Daily Archives: 03/28/2013

Halo 4 project lead designer, Scott Warner, chronicles building the Prometheans

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The following link details a GDC 2013 panel from yesterday 3/27/13, with Scott Warner, Halo 4 project lead designer.

Building the Prometheans

In the article, Scott describes the early on development of the Prometheans. Most notably that there were SIX Prometheans initially before 343 decided to cut that in half to the three we got in the game. Though he goes on to say that they hope to get the other three in the series at some point. Hmm, DLC??? Spartan Ops Season TWO???

The reasoning behind the Prometheans was to give long time Halo fans new enemies to fight as they (343) were concerned about player “fatigue” with battling old enemies.

The first Promethean to be created was the Knight, followed by the Crawlers, then the Watcher.

The article is an interesting read (but for the typos).
-Sal

HFFL is proud to announce a collaboration with Fathead.com.

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Starting April 14, 2013 through April 20, 2013, you will be able to save a whopping 30% off all Fathead Halo products.

Fathead is known for making huge wall graphics that are removable. Most notably of sports figures and teams. However, did you know they also made Halo sets too? No?

Well then, let me tell you about them…Fatheads make these incredibly large removable wall graphics. Between now and April 20, I will be giving away select sets from their Halo line. These sets are their “junior” versions and are still quite large.

The following graphics are of their “Real Big” (large) sizes:

FH Halo 4 MCFH Crawler FH Halo 4 Battle Ready MC FH Promethean Knight FH Classic MC FH Elite
Not shown is a Halo Reach default Noble Six also available.

The ones I’ll be giving away are:
• Master Chief: Halo 4 (Jr.): SKU 15-16735
• Elite: Halo 4 (Jr.) SKU 15-16739
• Crawler: Halo 4 (Jr.) SKU 15-16737
• Knight: Halo 4 (Jr.) SKU 15-16738

Each a $40 value.

As mentioned at the beginning of the article, for a limited time, you’ll be able to save a whopping 30% on all of their Halo products. Keep checking back between now and April 20 for the giveaways (these will come via a trivia contest). You must be registered with the blog to be eligible for prizes. (Click this link to register)

As well, on April 13, I’ll post the code for the 30% discount as well as a direct link for the HFFL promotion with Fathead.

If you’ve ever wanted these before and have been on the fence, THIS will be the time to get them!

-Sal

Halo 4 Title Update List

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If you haven’t already updated or don’t know what the update includes, here is the list of things changed/added:

•    Enabled “X-Markers” on the HUD to designate when and where teammates are killed.
•    Updated Active Camo to fully  reveal players when they fire all weapons.
•    Reduced the auto aim, magnetism, and damage on the Gauss Warthog.
•    Fixed an issue where some players at SR-130 did not see their specialization on their
.     in-game playercard.
•    Fixed various issues with ordnance nav markers.
•    Fixed various join-in-progress issues with Flood.