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Halo 4’s Free Forge Island Map Available Now

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Halo 4’s Forge Island map is now available for download. According to a post on Halo Waypoint, the map passed the certification process early and has been pushed to Xbox Live ahead of its planned April 11th release.

According to the post, Forge Island is “a massive new playspace featuring islands known as the ‘Great Anvils’” and “delivers three flat, modifiable areas that will give Forge creators both the acreage and new building assets to craft an infinite range of multiplayer maps for the Halo community to explore and enjoy. The geologic data acquired from these islands has offered incredible fodder for Infinity Science’s Forge group, providing diverse and modifiable terrain for the War Games combat simulations.”

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

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'Halo 4 Original Soundtrack Volume 2' Confirmed for April Release

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By Jen Bosier

On Monday, Halo Waypoint confirmed that 2012’s monumental Halo 4 will be receiving an additional soundtrack album. Simply titled “Halo 4 Original Soundtrack Volume 2,” the soundtrack will include 20-tracks and themes which were not included in the first soundtrack. Yes, this includes some tracks from Spartan Ops as well as both Halo 4 and Halo 3. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Technology

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Halo 2 PC Servers Shutting Down Next Month

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343 Industries has announced that Halo 2 PC multiplayer will shut down on February 15th. In a post on Halo Waypoint, 343 noted that “we’ve been monitoring the population for months, and it’s been peaking consistently at approximately 20 players or less. Those that own this game can continue to enjoy Multiplayer over LAN after that date; however our network services will be turned off at that time.”

“We love you, Halo 2 PC, and you will live forever in our hearts,” 343 concluded.

Halo 2’s Xbox servers were shut down in April 2010, though that didn’t prevent some people from managing to play for a few extra weeks. Before 343 took over the Halo franchise, Bungie revealed that more than 5.4 billion games of Halo 2 were played online.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

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343 on Halo 4 Multiplayer Updates, Next-Gen

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This week’s blog post on Halo Waypoint is all about the future of Halo, as 343 Industries’ Franchise Development Director Frank O’Connor speaks candidly about the successes and failures of Halo 4.

The developer is learning from itself. “We made a lot of mistakes…. There are a ton of things we wish we’d done better: Features that didn’t make it into the final game. Glitches that emerged. Missteps made. DLC fiascos. Communication breakdowns,” O’Connor says. “But there were things that went astonishingly well – the creation of a genuinely competitive AAA studio chief among them. A collection of talent and souls that can do something genuinely amazing on this and next-generation hardware.”

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

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Halo 4 DLC Achievements Leak

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The achievement list for Halo 4’s upcoming Crimson Map Pack DLC has leaked online, revealing a series of crazy stunts you’ll be tasked with completing when the content drops on December 10.
The list first appeared on Halo Waypoint, detailing the eight achievements that will soon be added to the game.
As there’s no new story content or missions be added, the below don’t really count as spoilers, but obviously if you want to be surprised by what you’ll be getting up to then it’s probably best to stop reading now.
We’ve previously covered the new content that the Crimson Map Pack will offer, so without further ado let’s get to the achievements:
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Source: IGN Video Games