343 say thank you to Halo fans, In the way of a free Map.

[Buizel91]

And that new map, Is called Forge Island which will be released on the 11th of April to download, just a few days after the Castle map pack.

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/03/22/halo-4-getting-free-forge-island-map

"actually a series of three islands in one giant open water area. The first island is a very large open space, the other two are medium and small sized. All three are very flat and unobstructed for pixel perfect Forging. Forge Island is compatible with the current set of Forge tools, but it will also introduce some new items into the Forge palette as well."

So basically it will be like Hemorrhage in Halo Reach, Which is good news for Forge Builders.

Also an update for Halo 4 is soon coming. One of the changes it contains has been important in Halo Multiplayer since Halo 3, and that is that your Hud will display X's in the locations where you team mates are killed.

Anyone else looking forward to playing around on Forge Island?

 

[Korten12]

It will be interesting to be seen what will be done with flat maps. The possibilites.

 

[Anti-American Eagle]

Good, forging might finally get interesting again.
Also, it's good to see they're making an attempt to correct the online.

 

[Terminate421]

yay.

343 have proven they are good people.

 

[Zefyrix]

Also an update for Halo 4 is soon coming. One of the changes it contains has been important in Halo Multiplayer since Halo 3, and that is that your Hud will display X's in the locations where you team mates are killed.

Now this is some news that's actually good to hear. I mean why did they even remove it? "Okay we'll make some better graphics, throw in some new maps and guns and bla bla... but what is this? An X that makes it really easy and fast for players to see where their teammates died so they can react to it? Nah that won't work, remove it!"

 

[King Aragorn]

Two ways to see this.
Cynical view: they removed it in the first place so they can re-add it earlier and get good rep around the gaming community.
Optimistic view: they're giving to Halo 4 players for free, that's neat.

 

[Nouw]

Yay. Maybe people will be able to make maps that aren't the standard-three-way maps Slayer seems to be plagued with.

 

[Buizel91]

yay.

343 have proven they are good people.

Yep, it will be interesting to see what the map looks like, with it being flat and all. Wonder what new items they will include.

 

[Buizel91]

Also an update for Halo 4 is soon coming. One of the changes it contains has been important in Halo Multiplayer since Halo 3, and that is that your Hud will display X's in the locations where you team mates are killed.

Now this is some news that's actually good to hear. I mean why did they even remove it? "Okay we'll make some better graphics, throw in some new maps and guns and bla bla... but what is this? An X that makes it really easy and fast for players to see where their teammates died so they can react to it? Nah that won't work, remove it!"

I actually didn't realise they removed it till i read the article xD but it's good to see they are adding it again, and good to see they are still supporting the Multiplayer

 

[Zefyrix]

Also an update for Halo 4 is soon coming. One of the changes it contains has been important in Halo Multiplayer since Halo 3, and that is that your Hud will display X's in the locations where you team mates are killed.

Now this is some news that's actually good to hear. I mean why did they even remove it? "Okay we'll make some better graphics, throw in some new maps and guns and bla bla... but what is this? An X that makes it really easy and fast for players to see where their teammates died so they can react to it? Nah that won't work, remove it!"

I actually didn't realise they removed it till i read the article xD but it's good to see they are adding it again, and good to see they are still supporting the Multiplayer

Haha, really? Wow I don't know how many times a game I get annoyed by that fact. Have been playing Halo since the start and not being able to see the X or even call to your friend "he's on my X" or "3 people on my X" is so annoying. If you know the maps it's not that big of a deal, then you can just call the position, but if you have no clue what to call anything, well then it's pretty handy.