 4 video game copies, and more. Here’s how to get into the game:

On Twitter…
During today’s episode of SportsNation, fans should jump on Twitter and voice their support for either Team Gronk (#SNHalo4Gronk) or Team Cruz (#SNHalo4Cruz). Whichever team wins the best of three series, the users who tweeted with that team’s hash tag will be eligible to win Halo and SportsNation prizes. The @SportsNation twitter feed will contact winners by DM.

On Facebook…
Today, the official SportsNation Facebook page (www.facebook.com/SportsNation) will post a photo from Halo 4 Bowl – just SHARE the post to be automatically entered to win the grand prize.

See you then!

We rounded up players from the studio to bring you a sneak peek at some of the multiplayer goodness you will experience come November 6 and streamed the entire thing LIVE on Twitch.tv. Major Nelson and David Ellis popped in to provide commentary, as well as answer some community questions.

Check out the video above* for a look at Infinity Slayer, King of the Hill, Capture the Flag and Extraction on various maps such as Haven, Complex, Ragnarok, Solace, Meltdown and Adrift!

*Stream starts at the 4:30 mark

From Laird:

Introducing the live-action Halo web weries: Respawn! A comedic look into the fantastic world behind the fantastic world of Halo. Where in between the time of death and reanimation, Spartans gather together in the break room and talk about pretty much anything you can imagine…

Respawn the Series Trailer

From Geekscape:

Wow. I find that is difficult to convey my feelings and excitement other than just flat out saying it. Forward Unto Dawn Part 4 was exciting, action-packed, fulfilling, and terrifying. Check out JAKE108’s recap and analysis of Part 4 via the link below!

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Part 4 Recap and Analysis, by Geekscape

From machinima:

This is the story of filmmakers who have subverted traditional “Hollywood” and have the rare ability to create, produce, and distribute their own series via technological innovations in media (ie. YouTube, Hulu, Itunes). Includes a chorus of YouTube celebrities including Freddie Wong, Brandon Laatsch, Adam Montoya (SeaNanners), and Rooster Teeth’s own Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Gus Sorola, Geoff Ramsey, and Kathleen Zulech.

Infonaut: Red vs. Blue vs. Hollywood Part 1

From ncsuDuncan:

Regular hosts Tashi0106, Domino Theory, and ncsuDuncan are joined by Dax, Hypertrooper, Louis Wu, and mastrbiggy to discuss their experiences at New York Comic-Con. (110 minutes. Recorded 10/13/2012.)

0:01:09 – Segment 1 – We talk about the first day of NYCC, the Mantis, Ragnarok, and more.
0:41:09 – Segment 2 – 1:03:01 – Segment 2 – Louis Wu drops out and we discuss the Halo 4 panel, the MegaBloks VIP party, and hanging out with the 343 crew.


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