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Dissecting the “Making of Halo 4″ Video Documentary: Scoring System
Over the next few days and on our next podcast the hosts here at Podtacular are going to be breaking down the newly released video documentary / trailer that was released for Halo 4 this week. Look forward to our newest episode featuring other prominent community learders from around the Halo Universe. We recorded the episode last night and I’m sure you’ll enjoy it once we release it to everyone.
The first thing I am going to break down from the video are two tiny points in the game where the score changes for one team. Both of these clips show that the game type is BR Slayer and they pretty much show the same thing happening, a player kills another with the BR from the result of a headshot. I am going to link both of these two clips now.
No, I think we’re just getting started.
Getting ready for Halo Fest.
Battle Canyon Flythrough
Another new Halo: Reach multuplayer map was unvield this week at GamesCon and this one has been redone a few times. You might remember it as battle creek or one of the maps Podtacular played Bungie in long ago in that Humpday challenge when it was known as Beaver Creek, but in Reach the old time favorite will bear the name Battle Canyon (has a nice ring to it I think.) IGN has the scoop, again, giving us another exciting ‘flythrough‘ of the new map.
What suprises me is that there are actually a lot of things that changed in this remake. The team added a lift to the top of both bases and changed where the teleporters are placed. Thanks to forge those of you who frown upon these changes can put the map back to it’s original battle creek goodness, and the 343 guys will have an ‘anniversary’ edition of the map that we’ll see in match making that’s more like the one we know and love. Hopefully we’ll be getting more of these flythroughs at Halo Fest, and oh yeah Dusty will be there too.
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New Reach Maps Playable at GamesCon
Looks like the guys over at 343 industries are getting a little sneaky on us. Instead of confirming what they will be adding and subtracting in the upcoming Title Update to Halo: Reach they’ve been using a playable version of it at GamesCon. The following video seems like it is showcasing two of the new (and awesome) maps that will be coming to Reach Multiplayer when Halo: CE Anniversary this November 15, but if you look closely you’ll be a healthy bit of information (also equally awesome).
In this video, you will first notice that there is in fact no bloom being used when players are using the DMR. Also, something BrentGamer’s been asking for since day one of Reach, is health ‘bleedthrough’ while meleeing. AKA when you melee your opponent it wont just take out their shields all of the time. There are also other nice pieces of new information to be found but do not take my word for it, get to watching!
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Meet Podtacular CoHost GLewis at a Halo LAN in north Atlanta!
We don’t normally post things like this but I just wanted to get the word out on some Halo related events both Dustin and I are going to be attending. As most of you guys know Dust Storm has been invited by Waypoint to be apart of the Community Panel being held at Halo Fest in the coming weeks. So if any of you are in the area please feel free to stop by and say hello!
In other news, GLewis will be at a Pre-Raleigh MLG Event being held in North Atlanta that you can apart of! We encourage everyone who can to come out to the event to watch some great halo and come meet one of the shows cohosts. The event will feature a 4v4 MLG-Style tournament with a Team Pass to MLG Raligh as the first place prize. It’s $5 to watch and $100 for a team of four to enter to compete. Needless to say I will not be competing in the tournament. All details can be found here!
Watch Every Halo: Reach match from MLG Anahiem!
Were you like Anorexic Leader and missed last weekend’s MLG event? Well don’t fret because Major League Gaming has you covered! The eSports company recently released the event’s entire VOD libary for FREE! Yes hours and hours of gaming for FREE! You can catch the awesome Halo: Reach action, the cool Call of Duty action, and the popular StarCraft 2 action all on their website.
If you do happen to watch some of the videos or already have please do not forget to submit your thoughts on this past event because we will be going over it with a few special guest hosts on our next Episode! Please submit here or by clicking THE BIG GREEN BUTTON on the top of the page.
Win PAX Tickets From Halo Waypoint
Got another doozie here for you folks. Looks like the guys, and gals, from Halo Waypoint are giving away PAX Prime tickets everyday this week via their twitter account. All you have to do is submit a picture of yourself via twitter holding a sign that says ”I want Podtacular to go to Halo: Fest.” … No really submit a picture of yourself holding a sign that says “I want to go to Halo Fest” Selections are at random so please don’t go overboard with the pictures. Though I personally encourage it.
What is Halo Fest you ask? Well if you don’t check the homepage often, or if you live under a rock, it’s the 10 year anniversary celebration 343 is holding at PAX this year in Seattle on August 26th through the 28th. If you’d like to hear part 1 of our celebration check out the Halo Decade Show episode.
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