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Halo 4 could be getting cosmetic bonus items
Halo 4 could be the next game to see “cosmetic bonus items” added to it’s list of downloadable content. If so, it would follow a recent trend that developers have hopped on that allows for further online customization options, for a price. We’ve seen numerous ...
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Halo 4 Week Begins: Castle Map Pack & New Challenges
343 Industries has a lot of fresh content coming down the pipe for Halo 4 players. Each day this week, 343 Industries will be releasing new content for the shooter, beginning with today’s release of the Castle Map Pack. The Castle Map Pack features three ...
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Forge Island arrives for Halo 4 players
Forge Island was originally slated for April 11th in an update for Halo 4, but apparently 343 Industries has decided to go ahead and release the sandbox ahead of schedule. Halo 4 players can download the content via the Xbox Live Marketplace free of charge. ...
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Halo 4 getting new Forge map in April
Forge Island will come as a free update to Halo 4 players in April. Giving the community what they’ve been asking for since launch, this new Forge space will allow players to construct within a series of flat spaces. Forge Island sounds like it ...
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Halo 4 Castle Map Pack arrives on April 8th
Another round of Halo 4 downloadable content will arrive next month with the “Castle Map Pack”. The DLC will feature three new multiplayer maps, all designed with one thing in mind: Objective Based Gameplay. Daybreak, Outcast and Perditition, the three maps in the pack, will ...
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Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack set to release next week
343 Industries will be unveiling their not so hush hush Majestic Map Pack next week for Halo 4. Monday, February 25th will be the day that users will get their hands on the three new maps and a new game type for 800 Microsoft Points ($10). ...
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Dr. Halsey stars in Halo 4 Spartan Ops Episode 7 Trailer
The next installment of the weekly downloadable cooperative content called Spartan Ops for Halo 4, has already reached its seventh episode. Due to release shortly, Spartan Ops Edisode 7 will take the story in a new direction with the creator of the UNSC Spartan Project, ...
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Halo 4 getting Grifball playlist
For the first time since the launch of Halo 4, a playlist entirely devoted to Grifball will be added to the mixture of game types in Halo 4 multiplayer. 343 Industries recently announced that next week’s update will include episode seven of Spartan Ops, new ...
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Halo 4 rolling out Forge Maps in playlist
Halo 4 will be getting a playlist update shortly that will add community creations from the Forge into a variety of multiplayer playlists in fortnight. 343 Industries Community Manager, Jessica Shea recently explained via Twitter. When asked about new maps being added to specific modes, ...
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Halo 4 the best and fastest selling game in the franchise, says 343
343 Industries had a tall order in delivering the highly anticipated Halo 4 last fall. While the franchise has had a steadily decreasing aggregate review score on Metacritic, 343 believes that they done well by the franchise and the fans with this latest Halo offering. ...
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GTA V, Bioshock Infinite and others could boost games industry in 2013
Video games software and hardware sales have been dropping for months, according to NPD reports. With December’s numbers due out later this week, Michael Pachter has issued his preview for the data, and it’s going to be another year-over-year decline. The major culprits: Black Ops ...
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New This Week in Video Games
The Walking Dead Complete – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC – The Walking Dead is an award-winning vision of Robert Kirkman’s global hit comic book series. Experience the true horror and emotional impact of being a survivor of the undead apocalypse in a zombie game ...
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First Halo 4 DLC revealed as Crimson Map Pack
The first Halo 4 DLC will arrive in early December with the “Crimson Map Pack”, according to 343 Industries. The map pack will cost 800 Microsoft points and is the first of three additional content packs included in the War Games Season Pass of content. ...
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Black Ops II takes out Halo 4 on Xbox Live, Minecraft still going strong
Halo 4 debuted at number one on Xbox Live when it released a week ahead of Activision’s annual chart-topping Call of Duty game. This week’s data show that Treyarch’s Black Ops II has dethroned the first party exclusive as the number one game on Xbox ...
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Halo 4 Spartan Ops Episode 3 to release on Monday November 19th
A new trailer has been released for the Halo 4 Spartan Ops Cooperative Story Mode, which will go free for all Xbox Live Gold users on Monday. The third “episode” will feature another CG cut-scene that furthers the story of Spartan activity on Requiem, and ...
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Spartan Ops Episode 2 for Halo 4 arrives on Xbox Live
The first bout of episodic content for the Spartan Ops gamemode of Halo 4 has arrived on Xbox Live this morning. This second episode, titled Artifact, will feature five new missions that further the storyline of the UNSC Infinity. This is the second episode of ...
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Xbox 360 continues to be the console of choice in October
Microsoft has a stranglehold on the North American home video games market that has now stretched for a whopping 22 months. Ahead of incoming NPD data, the Washington based maker of the Xbox 360 console sold another 270,000 consoles in October, a number that they ...
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Get free Microsoft points for playing alot of Halo 4
If you’re a member of the Xbox Live rewards program, you’ll have the opportunity to earn free Microsoft Points if you play copious amounts of the newly released Halo 4, or spend money on Halo items on the Xbox Live marketplace prior to November 30th. ...
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Halo 4 Review
When it comes to big games on the Xbox 360, there aren’t any bigger than the flagship franchise of Halo. A franchise that launched the Xbox brand some years ago is now without its creators at the helm. With Bungie moving on to new projects, ...
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Halo 4 will see new features introduced in title updates
It looks like 343 Industries has plans for Halo 4 after its initial release, the company says that it plans on using title updates for the popular shooter to not only fix things, but to “grow features and options” as well. In a recent interview ...
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New This Week in Video Games
New Video Game releases for the week of November 4th, 2012. Halo 4 – Xbox 360 – The Master Chief returns to battle an ancient evil bent on vengeance and annihilation. Shipwrecked on a mysterious world, faced with new enemies and deadly technology, the universe ...
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Halo 4 War Games Season Pass Revealed
The release of Halo 4 is rapidly approaching and Microsoft is letting loose all the details surrounding the game. Today, 343 Industries revealed the Season Pass structure for the War Games mode in Halo 4. The pass costs $24.99 or 2000 Microsoft Points and features ...
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A second trailer marks the launch of Halo 4
Microsoft’s first attempt at a launch trailer for Halo 4 featured top-tier Hollywood talent, called in to deliver a movie-like experience to promote the game. This second launch trailer for the game takes a different approach, showing all gameplay for the upcoming shooter. Halo 4 ...
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Analysts predict Medal of Honor Warfighter to be a “major disappointment”
Electronic Arts is readying to ship their fall shooter with Medal of Honor Warfighter from Danger Close Studios on October 23rd. The second entry in the franchise since the 2010 reboot will be going head to head with stiff competition from Activision’s Call of Duty: ...
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Halo 4 developers encourage fans to go “dark”
With the recent slew of Halo 4 spoilers hitting the web following a leak of the game, 343 Industries is encouraging fans to go “dark” until the game’s release. The developers reaffirmed that they are working with their security team to reign in the leaks, ...
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An Ancient Evil Awakens in the Halo 4 Launch Trailer
Remember those big name directors and SFX guys that 343 Industries hired on to do the launch trailer for Halo 4? Well that video has finally been released, and it features some interesting footage for Halo fans. The two minute-long trailer features the direction of ...
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Halo 4 tops list of most anticipated game for 2012
Halo 4 tops the list of the most anticipated games on the Xbox 360 in 2012, according to the most recent data from the Neilsen Ratings company. Alongside Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Just Dance 4, the ratings company has been reporting high ...
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Halo 4 Leaks, Microsoft takes action against pirates
Halo 4, the biggest Xbox 360 exclusive of 2012 has recently leaked nearly a month ahead of its retail release. Images that surfaced late last week via Reddit, apparently were the genuine article as numerous gameplay videos have hit the web this weekend. Furthermore, a ...
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343i goes all Hollywood for Halo 4
343 Industries has tapped top Hollywood talent for the production of the Halo 4 launch trailer. Set to debut on October 18th, the Halo 4 trailer will be directed by David Fincher. Fincher is known for his work in Fight Club and The Social Network. ...
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You will not see the face of Master Chief in Halo 4
Halo 4 will not be finally revealing the face of Master Chief. Frank O’ Connor of 343 Industries thinks that the character is already well described within the origin novel in Halo: The Fall of Reach. “If you went down into that line and found ...
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Halo 4 a deeper progression system than Black Ops 2?
343 Industries is going big with Halo 4 in a lot interesting new ways. Their War Games and Spartan Ops Modes will complement the traditional multiplayer experience and single player offering in a package that the developer believes is more robust than anything else coming ...
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343i drops new Halo 4 War Games details
343 Industries has paid a closer attention to detail in the War Games modes for Halo 4, by establishing roles in the multiplayer game modes. The developers say that they have put a “great deal of atention into being the King, Flag Carrier, Grif, etc.” ...
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Halo 4 developer claims to have tapped additional Xbox 360 power
Frank O’Connor, the franchise development director for Halo 4 over at 343 Industries believes that the Xbox 360 has not yet reached its technical limits. Furthermore, O’Connor believes that this generation could last longer than many expect. “I think it’s natural as we start looking ...
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Valhalla returns in Halo 4 with a new name
Valhalla was one of the most popular maps in Halo 3, it saw numerous Forge recreations in Halo: Reach, and will also be found in Halo 4… just by a different name. Ragnarok is the name of the new map, and while it was always ...
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Halo 4 Promethean Weapons broken down in gameplay footage
343i has already revealed the extent of the Promethean weapons arsenal in Halo 4 in a collection of images that was found on the Halo Waypoint site. Now they’ve put together a video showing off the new weaponry in action. This new montage features all ...
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Halo 4 will Feature Flood in Multiplayer Game Mode
One of the Halo 4 multiplayer modes will feature the Flood, it was revealed in a recent interview with 343 Industries. The famous enemy from the original Halo will be playable in a specific game mode designed for them, which sounds a lot like Infection. ...
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Halo 4 makes an argument for best looking game of 2012
Halo 4 is quietly making an argument for the title of best looking game of 2012. The Xbox 360 exclusive title has yet to be released, but the latest batch of screenshots from the campaign, war games, and spartan-ops mode are certainly a sight. Recent ...
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Halo 4 campaign gameplay footage
New Halo 4 campaign footage has arrived that gives a better look at what to expect from the single player side of the upcoming shooter from 343 Industries. In Halo 4, the Master Chief returns to battle an ancient evil bent on vengeance and annihilation. ...
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Halo 4 Campaign Screens give a taste of the next generation
343 Industries is gearing up for one of the biggest releases of 2012 with Halo 4 in November. The Xbox 360 exclusive has big shoes to fill in the wake of Bungie’s departure from Microsoft. As much as Halo 4 looks familiar to previous entries ...
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Halo 4 Soundtrack samples hit iTunes
No matter what Halo game you turn to, one mainstay for the franchise has been the iconic music associated with the game. With Bungie and Marty O’Donnell leaving the franchise behind for Halo 4, the burden rests on Neil Davidge to pick up where they ...
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Halo 4 Covenant Weapons Revealed
The Covenenant Weapons for Halo 4 have recently been detailed in a video on the Halo Waypoint Channel. For those that have played Halo before, a lot of the weapons featured in the video are going to be in pretty familiar territory. There’s a lot ...
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Is Microsoft planning a third trilogy for the Halo franchise?
Halo 4 is set to arrive later this year on the Xbox 360, and Microsoft may be looking even longer term with the franchise. According to Fusible, Microsoft has claimed ownership of the domain names for Halo 7, Halo 8, and Halo 9. Microsoft hasn’t ...
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Halo 4: The Return of the Forerunners ViDoc
343 details the trials and tribulations of creating the Promethean race in Halo 4.
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Halo 4 Promethean Enemies and Weapons Revealed
Halo 4 Promethean enemies and weapons have surfaced this weekend, giving a glimpse at the new alien race featured in the upcoming shooter. Discovered on NeoGaf the new images show what looks like all of the Promethean characters found in Halo 4. The Prometheans are ...
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Newest Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn entry tells you what it’s like to be put into Cryo
The latest entry in the Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn series presents the frightening concept of cryo-sleep.
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Halo 4 Exile Multiplayer Map Revealed
Microsoft has updated their Halo 4 site with new media detailing a brand new multiplayer map. Showcasing a game of capture the flag on a map called Exile, the next iteration of Halo seems to have retained alot of its likeness to previous games in ...
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Halo 4 will be featured in MLG Fall Championship
This fall, Halo 4 will be featured at the MLG Championship in Dallas, Texas during the week of November 2nd, 2012. The competition will feature the shooter just prior to its release on the Xbox 360. Held in the Dallas, the MLG Championship will finish ...
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Halo 4 mission count has no bearing on the length of the game, says 343i
Halo 4 will introduce a brand new way to experience the Halo universe with the introduction of Spartan Ops mode. Spartan Ops will allow players to complete episodic content story themed missions that play out parallel to the game’s single player campaign. According to Frank ...
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Halo 4 Achievements revealed
343 Industries has revealed the full achievment list for Halo 4. The developer says that their goal with the achievements for Halo 4 was to encourage players to both explore the many game modes in Halo 4, and tackle the numerous difficulty levels in the ...
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Halo 4 has Unicorn Armor
If you thought some of the deviations from the normal Spartan armor sets in Halo 4 were strange, this latest exclusive armor from 343i will blow your mind. Introducing Unicorn Armor. In the Halo 4 Limited Edition Console SKU players can unlock the Fotus armor. ...