Category: Halo News Items
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The Silent Cartographer: Evolved (Released)
Ifafudafi, with CMT, let us know that the Halo PC mod ‘Silent Cartographer: Evolved’ has been released. You can watch the launch trailer on YouTube, you can swing by their forums to pick up the mod. It’s the last Halo project for a number of the team (…
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Two Top Fives (a Top Ten? Nope…)
TrueAchivements have put out a couple of new Top Five lists that include Halo references – thanks to Morpheus for the heads-up. Franchises That Could Switch Genres include Halo (as Survival Horror), and Sidekicks include (surprise) Cortana. Go check ou…
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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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New Blood Preview Online
Kobo Books has an excerpt from the upcoming Halo: New Blood novel – and it looks like our friend Buck has gotten a promotion, of sorts. (Grizzlei is not happy.) (Louis Wu 22:22:22 UTC)
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CE3 2015 Live – just 4 months away
CE3 2015 is coming up – submission deadline for content is June 27, while teh actual air date is July 11. MatthewDratt stopped by our forum with a link to a promo trailer and some basic details!(Louis Wu 22:15:18 UTC)
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Rockslide Megabattle – AR and Pistol
Rockslider has completed his rockslide megabattle sequence with a final pair of vids – 11 supporting marines, with either the AR or the Pistol to help thin out Covies. Go watch! (Louis Wu 22:13:10 UTC)
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Halo 2 – Jackal Shield Action
Gamecheat13 got the Halo 2 Jackal Shield (originally planned to be a playable shield for you, after you removed it from its original owner) working, so you can see what it would have played like. Looks like Bungie’s decision to cut this was a good one!…
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Halo Community Update – end of February
The latest Halo Community Update at Halo Waypoint details an upcoming content update – should improve details across the board. There are also updates to MCC Playlists, and some stats on weapons used during the Halo 5 Beta. Go give it a read! Thanks, u…
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Canon Fodder – Second To None
This week’s Canon Fodder focuses on Second Story, a feature of the Halo Channel that allows new views into existing content. Nightfall is one of the first projects to receive the Second Story treatment, and GrimBrother One’s got the lowdown for you on …
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Crowd-sourced Halo? Not yet.
Remember that old chestnut about a million monkeys pounding away on a million keyboards, accidentally creating Shakespeare as they go? Yeah… not so much. (Thanks, SEspider.)(Louis Wu 22:53:39 UTC)
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Rockslide Megabattle – Now With More Sniping
Rockslider has added another variant to his newest rockslide megabattle – this time it’s sniper/pistol vs the bad guys. Go see how he does! (Louis Wu 22:50:49 UTC)
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Halo Randomness 2015 – E01
2good4u2 is back with another installment of his Randomness series – it’s well-labeled. Games range from the original Halo to Halo 5 Beta. Go watch!(Louis Wu 22:47:04 UTC)
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Drunken Halo vs Pigs Round 3
Game 3 of 4 of the Drunken Halo vs PIGS podcast showdown is now on YouTube. This time they duel it out by slaying each other on Abandon. Thanks, Travis Bryce.(mastrbiggy 21:48:02 UTC)
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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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Rockslide megabattle, 12 against 33
Rockslider’s back to his rockslide megabattle setup – this time with 11 marines and 33 covies. Sound like fun? Go watch!(Louis Wu 20:56:43 UTC)
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Teleporting Projectiles
Interesting! Lord Zedd has posted a video showing teleporters working with projectiles (you fire into one end, it comes out the other). Apparently, this was built into the game, but never activated. I’m sort of glad (I can’t tell you how frustrating it…