A trio of Bungie artists sits down to deliver running commentary about Destiny’s E3 Gameplay reveal.
Your Fireteam for this mission will be three of the artists who led the charge to build that brave new world. Experience the adventure that unfolded at E3 through their eyes, and get to know some of the people who are making this game.
They are: Ryan Ellis, Technical Art Director Marke Pedersen, Environment Art Lead Michael Zak, Senior Art Lead
At E3, they were members of our away team. Had you scored a seat as a member of our audience, you would have seen them showing off their work (and the work of their fearless peers) to the world. Now, they’re dishing out commentary on those first steps taken by Guardians into the world they helped to create.
From the 343 Industries Livestream at RTX 2013. “Ricochet”, a new gametype that people are describing it as “combat basketball”. This is from the Champions Bundle and part of the Bullseye Pack!
Buy the Champions Bundle or the Bullseye Pack to grant you access to the new gametype Ricochet 2 weeks early!
Details about the Champions Bundle or the Bullseye Pack are here
From the 343 Industries Livestream at RTX 2013. “Pitfall”, a remake of the classic Halo 3 multplayer map “The Pit”. This is from the Champions Bundle and part of the Bullseye Pack!
This map needs no introduction. It’s a remake of the classic Halo 3 map “The Pit” with some minor changes. Such as a bigger-wider overshield tunnel with a gravity lift to the sword room, and a drop down hatch in the sword room. There will be a vanilla version for multiplayer matches though.
Details about the Champions Bundle or the Bullseye Pack are here
During RTX 2013 343 Industries and Certain Affinity hosted a panel, “What’s Next: Halo 4 Summer 2013″, where they announced the Champions Bundle which contains a bunch of DLC content and will be released August 20th, 2013.
The “Halo 4” Champions bundle — the fourth major expansion in the “Halo” Infinity Multiplayer experience —launches on Aug. 20 for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. Developed by 343 Industries in collaboration with Certain Affinity, the Champions Bundle delivers three DLC packs (Steel Skin Pack, Bullseye Pack and Infinity Armor Pack) and bonus content, which includes more than 18 new, in-game items that are exclusive to the bundle for a limited time.
Each of the three DLC packs in the Champions bundle will also be available as standalone purchases on launch day. The Bullseye Pack will be available for 480 MS Points and the Infinity Armor Pack and Steel Skin Pack will be available for 240 MS Points each. The bonus content is only available for a limited time exclusively through the bundle.
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The Bullseye Pack – 480 Microsoft Points:
Pitfall – Multiplayer Map (Remake of Halo 3’s “The Pit”)
Vertigo – New Multiplayer Map
Ricochet Armor – New Multiplayer Armor
Infinity Armor Pack – 240 Microsoft Points:
Prefect Armor – New Multiplayer Armor
MARK V Armor – Multiplayer Armor
ODST Armor – Multiplayer Armor
Steel Skin Pack – 240 Microsoft Points:
Steel Weapon Skins for all loadout weapons (Forerunner, Covenant, and UNSC)
Bonus Content (From the Bundle)
New Stances
New Armor Skins
New Weapon Skins
Armor Modifications:
Survivor (Unknown): If your vehicle is about to explode, anyone using the armor mod will be kicked out of the vehicle.
Recharge (Support Upgrade): Decreases the amount of time before shields begin to recharge (this can be combined with current Tactical Package Shielding).
Resistor (Tactical Package): Allows Spartans to maintain their full mobility and dexterity while taking incoming fire.
The “Halo 4” Champions bundle — the fourth major expansion in the “Halo” Infinity Multiplayer experience —launches on Aug. 20 for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. Developed by 343 Industries in collaboration with Certain Affinity, the Champions Bundle delivers three DLC packs (Steel Skin Pack, Bullseye Pack and Infinity Armor Pack) and bonus content, which includes more than 18 new, in-game items that are exclusive to the bundle for a limited time.
Each of the three DLC packs in the Champions bundle will also be available as standalone purchases on launch day. The Bullseye Pack will be available for 480 MS Points and the Infinity Armor Pack and Steel Skin Pack will be available for 240 MS Points each. The bonus content is only available for a limited time exclusively through the bundle.
Instead of the usual one day festivities that take place on Bungie Day, July 7th – the 7th day of the 7th month… they love the number 7. Bungie has decided to celebrate with Bungie Week.
Day 1: They announced some new avatars and profile signatures on bungie.net to show the world your loyalty and years spent prowling the forums.
Day 2: Is where we are right now. After many requests Bungie has decided to reproduce their E3 Gameplay demo in 1080p high definition quality. Many E3 live stream viewers were treated to pixelated and sub-par HD quality and the broadcast was plagued with video and audio difficulties.
In this version, the fireteam follow the same paths with new commentary and minor differences, but otherwise the same gameplay we have seen before – just without any hiccups.
As a result my analysis of this demo still stands as is. Click here to watch it.
There’s a $200,000 grand prize and $500,000 in total prizes! You can register now by going to: www.Halo4GlobalChampionship.com
It’s very simple to register, just sign up with your email address associated with your Xbox Live gamertag and you are set!
Upon registration check your email for confirmation and a code to download an Xbox Avatar t-shirt. The same one offered during the CSR Challenge back in April.
ARE YOU THE BEST OF THE BEST? A CHAMPION? PROVE IT!
You can participate in a few different ways. Aim your sights on this year’s Rooster Teeth Expo (RTX) in Austin, TX, to participate* in our Wild Card Tournament. Can’t make it? Join in for 5 weeks of online qualifiers! Each week, you’ll be challenged to complete at least 20 matches against 7 random players with the game type changing weekly. The top 6 players from RTX, plus the 4 winners from each week of online play, will receive an expenses-paid trip to compete in the Finals! Will you walk away with the $200,000 (USD) Grand Prize and Halo 4 Global Champion title?
Oh, there’s more! (You didn’t really think that was it, did you?) We will also award additional prizes** to a random pool of weekly players so that even players who can’t commit to the full challenge have a chance to participate.
Are you up for the challenge? Then register now and get ready to prove it!
As many of you are aware, the number of players online player Halo 4 has been on the decline. A popular image has been floating around the inter-webs demonstrating that there is in fact an elephant in the room… or lack there of.
Shown by this image, Halo Reach was pulling higher numbers this point in it’s video game life cycle than Halo 4. Which is a little disheartening and begs the question what does 343 Industries have to do for Halo 5 and beyond?
Here’s also a screenshot of the Halo 4 playlists and numbers shortly after the midnight release November 6th PST/PDT for comparison.
As the title says, Microsoft made headlines when they announced the change or reversal of their Xbox One DRM policies. In this video I discuss the news and what it means for some innovative Xbox One features that unfortunately won’t exist because of these changes.
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