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Halo VR mod released
BOLL dropped by in the forum with a rundown on the newly released Halo VR mod by LivingFray. Specifically it’s a VR conversion of the original PC version of Halo: Combat Evolved. While there are certainly some issues, it seems to be getting an enthusiastic welcome from fans who’ve long wanted such a thing. Check out the video below for example, featuring gameplay in the first two levels. Also, BOLL has been streaming gameplay on Twitch, if you care to catch some of that.
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Happy birthdays beget new news
As Halo 2‘s 20th anniversary passes us by, so does a bunch of press coverage. Halo Studios has been celebrating in Infinite, in MCC, and on Waypoint, but among the press recollections there were two I found worth a read.- On IGN, Ryan McCaffrey has his remembrances of reviewing the game at Bungie, and Max Hoberman shares some details on map development.
- Rolling Stone has an interview with Robert and Lorraine McLees that touches on the origins of the Flood, Lorraine’s efforts to make Chief a focus of marketing Halo 2, and more.
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Playable Halo 2 E3 2003 demo released
In a joint effort with Halo Studios and marking Halo 2’s 20th anniversary, Digsite has released a playable restoration of the game’s E3 2003 demo, for MCC PC. Not sure how off-script you can go to tackle things in different ways, but multiple playthroughs are already up on YouTube, such as the one below, and the mod includes a ‘Playground’ version of the level which allows free roaming of the city. There’s also co-op support. All in all, seems like an impressive job and a must-have for any Halo 2 fan! Thanks, MangoOfDoom.
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Original Halo Trilogy soundtracks coming to vinyl in 2025
Polygon reports that the soundtracks to the first three games (minus the licensed tracks of 2, sorry Breaking Benjamin fans) are coming to vinyl, either a la carte or in a monster eight-LP box set. I don’t have a turntable, but the new cover art by longtime concept artist Isaac Hannaford is a nice touch. (fuchsdh 20:45:58 +0000)
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Podtacular 889: Halo Man Station
We’re back off the heels of an exciting Halo World Championship seeing a new Champion rise: Space Station Gaming, along with a very exciting first-ever international champion! Among the competitive festivities were of course the Community Stage and booths, but … Continue reading
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Podtacular 889: Halo Man Station
We’re back off the heels of an exciting Halo World Championship seeing a new Champion rise: Space Station Gaming, along with a very exciting first-ever international champion! Among the competitive festivities were of course the Community Stage and booths, but most of all was being among other Halo Fans. Austin and Connor from JumperScape not only joined us for our special from Seattle but hop on this episode to talk about what they’ve been up to and recap the HaloWC 2024 event and announcements for the future of Halo.
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Podtacular Special: HaloWC 2024
It’s our open-mic special from this year’s Halo World Championships talking about this year’s tournament, panels and experiences. We had the pleasure of having JumperScape, OmnicientWolf, Bobby on this year’s live stream with a surprise, hour-long drop from the GOAT, … Continue reading
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MisterMonopoli goes gold
MisterMonopoli has been busy with co-op on the original Xbox lately (no mods involved). After various short teaser videos in which one player has somehow become something other than a cyborg, he now has a tutorial for becoming a gold Elite, so you can run about shouting “Wort wort wort” and swishing a plasma sword around. I mean, if that’s what you really want. The detailed workings of this digital sorcery will hopefully be elucidated later, but meanwhile here’s the tutorial (you’ll also want to read the description for guidance):
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A New Dawn at Halo Studios
Some big news today: Halo is moving to Unreal Engine, and 343 Industries is rebranding to Halo Studios. You can hear more watching the Vidoc below: (fuchsdh 23:39:11 +0000)
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Pirate ship versus Scarab? Oh yeah.
If you’ve ever wanted to sail the high seas and fight the Covenant along the way, the new Halo 3 mod from InfernoPlus may be the ticket to your dreams. With Captain Johnson at the helm, Pimps at Sea takes you to multiple tropical islands and features such novelties as boat-hogs, amphibious Ghosts, and a boss battle between a pirate ship and a Scarab. Whether a work of inspired imagination or the result of someone going way too heavy on the rum, it’s surely worth a look. And above all, it provides an excellent excuse for grown men to wear pirate hats while videogaming. So what are you waiting for? Swash your buckles and cast off the anchor! Thanks, Hyokin.
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The bottom of Keyes, finally reached!
Apologies for the tardy mention, but it’s worth playing catch-up on this one. Just recently, Spasmodic achieved one of the holy grails of Halo 1 tricking, namely reaching the bottom of Keyes (as was mentioned in the forum). All you need to do is… a whole lot of tricky stuff (duh!), and hey presto, there you are in your own purple paradise. He lays out the development story in the video description too, so be sure to have a read of that.
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Podtacular 888: Space Needle Gaming
The Halo World Championship is only two weeks away, bringing the best Halo talent together from around the world and entertaining fans. Along with Halo Infinite tournaments, there’s Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 5: Guardians tournaments happening as well, … Continue reading
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Podtacular 887: Interview with CardinalRedbird
Community tournaments are a dime a dozen these days in the Halo community, giving players the chance to compete outside the official HCS events, but for those of us, more seasoned players, our skills aren’t as sharp, which is where … Continue reading
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Podtacular 886: Reaching for Champion
Making our way to the Halo World Championship, the latest Operation for Halo Infinite has dropped bringing refreshes to matchmaking including Firefight update featuring some Reach Forged maps and, of course, sandbox tunings and updates to Forge. After we’re done … Continue reading
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Pathways Into Darkness Part 2
One of the last Bungie games we’ve never played on the channel– Pathways Into Darkness!
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Podtacular 885: VIP Tuning
Thanks to 343 dropping a decent chunk of news regarding the upcoming operation, we’re changing direction of our originally planned book podcast to discuss what we can expect dropping into Infinite next week. VIP makes its return to the mainline … Continue reading
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Podtacular 884: Quiet On Set
This past week was a rather somber week for Halo fans. The Halo TV Show has been cancelled on Paramount+, causing 343 Industries and Xbox to try to find a new home for future seasons. It’s no surprise as it … Continue reading
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Little Kitty, Big City
One more look at Little Kitty as we search for the chameleon and all the other missing friends!
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