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Ooh! Ooh! I bet it’s a pony.
Mountain Dew UK has decided to promote a Halo 4-related reveal (hmm, what could it be) by asking for Facebook Shares – until they get 1000, all you can see is the Master Chief and the logo (and some blurred out stuff that’s relatively easy to interpret). Wanna help? You know what to do. Thanks, ElzarTheBam. Update: Heh – the Facebook page is still only a quarter of the way to the requisite number of Shares… but a bottle of the stuff they’re hiding is already up on eBay. Oops!(Louis Wu 18:12:42 UTC)
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Quackin’ Along
pete_the_duck let us know about Forge Quacks #17 – with a cool little factoid about monitor mode, and state saving. The more you know…(Louis Wu 18:00:46 UTC)
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Master Chief Sideshow Exclusive Edition
Sideshow Collectibles unveiled their Halo: Anniversary Premium Format Figure last month at San Diego Comic-Con. What they didn’t reveal, though, was that they also have a Sideshow Collectibles exclusive edition, which includes an additional swap out for arms with a Needler. So if you have a thing for impaling your enemies with explosively-sharp crystalline shards (and who doesn’t, really?), you can pre-order the exclusive statue at Sideshow Collectibles.
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Community Customs Night: 8.17.12
From Community Customs:
Every other Friday night at 9pm EST, we get together on Halo: Reach and run some custom games. We play everything from Team Slayer to Knockin’ Zombs, and you can even bring your own custom maps to play! Just make sure to upload them on your File Share and let us know either in a comment or in the lobby which map and what game type to run with it. Hope to see you tonight!
Sign up here
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A Cappella Halo 4 UNSC Weapons Trailer
From Greenskull:You’ve seen the Halo 4 UNSC Weapons video, now see it a cappella-style!
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Super Jackpot Weekend: August 17-19
There’s nothing quite like fighting wave after wave of Covenant attackers. If you feel the same, you’ll want to hop into Anniversary Firefight or Firefight this weekend because starting today and ending on Sunday, games played and completed within those playlists will present you with the chance to receive a 27,000-credit bonus.
Happy Super Jackpot Weekend!
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Forge Cafe Halo: Reach Map Spotlight 5 – Escalation
From undr zid:This video features Escalation by MagicalZero ko & PEDRO BABY91. You can download the map here. Enjoy!
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Podtacular 305: Halo 4 Specializations
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The newest feature revealed for Halo 4 is the Specializations. In this week’s bulletin, 343i gave us an overview of each specialization we will be able to enroll in after reaching level 50 in your exp-based rank. The specializations provide even more ways to tailor the Halo 4 sandbox to your play style and give you that little edge that will help you perform on the battlefield. Jules from Halo Unity joins us to talk about everything in the bulletin. Enjoy
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Bungie Looking For Destiny Beta Testers
There’s nothing really new here, but Shacknews picked up on a mention of beta testers for Destiny in Bungie’s blog and spun it into a story.
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Master Chief… High End
Got an extra $400 to spare? The Sideshow Master Chief Exclusive Edition premium format figure is now available for pre-order. 25.5 inches of Alien-pounding power! Thanks, Barrel Cannon.(Louis Wu 22:07:05 UTC)
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Ahievement HORSE 88
Achievement Hunter has a new episode of Achievement HORSE (AH.com | YouTube) – the fight for third place in the office HORSE tourney is resolved. Will it be Michael… or Adam? Go watch. Thanks, Urban Reflex. (Louis Wu 21:41:46 UTC)
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Getting a closer, slower look
CyReN stopped in to let us know that The Halo Council has combined the in-game footage from IGN’s recent Halo 4 video, and slowed it down. Great way to see the new tidbits!(Louis Wu 21:41:25 UTC)
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Making of Halo 4
serpx told us about a new video called ‘Making of Halo 4‘ – I think it was shown at Comic-Con, but this is the first direct version we’ve gotten. Great music! (Louis Wu 21:40:54 UTC)
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Upping the Reality
Shack News has an interview with Steve Downes – go read about what the voice of Master Chief thinks of the Halo series, and where he thinks it should go! (Louis Wu 21:40:34 UTC)
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Tyrant Fails: Volume I
The Tyrant let us know about a new series – Tyrant Fails. Volume 1 has some great moments of Co-op failure from Winter Contingency. (Louis Wu 21:40:06 UTC)
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PraetoriaGuard Open Recruitment
Ody, from PraetoriaGuard, let us know that this old-school Halo communmity (they’ve been around for 8 years!) is now holding an open recruitment session – swing by the newly-redone website to see how you can get in on the action!(Louis Wu 21:39:48 UTC)
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A look back at the Music of Halo
Jimmy Jangles put together a great look back (and forward!) at the music of Halo – give it a gander! (Louis Wu 21:39:32 UTC)
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Pod TV: UNSC Weaponry
Dust Storm let us know about the latest Pod TV – it takes a look at the weapons shown in the recent Bulletin video. Go watch!(Louis Wu 21:39:15 UTC)
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Wednesday Night Grifbrawl
Kal, from GrifballHub.com, sent word that GrifballHub is hosting a new weekly show on Twitch.tv showcasing a live match with play-by-play commentary every Wednesday night. We didn’t tell you in time to catch last night’s show – but bookmark the stream, so you can watch next week! (Louis Wu 21:39:02 UTC)
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Halo vs. Minecraft
A really fun video from ZoxinTV – Halo vs. Minecraft. All animations are done from scratch! Go check it out. (Unfortunately, the contest he discusses has already finished up – sorry we were late!) (Louis Wu 21:38:42 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
