Category: Halo News Items

The first go at ‘Visualizing the Halo Universe’ under new leadership looks to be a success! TDSpiral let us know that the results for round 21 are in and up at the website. Go check out the fans take on Thel ‘Vadam’s ancestor, Ther ‘Vadam!(MacGyver10 2…

Quirel let us know that 343 Industries got together and recorded themselves playing through the first mission of Halo 5: Guardians with commentary. Our very own Grimbrother One joins the crew to educate them on Osiris’ story while he forgets to stay al…

The community page at HaloWaypoint has the first ‘Weekend Playlist’ poll up and waiting for your vote. The options this weekend are Shotty Snipers, Capture the Flag and Strongholds, so if you want to play one of those in particular over weekend, go vot…

The public beta for Halo 5’s API is open now for those interested. The stats, service records and carnage report info can be funneled into whatever tickles your fancy. Maybe someone can work up an HBO stats list?(MacGyver10 18:44:49 UTC)

Some pretty cool news from the Xbox team as Halo 5: Guardians has the biggest launch in Halo history (though sales do include hardware this time). I did find it interesting that they saw a spike in digital orders after the YouTube stream and Halo 5 bec…

343 Industries has announced that thanks to REQ pack purchases, the Halo World Championship prize pool has grown from a cool million to $1,500,000 now! Check out their post at Waypoint!(MacGyver10 18:37:12 UTC)

We mentioned the screenplay and summary from the cancelled Operation Chastity earlier this week, but Tuckerscreator came back with more goodies today. Check out some of the original storyboards now from the creator himself (about half way down the page…

Did the movie Tremors do to the desert what Jaws did to the oceans for you? Well stay away from this video! Greenskull shows off a nice little easter egg on the map, The Rig, from Halo 5. Takes a little effort, but easy to replicate and one of the best…

Man At Arms is no stranger to Halo Weapons, but they’ve added to their arsenal now in brutish fashion. Check out their brand new gravity hammer video to see how they made this 100 lb behemoth! (Thanks thebruce0!)(MacGyver10 19:32:12 UTC)

Looks like the UNSC is hooking up our armed forces with a cool little coin for their purchase of Halo 5! If you buy #Halo5 on a military base, you get a collectible coin with your purchase. pic.twitter.com/qrV1e6Znu2— ICXM (@XboxMAD) November 2, …

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that we’re cancelling the Guilt O’ Lantern contest – we didn’t get enough entries to actually HOLD it. I’ll send prizes to the people who DID enter (and post their submissions sometime later this week, for poste…

This is… amazing. A cosplayer and a designer have teamed up to build a helmet with 25,000 Swarovski crystals on it, and are selling it on eBay to raise money for the Make-A-Wish foundation. There is still over a week remaining on the auction – curren…