Chronique:Halo Bulletin 10/07/2013
10 juillet
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Rooster Teeth Expo (RTX) is an awesome event for many reasons. However, the most important reason is that just about every person in the convention center is a huge Halo fan. As you can imagine, meeting up with thousands of people who love Halo generally results in a pretty good weekend, and Rooster Teeth Expo 2013 was no exception.
Action kicked off at the Halo 4 Global Championship booth on Friday afternoon, where the first rounds of the tournament began with long-time professional Halo players such as StrongSide, Tsquared and Snip3down, all competing at their respective stations against hundreds of Free-For-All hopefuls. After a jam-packed weekend of matches, Sunday afternoon saw the final 64 players battling it out for six tickets to the finals in August, when they will head to Seattle and fight for the $200,000 grand prize.
If you missed Sunday's matches or would like to relive them, check out the rebroadcast of our tournament live stream, which contains the intense final matches of the day, including all main stage Free-For-All and 1v1 matches. Spoiler alert: Congrats to our top 6 finalists from RTX, who have earned a ticket to the finals: Snip3down, Goofy, Toxik Nate, Strongside, footedpanda, and Dale967.
We'd like to extend a big "thank you" to all of our competitors and attendees, Rooster Teeth for their hospitality and all of you at home for watching and supporting the first event of the Halo 4 Global Championship! As you're likely aware, the online qualifiers begin this coming Monday. We'll dig into those details in just a bit.
We announced the Halo 4 Champions Bundle at Saturday's "What's Next: Halo 4 Summer 2013" Panel. Based on the response in the room and online, we think it's safe to say that some of you are excited about it, so we're gonna jump into the details. If you missed the panel live stream, pay attention 'cause it's about to get good.
The Champions Bundle contains three DLC packs, as well as bonus content, including:
- Bullseye Pack (Includes Ricochet, a new game type)
- Steel Skin Pack
- Infinity Armor Pack
- Bonus content, including new stances, armor and weapon skins, and a new armor mod
All of this content makes the Champions Bundle unique from other DLC, and each of the aforementioned packs can be purchased separately or as a group. For example, if you're most interested in the Bullseye pack, you can download it as a separate piece. However, bonus content is included with the entire bundle. Let's break it down:
Bullseye Pack
Vertigo
Vertigo is an asymmetrical map that provides a wide variety of indoor and outdoor combat. The map lends itself best to Slayer and Extraction game types and is best played with anywhere from 8 to 10 players. Vertigo also touts the return of a dynamic, interactive element in a Halo multiplayer map: Each base has a trigger point that depletes the shields of all players in range when shot. The map also contains a series of caves on each side as well as three levels of verticality, providing players with several different routes for attacking each base.
Pitfall
When we first showed off Pitfall, a remake of Halo 3's The Pit, the crowd at our panel was pretty excited. Not only will Pitfall add another medium-sized symmetrical map to Halo 4 Matchmaking, but the remake also includes updated features (such as strategically placed crates and ledges) that provide increased pace and flow. Whether you're playing Capture the Flag, Slayer or the new Ricochet game type, Pitfall will bring back memories of sweet, sweet carnage on The Pit. We're excited to integrate both of these awesome maps into Halo 4 Matchmaking next month.
If you checked out our RTX panel, you know that I'm quite excited about Ricochet due to the pacing, strategy and unique mix of attack/defend dynamics. The objective of the game type is to protect your team's goal (a zone that is similar to a Hill in King of the Hill) while scoring in the opposing goal, either by throwing or running the ball into the goal. Running the ball into the goal earns you 50 points, while throwing the ball into the goal gets you 20 points. If you'd like to see a live demo of the game type, you can check it out around the 58:40 mark of our panel live stream, where 343 staff were joined by our friends at Rooster Teeth for a little exhibition match—check it out! The game type will be exclusive to the Bullseye Pack for a limited time of 2 weeks, after which it will become available to all players. The Bullseye Pack also includes the Ricochet armor (pictured above).
Infinity Armor Pack
Three new armors await in the Infinity Armor Pack: the legendary and classic Mark V armor from Halo: Combat Evolved, ODST armor and Forerunner armor. I cannot choose between the Mark V and the Forerunner armor, but it's safe to say that I will likely be wearing one or the other at all times. Here's the details for each.
MARK V Armor
DESIGNATION: MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor System [GEN1] - MARK V
MANUFACTURER: Materials Group
TESTING SITE: Damascus, Vhalkem - CHI CETI IV
ODST Armor
DESIGNATION: MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor System [GEN2] - ORBITAL DROP SHOCK TROOPER
MANUFACTURER: Cascade Stronghold Technologies
TESTING SITE: Mindoro, Lhopat - CASCADE
PREFECT Armor
DESIGNATION: MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor System [GEN2] - PREFECT
MANUFACTURER: The Watershed Division
TESTING SITE: Denegroth, West Conamara - EUROPA
Steel Skin Pack
Inspired by classic steampunk aesthetics, the Steel Skin Pack covers all loadout weapons with ten elegantly crafted industrial textures. The above skins are included.
Halo 4 Champions Bundle Bonus Content
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