Year: 2014
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How Ranks Work in the Master Chief Collection
FyreWulff let us know that IGN posted a video (and a brief article) that details how the Master Chief Collection ranking system will work. If you don’t want to sit through the video, FyreWulff’s post sums everything up nicely. Check it out!(mastrbiggy …
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Halo 2 Anniversary Cinematic Launch Trailer
343i released a Halo launch trailer that shows off a good chunk of H2A Blur cinematics, including the ‘Another Day at the Beach’ cinematic – it looks pretty great! There’s also a few videos showing off side-by-side comparisons of the new and old cutsce…
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-Op #16: Eye of a Gate Lord
Blackstar and Narcogen are picking up with playing Destiny in co-op mode with the first moon mission: The Dark Beyond. (The C…
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Podtacular 448: Extra Life 2014
This past weekend, we joined thousands of gamers around the world in support of Extra Life, a 24-hour charity event where people play video games to raise donations for their local children’s hospitals. We were blessed to reach our initial … Continue reading →
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Forging a Masterpiece
IGN’s Master Chief Collection offering today is a walkthrough of Halo 2 Anniversary’s Forge… and all I can say is ‘wow’. Go watch. Thanks, Moorpheusl9.(Louis Wu 17:54:01 UTC)
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Gods Among
Kermit found some really slick Halo artwork for sale on Etsy – swing by and see what you think! It’s available in both 11×14 and 16×20, so you can pick how much of your wall it’ll take up.(Louis Wu 17:51:19 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 139 Marathon EVIL 15: Septic Exodus Part 3
We’ve finished with the canonical Marathon Trilogy and are moving on to third party scenarios, starting with EVIL. In this s…
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Halo: Broken Circle chapter 1 excerpt
Grizzlei pointed out a page on the Simon & Schuster site with an excerpt from Broken Circle, the upcoming Halo novel from John Shirley. It’s out next week – go give the excerpt a look!(Louis Wu 23:05:28 UTC)
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I need a spike
AfroRyan noticed an homage to Halo in the game 1001 Spikes – go read his description for details (along with a couple of video links!). Love the audio.(Louis Wu 22:54:33 UTC)
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Halo | The Avengers: Age of Ultron Mashup
Gugga Leunnam mashed up the newest Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer with Halo footage… works pretty well! Go watch.(Louis Wu 19:23:14 UTC)
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Pumpkin Pattern Prodding
You know what else happens next Friday? Our 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest closes! Have you carved your pumpkin yet? Get on it! Lots of prizes this time around (yeah, I know, I really need to get to posting those on the contest page) – in addition to the…
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Remaking a Legend – available in 7 days
According to Xbox Wire, ‘Remaking the Legend’, the Halo 2 Anniversary documentary we mentioned last week, will be released next Friday, October 31. Get psyched! Thanks, The BS Police.(Louis Wu 20:06:36 UTC)
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The Maid of Orleans
Arithmomaniac has provided a whole passel of links for people interested in how Halo 4 (and future Halo titles) leverage the cloud to handle the data transfer needs of the game franchise. Several talks from Catie McCaffery, the second person to be hire…
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The Lowdown on Lockdown
IGN wants to help you get up close and personal with Lockdown, the Halo 2 Anniversary remake of Lockout. Go watch! Thanks, Moorpheusl9.(Louis Wu 19:43:09 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 138 Marathon EVIL 15: Septic Exodus Part 2
We’ve finished with the canonical Marathon Trilogy and are moving on to third party scenarios, starting with EVIL. In this sc…
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Halo 4 in 1808p60
Wanna see Halo 4 in 1080p, 60fps glory? Go visit IGN. Thanks, Moorpheusl9.(Louis Wu 22:54:36 UTC)
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The McDonalds of Shooters
According to a newspost on Xbox.com, Halo has driven over 6 billion hours of gameplay on Xbox LIVE. That’s a big number! (I have my doubts about the count… but I certainly don’t have access to logs, so it could very well be accurate.) Thanks to gamer…