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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: Dust Storm

  • Podtacular Summer Plans

    Most (if not everyone) has noticed that we have not produced a show in quite some time. This is primarily due to end of college for the hosts and Dust Storm getting a summer job. A few things are going to change for the summer. Since there is not much to talk about until we…

  • Podtacular 227: Halo Reach Impressions

    Download We decided to go ahead and do a show for the day just to cover some of our impressions on the Halo: Reach Beta. All the quirks, bugs and issues we found we talked about in this episode. Next week’s show will be the community’s fe…

  • Podtacular’s Forum Update Show (unofficial)

    We always try to let the community try to give back in their own ways, and one of our members Funnyboy is doing just that. He is doing a show centered around the Podtacular Forums and the community members, trying his luck at podcasting and possibly getting the “official” tag to his show. He’s having…

  • Podtacular 226: Halo: Reach Live

    Download The first show on the Halo: Reach Beta is finally here after many delays. We are joined by AnTi Pro from Arm the Flag for an interesting in-game podcast. We go over some of the things that are new in Reach, focusing on Armor abilities and some of the new gametypes and maps. When…

  • Halo: Reach Beta is LIVE!

    You’ve been sitting in front of your TV waiting for the announcement that the Reach Beta is available. Guess what, it’s up and rockin’, so boot up your ODST disc and start downloading Reach to get into the fun. While you’re at it, make sure to submit your thoughts about the game so we can…

  • Podtacular 225: Can’t Get Enough of Reach!

    Download | Shownotes This show is out a little late because of finals, but it’s finally here. Over the past couple of weeks, lots of news from the press has come out about the Halo: Reach Beta. So this week, we’re here to talk about all that news until next week when the beta comes…

  • Live Show for Podtacular 226

    We will be broadcasting live for episode 226, where we will give our first impressions on the Beta. We will be doing this on the livestream channel so we have the chat room to submit your thoughts. We will be playing Halo: Reach for most of the day and will break to do […]

  • Bungie Enters into Partnership with Activision

    Well, this is a bit of a shocker, but Bungie has just announced a 10-year publishing agreement with Activision for their next IP. This raises a few questions since Activision publishes for multiple consoles. In the agreement, Bungie will retain the ownership of its new IP and will remain an independent company. Also, what does…

  • Podtacular 224: Red vs Blue Interview

    Download | Shownotes For some reason, all the guests we have on magically makes the podcast a half-a-day endeavor. We sat down with Burnie Burns from Rooster Teeth Productions for four and a half hours resulting in more than three hours of quality podcast material. We managed to cut it down to an hour and…

  • Bungie ViDoc: Halo: Reach Carnàge Carnivàle

    Bungie is at it again with 11 days before the beta release for Halo: Reach. There are tons of new goodies in this video. Make sure you watch it as we’ll be discussing it on this week’s show.

  • Halo: Reach Multiplayer Blowout Submissions

    If you’re staying in the news, you’re ready to cruise with our next podcast, where we will talk about all the new info that keeps flooding the interwebs. If you haven’t already, check out the sources listed below and submit your thoughts and questions. The week after, we will be broadcasting live in […]

  • Podtacular 223: Reach Beta Multiplayer Maps

    Download Now since the Halo 2 farewell project is done, I had time to get his little gem from last week edited and put out. It was actually uploaded yesterday, but I forgot to make the post (failboat!). On this episode, we discuss the information released about the multiplayer maps for reach on IGN and…

  • Podtacular Halo 2 Farewell

    As Halo 2 on XBOX Live comes to a close, the Podtacular staff takes time to remember what made Halo 2 so fun. Halo 2 was the building block for Podtacular and holds many fond memories for some of our closest community members. So for those who were around waaay back in the day, take…

  • Did You Know?

    If you have played Halo 2 recently, you probably noticed the new items in the “Did you Know?” box while you’re waiting for matchmaking to find players. So here starts the compilation of all those funny quotes we are used to seeing from Bungie. Last Chance! If you want to have access to all the…

  • RoosterTeeth making a visit

    Burnie from RoosterTeeth Productions is stopping by the podcast for our next episode. For those who don’t know who he is, first of all shame on you, and second (more importantly) he plays Church from “the popular web series”, Red vs Blue. We will be interviewing them and asking for their thoughts about […]

  • Halo 2 Farewell Game Nights

    For those who haven’t joined us before now, Podtacular is reminiscing in the game that started the community back in the days of foo. For the next three days, we will be hoping on XBOX Live and playing Halo 2 until the Live service for the original XBOX ceases. If you want to be a…

  • Podtacular 222 Pokéshow

    So for the second week in a row, our podcast has been infiltrated by Pokémon. We managed to spend about an hour before the show talking about Pokémon and other things. Here’s the audio: link

  • Submissions for Episode 223

    IGN had an interview with the multiplayer Design leads for Halo: Reach which had some tasty new info (link: here). Our next episode will cover the information that was revealed in the interview. We will also have special guest, BS Angel from Hawty McBloggy to help us go over all the details. […]

  • Podtacular 222: Halo 2 Farewell: Multiplayer Tales

    Download | Shownotes Continuing on in our coverage of Halo 2 before it dies on Live, this week’s show focuses on the multiplayer aspect of Halo 2. Because this podcast was started for Halo 2 multiplayer, we decided to bring the man, himself in to discuss the good ‘ole days: foomojive. Since Dust Storm didn’t…

  • IGN interviews Bungie on the new Halo: Reach Beta maps

    IGN got the chance to sit down with the multiplayer design leads at Bungie about the maps that will be present in the Halo: Reach beta. If you have not read the article, you can find it here. We will also be doing our next episode on the details revealed in this article with our…