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Fails of the Weak 106
This week’s Fails of the Weak contains a lot of Campaign footage – watch it on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 16:57:22 UTC)
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Neato Burrito
Chappified stopped by with word of ‘Neato Burrito‘, a Halo 3 dualtage containing footage of himself and his brother (with his brother doing the editing). Check it!(Louis Wu 16:56:03 UTC)
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Wasn’t Left Enough.
This isn’t really Halo content, but if you’ve ever watched MLG Pro Ninja’s Halo stream, you know what he sounds like when he’s playing… and ‘calm’ is NOT a good word to describe him, most of the time. Which makes this ad for Rhinomite, a non-violent superhero game, all the more touching. Great piece! Thanks, PNut.(Louis Wu 16:54:21 UTC)
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More Eurogamer Expo Footage
More gameplay vids have popped up:- Paul B. commentates on Flood gameplay on Complex (thanks, CyReN)
- UK Player Fuzion shows how the DMR is supposed to be used (thanks again, CyReN)
- Spanish commentary (and really nice quality video) of Infinity Slayer on Haven (thanks, ElzarTheBam)
- Not really gameplay, though it contains gameplay footage – this is more of a walkthrough of the event, very cool for atmosphere (thanks, eeblogue)
Go catch up!(Louis Wu 16:50:01 UTC)
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Unlock and Load Double XP
Following up on their popular Double XP promotion with Modern Warfare 3, Mountain Dew (and Doritos) will be kicking off Double XP for Halo 4, starting on October 14. The site is currently just a teaser placeholder… but the rules can be made visible, for anyone who wants to read them. (The site goes officially live on October 1.) Looks like drinking Dew and munching Doritos will let you double the rate of experience earned in-game… and get you entered for a few bigger prizes. Take a look!(Louis Wu 16:41:54 UTC)
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Moments: The Horror Of Installation 04
GameInformer took a look back at one of the scariest levels of the first Halo title – great read! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 16:35:43 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction (on Saturday)
Yesterday was busy, and I forgot to check the Fan Fiction queue. There was a piece to post! It’s up now – go read!(Louis Wu 16:34:19 UTC)
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HaloTracker’s Pick of the Week 2 – Best Splatters Submissions Montage
From HT Edge:Every Monday through Thursday, the HaloTracker community submits clips. Then, from Friday to Sunday, they vote for their favorites after watching a montage of the submitted clips. So check out the above video, and vote now for your favorite splatter!
HaloTracker’s Pick of the Week 2 – Best Splatters Submissions Montage
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Sparkast 016
After a slight delay, the 343 Sparkast is back to bring you the latest info about Halo 4. We all love hearing about the hows and whys of the design decisions behind our favorite tools of destruction. With that in mind, we thought it be a great idea to have Chris Blohm (Senior Sandbox Designer) and Chris King (Lead Sandbox Designer) join Josh Holmes (Creative Director), Frank O’Connor (Franchise Development Director) and David Ellis (Spartan Ops Designer) to talk about Halo 4’s complete combat sandbox. In this episode, we’re dishing details about weapons, armor abilities, armor mods and vehicles.
Below is the usual collection of links to download this episode and subscribe to the 343 Sparkast (so you can get every episode delivered automatically) through your favorite aggregator. Get to clicking, and to listening.
Download Here (Right Click and Save As)
Zune
iTunes
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Halo 4 – Your Questions Answered (sort of)
The Giant Bomb guys visited Gamespot to answer a bunch of fan questions – not all answers should be relied on, but the video as a whole is entertaining.(Louis Wu 17:44:17 UTC)
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A flyable Falcon (in X-Plane)
Mid7night has made his X-Plane version of the Falcon available for download – go see!(Louis Wu 17:39:44 UTC)
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Squad
The latest Forward Unto Dawn vignette was released – Squad takes a look at the group we’ll be spending our time with in the movie. Thanks to Der Flatulator on NeoGAF, and NotTheVacuum on our own forum.(Louis Wu 17:38:41 UTC)
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Tyrant’s Halo 2 Legendary Walkthrough – Swordflying
The Tyrant takes a break from his Halo 2 Legendary Guide’s Chapter release schedule to give you some tips on swordflying – go watch! (It’s 3:43 long… coincidence?) (Louis Wu 17:36:01 UTC)
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Can Halo 4 capture the series’ spark?
Eurogamer wonders if 343 can capture the same lightning in a bottle that Bungie grabbed 11 years ago… thanks, Shake Appeal.(Louis Wu 17:34:08 UTC)
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Halo 4 LE OST pushed back for spoilers
Looks like the packaging for the Halo 4 Limited Edition Official Soundtrack has some game spoilers – according to The End Records, release date for that version (and that version only) has been pushed back to November 6 (from October 22), per a request from Microsoft. Thanks, Hypertrooper. (Louis Wu 17:31:59 UTC)
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Lots of goodies for HK Preorders
If you live in Hong Kong, ElzartheBam points out a pretty decent pre-order bonus opportunity… (Louis Wu 17:30:20 UTC)
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When Politics and Gaming Meet
Very cool – Xbox LIVE Rewards is giving you an incentive to watch the presidential/vice-presidential debates. Watch 3 out of 4 of them on Xbox LIVE, and you’ll be able to download some free Halo 4 Warrior Avatar Armor. Awesome! Thanks, malfcn. (Louis Wu 17:27:26 UTC)
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Forward Unto Dawn – coming to Blu-ray
If you were worried that you’d have to watch Forward Unto Dawn as a streaming movie (dependent on your internet connection)… worry no more. Blu-ray.com has an article explaining that the movie will be available on Blu-ray starting December 4! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 17:22:41 UTC)
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Halo 4 Enters New Territory
Reuters has an interview with Frank O’Connor conducted during Eurogamer Expo in London – some of the questions are a bit iffy, but Frank handles himself with aplomb.(Louis Wu 17:15:27 UTC)
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Flantastic!
pete_the_duck has a change he’d like to suggest for Halo 4’s Capture the Flag mode. I’ll get behind that…(Louis Wu 17:14:13 UTC)
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