Year: 2013
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Ohio, where the wind co- wait…
Do you live near Ohio? Do you love playing Halo with fun people? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you might be interested in HBOhio, a LANfest being planned by Revenant1988 – go read about it and see what’s going on! And don’t forget t…
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Waypoint Bulletin 23 Jan 2013
Waypoint released this week’s Halo Bulletin last night – if you were expecting details about the upcoming Title Update, you will probably be disappointed. What you WILL find is a summary of the changes to the Matchmaking Playlists next week, a bit abou…
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Games as Lit 07: The Halo Books (Part One)
Travis Knight let us know that Halo has made an appearance (and will continue to do so) in a podcast he runs – it’s called ‘Games as Lit’, and the current series focuses on the Halo novels. Part One, out today, covers Fall of Reach, The Flood, and Firs…
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Halo 4 Campaign: Requiem
Having survived the destruction of the Dawn, Master Chief and Cortana search for a way off the mysterious Forerunner planet. Continue reading →
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Races, catapults, and mines
Achievement Hunter’s Halo Horse 111 has Ray and Ryan fighting for points on some funky maps. Too early to be on YouTube – sorry.(Louis Wu 23:51:59 UTC)
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Scaling the Heights, and Then Some
Stephen Loftus has completed a massive update to his Halo Scale Charts – the total number of pages has increased from 12 pages in the last version to 27 pages in this one! It contains a mountain of new items from previous games, plus most major vehicle…
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Let’s Play Spartan Ops – Ep One: Land Grab
The Tyrant has kicked off a new series – ‘Let’s Play Spartan Ops’. He’s starting at the beginning – he’s never tried out Spartan Ops before. It’s him, alone, on Legendary difficulty, in his first time out – no preparation, no practice. Fun! Go watch Ep…
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Halo IRL: She’s A Life Saver
Halo is a fictional universe. However, sometimes we catch sight of things in real life that remind us of our favorite science fiction video game franchise. This particular series, titled Halo in Real Life, showcases those very moments. Enjoy the subtle…
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The Sound of Halo 4 – A Halo 4 Machinima
From Machinima: If this doesn’t get you pumped for Halo 4, I don’t know what else can. Enjoy! The Sound of Halo 4 – A Halo 4 Machinima Discuss
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The Halo Council and Gamers for Giving Halo 4 Tournament
From The Halo Council: The Halo Council and Gamers Outreach Foundation are proud to announce the Halo Council & Gamers For Giving Halo 4 4v4 Tournament taking place in Ypsilanti, MI on February 17th. The entire event will take place at the Eastern Mic…
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Tyrant’s Halo 4 Legendary Walkthrough – Dawn
From MythicTyrant: The iconic Master Chief awakens after a four-year slumber to find that a rogue group of Covenant known as “The Storm” have stumbled across the Forward Unto Dawn. Worse, they are about to collide with an unknown mechanized Forerunner…
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Channel 9 on Halo 4 and Windows Azure Service Bus
Channel 9 released a video interview with 343’s Caitie McCaffrey, Hoop Somuah and Angus McQuarrie. They talk about the many ways in which Halo 4 utilizes Windows Azure Service Bus, including porting game statistics from console to Waypoint. Pretty inte…
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Podtacular 338
Dust Storm sent word that episode 338 of Podtacular is live – this is a mashup of their mini-series of shows they have been doing for Campaign, Spartan Ops and War Games. In this episode they talk about Dawn, Departure and Complex. Go listen!(mastrbigg…
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Playtime Season 4 Episode 1 Image Gallery
CruelLEGACEY let us know that he uploaded a screenshot gallery on his site that includes images from the first episode of the new season of Playtime. Check it out!(mastrbiggy 08:38:14 UTC)
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Turn That Leak Upside Down
Polygon posted an article about how Bungie handled the recent leak on their upcoming project – instead of staying quiet and letting speculation run wild, the studio managed to turn the leak into something beneficial for both Bungie and the fans. The ar…
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Halo 4 Concept Art by Albert Ng
Concept artist Albert Ng released some Halo 4 concept art – he worked on in-game touchscreen interfaces/consoles, props and Spartan armor designs. Pretty cool stuff! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(mastrbiggy 08:07:24 UTC)
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Classic Map Remakes For Halo 4 Forge
TCKaos pointed out a list of classic map remakes for Halo 4 as well as the fileshare names you’ll need to download them. Wow, it seems like almost every map has been remade, even the Halo 2 PC exclusive maps. Oddball Sword Base anyone?(mastrbiggy 07:53…
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Spartan Ops Episode 7 Trailer
Waypoint released a trailer for Spartan Ops Episode 7 – someone gets slapped silly and some unwelcome guests board the Infinity. Looks like things are starting to heat up! Thanks, TheOddOne.(mastrbiggy 07:45:40 UTC)
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Halo 4 on Amazon Gold Box
It looks like Halo 4, or something related, is the next lightning deal on the Amazon Gold Box. The offer begins at 2PM PT, 5PM ET or 2200 UTC if you’re into that kind of thing. It’s unclear exactly what the offer will be and I’m also unclear on regiona…