From HFFL to YOU, a very Happy 117 Day!
I’ll be spending it playing the Halo 5 Guardians Beta! (Only two days left to do so!!!)

-Sal

This is a partial reblog form Halo Waypoint’s forums. Below, shows what you can unlock from the Master Chief Collection, as well as armors and visors via gameplay itself in the beta.

HALO MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION:
► [Mark-VI] Get the “Your Journey Begins” achievement (Complete any mission or multiplayer game)
► [Mark-VI Scarred] Get the “Cairo Station” achievement (Complete the Halo 2 mission Cairo Station)
► [Nightfall] Watch the Halo: Nightfall series (The helmet will unlock after Episode 1, the rest unlocks after watch all 5 episodes)
► [Helioskrill] Get the “Legend” achievement (Complete all four campaigns on Legendary)

Continue reading →

This is the fourth in a 10-part series of articles that will give you between 40-50 of the Achievement pics from the Halo Master Chief Collection. These are the very same ones you unlock through the game and can set as your background on the XBOX One.

This series is in alphabetical order for easy of looking up. Part 4 starts from “Gimme That” and goes to “Idle Hands”.

When all 10 articles are complete, I’ll post a list of links at the end of each article for you to easily find the others in this series.

The gallery below again is in alphabetical order, left to right then down to the next line, and so on. Click pics to make bigger of course. Feel free to download any/all of them as you wish. ENJOY! Continue reading →

The fifth of this series of articles for the achievements of the Halo Master Chief Collection brings us to Halo 4. At the bottom will be links for the other parts to this simple guide.

This is just a guideline of course. You may find other ways to get these achievements. It’s just my way of helping you through this massive list.

HFFL Community Friend ‘Tetrahedrite’ wrote up his own guideline and shared it with me. We talk and agreed to share in this guide. I’ll do my best to make mention of his specific contributions.

Now on with part 5 of the guide: Continue reading →

Screw legendary edition, you can move right on up to the Mjolinir edition of the Master Chief Collection. Also a ‘Game’ (UK store) exclusive.

You get everything that comes in the limited edition…PLUS…the ArtFx Master Chief Statue! Continue reading →

Hello again folks. Just wanted to give out a reminder of the HFFL Charity and LAN fundraiser.

We’ve stalled at $400. The goal is $2,000 and time is running short. The 2nd annual HFFL LANstravaganza is on AUG 16. That is also the last day for fundraising for this charity. Continue reading →

Here’s the twitch stream from last night’s HFFL/Podcast Evolved mixed Community Night.
Kennigma was to be the other guest host on the podcast, but couldn’t make it. Though she did make it for the game night portion and streamed it, thankfully for us.

Below is the link to the full 2+ hour gaming session that she was in on (though it lasted for several more hours after that). Continue reading →

You’ve seen his props featured here on the blog before. Now Andrew is finally selling a few of his props. Not as commissions, but as part of what he has already made.

Take a look at the vid below for what he has to offer. The auctions for these will be going up tomorrow on eBay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=331pI9_5zPU&feature=c4-overview&list=UUpURJ31GSBcMAxM9_5m26Dw

Man, that Suppressor is SWEET! I’d love to get that!!!

If you bid and win, please take some pics and send them to me at [email protected] and I’ll feature you on the blog.

-Sal

Looking for the Halo 4 Ricochet Multi-Team game type?

Download it here!

I’m glad this is available now. I already have a Ricochet map built with a Spectator section to watch the game in progress using a third team.

Speaking of Ricochet, have you been playing it? Like it or not, and why?

-Sal

While watching the stream Ghostayame listed 12 of the competitors who got through. I was only able to catch 8 of those 12 as he talked a bit too fast for me to get them all down.

Here are those 8 in no particular order (gametags have been abbreviated or written as full letters for easy reading):
I Got Your Pistola
Ace
Naded
APG
Ninja
Hoaxer
Ogre2
Spartan the Dog

In other news, two competitors who went at it on twitter with each other are out. Sadly, T2 former Halo champ is out. The GREAT news? Giggle Monstat is out. This is that “cheater” who I ranted on. I’m ecstatic that he’s gone from the competition. Now perhaps we may have a LEGITIMATE winner.

In sad news, Snipedown has been eliminate and just tweeted that he’s retiring.

-Sal

There have been a few sightings of Halo cosplay at PAX.

Master Chief is there (all be it a bit shorter than usual).

From @NinjaRTB‘s twitter feed.

Vic DeLeon of 343 is hamming it up with two Spartans.

From @vicdeleon‘s twitter feed

And the ever adorable Mini-Chief:

From @The_DrMouse‘s twitter feed

From @bsangel‘s twitter feed

From @LairdSVF‘s twitter feed

This week’s bulletin starts off with talk of the Champions Bundle pack. Specifically five of the medals you can earn by playing Ricochet.

 Goal Defense: Kill an enemy ball carrier within 25m of your goal without them scoring.

 Ball Clear: Throw a ball 40m away from your own goal.

 Goal Keeper: Kill 5 enemies while defending the goal.

 Rejection: Intercept a throw within 25m of your goal.

 Fast Break: Scoring a goal within 15 seconds of a ball set without a turnover.

HFFL: I have to say, I can’t wait for this gametype. I’m so excited for it, that I’m thinking about starting up a Ricochet League.

Next up the weekly news on the Halo 4 Global Championship.
Three of the four finalists from week one have been confirmed. These are:
garigraiko39
T15 Carnopy
xStr8 Sick

There has been some delay in confirming weeks 2 and 3 as 343 continues their investigation into network manipulation and boosting. I’m VERY glad to hear this!

Here are week 4’s current top 4 as of 8.7.13 at 4:20pm:

No surprise at the top spot there. Naded is a pro-player. I can’t see him being taken out of the running this week. It’s his spot to lose at this point.

We next move on to the Matchmaking Playlist Update. The bulletin goes on to list the settings for the final online weekly competition for the Halo 4 GC. Listings show Legendary Rumble and Legendary Rumble BR.

Spartan Ops Matchmaking missions are as follows:
Mission 4, Episode 1: Hairy Call
Mission 4, Episode 3: Random Transport
Mission 5, Episode 3: Everything Has Gone Wrong
Mission 5, Episode 4: The Cauldron Base
Mission 5, Episode 5: Spartan Thorne

Lastly, 343 will be removing “Sarge’s Lab” from the Girfball map rotation as the map undergoes some lighting optimization. A refreshed version (and more) will be included the next time we update the playlist.

In further Halo 4 GC news, we have the gamescom qualifier.

Text taken directly from HaloWaypoint:
Gamescom, the world’s largest trade fair and event for interactive games in Cologne, Germany will be the last chance to qualify for a spot in the Halo 4 Global Championship finals. We can’t wait to check out the competition in Germany and are now able to share some details with you. 

The Gamescom Halo 4 Global Championship Qualifier will be taking place from August 22nd – August 24th (Thursday – Saturday) and each day will be an individual tournament, meaning that competitors need not make a weekend-long commitment in order to participate. Due to the size and format of Gamescom, the tournament will be walk-up only. Arrive early each day if you’d like to get a spot in the competition, as we cannot guarantee anyone a spot. For the same reasons, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will be able to compete (that would be awesome but may also take several months) and estimate that we will be able to accommodate at least 1,500 competitors over the course of the weekend. 

The game types that will be featured at Gamescom are identical to the ones used at RTX, and the map rotation will be Haven, Skyline and Onyx. We’ll have additional details regarding the format of the show in the near future. If you’re looking to compete, head to the Xbox booth on Thursday morning to get in line. If you’ll be at the show, we’ll see you there and are looking forward to see who of Europe’s finest will earn a trip to the finals in Seattle the following weekend!

Finally, the Screenshot Spotlight this week. It’s all about the Monitor.

To read the whole bulletin go check out the official site here!

Well, in light of that quick correct answer, I think I’ll post the second question:
(This if for Hazop Armor Forest Skin)

At what retailer was this code a pre-order for and what two main armor  colors were shown with the pre-order promotion. Must get both parts of the question right to win code.

Again, you must be a registered member of the blog to answer. Reply below to answer.

-Sal

An XBOX Live friend of mine who went to PAX East won this incredible Gaems Halo UNSC Vanguard Personal Gaming Environment.

Not only did he win the set, but it is COVERED with autographs from folks who work at 343.

I’m not to proud to say I’m pretty jealous of him. LOL.

The gaming set is normally priced at around $350. With those signatures, it’s “priceless,” as Mick said. I have to agree.

Dang my “unemployedness“…

-Sal

Sparth, the awesome concept artist at 343 tweeted the following link of A.J. Trajan’s Halo 4 concept art. Some amazing stuff there.

Here are the concept art pieces you can find there (click to make bigger and see more of the pics):

This is some fantastic work.

I’d love to see a complete concept art of Halo 4 book out there to buy. So many great pieces by various artists.

-Sal