KontrolFreek Blog

If I know you Freeks like I think I do, Monday evening you’ll be putting on your favorite video game t-shirt, packing up the lawn chairs, grabbing the deck of Uno cards and a four pack of Monster and lining up for the Halo 4 launch party at your local game store. You’ll stand in line like a boss, talking about the last time you saw Master Chief, your KD ratio from Reach and what awesome things you think the new game will bring to the multiplayer arena. You’ll check-in on Foursquare, compose a Tweet and text your good friend Dillon—who you’ll inevitably taunt because he had to work. You’re there, you’re proud, and you’re about to win some cool stuff from KontrolFreek.

We are in possession of a Steve Downes autographed picture of Master Chief from Halo 3 that we’ve been saving for just such an occasion. Here’s your chance to win it along with a pair of the brand new, blue FPS Freek Infinity.

To enter:

1. Pack your favorite KontrolFreek-equipped controller and bring it to the launch event.
2. Take a picture of your controller in line at the event with your mobile device.
3. Use Instagram or Twitter to post your picture.
4. Tag your photo with @KontrolFreek and #Halo4.

To win:

1. Enter (duh).
2. Be lucky.
3. Check back on Wednesday, November 7^th to see if you’re the winner.

Good luck and see you in Halo 4 multiplayer!

It’s obviously Turtleman’s favorite kind of trailer…

And this time it’s a David Fincher (Alien 3 and Fight Club) produced Halo 4 spot that delves into the origins of the legend himself, Master Chief.

Besides getting to see the starry-eyed boy-version of the Chief and his augmentation and indoctrination, the trailer also gives us a good look at the brand new Promethean enemy type we’ll be facing in a few weeks. Intimidating looking bastards, aren’t they?

Check it out.

“Halo 4 Free” is over and the time is now to announce the winners! A couple of weeks ago we started taking entries for the giveaway that gave Facebook fans the chance to win a limited edition Halo 4 Xbox 360 console bundle and five Halo 4 wireless Xbox 360 controllers. Let’s get right to the good stuff!

The five winners below have been selected at random to win a limited edition Halo 4 wireless Xbox 360 controller:

LaDonna Buis

Joan Galion

Heather Roberts

Tyler Brough

Marcos Perez

The Grand Prize Halo 4 Xbox 360 winner (also selected at random) is:

Jenny Ham

Congrats to all six winners! We will email you at the address you provided very soon.

Thanks a ton for the support from our great partners, Halo.Bungie.Org, HaloTracker, Halo 4 News, GrifballHub and Halo Community! Go ahead and check out their fantastic sites if you haven’t already; because without them this contest wouldn’t have been possible.

Our winning community partner is Halo.Bungie.Org.

Use promotional code “RECLAIMER” to get 10% off anything in our store.

Thanks to everyone who entered and stay tuned for a bunch more sweet giveaways coming up in the next couple of weeks!

Overnight we launched our latest FPS Freek, FPS Freek INFINITY. Inspired by Halo 4, this blue beauty really stands out from the crowd and we’re pretty darn proud of the original design and functionality of it.

For INFINITY we decided to go with a concave thumb surface with an intricate, laser-etched design that provides a high level of grip and control. The extended stick height (0.5 inches) added by INFINITY will put you in total command of your Spartan and makes aiming and strafing much easier during intense multiplayer battles. Infinity is perfect for your right or left thumbstick and is optimized for medium to long-range weapons like the Battle Rifle, DMR and Sniper Rifle.

Want to win FPS Freek INFINTY? We are giving away one pair to one lucky Halo fan right now.

ENTER HERE!

Every time I re-watch the ending of Halo 3 I get the chills. I’m not sure what it is, but the story of Master Chief sparks emotion in me that not many movies even can. It’s like Titanic for dudes—but without the Leo and Kate car sex and class struggles. Whatever the reason is for that emotion, that strong connection that Halo makes with fans is important to Microsoft, and they want to do more with it to sell a bunch of copies of Halo 4 later this year.

So, with the goal of bringing the series to more people—longtime fans and people who have never previously played the games—Microsoft has invested more money than ever before in live action. A new live-action series, Forward Unto Dawn has been announced that will get everyone on the same page in a non-intimidating way before the launch of Halo 4. Slotted to air exclusively on Halo Waypoint and Machinima, the series will tell “an origins story that teaches you a lot of different facets of the [Halo] universe.” says Frank O’Connor, 343 Industries franchise development director.

The series is planned to launch in weekly 15-minute installments for five weeks during the time leading up to Halo 4’s release date on November 6^th 2012. More details about Forward Unto Dawn will be revealed during Comic-Con this July.

Hopefully this gets us one step closer to a full-length Halo movie.