The bulletin starts off with talk of San Diego Comicon.
If you are going to SDCC and have a pass, swing by the lounge from 11 AM to 8 PM PDT Thursday through Saturday or 11 AM until 5 PM PDT on Sunday to get your hands on both upcoming releases of Halo: Spartan Assault and the Champions Bundle pack.
Tune in to 343’s official Twitch channel on Friday and Saturday from 6 to 8 PM PDT for a LIVE look at the Champions Bundle.
343 will be having a panel at SDCC:
Inside the Looking Glass: Building “Halo” Worlds and Wonders, Past, Present and Future
Room 6BCF, San Diego Convention Center
Thursday, July 18, 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM PDT
Panel Description:
Join Franchise Development Director Frank O’Connor, Executive Producer Dan Ayoub, and other 343 Industries guests as they celebrate the launch and discuss the exciting new addition to the Halo universe (Halo: Spartan Assault), the new comic book series from Dark Horse Comics (Halo: Initiation) and more.
Next up is something that the Halo collector inside me is both excited and depressed about.
Halo Collectible Pins at SDCC:
We’ll also be giving away Halo-themed collectible pins this weekend at San Diego Comic-Con. To start collecting, begin at the Halo area of the Xbox Lounge in the Hyatt. Demo the Halo 4 Champions Bundle, and there you will receive your starter pack which consists of a Halo lanyard, pin and pin card. Then, play a round of Halo: Spartan Assault, stop by our Halo panel and head to our partners’ booths on the show floor to collect the rest of the pins. Supplies are extremely limited, so make sure to start your day early at the Xbox Lounge!
HFFL: Ugh, I WANTS! I LOVE collecting Pins. I have a nice collection of Halo pins already. THESE are going to be freakin’ HARD to get! UGH, and I won’t have the money to bid for them on ePAY, er eBay… (Cause you just know there are going to be people scalping these) I hate buying from scalpers, but asking someone to round up all of the pins for me is extremely unlikely and would prolly cost a small fortune…
Halo 4 Global Championship Update:
Text directly from the bulletin:
Week 1 of the Halo 4 Global Championship is underway! As many of you know, the tournament (which boasts more than $500,000 in prizing) has a five-week online qualifier, in which players compete for a trip to the in-person finals. For a full breakdown of the tournament, head to Halo4GlobalChampionship.com. This week’s featured game type is a slightly modified version of Infinity Rumble. To see the full settings of this game type, check out last week’s Bulletin. This week, we’ve already seen quite a few players record a perfect score (as I write this, more than more than 31 players have a perfect average of 8). Here’s what the top of the leaderboard looks like as of this afternoon:
HFFL: Stay tuned to HFFL as I will be updating the top ten daily on the blog.
More on the Halo 4 Global Championship:
Next week’s Global Championship will be Rumble SWAT. As you know, this game type is extremely hectic and fast-paced, so we’re expecting to see the competition on the leaderboard become even tighter.
Game types included next week:
Rumble SWAT
Rumble SWAT BRs
Rumble SWAT Rifles
While the settings of these game types vary slightly, here are the overall settings across all three game types.
| Game Settings | |
|---|---|
| Score to Win | 250 |
| Time Limit | 12 minutes |
| Kill Points | 10 |
| Respawn Settings | |
| Respawn Time | 5 Seconds |
| Personal Ordnance | Disabled |
| Equipment | |
| Motion Tracker | Disabled |
Next, here are the Loadouts and maps for each game type:
Rumble SWAT
(played on Haven, Adrift, Abandon, Landfall, Monolith, and Skyline)
| Loadout Alpha | SWAT DMR |
|---|---|
| Primary Weapon | DMR |
| Secondary Weapon | Magnum |
| Loadout Beta | SWAT BR |
| Primary Weapon | Battle Rifle |
| Secondary Weapon | Magnum |
Rumble SWAT BRs
(played on Haven, Abandon, Monolith, and Skyline)
| Loadout Alpha | SWAT BR |
|---|---|
| Primary Weapon | Battle Rifle |
| Secondary Weapon | Magnum |
Rumble SWAT Rifles
(played on Haven, Solace, and Landfall)
| Loadout Alpha | SWAT DMR |
|---|---|
| Primary Weapon | DMR |
| Secondary Weapon | Magnum |
| Loadout Bravo | SWAT BR |
| Primary Weapon | Battle Rifle |
| Secondary Weapon | Magnum |
| Loadout Gamma | SWAT Carbine |
| Primary Weapon | Carbine |
| Secondary Weapon | Magnum |
| Loadout Delta | SWAT LightRifle (Scout) |
| Primary Weapon | LightRifle |
| Secondary Weapon | Magnum |
Barely a blip anymore in the bulletin are the episodes for Spartan Ops matchmaking:
• Episode 6, Mission 3: Need to Know
• Episode 8, Mission 3: Lancer
• Episode 9, Mission 4: Revenge
• Episode 10, Mission 3: Seize the Power
• Episode 10, Mission 4: Out the Other
And finally as always the Screenshot Spotlight. This week: Assault Rifle.
To read the full bulletin go here. (Though this week, I did cover most of it here)
-Sal