Year: 2011

QuickTactical stopped in with word of Soldiers of War, Episode 8, Part 1 – it’s a 10 minute long, Halo 3-based continuation of a long-running series… go check it out!

G4TV talked to Frank O’Connor about the Anniversary edition – worth listening to! Go watch. Thanks, ElzarTheBam.(Louis Wu 15:44:23 UTC)

IGN’s posted a new Top 10 Kills – nothing really special, but some fun stuff nonetheless. Thanks, ElzarTheBam. (Louis Wu 15:43:06 UTC)

It’s big, it’s beautiful, and it needs caressing.

For some reason, over the past few months, we have received quite a number of spikes in traffic here at Podtacular.  We seem to be hitting marks that we didn’t think we were trying to hit.  First it was Frankie … Continue reading →

This week’s Halo Bulletin on Waypoint focuses on the new sounds we will see in Halo Anniversary.  While it’s not a complete library of sounds, it does show the difference between the two and the nice sounding upgrades they all … Continue reading →

Kotaku showed a video that I’d love to think is an awesome alternate ending to the latest Harry Potter film (yes, it could be considered an HP spoiler). I laughed. Go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 21:24:04 UTC)

Tex found a pretty cool Tumblr site – unfortunately, right before she posted it, it went on hiatus for a few days, but check out the existing content, and keep an eye on it! (And while you’re waiting, if you haven’t given us feedback on our new shirt …

ncsuDuncan stopped in with word of some recent updates on his site – mostly Destiny related, but also including photos of his Swag Bag contents (which include, unsurprisingly, Halo items). Go check it all out! (Louis Wu 18:20:27 UTC)

ElzarTheBam pointed out another OXM UK article – it seems they’re meting out tidbits from their print issue 76, and the latest one has a quote from Phil Spencer about how important Halo is to Microsoft. Yeah, cause you didn’t know that. (Louis Wu 18:1…

We’ve sold shirts before – we sold a Bungie.org shirt in 2001, and an HBO shirt in 2006. Neither of these are available any more, however… and until recently, we had no real intention of changing that fact. A little while ago, though, kanbo contacte…

We’ve mentioned Project Aftershock a few times – it’s a Crysis Halo mod – today, =SW=warlord is back with a new video update showing off a bunch of cool changes – go watch!(Louis Wu 14:42:51 UTC)

Isaac Hannaford is back to posting Reach concept art on his blog – check out some awesome shots of Boneyard! Thanks, Black Six.(Louis Wu 14:04:29 UTC)

Nicolas Bouvier is an artist currently working on Halo 4 for 343 Industries. He also created the cover art for Halo: Cryptum. Kotaku has a nice little retrospective of some of his work (including a Halo sketch I’ve never seen before). Thanks to PooBon…

Yesterday, Halo Waypoint gave away 4 3-day PAX badges on Twitter (folks just had to tweet back a pic of themselves holding a sign reading “I want to go to Halo Fest!”, winners chosen at random). They’re doing it again today (and tomorrow, and Friday)….

Elzarthebam noticed a short article at Eurogamer that hints at the Kinect features that will be available in Halo: Anniversary. Key points: they’re optional, they’re cool, they’ll enhance your overall experience but will not affect your core game exper…