IGN’s featurette of Halo 4’s new Forge environment, Forge Island, introduced by Vic DeLeon, Lead Mission Artist, and Kynan Pearson, Lead Multiplayer Level Designer for Halo 4. Forge Island is a Forge World with three separate environments, featuring grassy areas and flat surfaces. The largest island is big enough to hold a Blood Gulch remake. Forge Island will be released…
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PAX East: Halo 4 Panel Recap
The Halo Council has representatives at PAX East, and hasn’t wasted any time getting the word out on details of what’s in store for us in Halo 4. From Competitive Skill Ranking to a new Forge Map, Forge Island, to what we can expect from the next title update, the details can be found in “PAX East: Halo 4 Panel…
Waypoint’s First Fan Art Focus Winner
343 has announced that they will be weighing and measuring fan art in a new series, Fan Art Focus, where winners will get their art framed and showcased at 343 Industries. The first winner has been chosen, and there is no question why. This fantastic representation of The Didact was created by Rodney. Dude, that’s insane! Take me to his…
Isaac Hannaford Draws for Fans
Isaac Hannaford, one of the well-known concept artists from Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo: REACH, was seen at Emerald City Comic Con last weekend drawing for fans. See more of his art at his site >> Source: HBO (halo.bungie.org)
Halo: Silentium Novel Now Available
The third book in The Forerunner Saga by Greg Bear, Silentium, is now available for purchase. News Release: New York, NY – March 19, 2013 – Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC – the largest publisher of science fiction in the world – is excited to introduce the third and final novel in the New York Times…
Halo 4: Castle Map Pack – “Outcast” Walkthrough
Mike Clopper, Lead Level Designer for Certain Affinity, and Lori Zawada, Lead Environment Artist for Certain Affinity, walk us through the Halo 4 Castle Map Pack map, Outcast, giving tips and tricks to gameplay along the way.
Outcast is the largest map in the Halo 4 Castle Map Pack, set in a hidden insurrectionists’ gas producing facility. It will also be the first map in Halo 4 to feature the Scorpion tank in the War Games version of Dominion.