From Goosechecka:
At PAX 2012, GrifballHub’s Goosechecka interviewed Frank O’Connor of 343 Industries about Halo 4.
GrifballHub Interviews Frank O’Connor – A PAX Prime 2012 Interview
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GrifballHub Interviews Frank O’Connor – A PAX Prime 2012 Interview
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National Grifball Association Season 2 Sign-ups Open
From HC Jules:
The National Grifball Association is pleased to announce that sign-ups are open for the final season of league Grifball in Halo: Reach. Register your team (minimum four players, maximum eight) using this form from now until Saturday 9/8 at 11:59 Pacific.
The regular season will consist of four weeks, with two scheduled matches a week. Eight teams will make the playoffs after a make-up week, and the championship game will be held the first weekend in November during a Grifball extravaganza comprised of fun events as we await Halo 4’s release. All players who compete in their games during the scheduled times will be eligible for a weekly prize.
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10,000 G$ Achievement Unlocked
A few months ago, Twitch TV & Alienware announced a scholarship opportunity for individuals who showed both academic prowess and gaming excellence. They awarded 5 scholarships at $10,000 each, and we are very happy to announce that the Halo community’s Goosechecka was one of the award recipients! You can check out more in the article here. If you run across the Grifball Queen online, make sure you congratulate her on an awesome job well done!(GrimBrother One 15:34:20 UTC)
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FUD CTF
A new lead-up piece for Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is now available on Waypoint. Check out a couple of the students as they go through a Capture the Flag training exercise. You can also catch it on YouTube. Awesome stuff, can’t wait until launch!(GrimBrother One 15:30:25 UTC)
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Podtacular 308: PAX Prime 2012
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After returning from Seattle, PAX seemed like such a long time ago, felt like it lasted two weeks, but at the same time was really short. There were plenty of other games there besides Halo, although I personally didn’t go see much. We still have more videos to give out over the course of the weekend from PAX but those are mostly Halo related. This show, however is to talk about some of the other games that were there and the PAX experience as a whole for people who may not have been able to go. Halosaurus, CMNeir and MidgetDance join the podcast in Daft’s absence to talk about what they saw other than Halo. Don’t worry: we’ll be back to Halo next show. Enjoy
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Another Day, Another Link Dump
This day didn’t go as planned – there’s a whole batch of news in the queue, but for now, all I’ve got time to get to is a link dump of Halo 4 content released in the last 2 days:- Bravo released a video showing gameplay on Exile (Hysteria’s point of view) – you can see Carbine, Autosentry, and Sniper action. Thanks, CyReN.
- CyReN found another vid that shows off some flag carrier action – good for people skeptical of a non-droppable flag.
- This video shows SAW gameplay – nice weapon. Thanks, UNKNOWN iXi.
- Nexy discusses CTF changes – thanks, TheOddOne.
- Deadly Cyclone took a whole bunch of pics at PAX – check the Picasa gallery for pictures of Halo fans and panel captures.
- He (Deadly Cyclone) also wrote up his impressions of Halo 4 – give it a read for a nice overview.
- Kotaku has a story about a change in the voice actors for the Japanese version of Halo 4… and the reaction it’s generating in the Japanese Halo community (thanks, Hedgemony).
- Steve Downes has signed a framed Halo 4 poster (and gotten Jen Taylor to sign as well) and put it up for auction for a buddy of his whose wife is having serious health problems – there are only a couple of days left, so go look, and bid! Thanks, Ibeechu.
Will that do for now?(Louis Wu 23:38:07 UTC)
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Fan-made Halo 4 Desktop Wallpapers
From firestream:I made some Master Chief desktop wallpapers in preparation for the launch of Halo 4. Feel free to download and enjoy!
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CTF on Exile – A PAX Prime 2012 Gameplay Video
From Louis Wu:This is most of a CTF match on Exile, recorded via direct feed during PAX 2012.
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bs angel PAX it in
bs angel dropped a fact-filled Halo Bulletin on us last night, recapping a myriad of stories from the PAX Prime weekend. Go and check it out! As always, you can also read it here locally. Get on it!(GrimBrother One 16:45:56 UTC)
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Tyrant on Prime Time
The Tyrant wanted to share his PAX Prime 2012 impressions. So he did! Go watch and see what he thought!(GrimBrother One 16:32:47 UTC)
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PAX Prime 2012 Thoughts and Opinions, by MythicTyrant
From MythicTyrant:After getting my hands on Halo 4, here are some of my thoughts on what I’ve witnessed so far, based on the questions I noticed from my previous videos. Ah, and there’s some bonus content as well. 😉
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Your Questions for Frankie Answered – A Halo Waypoint Forum Interview
From Das Kalk and snickerdoodle:
A little over a week ago, snickerdoodle and I requested some help from you, the Halo Waypoint Community, in finding a sort of cross-section of questions that people were looking to have answered, and you more than delivered. For that, we thank you, especially since it made the interview that much easier – though I was still nervous as I’ve ever been. We had more than enough questions to ask Frankie, but as we were only allotted 15 minutes for our interview (he’s a busy man, I hear he’s working on some small budget indie game right now), we did our best to distill the 15-page thread into the purest nectar of Halo goodness.
We think it went tremendously, and we hope you’ll agree. The interview itself is rather long, and since the forums have a 7500 character limit, you’ll find the content of the interview in this post and the following post. So without further ado, I present the Waypoint Community Interview of Frank O’Connor…
Your Questions for Frankie Answered – A Halo Waypoint Forum Interview
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Forge Quacks 4 – A Halo: Reach Video
From petetehduck:Forge Quacks are bite-size videos that demonstrate some of the quirks that exist in Halo: Reach’s Forge editor. If you have a suggestion for a Forge Quack video, use the form on this page to submit it.
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Nak3d Eli Plays Halo 4 – A PAX Prime 2012 Gameplay Video
From Nak3dHalo:This is Halo 4 Exile CTF gameplay from PAX 2012. Join Nak3d Eli as he plays live with the Waypoint moderators and other Halo community leaders!
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The Master Chief – Halo 4 Fan Art
From ZZoMBiEXIII:
I decided to take a stab at drawing the Halo 4 version of the Master Chief. Hope you like it!
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Nexy Plays Halo 4 – A PAX Prime 2012 Gameplay Video
From The Halo Council:Nexy brings us Light Rifle and Hologram Halo 4 gameplay on Haven from PAX Prime 2012. Enjoy!
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Terminal Reconciliation
Dani let us know about a new article at Forward Unto Dawn – Terminal Reconciliation looks at how the Halo 3 Terminal information fits in with Greg Bear’s Halo novels. A pretty in-depth piece of work – put some time aside!(Louis Wu 16:28:02 UTC)
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It’s all about the guns
Schooly D wrote up his thoughts about Halo, and Hawken, and the community – except for replacing me with Duncan, I enjoyed it!(Louis Wu 16:26:30 UTC)
