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Doing a cool thing for a serviceman
TOTALLY NOT HALO-4-RELATED... but very cool nonetheless. Jason Cheng is a US Marine who was deployed to Afghanistan when Halo Fest happened in Seattle last summer... but his buddies brought a picture of him to the event, and included it in a series of photos they took, so that he could 'be there in spirit'. Someone from 343 noticed the shenanigans, and asked some questions.... then took the picture back to the studio and got it signed by the crew. When Jason returned home recently, he found a montage of the (signed) picture shots waiting for him... along with a whole bunch of goodies put together by 343. Awesome!
(Louis Wu 18:52:53 UTC) (permalink)
Perked Up
1Up isn't thrilled with the new perks system - go check out their discussion. (Louis Wu 18:45:31 UTC) (permalink)
Redefining a Masterpiece
The Verge has pulled out salient points from a couple of recent Frank O'Connor interviews - go read 'em if you're short on time. Thanks, Hypertrooper. (Louis Wu 18:43:15 UTC) (permalink)
Greenskull's First Look Analysis
Greenskull has done his own analysis of the new Halo 4 first look video - go see if he caught anything you missed! (Louis Wu 18:40:53 UTC) (permalink)
Tsquared looks forward
MLG's Tom 'Tsquared' Taylor talked to Gamespot about his hopes for a competitive Halo 4. Thanks, ChrisTheeCrappy. (Louis Wu 18:21:37 UTC) (permalink)
Frankie talks to GameReactor
GameReactor interviewed Frank O'Connor - great discussion. Go watch. (Louis Wu 16:31:04 UTC) (permalink)
VentureBeat's take
VentureBeat listed 11 things they've learned about Halo 4 - maybe this should be titled '11 things we think we've guessed about Halo 4', but it's an interesting list. Thanks, Boomwood. (Louis Wu 16:27:59 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 4: Story and Vision
GameTrailers has an interview with Kiki Wolfkill - did you know Halo 4 starts 5 years after Halo 3 ends? I didn't. Thanks, stryker1138. (Louis Wu 14:29:13 UTC) (permalink)
Edge Preview - next month
Edge has a small summary of Halo 4 online - but promises a full preview in their next print issue, due out April 11. Thanks, Hypertrooper. (Louis Wu 14:25:52 UTC) (permalink)
Positive Fuss
Eurogamer's also got an article about the Halo 4 'perks system'... not much info... but an interesting read. Thanks, Dani. (Louis Wu 14:23:46 UTC) (permalink)
'Sup, Chief
Kotaku's got their preview up - and so does IGN (thanks, Hypertrooper). (Louis Wu 14:17:26 UTC) (permalink)
Destructoid - First Glimpse
Destructoid's put up their Halo 4 initial thoughts. Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 14:14:44 UTC) (permalink)
Remaster Chief
Eurogamer has their own take on what they saw - tying together disparate strands of the Halo universe into one cohesive whole. Go read! Thanks, Hypertrooper. (Louis Wu 14:10:42 UTC) (permalink)
What we know so far
GameFanMag has a summary of what was revealed at the Spring Showcase, in bullet form. Thanks, Dani. (Louis Wu 14:06:46 UTC) (permalink)
Making Halo 4: First Look
343's David Ellis pointed to Making Halo 4: First Look, a behind-the-scenes look at the development process. Go drool! (It's also available, in HD goodness, on Halo Waypoint on your Xbox.) (Louis Wu 14:04:21 UTC) (permalink)
The Flood Begins
Over at Metacafe, an interview with Frank O'Connor (done by OXM's Ryan McCaffrey) was posted a bit early - it went live at 3am, ET (about 6 hours before the embargo was to lift). It contains some Halo 4 multiplayer footage, and some critical information (no public Halo 4 Beta, for example) - go watch! (Louis Wu 14:01:31 UTC) (permalink)
FUD's Halo 4 Reveal Hub
Today's the day the Halo 4 news embargo related to last week's Spring Showcase ends; we should see a flood of Halo 4 content, beginning in a couple of hours. We'll do our best to keep up, but Grim's got jury duty this morning, and I'm in and out of the office - we might get behind. Over at Forward Unto Dawn, Dani's set up a Halo 4 Reveal Hub - it might be the best place for an overview of what's come out! (That said, I'll try really hard to make sure you don't need them. :) )
(Louis Wu 12:10:45 UTC) (permalink)
Quarantined
Leviathan has been quietly working on Shield and Sword, his next big Halo-related project... but he decided to share a sketch he finished recently. I'm really happy he did! (Louis Wu 12:06:37 UTC) (permalink)
Early Halo Wars models
TDSpiral came across some early Halo Wars models - as we wait to see the LATEST iteration of the Master Chief, it's fun to go back and look at some earlier work. (Louis Wu 12:05:05 UTC) (permalink)
Sterling Hundley's take on Halo
Postmortem ran across a piece of Halo concept art created by illustrator Sterling Hundley - it's unclear whether this was commissioned by MS/Bungie, or whether it's just fan art... but it's pretty interesting! (Louis Wu 12:03:19 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Mylar Prints
Things are probably going to get insane later today - but for now, let's clear out what's currently on our forum. Yesterday, Fon462 mentioned that there are a bunch of new Halo Mylar prints on eBay - a little searching showed this to be true. If you're looking for cool artwork and you missed these when Bungie was selling them... here's another chance. (Louis Wu 12:01:42 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Kill 'em all... you know the rest Telikos Protocol Taking Time out to Look at the Beautiful Things The Tyrant Documentaries: Episode 10 Campfire Stories S2E5 |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Tracing the Surface Halo Wars - Close Combat Animations Fails of the Weak Volume 76 Halotracker Top 5 - February: Anniversary Kills Working at 343 Industries Drunken Halo 1 Year Anniversary - Live! |
