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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Official Teaser Trailer

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8me1cD01Lw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Ah yeah! So little, yet SO much. I can’t wait for this to come out!!!

Next teaser at San Diego ComicCon. You bet I’ll have that for you too.

Are you getting pumped up for Halo 4?

After listening to this multiple times, other than the first line, I believe I’ve figured out what the cadence song is:

Hell Jumper Hell Jumper where you been?
Feet first into Hell and back again.
When I die please bury me deep.
Place my MA5 down by my feet.

EDIT I got the correct first line from Jesse Snyder of 343.

UNSC Mammoth acronym???

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The new vehicle in Halo 4, the UNSC Mammoth, could have an acronym. I came up with this a couple of weeks ago in various iterations and finally decided on this version the best for what M.A.M.M.O.T.H. could stand for.

Mechanized Assault Mobile Mission Operations Transport Headquarters

Here’s a pic of that vehicle as a reminder:

What do you folks think? Have an acronym for this vehicle? Let’s hear it. Post a comment below.

-HFFL

New pic of Mega Bloks UNSC Infinity.

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MEGA Brands recently went to 343 industries and showed them this beauty of a set.

If you go back to my estimation of size just a few articles ago ( Mega Bloks UNSC Infinity possible size??? ) it’s looks like I was pretty well on target, with exception to the tail fins, now seen in the photo above. Also of note is that the forward outer bricks may be removable. Note in the pic you can now see some of the interior of the set in the front sections where as the boxed pic doesn’t show that.

Look toward the rear of the craft (left middle of picture) and you can see what looks like a docking port for spaceships (the blue-ish blok area). Hmm, is that a mini Cortana in the person’s hand? The size of this ship is awesome. There are tons of “greeblies” or small pieces on the set that really help to accentuate the detail of it. I can’t wait to get this set and spend hours of fun building it!!!

One last thing to see in the photo, that isn’t this ship…look at the monitors in the background. Folks, that’s the main menu of Halo 4 you’re seeing there. A pic of this has already been leaked. Now having seen it in this photo, it fairly well confirms that pic.

Beyond this info, Brad from MEGA Brands on the MEGA Bloks fan page on Facebook stated this was the first in a series of  the new “Signature Series” line.

Here’s the pic of that for proof:

Are you folks excited for this set?? (Please feel free to leave a comment below)

Halo “Return of Master Chief” print, exclusive to San Diego ComicCon 2012

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I got this link from my bud, VadrRx, over at SpartanSwag.com.

It’s a new print of Master Chief and is exclusive to ComicCon this year. It’s a bit pricey at $89 EACH.

Halo “Return of Master Chief”

Info from the link:

“Return of Master Chief”
Comic-Con 2012 exclusive
50 piece edition
$89.00
limit 1 per customer

  • Halo 4 concept art by Gabriel Garza
  • Giclee print on watercolour paper
  • 13″ x 19″ (paper size)

This piece is for Comic-Con ATTENDEE pre-order for pickup only beginning Monday June 25th and ending Wednesday July 4th.  Orders must be picked up at our booth (#5629) at the San Diego Comic-Con.  Orders not picked up will be refunded and will not be shipped.  Please bring your receipt to the booth when picking up.  If you wish to have a friend pick up for you, that is not a problem, just make sure your friend has your receipt. Non-Attendee pre-orders will begin on Wednesday July 11th.

Payment is processed at the time the order is placed.  Residents of California will be charged sales tax.

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So wow, only 50 made. Plus you have to be at ComicCon to get it. Pretty safe to say I won’t be able to get one. 🙁

Still, it’s a nice print. I guess I’ll just have to be happy enough with the .jpg file. 🙂

-HFFL

NEW Halo 4 info!

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I got this info via SpartanSwag.com (my friend VaderRx’s blog) who got that from www.littleenglishhaloblog.com. Credit goes to “FlawlessCowboy” over at the previously mentioned blog for the original info.

So here we have 11 slides to discuss.

This slide is basically a greeting to the rest of the info. Not much new here, though I like the use of the term “UNSC Infinity Training Program” near the top of the slide.

A little bit of textual history about the Halo franchise. Again, nothing really new yet.

Here’s a nice timeline shot of the Halo titles over the years.

So now we start to get to the good stuff. Okay so we know Halo 4 will be darker. Chief having to make some “very” difficult decisions? Oooh, now that sounds intriguing.

New nemesis? The Didact we presume. New Race? The Forerunner. Can Chief still trust an apparently rampant Cortana?

More Immersion? Hmm, not really explained here what that is, but I’m looking forward to discovering that.

Now HERE is what we were waiting for. 10 NEW weapons! We’ve already seen the Forerunner Light rifle and scattershot, the UNSC Rail Gun and Sticky pistol. Hmm, what else? 2 new vehicles? What could these be? A Forerunner War Sphinx? The UNSC Mammoth? That Mech we keep seeing? Or are they something else?

Here is the veiled “perks” system. (Which I’m totally fine with, BTW.) What really catches my eye in this slide is the “improved support to create, organize and track groups.” Hmm, Clans are coming back? I hope so. I belong to a gaming group (Rated Mature) and would love to set this up for the group.

Now about War Games. 10 maps to start. Cool. We’ve seen Haven, Adrift, and Longbow.

Now here is the REAL meat of the article. Spartan Ops. The first 10 weeks will be free. I thought this would be more though. Hmm, maybe will all the positive response from E3, 343 decided to draw back on how long/how much Spartan Ops would be and for free. Still, 10 weeks is a good start.  They (343) estimate that this first season will be approximately up to 12 hours of additional gameplay. Good. It is akin to a second campaign. Though I suspect some of the footage will be reused in some way. We’ll have to wait to see that though.

and finally…

Closing remarks to get the customers amped up to pre-order/buy the game.

Not a TON of new info, but what is there is welcome indeed.

-HFFL

Discussion regarding a quit ban in Halo 4

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The following is my response to a discussion on HaloWaypoint about a possible quit ban in Halo 4…

Instead of a straight ban for quitting here is what I propose: If points are used for experience, you loose 1 point per quit game. ALSO, you would lose 1/10th of 1 percent of your total credits earn. This way it’s not so bad when you start the game out, but as you earn a lot more credits and rank up you’d loose a lot more for quitting.

One way I look at this regarding quitting out of team games is that if YOU choose to go into a team game as a random yourself, then you have to consider that you may be matched up with horrible teammates. So the choice was yours. This is one reason why I won’t go into a team game as a random. I belong to a good gaming group that we have enough people on to have a team, be that a team of 4, 5, 6, or 8. Only “team” game I would go into as a random is multiteam. In that I mostly go for kills, so I’m not worried about how good or bad my teammates are.

Qutting out of a FFA or Rumblepit game should definitely cost you more, IMO. There you absolutely know it’s all on you to do well. Agreed on lag being an issue and causing games to be unpleasureable to play. One way to slightly get around that is to set your matchmaking to search for “good connection” AND “same language.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had bad lag due to the other team being from a different nation. Seems the worst with Mexico, then Australia and France. (not a knock on those folks, just that the connections aren’t even.

I definitely don’t want to see a quit ban though. As others have stated that only punishes people from playing a game they would otherwise love to play. Once in awhile, a quit really become necessary, be it lag, bad teammates, connection lost due to weather, or having to take a dump during a game…lol.

Seriously though, unless someone is a prolific quitter of games, the occasional quit shouldn’t mar someone’s record. As I stated at first, lose an XP point and some credits (above those credits lost for the game itself you quit out of).

Now, one way to stave off people rage quitting due to being pwned, is to have a fair matchmaking system that matches you up against gamers of like skill levels. That’s the biggest challenge. One the Reach never seems to quite do right.

Revised UNSC Infinity ship comparison pic.

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You’ve seen the pic before. Now I’ve added the Pillar of Autumn to the pic and some text for easy reference. (Click to make bigger)

Since there as of yet are no officially released side shots of the Infinity, I had to alter the perspective slightly to one of the official Infinity images to make it fit. Once there is an official pic, I’ll switch out the one above.

Review: Warthog Resistance via MEGA Bloks blog

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The review comes from the offiicial MEGA Bloks blog: Review: Warthog Resistance

Or just read it here:

 

Our Fall 2012 collection will be dropping soon, so we figured it’s as good a time as any to start throwing stuff up for you guys to check out. This time around it’s the Halo Warthog Resistance, an item that’s been getting a lot of hype and is sure to be a new flagship piece in every Halo fan’s collection. So let’s dig into it.

The NEW Warthog

Perhaps the most iconic vehicle in all of Halo (that isn’t the size of a small city), this is our latest revision of the Warthog. We’ve never been content to leave designs in the past, and this time around the Warthog has been updated with a more subdued color palette and an even more extreme attention to detail.

The typical Warthog mainstays are all here (independent suspension for each wheel, of course!), but everything has been made better. For example, a much sleeker, sturdier footstep and the bars around the hood.

The Turret has been given a whole new level of realism with a bullet chain and an improved handle.

The rear contains a functional tailgate with attached nitrogen fuel canisters.

Also included: a matching weapons container!

The best Warthog we’ve ever made. But that’s not the end of this set. It’s actually just the beginning.

Forerunner Structure

So the story of this set is that a UNSC Recon team has discovered this ancient Forerunner Structure — and so has an Elite Zealot. We’ll get to those guys later, but let’s take a look at this thing.

What is it? A canon? A beacon? Who knows … whatever it is, it’s definitely important to understand it before the enemy does.

The flaps around the perimeter open up, likely to facilitate in doing something horrible.

New Spartans!

These new Spartans have been upgraded with the latest in MJOLNIR technology! This set comes with a Spartan Laser and the NEW Sticky Detonator, which shoots sticky explosives and then detonates them remotely!

There’s also a black Assault Rifle included.



The new armor design (left) is a bit bulkier than the older design (right), but has more details and produces an overall more powerful silhouette.

New Elite Zealot

So the new Zealot is … monstrous. I’m not sure what other word to use. It’s huge, it’s vicious. With Carbine in hand, it’s our Spartans’ worst nightmare.

We’ve packed an insane amount of detail onto such a small figure. The manually-sculpted design has a very organic texture. A combination of matte paint and the metallic red plastic accentuates the armor. There are even impossibly-small painted details on the forehead.


The new Zealot is very, very different from the old design. It’s bigger both in terms of bulk and height. It has a much more animalistic appearance. And as I had mentioned, the addition of matte paint really adds a whole new level of depth.

So that’s the Warthog Resistance. We’re not done with this set entirely, and you’ll see exactly what we mean pretty soon. But even without anything else, this is an amazing set. The latest and greatest Warthog. The return of Forerunner architecture. New Spartans and a new Elite Zealot. A new weapon — the Sticky Detonator. And this is just the tip of the iceberg for our Fall 2012 collection.

Hope you’re as excited as we are!

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This is a great looking set. I saw the prototype at New York Toy Fair this year and it looked great then. Now seeing it in finished shots it looks fantastic. I love that MEGA has included Forerunner parts as those are littered through the Halo saga. The Spartans are AWESOME. Finally Master Chief in a truer sense. That Elite is amazing, I can’t wait to get several of them.

The updated details of the Warthog as originally designed by 343i for Halo 4 just look spectacular. This is a beefier looking warthog in all aspects. Hand rails, new turret, foot steps and those fuel canisters! Woot.

Not to mention the weapons pod too.

This is a MUST BUY for all Halo MEGA Bloks enthusiasts.

-HFFL