Month: April 2015
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ODST is looking FINE
Frank O’Connor is excited with how ODST is looking – check out this Tweet: ODST conversion to 60fps and 1080p is really showing off some of the subtle improvements to the H3 engine Bungie put in the 360 version.— Frank O’Connor (@franklez) April 7, 2015 I’m really looking forward to playing this through again!(Louis Wu…
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Halo 5 TV Spot Concept Art
Hedgem0ny let us know about some Halo 5 tv spot pitch art by Ev Shipard. There’s one from Spartan Locke’s POV and one from Master Chief’s POV. Very cool!(mastrbiggy 21:13:59 UTC)
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Capital Assets
Episode 2 of Red vs Blue Season 13 went live yesterday for everyone – and Grif is on a really important mission. Will his needs be met? Watch to find out!(Louis Wu 18:12:18 UTC)
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Four Score and 7 Years Ago…
Okay, so maybe it hasn’t been a few decades, but it sure seems like it. It’s just been a few months. Back in October, we hosted the 10th Annual 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest – and it’s taken until today to get the prizes packaged up and mailed to the wi…
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Master Chief, a Lightsaber, the Empire, and Starfleet
A group of indie filmmakers are raising money for a fairly strange movie premise titled, Galactic Battles. The idea is to merge the universes of Star Wars, Mass Effect, Star Trek, and Halo into a single universe. You can check out their indiegogo page …
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Behind the scenes look at the MCC cinematic trailer
It’s Art Mag posted a behind the scenes look at how Digital Domain created the Halo: The Master Chief Collection cinematic. The video shows the entire process including, storyboarding, the VFX pipeline, and motion capture. This is worth checking out!(m…
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Canon Fodder: Clarity and Grace
GrimBrother One filled the latest Canon Fodder with questions from fans, and answers from canonical sources. (See what I did there?) Grim, as always, tiptoes a fine line between facts and hints, without knocking over existing constructs or disappointin…
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Microsoft issues DMCA takedowns against Halo Online modders
According to Ars Technica, Microsoft is serving DMCA takedown notices to those who have accessed Halo Online content and are outside Russian territory. So far the takedown specifcally targets GitHub’s repositories, but this has also affected any YouTub…
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ASE Ep. 149 Marathon Tempus Irae 05-06: Downward Spiral / Repository Three
We’re starting a new Marathon adventure– this time fighting the Pfhor in Italy of the past in third party scenario Tempus Ir…
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Exploring the SuperCarrier
We haven’t heard from t00lbox in a while, but thankfully he still posts elsewhere; Bounce-A-Gon noticed a reddit post describing Termacious Trickocity’s exploration of the SuperCarrier at the end of Long Night of Solace. Pretty awesome – go watch!(Loui…
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Steal My Kill
This is so six weeks ago… but it made me laugh, so I’m posting it. The Warp Zone (yeah, they like One Direction) has a parody of OD’s “Steal My Girl” that’s pretty good. Plus, there’s a Grunt Plushy in there! Go watch. (SEspider posted it on our foru…
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Halo 5: SPECTRE
MixMaker1 stopped by with his latest mashup trailer – this one portrays the tensions and rivalry between Locke and Chief and it is mixed with sound from the 007 Spectre trailer. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 23:10:24 UTC)
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Pillar of Autumn speed run with plasma combo
Rockslider posted another POA kill ’em all speed run – this time using plasma weapons. He managed to complete the run in 8:14 – go check it out!(mastrbiggy 22:44:09 UTC)
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Project Contingency – Pre-Alpha of Valhalla
This is a little old, but the folks working on Project Contingency released a small update last month that shows off some pre-alpha footage of Valhalla. Seems like this CryEngine Halo mod is still coming along nicely. Neat!(mastrbiggy 22:39:34 UTC)
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Podtacular 468: Hunting the Truth
The latest Halo promo pulls a page from the old playbook taking the Hunt the Truth ARG and incorporating an audio drama podcast. While it’s not quite like the ilovebees campaign back for Halo 2, it has some similarities posing … Continue reading →
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Free Phone with MCC Xbox Bundle
Looks like Best Buy is offering a free phone (the Nokia Lumia 635, running Windows Phone 8.1) for buyers of the new Xbox One/MCC bundle; get an Xbox One, a copy of the Master Chief Collection, AND a phone – all for $349! This is not an April Fools joke…
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Prologue
Red vs Blue Season 13 has kicked off – and Episode 1’s a doozy. You didn’t think Felix and Locus were just gonna fade away, did you? (Louis Wu 23:07:02 UTC)
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Dubsteppin’ Quadwings
GrimBrother One stopped in to let us know that the latest Canon Fauxder is up (a little early, methinks) – it’s FULL of cool info! Go read and you’ll understand some of the longest-kept secrets in the Halo universe!(Louis Wu 23:02:15 UTC)