{"id":4113,"date":"2012-10-25T18:25:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T23:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=4113"},"modified":"2012-10-25T18:25:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T23:25:44","slug":"the-halo-bulletin-10-25-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=4113","title":{"rendered":"The Halo Bulletin: 10.25.12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.halowaypoint.com\/Headlines\/post\/2012\/10\/25\/The-Halo-Bulletin-102512-.aspx\">The Halo Bulletin: 10.25.12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some really good info in this week&#8217;s bulletin.<\/p>\n<p>A nice pic of the evolution of Cortana:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/evolution_of_cortana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4114\" title=\"evolution_of_cortana\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/evolution_of_cortana-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/evolution_of_cortana-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/evolution_of_cortana-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/evolution_of_cortana.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next up is a long (and good) description of Vortex, a newly revealed War Games multiplayer map.<\/p>\n<p>Concept art of Vortex:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortexconceptart-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4115\" title=\"vortexconceptart-1\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortexconceptart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortexconceptart-1.jpg 660w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortexconceptart-1-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In-game pics of Vortex:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4116\" title=\"vortex1\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4118\" title=\"vortex3\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex3-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4119\" title=\"vortex4\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex4-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex4-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4117\" title=\"vortex2\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vortex2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also check out this vid of in-game battle on it!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Big Team Infinity Slayer on Vortex\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LrrzyoAjel0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After this we get a whole slew of information regarding Forge. Way to much for me to repost here, so check the link above.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the main Forge menu though:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/forge-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4123\" title=\"forge-2\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/forge-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/forge-2.jpg 660w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/forge-2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Descriptions of the recently revealed Forge maps: Impact, Ravine and Erosion are given. Then come the breakdown of what you can put on the maps.<\/p>\n<p>Info on the War Games Map Pass is told and good news is if you got the Halo 4 LE edition you WILL also get the Scanner and Strider helmets as well as the Falcon emblem, previously only to have been available through individual purchase of the map pass. YEAH!<\/p>\n<p>Here are those three items again:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_scanner1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4127\" title=\"helmet_scanner\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_scanner1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_scanner1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_scanner1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_scanner1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_scanner1.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_scanner.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_strider.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4125\" title=\"helmet_strider\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_strider-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_strider-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_strider-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_strider-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/helmet_strider.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/falcon_emblem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4128\" title=\"falcon_emblem\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/falcon_emblem-1024x840.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/falcon_emblem-1024x840.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/falcon_emblem-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/falcon_emblem.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally the maps in the War Games map pass are once again show, with pics. (I already covered these in a <a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=4093\">previous article<\/a>-though now I have clarification on two maps, so I&#8217;ll have to fix the article.) And fixed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Again, a really good bulletin.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got one, maybe two more, then it&#8217;s HALO 4!!!<\/p>\n<p>-Sal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Halo Bulletin: 10.25.12 Some really good info in this week&#8217;s bulletin. A nice pic of the evolution of Cortana: Next up is a long (and good) description of Vortex, a newly revealed War Games multiplayer map. 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