Month: January 2015
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I think we’re just getting started.
Are you a lore junkie who couldn’t wait to read the latest installment of ‘Canon Fodder’ in the (old) Halo Bulletin? Are you sad that the feature disappeared when the Bulletin converted to a video format? Be sad no longer! According to GrimBrother One,…
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-Op #36: The Eyes of Crota
Knights and Wizards dispatched, Eris gives us a new three-part quest to destroy the Hand, Eyes and Heart of Crota. This episo…
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Fulmination Re: Culmination
Penny Arcade has their own take on the way Halo 5 Beta matches end. And on what constitutes ‘beer’. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 23:49:50 UTC)
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We need more guns. 3D printed guns.
Intriguing – this article discusses a Halo 4 tournament that took place earlier this month in St. Louis… and one of the focuses is 3D Printing. Odd? No. The founder of UCG, the host of the tournament, printed out a bunch of Halo weapons to help celeb…
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A cornucopia of toys
tadboz decided to model some of the weapons visible in the Evolution of Halo video released back in 2002 (as well as a few bonus pieces). He used Creo, and then had the results printed at Shapeways – go check out the pics! There are even cookies! (Loui…
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H2A Cutscenes… In-Engine (sort of)
Intriguing. We know that Halo 2 Anniversary was released with Blur-created CGI cutscenes… but apparently the original (in-engine style) scenes were being worked on at some point… and some NeoGAFfers found a way to see them. There are results in thi…
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Podtacular 457: Happy New Halo
We’re back after the holidays and we are feet first into the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer beta. At this point, we’ve been playing through Week two and three is coming very shortly. As most of our normal antics go, the … Continue reading →
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-Op #35: The Hand of Crota
Knights and Wizards dispatched, Eris gives us a new three-part quest. First up: destroy the Hand of Crota. For complete stats…
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Flying Outside the Beta
Wow, very cool views. Gamecheat13 has broken out of the Halo 5 Beta space, and provided some flythroughs. Love this! Thanks, gamerguy2002.(Louis Wu 23:17:31 UTC)
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Halo 2 Anniversary Terminals – now in the Cutscene Library
The Halo Cutscene Library has grown again today – we’re making the Halo 2 Anniversary Terminals available for viewing and downloading. Once again, they’re available in 1080p, 720p, and 360p, but audio is stereo-only (this is because they were recorded …
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-Op #34: The Extermination
With Crota’s soul banished, Eris gives us a new quest to hunt down Knights and Wizards. For complete stats: https://www.bung…
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Always buy local
This was posted on DBO, but it’s Halo-related, so I’m bringing it up here. Our very own Leviathan is creating a commissioned piece for Blackt1g3r… and today the original concept sketch and a WIP piece were sent along. Amazing. Hire the guy – he’s rea…
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Death by a thousand needles
Rockslider has revisited the concept of filling frozen characters with needles, and then unfreezing them… this time with an Elite, and 1000 needles. (Yeah, that’s a lot.) Check it out… booms galore!(Louis Wu 22:07:51 UTC)
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New MCC Achievements Dropping Today
343 has announced that new Achievements for Spartan Ops (as well as some additional ones for MCC Multiplayer) will be dropping today – are you a completionist? Get to work! (They’re not listed yet on Achievement websites, but that should change soon.)(…
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The Master Chief Collection joins the Cutscene Library
Cody Miller jumped on the heavy-duty job of filming the cutscenes/terminals from The Master Chief Collection pretty early on… but life’s been so busy here that we’re JUST NOW beginning to get some of that content out there. First up – the CGI cutscen…
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Now that’s an incredible ear.
Wow. Check out this video from PlayerPiano – Sonya Belousova listens to the Halo theme for a few seconds… and then plays her own take on it. Amazing. (She covers a number of other video game themes in the same video.) Go watch! Thanks, Jeff. (Louis W…