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If you’ve been living in a cave, you may not know about the live action mini-series that sets up the launch of Halo 4 (coming this November 6th) called “Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn”. 

These episodes were released on a weekly basis until the launch.  Here is episode 1:

Here are all 5 episodes of the series – each are roughly 20 minutes long, making the series in its entirety, the equivalent of a full length motion picture:

• EPISODE 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfJVgXBfSH8
  Hastati Squad, the newest batch of freshman cadets at the UNSC’s Corbulo Academy of Military Science, pays the price for cadet Thomas Lasky’s tactics.
• EPISODE 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K56gSEJ6IGc
  Cadet Michael "Sully" Sullivan continues to decode the hidden ONI combat video as Lasky’s struggle with his place in the UNSC ignites with fellow cadet Walter Vickers. After a classroom confrontation with Captain Mehaffey and a challenge from Chyler, Lasky pulls Hastati Squad back from the brink…at a terrible physical cost to himself.
• EPISODE 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbBYG77VeCE
  Just as Hastati Squad is confronted by a video of secret ONI super-soldiers, their war and their whole universe are changed forever by a much more deadly surprise.
• EPISODE 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ_xn889cSk
  While Corbulo Academy is being destroyed by the Covenant invasion, the surviving cadets fight bravely alongside their only hope: The Master Chief.
• EPISODE 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gULQ5GFIkcA
  After a terrifying night of combat and loss, Lasky makes a life-or-death decision to help the Master Chief… but will it be enough to save them all from the Covenant?

PRE-ORDER NOW.  SERIOUSLY.
If you haven’t already preordered, I’d encourage you to visit your local Microsoft Store to pre-order NOW – not just because I’m a homer but – because if you do, you receive a $25 GIFT CARD with your final purchase.

The pre-order is $10 which goes to your final purchase of Halo 4.  When you pick it up, you’ll get the $10 as credit toward the purchase of the game PLUS, you’ll receive the $25 gift card, good on anything else in the store.  It’s one of the best deals you’ll find.

Here’s the Microsoft Press Announcement about Halo 4:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2012/nov12/11-01HaloLiechtenstein.aspx

“MIDNIGHT MADNESS” LAUNCH FOR HALO 4 – NOV 5th, 10:00PM
Also, there’s a midnight launch party at the Microsoft Store in Century City. 

Microsoft Store Los Angeles
(Westfield Century City)
10250 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (310) 228-3550

Want free drinks, free pizza, a Halo 4 tournament with prizes to the victors, the chance to game against other Halo fanatics, a DJ mixing up some great music, & all kinds of swag & surprises…?  Come to the midnight launch!  See you there!