Year: 2023
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Catch up on the March monthly news you’ve missed
In case you haven’t been keeping up on the Halo goings-on, Waypoint has you covered with a summary of Season 3, lore, merch and more. (fuchsdh 14:55:44 +0000)
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Catch up on season story bits with the new Canon Fodder
While we wait for more significant leaps in the story of Halo, Haruspis has us covered with a meaty Canon Fodder, detailing the lore behind the new Infinite season 3 maps, story shards tying into the season’s events, and a preorder notice for Troy Den…
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Podtacular 855: Escalating Season
Season 3 had a great opening with Chasm and Cliffhanger in Arena’s Featured playlist, but now it’s Big Team Battle’s turn, and Oasis has proven to be quite the fan favorite as we’ve gotten a few take on Fiesta with … Continue reading ?
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Podtacular 854: Seasons Threetings
Season 3 is here and boy have we missed new content. Aside from a bit of a rocky start on the game server side, it seems like everyone has enjoyed the latest maps, modes and equipment, hopefully a sign of … Continue reading ?
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Listen to some symphonic Halo goodness from the Danish Symphony
On our forum the other day, SNIPE 316 highlighted a Halo music medley performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra back in 2018. I’d never seen this performance before, and it’s pretty great, including a performance of “On a Pale Horse”, in my …
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Podtacular 853: Boarding Action Evolved
Season 3 brings along three new multiplayer maps, weapons, equipment, matchmaking improvements and story lines that has piqued the community’s interest and hopefully is the start of renewed interest in Halo Infinite. The shakeup at the studio hasn’t se…
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Podtacular 852: Countdown to Season 3
The largest content update is about to hit Halo Infinite since launch, and a lot of folks are happy with what’s coming. A new BTB map, two Arena maps, Escalation Slayer, Shroud Screen, Bandit, Armor, Narrative and more are on … Continue reading ?
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Podtacular 851: Pay to Guest
Dust Storm and Godzilla T are joined by two of Podtacular’s Patreon supporters: PensHalo and Confal. As long time members of the Podtacular community, they share a lot of the same Halo interests as our hosts. With the recent changes … Continue reading …
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Infinite Season 3 gets a trailer
Today 343 released a trailer for Halo Infinite’s third content season. There’s new maps, weapons, modes, and some featured community Forge content to check out. It drops March 3rd. (fuchsdh 00:49:46 +0000)
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Remember Reach and Wars with some Canon Fodder
Haruspis dropped a new Cannon Fodder today, focusing on the Halo Reach-themed event recently featured in Infinite, as well as the recent sixth (ed. note: time has no meaning!) anniversary of Halo Wars 2. Feast on some lore tidbits, concept art, and a …
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Podtacular 850: Community Surprises
In a last minute surprise before season 3 comes to Halo Infinite next month, 343 has introduced the Community Collection playlist, bringing community Forged content to Matchmaking in an evergreen playlist that will be continuously updated. After a lot …
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343 details upcoming Halo Infinite changelog
Halo Infinite is getting an update next week that addresses some bugs and makes some game balance tweaks. On Halo Waypoint, they’ve provided a preview of the update for perusal (if you’re a sweaty competitive player, you’ll probably want to take note …
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Noble Intentions and Forge maps come to Infinite
Yesterday, Halo Infinite got two major updates. First, the game now features a “Community Collection” Forge playlist. Second, the “Noble Intention” event is live in the game, with a free battle pass to unlock some Reach-inspired armor. As a bonus for …
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Podtacular 849: All But Starting From Scratch
According to a recent Bloomberg report, 343 Industries is “all but starting from scratch” when it comes to the future of the Halo franchise, with now over more than 90 confirmed departures from 343 along with additional contractors, it seems … Continue…
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Podtacular 848: The Road Ahead
Halo is staying in house with 343 industries as Pierre Hintze announced last week after more than 60 full-time employees were let go, but with that many people gone, there’s sure to be some slowdown of certain development and support … Continue reading…
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Podtacular 847: Hard Hitting Layoffs
Hard news hits this week as a result of Microsoft letting go 10,000 employees over the next six months, starting this week where over 60 343 employees, mostly from the campaign team, were let go. This sudden announcement has a … Continue reading ?
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Podtacular 846: Terminal Velocity Chief
The Halo Championship Series for Season 2 is kicking off in Charlotte, NC in February as balance changes and new maps enter in for the latest competitive Halo experience. We also take a look at the next two missions in … Continue reading ?
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Podtacular 845: Infinite Year One
It’s been a quiet few weeks as 343 is finally starting to come back from the holidays. This gives us a chance to take some time to reflect on the first year of Halo Infinite and the roadmap that we … Continue reading ?