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:
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T15 Carnopy
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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!