Author: theguardians@podtacular.com (Dust Storm)
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Podtacular 467: Halo Online Announced
When you talk Halo on the PC, you have to go back about 10 years to find Halo 2 Vista still kicking around. Recent news changes the whole game once again as Halo Online was announced for PC coming to … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 466: Halo 5 Beta Breakdown: Forge Mode
Our last Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta breakdown show focuses on the Forge maps we got to play in the final days of the beta, Pegasus and Orion. In talking about the map design and flow for slayer, we talk … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 465: Halo 5 Beta Breakdown: Spectator Mode
Our latest show comes from the depths of Pax East that took place this past weekend including the grand finals of HCS Season One. To no mere coincidence, this week we talk about one of thenew, highly demanded features in … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 464: Halo 5 Beta Breakdown: Breakout and Strongholds
Halo 5: Guardians is shaping up to focus on the competitive aspect of Halo, which we got a glimpse of during the beta. Breakout was featured as the new experience coming to Halo multiplayer, and with the modifications to base … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 463: Halo 5 Beta Breakdown: Maps
Guest-less this week, we take a look at the maps from the Halo 5 Guardians: Multiplayer Beta. We looked at the strengths and weaknesses of each map from playability to design to weapon placement and choices and more. We left … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 462: Halo 5 Beta Breakdown: Weapons
This week, we dive into the weapons of the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta. In the beta, we were introduced to the new Smart Scope system and legendary weapons, in addition to seeing all the changes to some staples of … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 461: Halo 5 Beta Breakdown: The Response
We did it, more specifically, the Halo community did it! Through countless hours of play time with the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer beta, we are helping shape the future of Halo. Earlier this week, Josh Holmes, Executive Producer at 343 … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 460: Halo 5 Beta Breakdown: Spartan Abilities
It is time for us to delve into our thoughts and feelings of the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta. We had three long weeks to test it out and break it down. We start off with the features that were … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 459: Out with the New, In with the Old
Halo 5 has come to a close, which means we’re shifting our focus back to The Master Chief Collection. A patch was recently released, but still leaves the collection in a broken state. There is another update on the way … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 458: Tangential
The Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta is coming to a close within the next few days and we’ve been enjoying every moment of it, but with it’s inevitable end, we begin to focus on the Master Chief Collection again and … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 457: Happy New Halo
We’re back after the holidays and we are feet first into the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer beta. At this point, we’ve been playing through Week two and three is coming very shortly. As most of our normal antics go, the … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 456: What Have We to Say Now
It is certainly an interesting time to be a Halo player, with the constant updates of the Master Chief Collection, but our patience will being rewarded. Bonnie Ross announced earlier this week that Exclusive in-game items and Halo 3: ODST … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 455: Gods of the Damned
Halo: Nightfall had some high anticipation going for it when announced that 343 would be working with Ridley Scott to produce the origin story for Agent Locke, who will be a prominent character in the upcoming Halo 5: Guardians. While … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 454: Get Your Update
As is now the norm for the Master Chief Collection, Content Updates seem to be the prime source of news lately, leaving a lot of other typical happenings in the community a little dry. The latest update addresses some minor … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 453: Are We Fixed Yet?
Since the release of the Master Chief Collection, there have been many frustrations amongst Halo fans with the numerous issues plaguing the game. The content update that came out this week, while it seems to statistically helped as reported by … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 452: The Master Bug Collection
The Master Chief Collection has had a very problematic launch with many bugs and issues affecting almost every part of the game and it seems to be different for every person. Achievements aren’t unlocking for campaign, lobbies are crashing post … Continue reading →
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Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta: Josh Holmes Interview
Following up with our previous interview, with Quinn DelHoyo, this time we talk with Josh Holmes, Studio Head for Internal Development for Halo. During this discussion, we talk about the new Spectator Mode that will be available in basic form … Continue reading →
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Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta: Quinn DelHoyo Interview
Last week we got to talk to Quinn DelHoyo, Multiplayer Designer for Halo 5: Guardians after getting hands-on with the game. In this interview, we talk about the new Spartan Abilities and how they play to the Halo 5 sandbox, … Continue reading →
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Podtacular 451: Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta Preview
Following our recent visit to New Your City to get our hands-on preview of the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta, we hooked up with Drax and SMG from Ready Up Live to talk about our impressions of the beta. Even … Continue reading →
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Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta Demo Audio
During our visit to New York City for our hands-on experience with the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta, Director of Production Chris Lee and Multiplayer Designer Quinn DelHoyo give us a quick demo of what we were going to play. … Continue reading →