pete_the_duck let us know that the latest Podtacular features a pretty special guest – him! Go listen to a Forge master discuss Halo 4!(Louis Wu 16:03:43 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Hypertrooper pointed out that there were new shots of the Halo 4 343-built Warthog (we mentioned it last week), showing a pretty slick paint job, on Twitter – I didn’t know where to look, but Demoncarnotaur did.(Louis Wu 16:01:33 UTC)

The Halo After Dawn crew did a new interview with Daniel Cudmore, the actor inside the Master Chief suit in Forward Unto Dawn, discussing Episode 4 of that series and how working inside that suit actually was… thanks, Lifejumper. (Louis Wu 15:59:17 UTC)

Shadders let NeoGAF know that he’s posted a gallery of the goodies you get in the Halo 4 Limited Edition package – pretty cool! (He also pointed out a slick little easter egg – if you don’t see it, it means you probably don’t read GAF. Tashi’s happy, though.)(Louis Wu 15:57:18 UTC)

Halo4Montage’s Brian Parry pointed us to StickyIcky, a Halo 3 film… this is amazing. The trailer for this came out just under 3 years ago, and I remember being really excited for the final product. (It doesn’t disappoint, other than being 30-something months later than I’d expected…) Fantastic camera angles, fantastic kills. Go relive the glory of Halo 3.(Louis Wu 13:52:24 UTC)

Rockslider’s back with new Kill ‘Em All runs on Silent Cartographer – that’s a lotta carnage!(Louis Wu 13:51:45 UTC)

Achievement Hunter has a new Fails of the Weak this week (AH.com | YouTube) – some great ones! (Pretty amazing, this long in…) Thanks, Nikko B201. (Louis Wu 13:51:27 UTC)

David Koschat told us to take a look at Goodbye Halo: Reach – it’s a farewell montage from iG infi. Colors are superbright, making all this carnage look almost happy. (It’s amazing to see some of the old Matchmaking maps/lists we haven’t seen for months or years…) Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:51:03 UTC)

SK1LL4XED is worried about Halo 4 – go read why at Teabag or Die. (Seems to me this would have been better expressed a year or two ago… but everyone’s got their own timing.)(Louis Wu 13:50:25 UTC)

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Circinius IV has been invaded by a Covenant strike team. Lasky and the rest of Hastati’s quat run back to the barracks to take cover as they seen their fellow soldiers and cadets fall to the weight of the covenant. After Chen’s untimely death and Vicker’s heroic move to give the rest of Hastati quad more time, it seemed that all hope was lost and sure they were to be exterminated by a single Elite wielding a mighty energy sword. With precision timing and in typical fashion, Spartan 117, Master Chief assassinates the elites and saves the cadets from their impending doom. The cadets grab armor and weapons and head out for extraction. As they walked through the halls of the academy and the fields outside, they walk pass dead bodies as they learn they are the only ones left on the planet. Will they get out alive and get to the extraction point? Enjoy

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343i keeps delivering more great content as we approach the release of Halo 4 as we get a first look at Vortex, the final War Games map available with Halo 4 on November 6th. It’s a Big Team oriented map that is multi-tiered allowing for a good mix of personal and vehicular battles. (Almost) the entire list of forgable items is also provided in the bulletin, and with the help of our guest Pete the Duck form IdleDuck we dive into the list and pick out a couple of interesting things you’ll want to know about. All nine maps in the upcoming DLC packs along with release months have been provided as well. Lots of good stuff to look forward to within the first six months of the game. Enjoy

Bungie’s fire and cauldron bubble…

Urban Reflex continues his ‘Brief History of Halo’ – the latest chapter, ‘Mendicant’, brings us up through the fight between Mendicant Bias and Offensive Bias. Great reading! (Louis Wu 18:24:29 UTC)

jake108 let us know that Teabag Prevention’s recap/analysis of the latest FUD episode is already online. (Watch the episode first, of course.) See if you missed any bits! (Louis Wu 17:34:07 UTC)

Forward Unto Dawn Part 4 went live this morning – and the action heats up (WAY up). Once again, I’m floored by the overall polish and quality of this film. Go watch! Thanks, Vincent. (Louis Wu 17:32:26 UTC)

Der Flatulator put together a small tool that lets you browse through the objects available in Halo 4’s Forge. It’s a work in progress – he plans to add more features! Check it out.(Louis Wu 17:29:17 UTC)