It’s been described as a cross between Blood Gulch and Sidewinder. I think it looks amazing! In the vid we get to see a “Flagsassination.” I love the animation of this.

Also, it’s been confirmed that you can not drop the flag once you have it, but that you can shoot while holding it. I suspect the reasoning behind this is to keep people from flag juggling. No matter to me. Being able to shoot while holding the flag seems like a good trade off.

Exile looks to be a good BTB style map. Note the Scorpion in the video. I’m looking forward to exploring this map and seeing what can be done with it in Forge. I’m betting it’s going to be a racing map for some forgers.

Sadly, I was not correct in my guess that the next map revealed would start with an “O” to spell out Halo for the maps revealed.  Instead they spell HALE. Ah well, missed opportunity. LOL.

-HFFL

Here’s the video.

Now for some screenshots:

My favorite Halo developer, Vic Deleon (you can find him on Twitter):

Besides following him on Twitter, I’ve had the privilege to game with him a few times.

I love this shiny logo:

Here’s a bit of the script for Halo 4 (subject to change):

A good shot of how motion capture is done:

Two Concept to In-game shots:
Cryo Tube Hall:

This really looks amazing. Both the concept and finished product have great detail. That finished shot nearly gives me chills with how cold it looks.

A hallway, presumably on the Forward Unto Dawn or Infinity.

Again, both concept and finished shot are great. I kinda wish they’d have left the windows in.

The new styled Warthog in action:

Now who isn’t going to be shooting for those gas cans on the back end???

A Jackal with a new style helmet:

What I like about this helmet is that it looks enough like the traditional Jackals we’re used to.

I think this Grunt’s about to get it…

Ol’ Flipyap is going to be disintegrated by a Promethean Knight.

Commander Thomas Lasky and Captain Del Rio:

The two top officers of the UNSC Infinity. Expect a lot of interaction with Lasky. Not only with the live action series, but within Spartan Ops as well.

The new look of Cortana has really grown on me:

A more feminine jaw. Ah, who am I kidding, nearly all blue sci-fi chicks are hot…LOL.

A “Didact Dog” (A variant on the crawler):

I REALLY prefer this version over the regular crawler. I wonder if they are all like this and can transform from one stage to the other?

And finally a Pelican in flight:

I added some color in this shot to punch it up a bit. Man, I can’t wait to play this campaign!

For these scenes and SO much more, click that link at the top of the article for the video.

-Sal