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October 3 Wednesday Night Grifbrawl
Kal, from GrifballHub, let us know about tonight’s Wednesday Night Grifbrawl – Ball So Hard is facing off against Hot Bikini Guyz. It’s a best of 3 series – swing by their live stream at 9pm to watch all the action!(Louis Wu 13:43:06 UTC)
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Halo 4 Preview Event Recap, by Community Customs
From Community Customs:Nomis78, one of the Community Customs staff members, managed to win himself an invite to the first UK hands-on event with Halo 4. In this article, he details his thoughts on everything from the gameplay to the GUI and the weapons to the visuals. If you’re itching for more information on Halo 4 from fellow gamers and not just the press, then give this a read.
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Halo 4 Flood Multiplayer Mode Walkthrough
IGN also has a direct-feed Flood mode video – Kevin Franklin tells you all about the mode. Thanks, IHaveIce.(Louis Wu 17:32:46 UTC)
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Words and Sounds
It’s been a busy few days, and I’ve been remiss – Bungie has published a new Mail Sack (heist movies, nicknames, and advice for the lovelorn) and a new Breaking In (Stephen Hodde, Audio Designer, awesome stories) since late last week – go read ’em! (Louis Wu 17:23:17 UTC)
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It’s Tricky – A Halo: Reach Funtage
From Famous:Hello, everyone! Here is a little funtage I put together last night. The editing isn’t much, just simple. I had these clips on my computer for a little over a week, so I thought I would use them. I have a lot of clips to be used before Halo 4 comes out, so expect another funtage soon!
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IGN Introduces Abandon
IGN has a video with 343’s Kynan Pearson introducing yet another new multiplayer map – this one’s called Abandon. It’s a small (4v4), asymmetrical map geared towards CTF, though it looks like it’ll work nicely in Slayer as well. It’s an abandoned science facility – can’t wait to try it out! Thanks, Beckx. Update: The Halo Council already has a breakdown for you (thanks, CyReN).(Louis Wu 16:41:41 UTC)
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Mantis, Ep 1
Hedgemony also paid tribute to the new Mantis, with a new comic cover. I’d read that! (Louis Wu 16:40:35 UTC)
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DaE Eurogamer Special
New content from the Dust and Echoes crew – they’ve got a Eurogamer Special podcast, covering their impressions of the event (and new Halo 4 material revealed there), as well as the first episode of DAE TV, showing off a new map and some 1v1 CTF. Go listen, go watch! (Louis Wu 16:36:17 UTC)
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Halo 4 Mantis Desktop Wallpaper Pack
Firestream was pretty impressed with the Mantis – so much so that he created a set of wallpapers in tribute. Go grab some!(Louis Wu 16:33:56 UTC)
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High-profile toy spotting
We have a pretty strict no-politics policy on our forum, but this isn’t really politics, per se… Mig noticed that Halo toys show up at the beginning of one of the most recent Obama promotion pieces. Nice!(Louis Wu 16:27:32 UTC)
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Remember Me How I Was
Red vs Blue Season 10 Episode 17 went live last night – Church helps Carolina come to grips with some feelings… and (re)learns some critical pieces of the puzzle. Good stuff! Go watch. (Louis Wu 16:24:33 UTC)
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Tattoo Tuesday: Legendary Halo Tattoo
Some people show their love for Halo by playing the games. Others get a relevant image permanently placed upon their body. Enjoy this particular example of a Halo-related body modification, and if you have a picture you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!
Halo tattoo, as seen on Kody
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The next Halo novel is up for sale
The Thursday War is now available – get your copy today!(Louis Wu 16:14:58 UTC)
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Walshy grenade tutorial
MLG celeb Walshy has released a video that looks at how grenades have worked in past Halo games… and speculates on what this means in Halo 4. I found it fascinating – definitely worth your time. Thanks, Pok3R Fac3D. (Louis Wu 16:10:08 UTC)
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One final Ollie is All that Remains
I saw this yesterday on Halo Waypoint, but didn’t get to posting it – Globe is creating Halo-branded shoes and a skateboard. Funky!(Louis Wu 16:08:04 UTC)
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Halo 4 | Enlist Now
If you live in Europe, Microsoft is running a promotion that might interest you. Twenty lucky fans (five each from the UK, France, Spain, and Germany) will be whisked to an unknown location on October 30 for what will almost certainly be an amazing experience. You must be 18 years or older, and you must be a resident of the country associated with the landing page you fill out. Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 16:04:58 UTC)
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Videos, and videos, and videos, creep in their petty pace
More Eurogamer content:- The Halo Council’s web guy, Kritical, shares his opinions (thanks, CyReN)
- CheckpointGamesFeed gets footage of a private presentation on Halo 4 (thanks, ElzarTheBam)
- LiteralGaming has 11 minutes of Flood gamplay on Complex – thanks, CyReN
- This video has some pretty impressive gameplay – thanks, Garrett 2U
The off-screen footage just keeps coming!(Louis Wu 16:00:12 UTC)
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Enjoy It – A Halo 4 Video
From A 3 Legged Goat:Just a little video I made to fuel the hype train. This is my first project of this nature, and I’m happy with the results despite my limited tech. Enjoy!
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Podtacular 312 – Making Prometheans, Covenant Weaponry
From Dust Storm:Since we talked to the Halo Council on our last show, it’s time for us to play catch-up and cover the last two Bulletins. Our first discussion is about the Return of the Forerunners video and what it will be like to fight a brand new enemy. With the Prometheans being more integrated with each other than the Covenant, combat strategies for Campaign and Spartan Ops are going to change. We also talk about the Covenant Weaponry video and the whole arsenal at our disposal when Halo 4 drops at our doors. Finally, we take what the community has to say about the Bulletins as we address our submissions.
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft