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New Promethean Weapon Image

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:14:30 +0000

Here is a screen shot of what is supposedly called the "Incinerator Cannon" it appears this will be the Promethean/Forerunner Equivalent to the Human Rocket Launcher.

Credits to Mysterion from Halo waypoint.

Im guessing that this weapon maybe the same weapon that was leaked a number of weeks or months ago below but it does have differences maybe its a different all together.

Promethean Incinerator Cannon In Use

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 03:14:31 +0000

In my previous thread it showed a picture of the Incinerator cannon but thanks to Mysterion from halo waypoint he uploaded a video of the weapon in action. The Incinerator cannon is a heavy Promethean weapon and it seems to be the equivalent of the human rocket launcher. Here is a video that shows this weapon in action.

Skip to 3:44 to view the weapon

Griff Ball and Odd Ball Gameplay

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 03:48:07 +0000

IGN has released forge mode games of Grif Ball and Odd Ball, these all time favorite games types look amazing in Halo 4. The quality isn't 100 % but still can be viewed clearly. These game types will surely provide one of the most fun and memorable moments in Halo 4 and some frustrating moments too, Check the videos to see the changes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GkDYD9MRLI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsC-R8Us3XU

Source: IGN

Multiplayer Footage on New Map Exile

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:41:52 +0000

VIDEO POSTED ON GAMINGEVERYTHING

The map has a very natural surroundings and could be very well be the map as the blurred picture in the bulletin

Here is the video of the Multiplayer footage on "Exile"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJAEtfHIMI&feature=youtu.be

Edit: More clear version uploaded by TheHaloCouncil

Halo 4 CTF Gameplay - Full

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:42:48 +0000

All Credit to

Nak3dHalo for uploading and all credit to VPLUS2 for finding me it.

Red Vs Blue CTF.

If you want to know more about LOADOUTS, then check Archangel Tyrael's Thread HERE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1rdfWjD5zU

New Features and confirmations:

1. Pulse Grenade.

2. Ghosts in halo 4.

3. Beam Rifle returns

4. Red Vs Blue, no colour changes.

5. New Weapons.

Halo 4 Loadouts Detailed - Weapons, Armour Abilities, Upgrades!

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:21:19 +0000

Below is the complete list what is available to use in your custom loadouts.

Read below for more details

From:

http://www.littleenglishhaloblog.com/

By:

FlawlessCowboy

Thanks to

we now know all of the Weapons, Grenades, Armour Abilities, Tactical Packages and Support Upgrades that will make up our Loadouts in Halo 4. Many of these abilities and upgrades will not be available at the start of the game and will need to be unlocked using Spartan Points, nevertheless, here is the complete list:

Primary Weapons

• Battle Rifle

• Assault Rifle

• DMR

• Carbine

• Storm Rifle

• Suppressor

• Light Rifle

Secondary Weapons

• Magnum

• Plasma Pistol

• Bolt shot

Grenades

• Frag Grenade

• Plasma Grenade

• Pulse Grenade

Armor Abilities

Thruster Pack

Enables a powerful burst of movement allowing the ability to evade or quickly close the gap.

Promethean Vision

Allows users to predict enemy signatures through walls and other hard surfaces.

Hologram

Allows users to generate an almost identical holographic decoy to to deceive enemies during combat.

Jet Pack

Allows users limited flight through a vertical lift propulsion system similar to that of EVA re-entry packs.

Hard Light Shield

Allows users to a protective barrier of hard light which stops most small arms fire and some explosives.

Active Camouflage

Allows users to generate a visual effect astonishingly close to invisibility.

Auto-Sentry

An automatic turret which can be deployed to defend its user or command a key battlefield choke-point.

Regeneration Field

Allows the user to release a short-range energy field that heals any nearby spartans.

Tactical Packages

Mobility

Allows unlimited sprint.

Shielding

Speeds up your armors recharge rate.

Resupply

Allows the recovery of grenades from fallen allies or foes.

AA Efficiency

Increases the rate at which energy recharges for armor abilities

Grenadier

Increases grenade carrying capacity.

Firepower

Allows the use of a primary weapon in the secondary weapon slot.

Fast-track

Allows the user to advance quicker in rank.

Requisition

In modes with personal ordnance, requisition lets the player request new choices when an ordnance is granted.

Wheelman

Increases the long term durability of your vehicle as well as how it reacts to EMP charges.

Support Upgrades

Stability

Steadies your weapon while being struck by incoming fire.

Ammo

Increases ammunition capacity for both starting weapons and ordnance drops.

Dexterity

Speeds up reload and weapon swapping.

Sensor

Increases motion sensor range.

Awareness

Allows the use of motion sensors while using a scope.

Explosives

Alters grenade performance, increasing blast radius and decreasing grenade damage received.

Ordnance Priority

In modes with personal ordnance, offers more frequent ordnance drops to the user.

Gunner

Increases how long a mounted weapon can fire before overheating as well as movement speed with detached turrets.

Wetworks

Allows Spartans to Sprint quietly. They also appear as an outline to players using Promethean Vision and perform quicker assassinations.

Spartan OP's footage at comic con

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:29:23 +0000

Information From

YOUTUBE

Again this isnt best quality but its still clear enough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCvAhC2D8F8&feature=player_embedded

6 New Halo 4 Medal/Menu Screenshots [RTX]

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:09:37 +0000

RTX may have been last week but we are still getting more screenshots and info, today thanks to Implicit and shzlss‎ we get a look at the Halo 4 menus and a closer look at the new medals.

http://halocouncil.c...Screenshots-RTX

Final Installment of The Forerunner Saga Books Revealed + My challenge.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:08:24 +0000

The final installment in the New York Times bestselling Forerunner Saga

New York, NY – July 11, 2012 - Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC—the largest publisher of science fiction in the world—is thrilled to reveal the title, cover, and release date for the third novel in the New York Times bestselling Halo Forerunner Saga, HALO: SILENTIUM, written by legendary science fiction author Greg Bear. The first two books of the Forerunner Saga, Halo: Cryptum and Halo: Primordium are currently available in trade paperback, e-book, and audiobook. This newest book in the series, HALO: SILENTIUM will release in hardcover from Tor on January 8, 2013 alongside simultaneous audio and e-book editions.

The New York Times bestselling Halo series of novels, based on the hugely successful Halo videogame franchise, has sold millions of copies, and is part of a global phenomenon that has dominated the science fiction landscape over the last decade.

In Halo: Cryptum, Greg Bear began a three-book arc set in the era of the Forerunners, the ancient and enigmatic creators and builders of the Halos, which continued in Halo: Primordium. Now, in the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood—a horrifying shape-changing parasite—has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.

Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian—a husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict—hold the keys to salvation. Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time—to prevent an unmatched evil from dominating the entire universe.

Tor Books has proudly partnered with Microsoft and 343 Industries to publish every book set in this iconic universe. Along with the books of the Forerunner Saga, Tor also publishes another all-new Halo trilogy penned by New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss that explores the Halo Universe in the wake of the final events of Halo 3. Traviss’s first novel, Halo: Glasslands, came out in 2011, with Halo: The Thursday War due out in October 2012.

The Halo franchise is an award-winning collection of properties that have grown into a global entertainment phenomenon. Beginning with the original Halo: Combat Evolved for Xbox in 2001, the rich fiction of the franchise has since inspired a series of blockbuster Xbox and Xbox 360 video games, New York Times best-selling novels, comic books, action figures, apparel and more. The Halo franchise has sold more than 42 million copies to date, with franchise sales eclipsing $3 billion over its lifetime. Halo 4 marks the beginning of a new saga in the iconic franchise, as Master Chief returns to confront his own destiny and an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the entire universe. Developed by 343 Industries exclusively for Xbox 360, Halo 4 will release on Nov. 6, 2012.

HALO AT SAN DIEGO COMIC CON 2012

Thursday, July 12th

Machinima: The Future of Entertainment

12:00-1:00 PM

Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront

Don't miss out on this panel with exclusive footage from Machinima's new channel, Machinima Prime, which focuses on thrilling episodic content, including the much anticipated tentpole series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.

Thursday, July 12th

The Fiction of Halo 4

4:45-5:45 PM

Room 6BCF

Halo 4 heralds the return of one of gaming's most iconic heroes, the Master Chief, in an epic new sci-fi saga. Expanding and enriching the narrative, 343 Industries, with very special panelists, share how the development of stories across the Greg Bear Forerunner Saga, the Karen Traviss Kilo-Five trilogy, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn and Halo 4’s Campaign and Infinity Multiplayer have become connective tissue for Halo 4. Don't miss the exciting premiere of the Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn trailer as well as Q&A with special guests.

Saturday, July 14th

Halo 4: A New Campaign and Halo Infinity Multiplayer

3:15-4:15 PM

Room 6DE

Halo 4 marks the beginning of a new saga in the blockbuster franchise that has shaped entertainment history and defined a generation of gamers. Developed by 343 Industries, get a glimpse at how they have taken Halo 4 in new directions, introducing an ancient threat and the Master Chief's greatest challenge, as well as an innovative and fresh new take on multiplayer in War Games and Spartan Ops.

Saturday, July 14

Giveaway and Signing: Greg Bear

2:00-3:00 PM

Tor Books Booth (#2707)

Come meet Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Greg Bear as he signs copies of Halo: Cryptum, the first book in the New York Times bestselling Forerunner Saga! One lucky fan will have a chance to walk away with a copy of an exclusive poster of the cover of Halo: Silentium, the final novel in the trilogy.

About Tor Books

Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, is a New York-based publisher of hardcover and softcover books, founded in 1980 and committed (although not limited) to SF and fantasy literature. Between an extensive hardcover and trade-softcover line, an Orb backlist program, and a stronghold in mass-market paperback, Tor annually publishes what is arguably the largest and most diverse line of science fiction and fantasy ever produced by a single English-language publisher. Books from Tor have won every major award in the SF and fantasy fields, and for the last twenty-five years in a row the company has been named Best Publisher in the Locus Poll, the largest consumer poll in SF.

Now it's time for my challenge to win the you got luck award, I am sorry its been a long time since my last challenge. OK the rules are The first 3 people to PM me the corrects answers wins, only give all the answers in one PM separate answers in separate PM's will not be accepted it all has to be in one message. Ok here are a few questions you need to answer correctly to win the award.

1. Which Human colony planet is the animated feature "The Return" set in?

2. What was the name of the ship Thel Vadam was in command of during the Battle of Reach?

3. During Thel Vadam's Trial in Halo 2 what was the name of the Prophet that shouted "Nay it was heresy"?

4. Give all the names of the planets that Forerunner artifacts have been found on.

5. What is the Original Home world of the Forerunners?

This challenge is for everybody, both staff and members and I will announce the winners here, Good luck.

We have out first winner it's SternuS

Second winner is fzdw11

Final winner is Azaxx

well done guys.

First Look: Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn (Live Action Series)

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:03:24 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4skHcCpT4&feature=g-all-u

Full Fact Sheet:

http://www.ign.com/w...rward-unto-dawn -- The series launches Oct. 5 and will be a series of 5 episodes. There will be an extended special edition cut on Nov. 6. IGN visits the set in Vancouver, BC to see the making of the Halo live action series, Forward Unto Dawn. See the first behind-the-scenes footage and production stills here.

Head over to IGN for more Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn:

http://tv.ign.com/ob...133/133596.html

Original find by FιaϻϵGaϻϵ

Halo 4 Armory Screen shots

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:55:40 +0000

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Spartan OP's Teaser Trailer (of screen)

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:25:47 +0000

This is from the SDCC Panel me and arch have posted the halo 4 fiction and gameplay panels so this may be in there i havnt watched the panels fully so i may be posting something that me or arch may have technically already posted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNCGDpM8EaQ&feature=relmfu

2 new videos of Halo 4 gameplay

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:02:18 +0000

Information at THEHALOCOUNCIL

2 new videos of Halo 4 gameplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqeQgJfRanA&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcJx0f-lXBE&feature=player_embedded

Art of Halo 4 from Game Terminal

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:24:15 +0000

This is a 2:30 video of the art work of Halo 4 the was uploaded by

Game Terminal recently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmeJJPQQFgI&feature=player_profilepage

My apologies if this has been offered before.

Halo 4 Screen Shots!

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:16:55 +0000

This is a series of Halo 4 screen shots collected from

CVG

another Spartan OP's gameplay video

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:10:40 +0000

Here is another video of a spartan ops mission this from THC's youtube channel i posted a video before of some one playing this mission but this quality is a lot better and better to see whats happening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9jDOnLgnY4

Preview of New Halo 4 soundtrack

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 08:56:46 +0000

This piece of music featured in the 343 industries lates sparkcast but get a better listen of it here in the video, i personally am not sure if i like this cant really give a proper opinion of it yet, but what do you guys think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKMRY9CEegc&feature=context-gfa

Microsoft Hiring for Next-Generation Halo

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 08:48:29 +0000

FOUND AT EGMNOW

Microsoft is looking for a graphics developer to work on the “next generation of game visuals in the Halo universe,” at 343 Industries.

The job ad on Microsoft’s careers site reads: “Microsoft Studios 343 Industries is looking for an experienced graphics developer to help create the current and next generation of game visuals in the Halo universe. Work on one of the most exciting and creative properties in the industry; Work with the incredible 343 team to help drive the future of Halo.”

The ad also mentions that DirectX 11 experience is a plus, and considering that the Xbox 360 doesn’t support it, that tends to suggest a next-generation title. Unless the next Halo is also being developed for PC, which is unlikely.

We already know that two more Halo games are planned in 343′s new series, and it appears that Halo 5 will be on Microsoft’s next-generation console, according to this advert.

Cut scene from halo 4 acted out

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 08:38:34 +0000

VIDEO FOUND ON YOUTUBE BY A USER CALLED SULLIST189

Heres a scene from halo 4 we see the actors on the left screen then shortly after we see the in game cutscene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDB6slZZVGA

G4 Halo 4 Interview w/ Exclusive Footage Today!

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:22:29 +0000

With Comic-Con gearing up tomorrow, G4 released a new schedule, and on it they have Halo 4 listed on X-Play at 7pm (est) as: "HALO 4 Interview with Exclusive Footage". For those without the channel don't worry it will be up on their site or youtube shortly after.

http://halocouncil.c...-Footage-Today!