Month: January 2016
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Podtacular 522: Return from Holidays
2016 brings in a new year of Halo 5 content and community goodness. While we wait to hear more from 343 at their new studio, not much has happened in the news front. Lots of Forgers have taken to Halo … Continue reading →
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #109 Sparrow Racing League
Narc and Blackstar tried out this year’s special holiday multiplayer mode, Sparrow Racing League.
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Canon Fodder – Annual Achievements
While I thought it was a reveal of new Vidmaster Achievements at first, it’s still pretty cool (though arguably not AS cool)! GrimBrother One stopped by with a new Canon Fodder for our perusal. Check it out for info on a few of the Arbiter’s friends an…
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Fan Fiction Friday Is Inspired by Joe Staten’s ‘Shadow of Intent’ This Week With a Piece from Grizzlei
This week, we have a piece of Fan Fiction inspired by Joe Staten’s recent novella, ‘Halo: Shadow of Intent’. Grizzlei takes the perspective of Tul ‘Juran shortly before the events of ‘Shadow of Intent’ in a journal-like format. The piece does contain s…
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Saved Halo 5 Forge Map and Game Variants Increased from 40 to 100 of Each
For those Forgers out there worried about hitting the limit, looks like 343 has upped it quite a bit for you! We’ve just deployed an update to increase the amount of Halo 5 Map & Game Variants that you can save from 40 each to 100 each. Forge on!— Halo (@Halo) January 7, 2016 (MacGyver10…
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Check Out ‘Duck Hunt SMC’ Map by SexyMasterChief To Hold Us Over Till Those Gametypes Drop in Halo 5
SexyMasterChief has put together a great ‘Duck Hunt’ map in Halo 5’s Forge with great use of scripted, moving parts. Go check out the video, then follow SexyMasterChief on Xbox to download this custom creation. (MacGyver10 20:58:09 UTC)
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Collection of Previous Halo Maps Recreated In Halo 5’s Forge
HugoCornellier of Reddit waded through the last month’s Halo 5 Forge creations and pieced together a pretty great list of previous maps from old Halo games in Halo 5’s new map-maker. (Thanks funkmon!)(MacGyver10 20:49:31 UTC)
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Achievement Hunter Puts Halo 5 In their Best of 2015 List and People In the YouTube Comments Section Freak Out
munky-058 dropped a link to the Achievement Hunter crew’s top 5 games of 2015. Go listen to them rail on their own picks as they semi-explain why they are a top their favorites of last year (obviously, Halo 5 is in there somewhere!).(MacGyver10 20:44:1…
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Xmoosev3 Plays Chicken With Vehicles in Halo 5’s Warzone
Xmoosev3 has had some fun in Warzone before, and he’s back with more garage fun. Check out the videos in his post where he plays a little chicken with the vehicles on the other side of a shield door!(MacGyver10 17:00:20 UTC)
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FUD’s ‘Glimmer of A Dying Star’ Discusses the Covenant Breakup and Reformation Attempts
Though we might have had an early preview, the FUD team has updated a piece on their site for the breakup of the Covenant called ‘Glimmer of a Dying Star’. Thanks to the reccomendation of one of their Community Evolved backers, they discuss the reasons…
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Rockslider’s Freaky Shade Elite In The Maw Hangar
Rockslider stopped by with some interesting, freaky elite behavior in the hangar after doing the Maw banshee snatch trick. He posted a few different ways to watch it in our forum!(MacGyver10 16:54:11 UTC)
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The SPV3 Project Remasters ‘Under The Cover of Night’ To Go Along With Graphics and Gameplay in Halo: CE
Not only is the SPV3 crew remastering and reimagining the gameplay and graphic of Halo: CE, they are also going through and remastering all the music! Check out their remastered ‘Under The Cover of Night’ while watching some gameplay. (Thanks Masterz13…
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The Halo Archive Thinks ‘Halo: Shadow of Intent’ Would Make A Great Musical and Other Reflections
The Halo Archive let us know of their ‘Shadow of Intent’ breakdown over the Christmas break, and unfortunately I’m just now getting to posting it. You can read their reflection on Joe Staten’s return to Halo, how they think it fits into the expanded un…
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Gamesradar Lists A Few ‘Easy’ Updates They Feel Would Take Halo 5 from Good to Great
Gamesradar put up a list of ‘easy’ updates they feel would help take Halo 5 from good to great. Some of them I thought were great ideas (plenty there for you Warzone boss naysayers), and others seemed trivial to me. Go check it out and see what you thi…
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Games Done Quick Doing Halo 4 Quickly This Thursday for Charity
General Vagueness posted that Awesome Games Done Quick will be speedrunning Halo 4 this Thursday around 9:00a EST. In the past, AGDQ has raised large sums of money for great charities and this year they’re focusing on the Prevent Cancer Foundation that…