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Halo 4 Problem Banned “Less Than 200” Players, Microsoft Says

When users began pouring into Halo’s official online forums complaining that a new map pack had been inadvertently banning them from matchmaking multiplayer, it seemed to be a widespread problem. Well, according to Microsoft, it was about as widespread as those people who had gone to post on the forum. A statement provided to Kotaku…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 17, 2012

Halo 4 Players Are Getting (Sort of) Banned For Downloading a Halo 4 Map Pack

The farce surrounding the release of Halo 4’s Crimson Map Pack has got a whole lot more farcical, with some users complaining that those who downloaded and began playing the pack for free—like Microsoft told them to—are being banned from certain portions of the game. The game’s official forums are full of people saying that,…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 17, 2012

The Best Controls Of 2012

Video games are more than lasers and explosions, rules and design, music and graphics. They require input, and so they require controls. But human interface can be a dicy thing—so tough to get right, so easy to screw up. The games of 2012 have given us some fantastic new control schemes, interesting and satisfying ways…

By Kirk Hamilton Published December 14, 2012

Culture

26 Terrific Pieces of Halo 4 Concept & Promotional Art

OK, so this should be the last batch of art from Halo 4 we showcase here on Fine Art. Hopefully. Maybe. While we’ve done a lot over the past few weeks, it’s hard to resist when the artists involved keep sharing their work, and that work keeps being some of the best you’ll see in…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2012

Culture

It’s Surprising How Much Art Goes Into Making Halo’s Multiplayer Maps

You normally associate great concept art with the act of building a world and its characters. You know, singleplayer stuff. But a shooter’s multiplayer maps still need to be designed and dreamt up, and in cases like this the art can be just as stunning. The pieces you’re about to see are by Michael Pedro,…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 12, 2012

Can’t Download Halo 4‘s Crimson Map Pack? Here’s What You Do. [Update]

Do you have the Limited Edition of Halo 4 or perhaps you’ve purchased the game’s map pass? If you have either of these you may also have had trouble downloading the new Crimson map pack that released just yesterday. Today I popped in my copy of Halo 4 to download the pack but was greeted…

By Tina Amini Published December 11, 2012

Culture

Halo 4’s Environments Can Be As Beautiful As They Are Brutal

We featured some of Thomas Scholes’ art back in August, but that was before he could show off all the work he did for Halo 4 Now he can. It’s incredible. I mean, not only is there beautiful art here, but he even made gifs of some of it You can check out more of…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 11, 2012

You Can Buy Your Own Halo Warthog For $28,000 (Or Nearest Offer)

In 2009, Briton Peter Cooper and some mates started helping out on the Halo fan-flick Operation Chastity. Their contribution was this replica Warthog vehicle, which while obviously not up the standards of a more professional effort, it’s still a pretty decent-looking attempt. Cooper sadly can’t afford to keep hold of the Warthog any longer, though,…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2012

You Can Assassinate Those Flying Prometheans In Halo 4 And Other Myths Confirmed

If you need an extra competitive edge in Halo 4 look no further than defendthehouse’s series of myths confirmed and busted. The beauty of multiplayer games is in discovering how items work together and just how far they’ll go. Hopefully some of these in the video above are new to you. And here’s the second…

By Tina Amini Published December 10, 2012

The Biggest Winners Helped This Year’s VGAs Tell a Different Tale

If the Video Game Awards are actually an awards show, and not just a keynote for promoting upcoming games, then the big news from last night was The Walking Dead: The Game. Eminently quotable analyst Michael Pachter said before the show that if this title, a downloadable self-published game, took home Game of the Year,…

By Owen Good Published December 8, 2012

Esports

Compete In A Halo 4 Tournament For One Of 2,800 Prizes During Spartan Ops’ Mid-Season Break

Today 343 Industries announced a partnership with Virgin Gaming to host their Halo 4 Infinity Challenge, a free-to-enter tournament in lieue of Spartan Ops updates during the almost month-long mid-season break. You can register online for a shot at one of 2,800 prizes, including the grand prize of a 343-designed Ford Raptor truck modeled to…

By Tina Amini Published December 6, 2012

These People Don’t Deserve Their Awesome Video Game Twitter Accounts

Ever wonder what @Mario is up to on Twitter? How about @Sonic? Or maybe @Wario, @MarcusFenix or @MasterChief? You can visit those accounts if you like, but be warned: They’re all pretty awful. You might think that someone lucky enough to have snagged @Link or @PrincessPeach would be goofing it up with all sorts of…

By Kirk Hamilton Published December 5, 2012

Culture

Halo 4 is a Lot of Things, But Beautiful? Sure, Why Not

A.J. Trahan is an artist we’ve featured here before, at least partially, for his work on Epic Mickey. But the stuff we’re going to look at today is a little grander in scale. Trahan was one of the 117,342 artists who worked on Halo 4, but in addition to his contributions to Microsoft’s latest blockbuster,…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 5, 2012

This Year’s Biggest Shooters Remind Me Why Multiplayer Unlocks Suck

The other day, a colleague mentioned that she felt like there was something off about Halo 4’s multiplayer. She was getting destroyed by other players, eventually feeling like she didn’t have much of a chance when up against people with advanced abilities or gear gained from Spartan point unlocks. This seemed like a marked difference…

By Patricia Hernandez Published December 4, 2012

True to Its Word, Halo 4‘s Multiplayer Sends Out Its Specialization Codes

Anyone who played multiplayer in Halo 4 before Nov. 20 is now getting access to six class-based specializations previously available only to those who purchased the game’s Limited Edition. Emails with download codes went out Friday evening, according to tipsters. “Specialization Priority Alpha,” is the codename for the DLC package unlocking the modes. You earned…

By Owen Good Published November 30, 2012

Bungie Might Have Teased Their Next Big Game Way Back in Halo 3: ODST

Some people think Halo 3: ODST is a very underrated entry in the Xbox 360’s signature franchise. But, based on the image above (which has been lightened to be viewed more easily), one of the last Halo games that Bungie worked on might have been important for other reasons. Could they have been teasing Destiny…

By Evan Narcisse Published November 30, 2012

Halo 4’s Crimson Map Pack Drops on Dec. 10th, Bringing New ‘Extraction Mode’ With It

Looks like the info from that German dashboard image was right, as Microsoft has announced that the first of three planned Halo 4 map packs will be hitting on December 10th. Along with the new multiplayer environments, online players will be getting a new match type in Halo 4, too. Descriptions follow: • Wreckage: Wreckage…

By Evan Narcisse Published November 29, 2012

About That Halo Couple From The Best Buy Ad…

I saw two movies at two movie theaters this weekend and the same Best Buy commercial aired before both of them. I usually tune out the commercials at the movies (strange that we can avoid commercials on TV but get smacked with them in theaters, no?). This big-screen commercial did get my attention since…. wow!…

By Stephen Totilo Published November 27, 2012

This German Screenshot Reportedly Says When Halo 4’s Map Packs Are Dropping

Lots of players—including Kotaku’s own Tina Amini—think that Halo 4 needs more maps. 343 Industries has said that additional multiplayer environments are coming but hasn’t clued anyone in as to the exact arrival times. But the screenshot above from a German Xbox 360 dashboard appears to reveal dates for the next three sets of maps…

By Evan Narcisse Published November 26, 2012

Why We Like To Shoot

A few days after the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the first-person shooter game’s publisher, Activision, released their annual braggadocious press release about the success of their most successful video game series. “Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Star…

By Stephen Totilo Published November 21, 2012