This is it; the final week of the online qualifiers of the Halo 4 Global Championship is here. This is the final chance you have to qualify if you’re not going to Gamescom for the final qualifying event. This week is Legendary Rumble with the addition of the newly designed Legendary BRs. Check out the latest Matchmaking Update for all the details. Even if you haven’t played or registered yet, it’s still open so hurry on over and try your luck for one more week.
In response to someone on Twitter, Jessica Shea has stated that Halo 2 Vista will stay as-is and that we will be receiving another update about the title some time in early 2014. This means no more having to cram in time for achievements if you were doing that in anticipation of the support closing down for the game. We don’t know whether this update will detail the demise of Halo 2 over live for good or if it will lead to an update to the title, but enjoy the game for now. We will look into doing monthly game nights in Halo 2 Vista again after Pax.
Yesterday, Major Nelson posted over on his blog a summary of an article written over on Xbox Wire about some of the Xbox Live Sharing and Gold features coming to the Xbox One in just three months. It sounds like Microsoft is bringing back some of the features people wanted to be kept in from the original set of features announced at the Xbox One press briefing that were taken out shortly after the E3 briefing. While we anticipated Microsoft slowly integrating the original features back in the service, the posted article does still leave some blurry lines on what exactly can be done but here’s what we’ve gathered so far.
Taking away from this list, there are two big points we are sure of. First, as long as one Gold member has claimed an Xbox One as their home, anyone that signs into that console can enjoy Xbox Gold features. Second, Any digital game purchased on your account is playable by anyone on your home Xbox One or another Xbox One while you are signed in.
The Halo 4 Global Championship is on week 4 of it’s five week qualifier and we finally have the first three confirmed winners of the online portion, courtesy of this week’s Halo Bulletin. Next week’s gametype is Legendary Slayer with the addition of Legendary BRs. Five new multiplayer medals are coming along with the Bullseye Pack as well as the first details around the Gamescon portion of the championship. AGL 9 is also this weekend in Atlanta, GA so make sure you go over to Twitch and support competitive Halo. We also get to jump into our mailbag and see what you guys have sent over. Enjoy
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Major Nelson takes us through the complete package of the new Xbox One landing in stores and in homes this November. Every console comes with a 4K-rated HDMI cable, Kinect 2.0 sensor, One wireless controller, and a new headset. More information is rumored to surface at Gamescom, but we’ll keep you updated as we hear more.
The online qualifiers are almost to a close as we enter week 4 of the Halo 4 Global Championship. The leaderboard is reset and a new set of prizes is ready to be given away. Rumble Grab Bag is this week’s theme featuring the Rumble Slayer you all have been playing with a splash of objective. Remember, place top 4 in the week and you’ll secure a place in the finals at PAX Prime in Seattle. For this week’s gametype/map match up, Waypoint has put together a little table to help us out.
The break downs of the loadouts and gametype settings are in the latest Matchmaking Update. Registration is still open if you haven’t yet bitten the bullet, so go sign-up and maybe you’ll be one of the lucky finalists.
This week we take a look at Halo: Spartan Assault, a story of a battle that happened on Dratheus V involving Sarah Palmer in the early days of Spartan Ops. The graphics for the game turned out really well, the controls are easy to pick up, and the game play is fun. While there is a story line to the game, focus of the game drove more to the playing experience. This week’s bulletin dives into details for next week’s Halo 4 Global Championship online qualifiers along with an announcement that winners from the last six AGL events will have a seat in the finals. Our guest host this week is a long-standing community member Facehead. Enjoy
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