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Kill stuff, fall in love
Kotaku posted a video showing off the first real-life meeting of a couple that first met playing Halo 3. Awwww…(Louis Wu 18:40:42 UTC)
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343/Community H4 Matchup – Game 3
A couple of days ago, we mentioned that Bravo had posted the first two matches of the 343 vs Community Halo 4 matchup that took place at SDCC, and that Voltron64 had posted the third game. Yesterday, Bravo posted game 3 (thanks, Tex) – better commentary than Voltron’s version, but it’s missing a key chunk (the part when the community team turned the tides and took the lead) because of a camera failure. Now you have both links!(Louis Wu 18:38:45 UTC)
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HRSotD: Zealot
HRSotD (short for Halo: Reach Screenshot of the Day) is a daily feature dedicated to the wonders of Halo: Reach screenshots and the artists that capture these amazing images. A variety of shots—all of which are completely unaltered and captured in Halo: Reach's theater mode—are included for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the varied selection of images, and maybe even find inspiration to make your own!
Author: The Good Iraqi
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HaloTracker’s Premium Forge
From HT Edge:Premium Forge is a place to showcase your Forge creations! Add screenshots, videos, and game types best suited for your map. You can also vote, rate, and comment, and the map with the most upvotes will be featured on the homepage of HTR!
To submit a map, click the link in the top right of the Premium Forge page.
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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn – Interview with Anna Popplewell
From CruelLEGACEY:Anna Popplewell (star of The Chronicles of Narnia series) sits down with CruelLEGACEY, Greenskull, and GrimBrother One to discuss her role in the upcoming web series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.
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Halo IRL: Wiping the Galaxy Clean of All Termite Life
Halo is a fictional universe. However, sometimes we catch sight of things in real life that remind us of our favorite science fiction video game franchise. This particular series, titled Halo in Real Life, showcases those very moments. Enjoy the subtle Halo references sometimes spotted when out and about in the real world, and if you have a picture you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!
As seen and captured by Fakeday
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Execution – A Halo: Reach Ninjatage
From HC SLIK:I just made a montage for a good friend of mine (Sundown) for Halo: Reach called “Execution.” It’s an all Ninja montage and was a lot of fun to make. The song is the dubstep remix of Chris Lake’s “Sundown.” Enjoy!
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Waypoint Community Modcast – Episode 20
From CruelLEGACEY:Welcome to the Waypoint Community Modcast! This all-new podcast is brought to you by the Waypoint Community Leaders. Join us as we discuss the latest and greatest in Halo news, updates, developments, and whatever else we feel like talking about. In Episode 20, CruelLEGACEY and DayandKnightly get together to talk about Reactive Bias, Halo 4, and playing with your friends!
As always, feel free to jump into the Waypoint Modcast discussion thread over at Halo Waypoint, and let us know what you think!
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2012 RTX Grifball Panel Highlight Reel
From Goosechecka:On July 7, 2012, this special highlight reel by H2O Camper was shown at the Grifball panel. Enjoy!
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SDCC posters – signed – for charity
mastrbiggy collected three SDCC posters (two Master Chief and Cortana, one Forward Unto Dawn), then got them all signed to Reach and back. All three have been put up for auction on eBay (one | two | three) – with 100% of the final sale price going to Child’s Play. Buy a super-cool pic, give money to a super-cool charity… and say thanks to a super-cool Halo fan!(Louis Wu 21:49:35 UTC)
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Cortana’s Song: More Than Just a Voice in Your Head
Elnea has put together a video to go with her song, “More than Just a Voice (Cortana’s Song)’ – nice work! (This song was written for a Bungie contest back in 2007 – if you’ve never heard it, you’re missing out! And now with the new visuals… well, it’s great. Go watch.) Lyrics and info can be found on her website, TaiChiKnees.(Louis Wu 19:45:11 UTC)
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HRSotD: Causatum
HRSotD (short for Halo: Reach Screenshot of the Day) is a daily feature dedicated to the wonders of Halo: Reach screenshots and the artists that capture these amazing images. A variety of shots—all of which are completely unaltered and captured in Halo: Reach's theater mode—are included for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the varied selection of images, and maybe even find inspiration to make your own!
Author: xDrummerWorldx
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An open letter, generated by love
Domino Theory was really moved by the love for the Halo franchise that he experienced at San Diego Comic-Con last week – so moved, he decided to write an open letter to 343 Industries. Go read it.(Louis Wu 18:48:33 UTC)
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Podtacular hits 300 (or 7, or both)
Dust Storm sent word that Podtacular will be celebrating its 7th anniversary with its 300th episode – amazing! You can be there for the live show, which will take place on Ustream on July 28th. Full details can be found on their website – save the date!(Louis Wu 18:46:27 UTC)
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Tattoo Tuesday: Emile-A239
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 Lee
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Halo: Reach MLG Top 10 Plays 18
From TrulyIndirectMedia:This is Episode 18 of the Halo: Reach MLG Top 10 Plays series. We will be accepting clips from all of the community, so submit today!
To send in clips, email us at trulyindirect@gmail.com or GT: TrulyExclusive.
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Office of Halo Intelligence: Part 9
Office of Halo Intelligence, or OHI for short, is a semi-regular diary-type feature brought to you by various members of the Halo 4 development team. Kevin Grace, Franchise Manager, kindly agreed to write the ninth entry. We hope you enjoy an inside look at the making of our next title!
From the 7.12.12 edition of the Halo Bulletin:Hello from sunny, crazy, excited and nervous San Diego just about 24 hours before the start of our next big drop of Halo 4 info! By the time you read this, we’ll have already gotten through the Fiction of Halo 4 panel with lots of talk of the Chief’s new story and the trouble we’re going to get him into, Halo Infinity Multiplayer and Spartan Ops’ continuing story payloads in the months after launch, and all of the scheming we’ve been doing to spin books, terminals, and even our new live-action series into the perfect mix of “what’s going to happen next?” just in time for Halo 4’s landing on 11/6. And that’s just the start for San Diego, since we have the Halo 4 gameplay panel coming up soon…
But Ms. Angel asked me here today to write up a quick intro to Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn for those who just saw the trailer or just found out about that REAL LIVE MASTER CHIEF we have running around on screen. It’s dangerous to say no to bs angel, I’ve learned (the hard way) so here goes:
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is the new live-action digital series we’ve been working on in (mostly) secret for the last year or so. The “live-action” up there means we have real live actors,a real live awesome suit of MJOLNIR armor and a real live Warthog to cruise around in. “Digital series” means that once we’re done, we’ll be bringing the show to you first on Machinima Prime (Machinima’s new YouTube channel) and Halo Waypoint once a week starting on 10/5 and leading right up to the launch of Halo 4. First viewing is on us, so to speak, so hey…why not check it out?
The story of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn hops in the way-back machine a little bit to take you about 30 years in Halo history before the games you know (Halos CE through Reach) to a moment when humanity was fighting essentially a civil war, an insurrection of the outer colonies against the colonies closer to (and including) Earth. In order to keep the officers flowing for this war, the United Nations Space Command set up the Corbulo Academy of Military Science to teach the children of the UNSC’s elite leadership how to lead the war and, just as importantly, how to believe in that war.
The “believing” part is where it breaks down for Cadet Thomas Lasky, though. He doesn’t buy that this is a justified war and his willingness to question the war doesn’t exactly make him a lot of friends at the academy. He has all kinds of potential to be a true leader, but his questions and some physical problems with cryosleep training drive him to finally deciding that the UNSC isn’t the right place for him…but right as he’s about to sign his exit papers, everything changes. The Covenant attack, almost everyone he knows dies and his only chance to survive is to trust an armored green giant he knows only as the Master Chief.
After that, it’s explosions and awesome and huge spoilers, so I won’t go any further…for now.
If you’d like to hear more about Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, check out the latest Sparkcast, which I believe should now be up for your listening enjoyment. We cover a lot in our talk with Mr. Ellis, so bs angel said we could put this write-up on pause for now to let you watch the trailer, listen to the podcast, and maybe check out the panel steam on the web. Then next week we’ll gather back here and answer some of the questions folks will have once they’ve had a chance to meet the show properly.
So if it’s ok with you, I’ll be back next week with a full report from San Diego and a small bag of answers. Okay? Okay!
Kevin
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Halo 4 E3 Demo Recreation – A Mega Bloks Stop Motion Video
From Joe:This is based on the Halo 4 footage shown at E3. The Master Chief discovers an evil hidden deep within the planet Requiem.
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Bridging the Gap Between All Communities in Halo
From halo.bungie.org:
A brand-new site from the man behind HaloCharts, the Halo Ring, and other fantastic ideas stepped out of beta today – HaloUNITY.com is now open for general use! HaloUNITY is a site that brings together more than 30 Halo communities – with more all the time. Visit and you’ll find a site that’s set up to help you meet new friends and discover new groups by offering you social prizes and awards – it’s a whole new way to play!
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
