Month: January 2017
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Interview With Ray Makowski, the Designer Behind LootCrate’s ‘Halo Icons’ Figures
The LootCrate folks have put up an interview with Ray Makowski, the designer of the Halo Icons series of figures that comes with the Halo Legendary Crate! You can read how Halo introduced him to Neil Patrick Harris and the news that the line of figures…
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Box Launches for Halo 3: ODST and Grenade Jump for Halo 2 to Help Skip Tough Parts
It’s been awhile since he put out some videos, but Chappified stopped into our forum to share some strategies he picked up to make it through Halo 3: ODST and Halo 2 a little faster. He has a couple of box launches for ODST and a grenade jump for Halo …
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Rockslider Goes to The Fireworks Show with ‘Goldie’ Again
After the previous explosions, Rockslider decided to come back for more! Check out his post in our forum to see some different setups and fireworks!(MacGyver10 15:11:24 UTC)
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Podtacular 566: Incoming Blitz
We have entered the home stretch of the Halo Wars 2 launch with the announcement of the upcoming Blitz multiplayer beta launching on Xbox One and Windows 10 on January 20th. This new game mode takes a twist off of … Continue reading →
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Podtacular Special: Halo Bowl II Announcement
The Halo Bowl is back for it’s second tournament and this time we’re growing to six podcasts competing to be crowned the champion of Halo podcasts. While we’re looking forward to competing, we’re also pleased to partner with Gamers Outreach … Continue reading →
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The Halo Archive’s ‘Archive Beacon’ for 1/13/17 – ‘Looking Ahead: A New Year’
Adv Jones gave us a heads up on the latest Archive Beacon. With a lot of changes this past year, the Halo Archive isn’t resting on their laurels, but still striving to improve how they do what they do! Give it a read as they look ahead at what’s to com…
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News and Info on Upcoming Halo Wars 2 Beta from Studio Head Dan Ayoub
Thanks to the aforementioned Community Update, we found out about this blog post from studio head, Dan Ayoub on the upcoming Halo Wars 2 beta!(MacGyver10 16:12:47 UTC)
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Halo Community Update – 01/13/17 ‘Ballroom Blitz’
Davidfuchs gave us a heads up on the earlier than normal (thanks Ske7ch!) Halo Community Update this week. Plenty of Halo Wars 2 info as we approach the newly announced beta on January 20th, with pre-order bonuses, physical discs for PC and a reminder …
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Second Halo Wars 2 Beta Starts January 20th, Features New ‘Blitz Mode’
The second beta for Halo Wars 2 starts January 20th! This time it features the new ‘Blitz Mode’ that combines tactical combat, card-based strategy and microtransactions (we’ll see how that goes)! The Halo Wars 2 Blitz Beta begins on Jan. 20! Tactical c…
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New Arena Season for Ranked Halo 5 Playlists Starts Today
Looks like the winter season is over, and the new one has started in Halo 5’s Arena mode! If you played ten games in a ranked playlist during its duration, your emblem should be there. In the meantime, here’s the preview of this new season’s emblem! Hop into Halo 5 and complete your Arena placement…
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Podtacular 565: Bringing in 2017
It’s a new year bringing in a new Halo and building on the old. The latest content update for Halo 5 is still bringing life to a game that is over a year old, and Halo Wars 2 is coming … Continue reading →
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Atriox Figure Coming With Halo Wars 2-Themed LootCrate Shown Off
Big fan of the Brute species? Already a Legendary LootCrate subscriber? Either way, you might want to check out the new figure coming with the next Halo Wars 2-themed crate, as Atriox can be picked up with this crate if you order before February 15th (His name is Atriox. That is what you’re up against.…
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Like Those LEGO Video Games? Well Here’s Some Great Footage of A Cancelled Halo Mega Bloks Game!
Both Gravemind and WizBlue (via email) gave us the heads up on an amazing bit of footage from a cancelled Halo Mega Bloks video game! There’s quite a bit of great footage of what might have been, including some use of iconic Halo weapons, and a killer …
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Awesome Games Done Quick Facing Halo 2’s Legendary Difficulty This Wednesday Evening for Charity
As they’ve done in years past, the Awesome Games Done Quick crew will be speedrunning for charity again, and they’ll be picking up the controller-throw-inducing legendary difficulty of Halo 2! The jackal sniping is currently set to run at 7:55P EST thi…
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Forward Unto Dawn Examines the Prophet of Truth as The Covenant’s Tragic Hero Instead of a Genocidal Madman
Forward Unto Dawn is kicking off the new year by going old school with a classic Halo villain, the Prophet of Truth! Check out their piece, ‘The Shroud: Prophet of Truth as Tragic Hero’, and let ’em know what you think in our forum! (MacGyver10 23:03:3…