Found by Brick Gamer at ToysRUs! These new sets have some great accessories, as well as some camo figs. Spec Ops Grunt FTW!
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Fresh off winning the awards for Best 360 Game and Best Graphics at the 10th Annual VGA’s last night, Halo 4 has been nominated for eight more from the Inside Gaming Awards. The winners will be announced later today, and you can click HERE to see the full list of nominees.
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Here’s a short recap of some of the Halo news from the last few days…
– The Crimson map pack for Halo 4 releases Monday 12/10, and will bring 8 new achievements to the game…
– Monday playlist changes on Halo 4 include the temporary removal of King of the Hill, the addition of Crimson DLC, and Team Regicide and SWAT will be retained…
– The Halo 4 Infinity Challenge begins on 12/17, and there are loads of crazy prizes, such as the truck in the pic above…
– The first full title update for Halo 4 will be ready to release “soon” per the Halo Bulletin…
– The second half of Spartan Ops season 1 will debut on 1/21/13, and will include new environments…
– McFarlane toys releases pics of their upcoming Promethian Knight action figure…
[NOTE: This article is a piece of recovered archive data from the old HaloCollectors.com website. Some links, images, or videos may no longer be available.]As the video says, I found this at TRU. I was very surprised, since Mega representatives told BigMatt at Toy Fair in October that the line was on hold for now. Whether this piece was finally released, or if it in an anomaly that was accidentally placed into a case, I was glad to find it. I’m sure we’ll know the answer soon enough, as this video will send Mega fans into search mode at their local stores.
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Don’t forget that today is the day that Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn hits on Blu-Ray! Experience the series in its entirety as one film for the first time! Pick up a copy at your local store, or your favorite online retailer.
The new achievements coming to Halo 4 with the Crimson Map Pack on December 10th have been revealed on :
Now They Fly? – Get a kill while airborne in a Warthog. – 50 points
Size Is Everything – Kill 20 enemies with a detached Machine Gun Turret. – 20 points
ODST – Kill a player while you’re airborne from using a Man Cannon. – 30 points
Bigfoot – Kill 20 enemies using the Mantis’ stomp attack. – 20 points
David and Goliath – Board an enemy Mantis. – 20 points
Clay Pigeon – Shoot an enemy out of the air while they use the Man Cannon. – 40 points
Special Delivery – Kill an enemy with a melee attack when landing from a Man Cannon. – 30 points
Pump Yer Brakes – Score the killing blow on a Mantis. – 40 points
I saw this awesome Energy Sword lamp over at Technabob. A guy apparently makes them to order for $75 a pop. Not a bad deal in my opinion for a pretty unique (and useable) Halo collectible. Click HERE for more pics and ordering info.
[NOTE: This article is a piece of recovered archive data from the old HaloCollectors.com website. Some links, images, or videos may no longer be available.]I had no idea that Academy Sports and Outdoors carried any Halo items whatsoever, but according to this ad they have some remote controlled vehicles on sale this week. If you still need to pick up some of these, time is short because Nkok is no longer making them.
A few years back on the old HaloCollectors news page I reported about some work that had been done on a Halo MMO game that ended up getting scrapped. Now rumors of the project being revived have resurfaced. Read more about the details by clicking HERE to visit Geek.com.
[NOTE: This article is a piece of recovered archive data from the old HaloCollectors.com website. Some links, images, or videos may no longer be available.]From GamePur.com:
“A release date of all three HALO 4 DLCs (Crimson Map Pack, Majestic Map Pack and Castle Map Pack”) has appeared on German Xbox 360 dashboard.
According to the details in the ad, HALO 4 “Crimson Map Pack” will arrive on December 10, Majestic Map Pack on February 15 and Castle Map Pack on April 1.”
These dates have not been confirmed by 343i at this time.
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[NOTE: This article is a piece of recovered archive data from the old HaloCollectors.com website. Some links, images, or videos may no longer be available.]Here are a few pictures from the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area GameStop store I attended for the midnight release. The first is of the crowd outside. The second is from the raffle where they gave away displays, strategy guides, tshirts, action figures, and more. The last is of the inside station they had set up to play the game. Overall they did a great job with the launch.
[NOTE: This article is a piece of recovered archive data from the old HaloCollectors.com website. Some links, images, or videos may no longer be available.]Sideshow Collectibles’ next entry into their Halo Premium Format statue line will be Cortana from Halo 4. This is a great follow up to their soon to be released Master Chief Statue. Thanks to Vike at the Halo Collectors forums for the info.
[NOTE: This article is a piece of recovered archive data from the old HaloCollectors.com website. Some links, images, or videos may no longer be available.]A few days ago I reported on the upcoming Forward Unto Dawn resin statue from McFarlane. It has been revealed today that the statue features the iconic scene where Master Chief faces off with a Hunter. For more images click HERE.
The preorder is now LIVE! (Edit: link removed, now sold out!)
[NOTE: This article is a piece of recovered archive data from the old HaloCollectors.com website. Some links, images, or videos may no longer be available.]VIKING SPAWN at the Halo Collectors forum has compiled a list of review scores from various sites. From the looks of it, Halo fans and gamers in general have something to be excited about on 11/6!
Machinima – 10
MondoXbox – 10
Game Revolution – 10
NZGamer – 10
Gaming Age – A
Joystiq – 5/5 Stars
IGN – 9.8
Gaming Trend – 9.6
Polygon- 9.5
OXM – 9.5
Game Informer – 9.3
Canadian Online Gamers – 9.3
Gamespot – 9
Xbox 360 Achievements – 9
GameReactor Sweden – 9
GameReactor Denmark – 9
Halo Council – 9
Eurogamer Italy – 9
MMGN.com – 9
Gamer.No – 9
GamesBeat – 9
1UP – A-
G4TV – 4.5/5 Stars
Eurogamer – 8
Metro Game Central – 8
CVG – 8
Giant Bomb – 4/5 Stars
Kotaku – Play This Game
Rev3Games – Buy it
Penny Arcade – “This isn’t Bungie’s Halo anymore – it’s better”
I scored the new case at GameStop today. It is in the smaller packaging like the first wave from there was. The case includes:
Promethean Watcher
Promethean Crawler
Cortana
Blue Spartan x2
Master Chief x3
