Author: halo@bungie.org
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Flood onslaught challenge
Rockslider jumped into Keyes, just to see what sort of mayhem he could wreak with a needler and a shotgun. (Turns out, quite a bit.) Check it out!(Louis Wu 23:08:00 UTC)
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Is this information correct?
Maker stopped by this weekend with an… interesting post. Go give it a read… and see where it goes!(Louis Wu 23:06:32 UTC)
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Halo Championship Series Atlanta
Today is the final day of the Iron Games HCS Atlanta tournament. Head on over to the Halo Twitch channel to catch some of the action!(mastrbiggy 20:49:38 UTC)
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Canon Fodder – Striking Features
This week GrimBrother One talks about the release of Halo: Spartan Strike and chats with some of the people who worked on the game. Grim is also giving away codes for Spartan Strike, but you’ll have to humor him in order to snag one. Unfortunately, tho…
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What’s Yours is Ours
Episode 3 of Red vs Blue Season 13 is now live – Epsilon can’t handle floating buildings, but Caboose is good with field trips. Go watch!(Louis Wu 20:21:02 UTC)
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An early adopter of Halo 5 IP
Wow – this first came to light during GDC last month, but we’re just hearing about it now, from the company’s press release. 3DPlusMe, a company that will put your high-res scanned face on a 3D model, has licensed content from Halo 5: Guardians – and w…
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Visualizing the Halo Universe: Writing Round 4
Postmortem is back with another writing round for his Visualizing the Halo Universe project. This round focuses on the multiplayer map Frozen Valley from Halo Wars. Go see what you can come up with!(mastrbiggy 23:48:36 UTC)
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Hunt the Truth – Episode 03 ‘Critical Condition’
Episode 3 of the the Hunt the Truth audio series is now available. In this episode Giraud talks with retired military personnel to help uncover the truth behind the Master Chief’s past. General Vagueness also pointed out a picture of a glassed planet …
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The Hubdate
Mixmasterchief stopped by to let us know that the ReclaimerHub crew have relaunched their site. Go check out all the upgrades! (mastrbiggy 23:52:40 UTC)
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Suicidal Elites
Rockslider posted a new video – the one shows how you can bait Elites into running off the edge of the map at the beginning of AoTC. This is pretty funny!(mastrbiggy 23:06:07 UTC)
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Dumb Ways to Die (in Video Games)
This is quite old, but Mehasteakman created a song that pokes fun at all the silly and dumb ways to die in video games. It’s only fitting that Halo’s multiplayer make an appearance in the music video. Thanks, SEspider.(mastrbiggy 23:00:51 UTC)
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Halo 4 – Unused Aim Sway
Lord Zedd dug deeper into Halo 4’s code and found more hidden secrets. This video shows aim swaying when scoped. According to Lord Zedd, the degree of ‘swayness’ changes depending on zoom level and that the sway can be scaled with moving and crouching …
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Halo 4 – Vault/Clamber
Lord Zedd discovered a vault/clamber mechanic buried in the Halo 4 code. There are no fancy animations, but it’s neat to see that this mechanic was considered prior to Halo 5. Thanks, gamerguy2002.(mastrbiggy 23:26:49 UTC)
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Simplex for TMCC
TheCrazedSpartan has recreated Simplex from Halo 4 for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Looks like an exact replica – nice work! Thanks, SEspider.(mastrbiggy 23:26:17 UTC)
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Help fund GrifballHub’s RTX booth
GrifballHub is running a Kickstarter to help fund a Grifball booth for this year’s RTX. There’s 23 days left to help fund the booth and reward levels start at $1. Go donate! Thanks, Kal Belgarion.(mastrbiggy 22:27:38 UTC)
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Martin O’Donnell now part of the Classic FM Hall of Fame
Martin O’Donnell was recently inducted into the Classic FM Hall of Fame for his iconic work for the Halo series. Neat!(mastrbiggy 22:19:32 UTC)
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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…
