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It's been exactly a week since the last Wrapup but they're on Wednesdays now and I don't like that. Starting next week they'll be back to Tuesdays. Count on it: Primary Announcement: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) COMMUNITY EVENTS JX and Fiends (Halo 4 Playdate) JX and Fiends was a success over the weekend. Here's what JXZAW had to say about it: The Status Update above was stolen from his Feed. Thank you JXZAW. OLD VS. NEW Here we go! This weekend is the much anticipated Old vs New Community Event by Fishy. It'll have teams consisting of members that joined from 2011 - 2012 pitted against members that joined from 2013 to the current time in 2014. It is NOT too late to join. Be there or be... That's right. SQUARE! PS4 Inaugural Event Edward Kenway and onsokumaru will be hosting our first ever PlayStation 4 Event. The Event will take place over two games (shown above). Read the topic for the date and times. Everyone who attends Community Events gets the Gamer Award: CONTESTS The 343iCF Caption Contest is a contest started and run by Cooliest. The Caption Contest is running all month long so go ahead and took a look at what hilarious comments have been posted so far and please enter one of your own. You have plenty of time, so take it. It is yours, you're welcome. FEATURED INTERVIEWS Vitamin PWN - Here's a blast from the past. He's my 5th interviewee, it's Vitamin PWN! FORGE Featured Map Up above is a map submitted to our Competitive Submissions by JL with help from GSD! This is Castblock. Check out more pictures and the download link by clicking above. GAMING NEWS Titanfall Confirmed to Play at 792p at Launch on Xbox One Titanfall has been released and it is not only addictively fun but makes great use of the next generation of consoles ability to generate excellent game graphics. Running at 792p for now, Titanfall is shockingly beautiful. News brought by our newest News Group member, Edward Kenway. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page. HOT TOPIC Social media and you! A guide about securing your personal information This post is quality. The Hot Topic this week is a factual guide on how to protect yourselves when you sign up using your social media accounts and was made by one of our newer members, coldfreeze. It's worth the read. Great job coldfreeze. NEW STAFF We've had some changes in our Staff recently that I'm pretty excited about. Everyone congratulate Cooliest on migrating from our News Group to the triumvirate of Promotions and Events! And Edward Kenway for getting that much deserved spot on the News Group! Good job boys Catch ya Tuesday. Now scroll back up and read it all over again. This post has been promoted to an article

Another week down, let's get into this week's Wrapup: Primary Announcement: Remember, links to threads are found by clicking the images. COMMUNITY EVENTS JX and Fiends (Halo 4 Playdate) JX and Fiends is THIS WEEKEND. Events are always fun! This is unofficial so you will not be receiving the Gamer Award, HOWEVER it'll be as fun as any other Event. Thank you JXZAW and ShadowFiend for hosting! It will be a first come first serve lobby. Although, if there are enough people waiting when they start, Shadowfiend said that they could split into two lobbies. Ninja VS The Forum 2v2 & 3v3 Battle! The Ninja VS The Forum 2v2/3v3 Battle was a great time. Thank you to onsokumaru and the Ninjas for hosting such a great Event and taking on so many competitors. Participants in the Ninja VS The Forum Battle got the exclusive Ninja VS The Forum Award: Winners Day Of: Not Winners Day Of: Drizzy_Dan Unease P34nut Mr. Biggles Coldfreeze GSD Halo 5 2014/Disney Frozen Total Mayh3m UNSC Spartan II onsokumaru Shadowfiend216 JXZAW JL The Terminator Self Destruct Sikslik ShockGazm Spyro Yang Xiao Long OLD VS. NEW It's the Golden Oldies vs the New Bloods. Anyone who joined from 2011 - 2012 against anyone who's joined from 2013 - 2014. Thank you newer members for signing up we have more than enough people now. In fact we might even have enough for more than one lobby if we get some more new members to sign up! Click above for info and to join. Everyone who attends Community Events gets the Gamer Award: CONTESTS The 343iCF Caption Contest is a contest started and run by Cooliest. Look above and tell me you don't want to say the funniest thing on your mind about what that Spartan is thinking. There are rules of course but please submit! FEATURED INTERVIEWS Edward Kenway - Great finder and writer of gaming news and our February Member of the Month. FORGE Featured Map Above is Zed by Zandril and ZER0FLAME. With helps from some huge names in the Forge Community such as WARHOLIC (Previous Staff of THC), The Fated Fire (Runner up in MYM Forge Contest), Charles Stoot (Creator or minigames like Blaze Cave and Green Lantern), Master Debaytes (Creator of the Get A Clue Forge Contest), and Psychoduck (THFE), this map was put together as a competitive map that works for various gametypes such as Slayer, CTF, Oddball, Extraction, and Ricochet. For more great screens and a download link, check out Zan's submission. GAMING NEWS Batman: Arkham Knight The greatest comic book game franchise in history is back and under control of it's original developer, Rocksteady Games. It's Batman: Arkham Knight and it's going to kick some serious Batman nemesis tail. Self Destruct gave all the Batman fans what they wanted by bringing this to us. Find the trailer in his article. ForgeCafe - Let's Banner Together Undr zid, Admin of our Affiliate site, ForgeCafe, is working on getting banner ideas to complement their ForgeCafe Logo. If you'd like to help out and check some of the submissions yourself, click above. Games With Gold - March This month's Games With Gold for Xbox 360 are Civilization Revolution and Dungeon Defenders. I highly recommend trying Civilization Revolution when you can, it's a very fun game. I don't know anything about Dungeon Defenders but hey, this is what Games With Gold is for! News by Adam. "Halo News" coming E3 2014 Halo at E3. Is there anything more exciting? Sure we have huge titles like Titanfall, Batman: Arkham Knight, and many many more but Halo: Xbox One and Halo 2: Anniversary have been on the Halo Community's minds for the past 3 weeks to about a month now. What will it be? Will it be both? BeckoningZebra gives you the inside scoop on what may be to come this E3. Leaked Titanfall Images and Speculation Leaked Titanfall images have surfaced and Cooliest has got you covered. The Xbox One exclusive title, Titanfall is going to be an epic game which includes styles from many of our favorite shooter games. I've only heard good things from people who played in the Beta. Check out the images by peeping Cooliest's article. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page. HOT TOPIC 343i Community Yearbook A genius idea for us to get a better mental image of each other created by Scotty, it's the 343i Community Yearbook. Above is a real life picture of GSD. This is why he never has a mic when he plays Xbox, it's too hard to get around his ears. A handsome fellow he is though. For more pictures of our stunning members, click on GSD's yearbook pic. MEMBER OF THE MONTH This month's Member of the Month is our special purple dragon now gone pink (minus green). Head of the USF Elections, it's Spyro. This was seen a long ways away by many members. Congratulations Spyro! Image by Total Mayh3m. Announcement thread. MoM Post. YOUTUBE Halo Wars 2 Story Continued Above is a video by our Affiliate from Forge World Maps, Brett. Brett has come upon the description of Halo: Escalation #6 and relayed the info that it is about the Spirit of fire returning, confirming Ardent Prayer's hypothesis from reading the previous descriptions of the graphic comic! Wonderful news. Watch Brett's video above. Thanks for tuning in this week. Sorry it was a day late but you could scroll back up and read it all over again. This post has been promoted to an article

Hello guys thanks for clicking on the Wrapup again, we've had good stuff going on this week so let's get into it!: Primary Announcement: There is no Primary Announcement. Shocker. I know. Oxymoron. I know. COMMUNITY EVENTS JX and Fiends (Halo 4 Playdate) JX and Fiends has been postponed. Find out the new date and time by clicking above and make sure not to miss out! Events are always fun! This is unofficial so you will not be receiving the Gamer Award, HOWEVER it'll be as fun as any other Event and I do not recommend missing out. Thank you JXZAW and ShadowFiend for hosting! Ninja VS The Forum 2v2 & 3v3 Battle! Sign up quick because the next Ninja VS The Forum Battle is here and it's a tournament! Doubles teams and 3 man cells join and state whether they would rather play SWAT or Slayer in this upcoming Event. For rules and official dates, click above to find the sign up thread. Participants in the Ninja VS The Forum Battles get the exclusive Ninja VS The Forum Award: OLD VS. NEW Here's where our Community Events get real. It's the Golden Oldies vs the New Bloods. Anyone who joined from 2011 - 2012 against anyone who's joined from 2013 - 2014. It's going to be heated and, in my opinion, the old members have the upper hand at the moment. Newer members need to step up and get into this competition and earn some bragging rights! Event by Fishy. THFE Throwback Weekend Aw yea! The Halo Forge Epidemic is making this weekend even more epic for us by hooking up with HaloCustoms and hosting several lobbies where they're going to play some of the best customs on some of the best maps back from Halo 3. Find the list of lobbies here. Everyone who attends Community Events gets the Gamer Award: FEATURED INTERVIEWS Zandril - Top notch Forger from ForgeCafe. He's very active on the three amigo Affiliate sites: HaloCustoms, ForgeCafe, and here at 343i.org. Read Zan's story! FORGE Featured Map This here folks is TRED's 45th made by The Red Eyed Devil. Known for his race tracks, TRED was nice enough to submit this beaut to our map submissions forums. Click above for more stunning images of the map, this overview does not do the map complete justice. GAMING NEWS ForgeCafe - Beans By The Barrel You might be asking right now, 'What the heck does beans by the barrel mean and why is this section called that?' Well I don't know. But it's awesome news. It's a sweet update by the Admin of ForgeCafe, undr zid, about their new site and its future. Peep it by clicking their logo above. You might see an interesting mention in there! HaloCustoms Gets A Facelift HaloCustoms has just done some interesting maintenance on their site and it looks nice and new. It's different from their old site that's for sure but it's not drastic so don't be alarmed. They still run on Xenforo and it's still all about the customs and maps. Take a gander by clicking their name above. Steve Downes Retracts Statements About Halo 2 Anniversary, Microsoft Contacts Gamezone Just as the title says, Microsoft has contacted Gamezone, the site that did the original interview with Steve Downes when he said something that looked to be confirming Halo 2: Anniversary and asked them to republish what they say he was actually saying. Adam gives you the updated news in his article. Cover up on Microsoft's end? Hmmm. Xbox One March Update First Look Video Something beautiful is returning to Xbox Live that we wish it had since the Xbox One came out. Click above to find adam's article containing the video to see all the details! You didn't think I'd make it so easy that you wouldn't have to read his article did you? Xbox One Media Remote Officially Announced This pretty thing above is the new Xbox One Media Remote. As if it wasn't easy enough to navigate your Xbox One, Microsoft is releasing this handy gizmo to make it even easier. Read about its features in BZ's article. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page. HOT TOPIC This week's Hot Topic is one of the most touching stories I've heard in a very long time and comes to us from xx Femme xx. Femme is not the most active member but she is a fun member of the community here and dropped this little heart melting gem for us during the week. Short and very sweet, read Femme's story. Congratulations to you Femme! TOP 15: FEBRUARY Can you dig the new Top 15 image? I just got it off Google! Credit to Edward Kenway who can't go a single week without making it into the Wrapups for providing me with the last image. Now without further ado, here's your February Top 15: Caboose the Ace Death Rhino Ubetrol Fishy HaloGeek JL JXZAW Pbrabbit rrhuntington Self Destruct The Dumb Marine Twinreaper UNSC Spartan II Vaulting Frog Yang Xiao Long Zelda Honorable Mentions go to: Mr. Biggles and Halo5 follower Congrats all PODCAST The second edition of the Podcast was even better than the first if you can believe that. This week they had special guest Co-Head of Promotions and Events on the site and one of my good friends who is also one of the funniest people I know: D-38 Boss. Listen to the Podcast below and find the Podcast Index by clicking the section title where you will, not could, you will leave a like. And then you can leave your thoughts on either Podcast by clicking their links found in the Index. You've reached the bottom of the Weekly Site Wrapup. Now scroll back up and read it all over again. This post has been promoted to an article

Alright back to weekly let's get into it: Primary Announcement: The Wrapup is now over a year old. January 27th marked the anniversary of the WSW. COMMUNITY EVENTS Boss's Inaugural GTA V Event For his first Community Event as co-head of Promotions and Events, D-38 Boss started off with multiple bangs and explosions in a GTA V Event. According to Boss, the 343i Community killed some randoms, him and JL got into a personal kill fest with each other, and all in all it was a good time. Participants: GermanShepherdD, D-38 Boss, Magical Love, Torrenting, Edward Kenway, Bnus, and onsokumaru Boss's Real (good) Time Strategy Event And for his second Community Event, Boss hosted a crowd pleaser with a Halo Wars Community Event. Nothing but good feedback about the Event and Boss's hosting. The games were great, one even went for over two hours but Flappy Bird got in the way eventually leading to one team's demise. The attendees of this Event will get the exclusive Halo Wars Playdate Award: Participants: D-38 Boss, Yang Xiao Long, Ledgend1221, Vaulting Frog, UNSC Spartan II, Edward Kenway Everyone who attends Community Events gets the Gamer Award: FEATURED INTERVIEWS Gryffin - Art Department Staff and member of the well known YouTube group, the OnlineKnights. FORGE Featured Map Weeeee it's Baby Guardian by Zandril! This miniaturized version of one of the best Halo maps ever created, Guardian from Halo 3, is a special little aesthetic piece Zandril Forged for the modded Gametype Mini Slayer! Visit his thread and take a look at more pics and find the download link for the map and Gametype. GAMING NEWS 343 Partners With Gallery Books Now I don't know much about Gallery Books or what they've published or who they've published for before but I do know one thing: and that's that I love the Halo novels. They're expertly written and go beyond where the games can take you in the Halo Universe so the fact that 343 has made this deal with Gallery Books and plans to keep publishing Halo novels is nothing short of fantastic. News by BZ! French Retailer Confirms Titanfall Beta on Valentine's Day Not too long ago, it was made clear by a Micromania store in France, as seen above, that a Titanfall Beta could be coming our way. Respawn Entertainment has not confirmed nor denied it but it looks this could be true. News relayed by Edward Kenway. Click above to find his thread. ForgeCafe's New Site: Were It So Easy Here's a small video put together by harry c0 at ForgeCafe to help newer members get acquainted with the new layout at their site. Short and sweet. New CEO at Microsoft Big news brought to us by adamj, Microsoft has made some switches not only in their gaming studio but in their main company as well. Bill Gates has given up his position as chairman of the board of directors to be the head tech advisor while Satya Nadella, seen above, is now the Chief Executive Official. What changes could this bring to Microsoft? Leave any thoughts or comments in adam's thread by clicking above. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page. HOT TOPIC 343i Who Wore It Best? This creative idea came from none other than the mind of the Beckoningzebra. It's really cool. There's a central theme involved and participants have to make a signature and avatar according to the theme. Check in above to vote for who wore it best! MEMBER OF THE MONTH I told you you'd have your nice little minus green spot in the Wrapup this week Edward and here it is! Everyone, our February Member of the Month is not only a talented sleuth when it comes to digging up gaming news but a member who has shown great character and improvement during his time here. Give it up again for Edward Kenway Announcement thread. MoM Post. PODCAST The Podcast is back and revamped to be made official. The Official 343i Community Podcast is a hit. Excellently done, the Staff is excellent, very fluent, no one stumbling over each other. It's a beautiful thing. Included in the Podcast this week was RedStarRocket, Gryffin, Church, and Cooliest. Quite the crew and again, well done. Here's our first official 343i Community Podcast. USF ELECTION Voting has come to a close and the results are in... Your new Forum PRESIDENTS are: Beckoningzebra1 and Vitamin PWN Welcome back to the WSW, now scroll back up and read it all over again.

Hello all thanks for clicking the Wrapup, let's get into it!: Primary Announcement: January 23rd was my 2 year joinday! Secondary Announcement Which is Not as Important as Primary: If you're missing any site Awards, RedStar has given you the chance to request them in our new Missing Awards Thread. COMMUNITY EVENTS All Day Ricochet January 25th marked the official start of Community Events for the bright new year. RedStar kicked it off with a fun filled Ricochet gametype lobby that continued for hours. Credit to our wondrous Site Moderator RedStarRocket for hosting the Event and we hope to see you guys at more. We're glad you guys had fun at this one. Shame I couldn't make it myself.. Drawn By Fate Community Event The absolutely stunning banner above is the winning submission by Total Mayh3m in the Drawn By Fate contest. Drawn By Fate asked members to submit any graphic artwork to the site to use for a banner on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page. Above is runner up banner creation by JL or Magical Love. It looks very cool and I'd love to see it as our YouTube banner maybe. And lastly, an honorable mention to Edward Kenway's banner which is just great looking. An awesome contender and I hope it gets used for something even if it didn't win. Click Mayhem's banner find other awesome submissions by other awesome members. Let The Games Begin 2v2 Inter-Community Tournament Whether you're registered here on 343iCF, HaloCustoms, or ForgeCafe you'll be able to participate in this awesome multi-forum tournament. The 2v2 tournament is only in the signup phase right now so get into it while you can because there are some amazing prizes you can win. I'm not going to link them here because I love making you guys actually click links so click the banner above for Red's announcement and to find out what the prizes are. Winter Conclusion Forum Battle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH_AcL9St8o It was another one of our whacky ninja Co-head of Promotions and Events' Ninja vs Forum battles and the comments only say good things! Judging from previous comments I think these are going to continue as they are always successful in entertaining. Everyone who attends Community Events gets the Gamer Award: If you have any Community Event ideas post them here. FEATURED INTERVIEWS Zelda - Quite possibly the nicest person on the forum. Welcoming of all unless you have an unruly attitude and was quite pleasant in our interview. *I've resumed interviews but am waiting on interviewees...* FORGE THFE Submission Forums Move to HaloCustoms It's official now, THFE has moved their map submission forums to our Affiliate site, HaloCustoms. Psychoduck has made it clear that it's been great being hosted here but realized that although our Halo Community is excellent, our Forge aspect is not as strong whereas HaloCustoms is stronger in that area. Along with that, he helped build HaloCustoms and is on Staff there so really it only makes sense. We're not saying goodbye to our THFE Affiliates for good, we love Psychoduck and Able SirThomas and their crew all the same. And we'll be working together again in the future. Featured Map: January Beer Pong Turbtastic is not new to being a Featured Mapmaper in the Wrapups. Known for his MarioKart 64 track remakes, he recently made this fun looking minigame called Beer Pong. The objective is to run your Mongoose through the shields and into the "cups" to eliminate them. First team to hit all the cups wins! Who doesn't like a good game of pong? Video provided by 0LAH. GAMING NEWS Black Tusk to make new Gears of War Microsoft has bought the rights to Gears of War from Epic Games and plans to continue the franchise. Given the job of doing so is Black Tusk Studios. Adamj gives you the inside scoop. ForgeCafe's New Site ForgeCafe has just recently switched to IP Board which is what our site runs on so it has never been easier for a 343iCF member to branch out to our Affiliates before than it is right now. Please go check it out and tell me that that's not something you can pick up in an instant. You know where to click if you wanna find RedStarRocket's announcement. Siri-like Search Engine 'Cortana' Coming This Fall Like a Halo fan's dream come true, Microsoft intends to bring a voice controlled Cortana search engine to us for the Bing App owned by Microsoft. And yes, Jen Taylor will be the voice of Cortana. Beckoningzebra gives you the details, just click above. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page. HOT TOPIC: January Conspiracy Among our Staff- Part 2! Easily the hottest topic of January. In 2 days the thread got 80 replies from Staff and Members alike gaining it the HOT tag almost instantly. As a part 2 to Yoshi's original Conspiracy thread, this one rekindled the members' growing suspicions about the Staff and created mass hysteria even getting @343iBot involved. And now the creator of the thread, Edward Kenway, is our new MoM?? Funny how things work out eh members? Muahahahahaha MEMBER OF THE MONTH: January Our January Member of the Month was none other than our crazy forum ninja, onsokumaru. Since he joined, onsokumaru showed great attitude and enthusiasm for this site and introduced Events that members enjoy today. His cartoons might be a little weird and I have no idea where he gets them from but don't be fooled, this guy is serious when it comes to his job of keeping you guys entertained with Community Events! Don't worry Edward you'll have your nice minus green section of the Wrapup all to yourself next week. Announcement thread. MoM Post. NEW STAFF New year, new fresh Staff. RedStar took it upon himself to get some positions filled and these excellent members have proven themselves worthy. With that I'd like to congratulate these members once again: In Communications we have: Dog and Bnus! New to our News Group is: Beckoningzebra1! And filling in the position of Promotions and Events are: D-38 Boss and onsokumaru! Give it up to these guys again they really deserved it and we hope to see more out of them and the other members of the site this year. TOP 15: January I am certainly glad this is still continuing. The Top 15 List is a special honor awarded to those who make the site a better place each month. Everyone on the list is chosen unbiasedly by our Site Mod RedStarRocket, Comms Staff Member Bnus, News Group Member Beckoningzebra1, Dedicated Member Zaguroth, and Legendary Member Total Mayh3m/Anakin Skywalker/Qui Gon Jin/Darth Mayh3m. Now here's our Top 15 January: Magical Love Sparky Edward Kenway Tucker Yang Xiao Long lilsilmarillion Yoshi1176 Zelda Vitamin PWN The Stig Unease P34nut Silent Orbis Spyro Maestro the Stampede Bashful Brute Honorable Mentions go to: UNSC Spartan II and SNIPEM101 USF ELECTION It's that time of year again. Friendly competition arises and the members get to vote for a United States of the Forum President! I love USF Election time. As usual we have a pretty good running this time around. Our running candidates with two nominations each are: Edward Kenway Yoshi1176 Beckoningzebra1 Vitamin PWN Zaguroth Zelda Spyro and Silent Orbis Good luck to everyone in the running! Election Polls go up February 3rd! Thank you 343iCF for tuning in. We will be switching back to a Weekly Site Wrapup starting February 8th. Now scroll back up and read it all over again. This post has been promoted to an article

[color=rgb(139,165,208)][font=helvetica][center][background=rgb(33,53,85)][color=rgb(255,255,255)]Hello all thanks for clicking the Wrapup, let's get into it!:[/color][/background][/center][/font][/color][font=helvetica][background=rgb(33,53,85)] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,240,245)]Primary Announcement: January 23rd was my 2 year joinday![/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,240,245)]Secondary Announcement Which is Not as Important as Primary: If you're missing any site Awards, RedStar has given you the chance to request them in our new [/color][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33050-missing-award-thread/"][color=#fff0f5][u]Missing Awards Thread.[/u][/color][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center] [b][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/32885-community-event-calendar-january-2014/"][color=rgb(238,130,238)]COMMUNITY [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]EVENTS[/color][/url][/b] [url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/32885-community-event-calendar-january-2014/"][img]http://t62.img-up.net/CommunityPa4f2.png[/img][/url] [color=#ee82ee][b]All Day Ricochet[/b][/color] [color=#ee82ee]January 25th[/color][color=#ffffff] marked the official start of [/color][color=#ee82ee]Community Events[/color][color=#ffffff] for the bright new year. [/color][color=#ffa500]RedStar[/color][color=#ffffff] kicked it off with a fun filled [/color][color=#ee82ee]Ricochet gametype lobby[/color][color=#ffffff] that continued for hours. Credit to our wondrous [/color][color=#ffa500]Site Moderator RedStarRocket[/color][color=#ffffff] for hosting the [/color][color=#ee82ee]Event[/color][color=#ffffff] and we hope to see you guys at more. We're glad you guys had fun at this one. Shame I couldn't make it myself.. [/color] [color=#ee82ee][b]Drawn By Fate Community Event[/b][/color] [url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33110-drawn-by-fate-community-art-contest"][img]http://343industries.org/forum/fileshare/gallery/album_14/gallery_15182_14_112258.png[/img][/url] [color=#ffffff]The absolutely stunning banner above is the winning submission by [/color][color=#ffff00]Total Mayh3m[/color][color=#ffffff] in the [/color][color=#ee82ee]Drawn By Fate [/color][color=#ffffff]contest. [/color][color=#ee82ee]Drawn By Fate[/color][color=#ffffff] asked members to submit any graphic artwork to the site to use for a banner on our [/color][color=#ee82ee]YouTube Channel[/color][color=#ffffff] and [/color][color=#ee82ee]Facebook page[/color][color=#ffffff]. Click and find other awesome submissions by other awesome members.[/color] [url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33275-drawn-by-fate-contest-winners"][color=#ee82ee][u]Contest Results![/u][/color][/url] [color=rgb(238,130,238)][b]Let The Games Begin 2v2 Inter-Community Tournament[/b][/color] [img]http://343industries.org/forum/fileshare/gallery/album_537/gallery_8260_537_4540.jpg[/img] [color=rgb(255,255,255)]Whether you're registered here on [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]343iCF[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)], [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]HaloCustoms[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)], or [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]ForgeCafe [/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)]you'll be able to participate in this awesome [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]multi-forum tournament[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)]. The [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]2v2 tournament[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)] is only in the signup phase right now so get into it while you can because there are some [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)][i]amazing prizes[/i][/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)] you can win. I'm not going to link them here because I love making you guys actually click links so click the banner above for[/color][color=rgb(255,165,0)] Red's[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)] announcement and to find out what the prizes are.[/color] [b][color=#ee82ee]Winter Conclusion Forum Battle[/color][/b] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH_AcL9St8o [color=#ffffff]It was another one of our whacky ninja [/color][color=#99ff99]Co-head of Promotions and Events[/color][color=#ffffff]' [/color][color=#ee82ee]Ninja vs Forum battles[/color][color=#ffffff] and the comments only say good things! Judging from previous comments I think these are going to continue as they are always successful in entertaining. [/color] [color=#ffffff]Everyone who attends [/color][color=#ee82ee]Community Events[/color][color=#ffffff] gets the [/color][color=#ee82ee]Gamer Award[/color][color=#ffffff]: [/color][img]http://www.343industries.org/forum/uploads/jawards/participate.png[/img] [color=rgb(255,255,255)]If you have any [/color][color=rgb(238,130,238)]Community Event ideas[/color][color=rgb(255,255,255)] post them [/color][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/26080-post-your-favorite-play-date-idea/"][color=rgb(238,130,238)][u]here[/u][/color][/url].[/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center] [/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][u][b][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/8505-interviews-with-stars-of-the-community-index/#entry90848"][color=rgb(255,165,0)]FEATURED INTERVIEWS[/color][/url][/b][/u][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/29738-interviews-with-stars-of-the-community-volume-34-zelda/"][color=#ffa500][u][b]Zelda [/b][/u][/color][/url][color=#ffffff]- [/color][color=#ffff00]Quite possibly the nicest person on the forum. Welcoming of all unless you have an unruly attitude and was quite pleasant in our interview.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,255,0)]*I've resumed interviews but am waiting on interviewees...*[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(64,224,208)][u][b]FORGE[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#40e0d0]THFE Submission Forums Move to HaloCustoms[/color][/b][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://halocustoms.com/forum/"][img]http://halocustoms.com/styles/quark/xenforo/logo.png[/img][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62CQ-wneaD0[/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]It's official now, [/color][color=#40e0d0]THFE[/color][color=#ffffff] has moved their map submission forums to our Affiliate site, [/color][color=#40e0d0]HaloCustoms[/color][color=#ffffff]. [/color][color=#696969]Psychoduck[/color][color=#ffffff] has made it clear that it's been great being hosted here but realized that although our Halo Community is excellent, our Forge aspect is not as strong whereas [/color][color=#40e0d0]HaloCustoms[/color][color=#ffffff] is stronger in that area. Along with that, he helped build [/color][color=#40e0d0]HaloCustoms[/color][color=#ffffff] and is on Staff there so really it only makes sense. We're not saying goodbye to our [/color][color=#40e0d0]THFE Affiliates[/color][color=#ffffff] for good, we love [/color][color=#696969]Psychoduck[/color][color=#ffffff] and [/color][color=#696969]Able SirThomas[/color][color=#ffffff] and their crew all the same. And we'll be working together again in the future.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(64,224,208)][b]Featured Map: January[/b][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/32860-beer-pong/"][u][b][color=#40e0d0]Beer Pong[/color][/b][/u][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy-nPbSoIE8[/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#008000]Turbtastic[/color][color=#ffffff] is not new to being a [/color][color=#40e0d0]Featured Mapmaper[/color][color=#ffffff] in the Wrapups. Known for his [/color][color=#40e0d0]MarioKart 64 track remakes[/color][color=#ffffff], he recently made this fun looking minigame called [/color][color=#40e0d0]Beer Pong[/color][color=#ffffff]. The objective is to run your Mongoose through the shields and into the "cups" to eliminate them. First team to hit all the cups wins! Who doesn't like a good game of pong? Video provided by [/color][color=#008000]0LAH[/color][color=#ffffff].[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,0,0)][u][b]GAMING NEWS[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#ff0000]Black Tusk to make new Gears of War[/color][/b][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33198-black-tusk-to-make-new-gears-of-war/"][img]http://www.igameresponsibly.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/black_Tusk.jpg[/img][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ff0000][b]Microsoft[/b][/color][color=#ffffff] has bought the rights to [/color][b][color=#ff0000]Gears of War[/color][/b][color=#ffffff] from [/color][color=#ff0000][b]Epic Games[/b][/color][color=#ffffff] and plans to continue the franchise. Given the job of doing so is [/color][color=#ff0000][b]Black Tusk Studios[/b][/color][color=#ffffff]. [/color][color=#00ffff]Adamj[/color][color=#ffffff] gives you the inside scoop.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#ff0000]ForgeCafe's New Site[/color][/b][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33212-forge-cafes-new-site/?p=297665"][img]http://www.forgecafe.com/public/style_images/Blueprint/logo.png[/img][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#ff0000]ForgeCafe[/color][/b][color=#ffffff] has just recently switched to[/color][color=#ff0000][b] IP Board[/b][/color][color=#ffffff] which is what our site runs on so it has never been easier for a [/color][b][color=#ff0000]343iCF[/color][/b][color=#ffffff] member to branch out to our [/color][color=#ff0000][b]Affiliates[/b][/color][color=#ffffff] before than it is right now. Please go check it out and tell me that that's not something you can pick up in an instant. You know where to click if you wanna find [/color][color=#ffa500]RedStarRocket's [/color][color=#ffffff]announcement.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#ff0000]Siri-like Search Engine 'Cortana' Coming This Fall[/color][/b][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33032-siri-like-search-engine-cortana-coming-this-fall/"][img]http://343industries.org/forum/fileshare/gallery/album_611/gallery_76919_611_8420.jpg[/img][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]Like a Halo fan's dream come true, Microsoft intends to bring a [/color][b][color=#ff0000]voice controlled Cortana search engine[/color][/b][color=#ffffff] to us for the [/color][color=#ff0000][b]Bing App[/b][/color][color=#ffffff] owned by Microsoft. And yes, [/color][b][color=#ff0000]Jen Taylor will be the voice of Cortana[/color][/b][color=#ffffff]. [/color][color=#00ffff]Beckoningzebra[/color][color=#ffffff] gives you the details, just click above.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/news"][color=rgb(255,0,0)][b][u][i]For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page.[/i][/u][/b][/color][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][u][b][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/29020-hot-topic-index/"][color=rgb(255,165,0)]HOT TOPIC[/color][/url][color=rgb(255,165,0)]: January[/color][/b][/u][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][b][color=#ffa500]Conspiracy Among our Staff- Part 2![/color][/b][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/33191-conspiracy-among-our-staff-part-2/"][img]http://www.343industries.org/forum/uploads/profile/photo-26953.jpg?_r=1390886489[/img][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]Easily the hottest topic of [/color][color=#ffa500]January[/color][color=#ffffff]. In 2 days the thread got 80 replies from Staff and Members alike gaining it the[/color] [size=3][color=rgb(255,255,255)][b][right][background=rgb(237,119,16)]HOT[/background][/right][/b][/color][/size] [color=#ffa500]tag[/color][color=#ffffff] almost instantly. As a [/color][color=#ffa500]part 2 to Yoshi's original Conspiracy thread[/color][color=#ffffff], this one rekindled the members' growing suspicions about the Staff and created mass hysteria even getting [member=343iBot] involved. And now the creator of the thread, [/color][color=#ff33cc]Edward Kenway[/color][color=#ffffff], is our new [/color][color=#ff33cc]MoM[/color][color=#ffffff]?? Funny how things work out eh members? [i][u][b]Muahahahahaha[/b][/u][/i][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center] [color=rgb(255,51,204)][u][b]MEMBER OF THE MONTH: January[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][img]http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg57/TwitchMonkeyTwilight/onsokumaru.gif[/img][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]Our [/color][color=#ff33cc]January Member of the Month[/color][color=#ffffff] was none other than our crazy forum ninja, [/color][color=#99ff99]onsokumaru[/color][color=#ffffff]. Since he joined, [/color][color=#99ff99]onsokumaru[/color][color=#ffffff] showed great attitude and enthusiasm for this site and introduced Events that members enjoy today. His cartoons might be a little weird and I have no idea where he gets them from but don't be fooled, this guy is serious when it comes to his job of keeping you guys entertained with [/color][color=#ee82ee]Community Events[/color][color=#ffffff]! Don't worry [/color][color=#ff33cc]Edward[/color][color=#ffffff] you'll have your nice minus green section of the Wrapup all to yourself next week.[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/32836-january-member-of-the-month-2014/"][color=rgb(255,51,204)][u]Announcement thread.[/u][/color][/url][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][u][url="http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/32846-the-ninjas-2014-january-mom-message/"][color=rgb(255,51,204)]MoM Post[/color][/url][/u][color=rgb(255,51,204)][u].[/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#00ffff][u][b]NEW STAFF[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZnsIod9vMm4/UkDth1iByBI/AAAAAAAAAZA/6mYfYLppR2I/w346-h192/Staff.jpg[/img][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#00ffff]New year, new fresh Staff[/color][color=#ffffff]. [/color][color=#ffa500]RedStar[/color][color=#ffffff] took it upon himself to get some positions filled and these excellent members have proven themselves worthy. With that I'd like to congratulate these members once again:[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]In [/color][color=#0099ff]Communications[/color][color=#ffffff] we have:[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#0099ff]Dog and Buns[/color][color=#ffffff]! [/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]New to our [/color][color=#00ffff]News Group[/color][color=#ffffff] is:[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#00ffff]Beckoningzebra1[/color][color=#ffffff]![/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]And filling in the position of [/color][color=#99ff99]Promotions and Events[/color][color=#ffffff] are:[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#99ff99]D-38 Boss and onsokumaru[/color][color=#ffffff]![/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]Give it up to these guys again :clap: they really deserved it and we hope to see more out of them and the other members of the site this year. [/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,255,0)][u][b]TOP 15: January[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][img]https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/1623596_797480550269407_1153085996_n.png[/img][/center][/color] [center][color=#ffffff]I am certainly glad this is still continuing. The[/color] [color=#ffff00]Top 15 List[/color] [color=#ffffff]is a special honor awarded to those who make the site a better place each month. Everyone on the list is chosen unbiasedly by our[/color] [color=#ffa500]Site Mod RedStarRocket[/color], [color=#3399ff]Comms Staff Member Buns[/color], [color=#00ffff]News Group Member Beckoningzebra1[/color], [color=#d3d3d3]Dedicated Member Zaguroth[/color], [color=#ffffff]and [/color][color=#ffff00]Legendary Member Total Mayh3m/Anakin Skywalker/Qui Gon Jin/Darth Mayh3m[/color]. [color=#ffffff]Now here's our[/color] [color=#ffff00]Top 15 January[/color]:[/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Magical Love[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]Sparky[/color][/center] [center][color=#ff33cc]Edward Kenway[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Tucker[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]Yang Xiao Long[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]lilsilmarillion[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Yoshi1176[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Zelda[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Vitamin PWN[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]The Stig[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Unease P34nut[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]Silent Orbis[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]Spyro[/color][/center] [center][color=#9933cc]Maestro the Stampede[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]Bashful Brute[/color][/center] [center][color=#ffff00]Honorable Mentions go to[/color][color=#ffffff]:[/color][/center] [center][color=#d3d3d3]UNSC Spartan II[/color][/center] [center][color=#ffffff]and [/color][color=#008000]SNIPEM101[/color][/center] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffa07a][u][b]USF ELECTION[/b][/u][/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-m2b2xvV-R7w/UuksXwRKX9I/AAAAAAAAAf8/_1rQNwkjAjA/w582-h80-no/Forum+President.jpg[/img][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]It's that time of year again. Friendly competition arises and the members get to vote for a [/color][color=#ffa07a]United States of the Forum President[/color][color=#ffffff]! I love [/color][color=#ffa07a]USF Election[/color][color=#ffffff] time. As usual we have a pretty good running this time around. Our running candidates with two nominations each are:[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ff33cc]Edward Kenway[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#d3d3d3]Yoshi1176[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#00ffff]Beckoningzebra1[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#d3d3d3]Vitamin PWN[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#d3d3d3]Zaguroth[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#d3d3d3]Zelda[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#9933cc]Spyro[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]and[/color] [color=rgb(153,51,204)]Silent Orbis[/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=#ffffff]Good luck to everyone in the running! [/color][color=#ffa07a]Election Polls go up February 3rd[/color][color=#ffffff]![/color][/center][/color] [color=rgb(139,165,208)][center][color=rgb(255,255,255)]Thank you 343iCF for tuning in. We will be switching back to a Weekly Site Wrapup starting February 8th. Now scroll back up and read it all over again.[/color][/center][/color][/background][/font] View full article

Ok we have two weeks to cover so let's get into it!: Primary Announcement: I've worked out my problem before you even knew what it was. Let it bug you now. ANNOUNCEMENT 343iCF Breast Cancer Awareness Signature Make-Over The Gryffin has started this totally awesome thread in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. You give him your signature and him and Brony make them over in pink and BCAM them out! Get yours done right now. COMMUNITY EVENTS Finally I can display the new 343i.org Community Events banner. The magnificent display of fun and coolness came from our Art Department of course and I think it captures what we had in mind perfectly. This is the future of custom games at 343i.org. Join us this Saturday at 4PM EST for our Staff vs Members BCAM Community Event. We still want your ideas so post them here. DESTINY Destiny - The Moon The newest trailer from Bungie for Destiny and it's full of wonder and mystery! Bungie is really delivering lately as you'll see with all the Destiny news I'm about to relay. Let Choot know how much you love him by commenting on his thread! Silver Dollar Shotgun Bungie has released a video for a weapon that we'll be seeing in Destiny. They say this weapon "is an icon. In a place made strange by the passage of time, the Silver Dollar is as relatable as a lucky coin." Comment on Cooliest's thread! Destiny Codes Bungie is really showing off by giving these codes away FREE. Not only are they free however, they're also redeemable any time and are not first come first serve. It's a mystery as to what they unlock but it only helps to redeem them! Thread provided by Adam of the News Group! FEATURED INTERVIEWS Insane54 - Admin and co-founder of our Affiliate site, HaloCustoms.com. FORGE Forging The Future The future of Machinima has arrived! Here is a huge project started by our Art Department's Gryffin in association with THFE and ourselves. He's got a lot of members voice acting for him and we're backing this Machinima 100%. It's about 5 Spartans that get sent to Earth to find Monitors that landed there after Requiem exploded. There is lots of work being put into this project by many members of the site and we should see S1E1 soon! 343 Industries Community Forge Project By this point you should know what the CFP is and if you don't then read about it here. Post some ideas for our community in the CFP Idea Discussion thread here. You Will Partake in the Community Forge Project... Featured Map Above is a screenshot for the minigame Flush by the member Dar7h V4der. If the picture hasn't captured your attention enough then click on it and see how this game works. I was going to feature this a long time ago but I got lazy. GAMING NEWS EB Games Expo 2013 EB Games does a gaming expo in Australia every year and this year we were lucky enough to have a member go there and do some great reporting for us. Videos included and all. The Gryffin gives you coverage of the EB Games Expo Sydney 2013. Xbox One Friends App Walk Through Major Nelson gives you a video walkthrough of how the new Friends App for the Xbox One will operate. News provided by Adam. Comment on Adam's thread. ForgeBall: The "New" Gametype Although not actually new, it's gone widely overlooked since its release. This is a must see video brought by our Affiliate Certain Affinity. Comment on Cooliest's thread. TitanFall Presentation Well I feel like I've provided enough videos in the Wrapup thus far for you so to prevent laziness I'm going to make you go to Cooliest's thread and watch this video to better the chance that you leave a like or comment. This is an epic presentation of the first trailer for the awesome Xbox One exclusive, TitanFall. Community Manager at Respawn Entertainment, Abbie Heppe (Who I am a fan of), lets you in on the exclusive. ForgeHub Becomes HaloEvolved And to conclude Gaming News I present to you the new ForgeHub: HaloEvolved. You can find them at Haloevolved.com and let's hope for some collaboration between us and them in the near future. The picture will give you a link to their Introduction Thread. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page here. HOT TOPIC Stop the evil News Group! They're taking over! This week's Hot Topic comes from one of our great new bloods, Bnus. Bnus thinks our News Group is evil and controls brains! If only he knew how right he w-... I mean I love the News Group. Adam didn't just brainwash me. MEMBER OF THE MONTH In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this months MoM, or MoMs I should say, are all the mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, and others that have the risk of having such a life changing illness and those who know individuals that have been afflicted by it. Thank you members for understanding and supporting and we recommend any members that can, to donate to the cause for research on how to stop this disease. Donators also get a brand new Award from the site: The BCAM Donator Award - USF ELECTION The United States of the Forum Election has come to its epic conclusion and to no one's surprise your new Forum President is: Azaxx! Announcement Thread. Thank you everyone for reading the Wrapup this week, please join us this weekend for the debut of our Community Events. Hail and scroll back up and read it all over again. This post has been promoted to an article

Ok we have two weeks to cover so let's get into it!: Primary Announcement: I've worked out my problem before you even knew what it was. Let it bug you now. ANNOUNCEMENT 343iCF Breast Cancer Awareness Signature Make-Over The Gryffin has started this totally awesome thread in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. You give him your signature and him and Brony make them over in pink and BCAM them out! Get yours done right now. COMMUNITY EVENTS Finally I can display the new 343i.org Community Events banner. The magnificent display of fun and coolness came from our Art Department of course and I think it captures what we had in mind perfectly. This is the future of custom games at 343i.org. Join us this Saturday at 4PM EST for our Staff vs Members BCAM Community Event. We still want your ideas so post them here. DESTINY Destiny - The Moon The newest trailer from Bungie for Destiny and it's full of wonder and mystery! Bungie is really delivering lately as you'll see with all the Destiny news I'm about to relay. Let Choot know how much you love him by commenting on his thread! Silver Dollar Shotgun Bungie has released a video for a weapon that we'll be seeing in Destiny. They say this weapon "is an icon. In a place made strange by the passage of time, the Silver Dollar is as relatable as a lucky coin." Comment on Cooliest's thread! Destiny Codes Bungie is really showing off by giving these codes away FREE. Not only are they free however, they're also redeemable any time and are not first come first serve. It's a mystery as to what they unlock but it only helps to redeem them! Thread provided by Adam of the News Group! FEATURED INTERVIEWS Insane54 - Admin and co-founder of our Affiliate site, HaloCustoms.com. FORGE Forging The Future The future of Machinima has arrived! Here is a huge project started by our Art Department's Gryffin in association with THFE and ourselves. He's got a lot of members voice acting for him and we're backing this Machinima 100%. It's about 5 Spartans that get sent to Earth to find Monitors that landed there after Requiem exploded. There is lots of work being put into this project by many members of the site and we should see S1E1 soon! 343 Industries Community Forge Project By this point you should know what the CFP is and if you don't then read about it here. Post some ideas for our community in the CFP Idea Discussion thread here. You Will Partake in the Community Forge Project... Featured Map Above is a screenshot for the minigame Flush by the member Dar7h V4der. If the picture hasn't captured your attention enough then click on it and see how this game works. I was going to feature this a long time ago but I got lazy. GAMING NEWS EB Games Expo 2013 EB Games does a gaming expo in Australia every year and this year we were lucky enough to have a member go there and do some great reporting for us. Videos included and all. The Gryffin gives you coverage of the EB Games Expo Sydney 2013. Xbox One Friends App Walk Through Major Nelson gives you a video walkthrough of how the new Friends App for the Xbox One will operate. News provided by Adam. Comment on Adam's thread. ForgeBall: The "New" Gametype Although not actually new, it's gone widely overlooked since its release. This is a must see video brought by our Affiliate Certain Affinity. Comment on Cooliest's thread. TitanFall Presentation Well I feel like I've provided enough videos in the Wrapup thus far for you so to prevent laziness I'm going to make you go to Cooliest's thread and watch this video to better the chance that you leave a like or comment. This is an epic presentation of the first trailer for the awesome Xbox One exclusive, TitanFall. Community Manager at Respawn Entertainment, Abbie Heppe (Who I am a fan of), lets you in on the exclusive. ForgeHub Becomes HaloEvolved And to conclude Gaming News I present to you the new ForgeHub: HaloEvolved. You can find them at Haloevolved.com and let's hope for some collaboration between us and them in the near future. The picture will give you a link to their Introduction Thread. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page here. HOT TOPIC Stop the evil News Group! They're taking over! This week's Hot Topic comes from one of our great new bloods, Bnus. Bnus thinks our News Group is evil and controls brains! If only he knew how right he w-... I mean I love the News Group. Adam didn't just brainwash me. MEMBER OF THE MONTH In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this months MoM, or MoMs I should say, are all the mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, and others that have the risk of having such a life changing illness and those who know individuals that have been afflicted by it. Thank you members for understanding and supporting and we recommend any members that can, to donate to the cause for research on how to stop this disease. Donators also get a brand new Award from the site: The BCAM Donator Award - USF ELECTION The United States of the Forum Election has come to its epic conclusion and to no one's surprise your new Forum President is: Azaxx! Announcement Thread. Thank you everyone for reading the Wrapup this week, please join us this weekend for the debut of our Community Events. Hail and scroll back up and read it all over again. View full article

Another big week with Spyro's USF Election making a return so let's get into things: Primary Announcement: ANNOUNCEMENT This will be the last time I post this announcement here. Absolute Dog has come in contact with someone at 343industries and they've given us the opportunity to play test for them should you choose to sign up. You will also be getting paid to play test for them. Find the announcement by clicking the picture above. DESTINY Destiny Cover Art Revealed Plus Trailer Announcement Lovely isn't it? The Destiny Cover Art was revealed today and brought to our attention by News Group Member adamj004. Along with this however, Bungie also revealed that there will be a trailer out soon. What's to come? Greatness that's for sure. Destiny Beta for Pre-Order Customers Bungie is always good to its fans and that's why if you've been good to them by pre-ordering Destiny, they're going to give you access to the Destiny Beta before its official release. OH YEAAHHH. Announcement by Jester. FEATURED INTERVIEWS The Podcast Crew - Although I only see Muse online anymore of the crew, my first group interview was a very fun and interesting one. The guys that make up the Podcast Crew are some of the funniest members especially if you get them together. FORGE 343industries.org and The Halo Forge Epidemic present: The Meet Your Maker Dominion Forge Contest is over. Each Forger was allowed two submissions this time around. Judging has begun. Forging The Future The future of Machinima has arrived! Here is a huge project started by our Art Department's Gryffin in association with THFE and ourselves. He's got a lot of members voice acting for him and we're backing this Machinima 100%. It's about 5 Spartans that get sent to Earth to find Monitors that landed there after Requiem exploded. Tons of work being put into this project. Find out all you need to know, even a debut date, by clicking the banner. 343 Industries Community Forge Project By this point you should know what the CFP is and if you don't then read about it here. Post some ideas for our community in the CFP Idea Discussion thread here. You Will Partake in the Community Forge Project... Featured Map I've finally come across a map that I liked so much from seeing the screenshots that I've decided to make the Featured Map sub-section return. The above screenshot is a view of the kitchen from a distance in Astiir's Modern Apartment. The construct is Forge aesthetics at its finest and well worth a look. Truly a good idea and well executed. More detailed screenshots in the map thread, well done Astiir. You better know where to find that by now. GAMING NEWS Games with Gold October The free games for the month of October on Xbox Live are: Magic and Might: Clash of Heroes - a puzzle RPG and... Halo 3 - Greatest Halo game ever made and if your name is Beckoninzebra1 then you are downloading this on the 16th and playing it! News by adamj! Snipers Update: The Ark and Opticon The Fated Fire has announced that he and SaltyKoalaBear's maps will be making it into the next Team Snipers update. His map is The Ark (seen above) and Salty's is Opticon. These are two awesome competitive maps. See all of the screenshots and read the post by The Fated Fire by clicking the screenshot above. For more Gaming News check out the latest on our Front Page here. HOT TOPIC USF Campaign Threads There is a tie this week because so many topics were hot this week. And the tie goes to all the campaign threads for the USF Election. Read each one here: Boss for Forum President Maestro The Stampede and You Bob for USF President BZ1+TM3=Prosperity COMMUNITY EVENTS Play Dates are DEAD. But Community Events are here to take their place! Help us shape the future of Community Events by telling us when you'll be available! It's A Date! We still want your ideas though. Post them here. USF ELECTION Like I said earlier, huge turnout for this term's USF Election. The nomination process is over and in the running we have: Azaxx D-38 Boss Maestro The Stampede OMEGA Bob Lil Dog and in our first running dual Presidency: Total Mayh3m & Beckoningzebra1 YOUTUBE Just like Rockstar is known for leaving great Easter Eggs in all of their games, Oophilly215oO is known for bringing you great video entertainment through his game playthroughs. This time around he shows you a spooky Easter Egg from GTA V that involves finding a ghost! Thank you guys for reading.. Now scroll back up and read it all over again. This post has been promoted to an article