Category: Halo News Items
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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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Flying Outside the Beta
Wow, very cool views. Gamecheat13 has broken out of the Halo 5 Beta space, and provided some flythroughs. Love this! Thanks, gamerguy2002.(Louis Wu 23:17:31 UTC)
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Halo 2 Anniversary Terminals – now in the Cutscene Library
The Halo Cutscene Library has grown again today – we’re making the Halo 2 Anniversary Terminals available for viewing and downloading. Once again, they’re available in 1080p, 720p, and 360p, but audio is stereo-only (this is because they were recorded …
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Always buy local
This was posted on DBO, but it’s Halo-related, so I’m bringing it up here. Our very own Leviathan is creating a commissioned piece for Blackt1g3r… and today the original concept sketch and a WIP piece were sent along. Amazing. Hire the guy – he’s rea…
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Death by a thousand needles
Rockslider has revisited the concept of filling frozen characters with needles, and then unfreezing them… this time with an Elite, and 1000 needles. (Yeah, that’s a lot.) Check it out… booms galore!(Louis Wu 22:07:51 UTC)
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New MCC Achievements Dropping Today
343 has announced that new Achievements for Spartan Ops (as well as some additional ones for MCC Multiplayer) will be dropping today – are you a completionist? Get to work! (They’re not listed yet on Achievement websites, but that should change soon.)(…
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The Master Chief Collection joins the Cutscene Library
Cody Miller jumped on the heavy-duty job of filming the cutscenes/terminals from The Master Chief Collection pretty early on… but life’s been so busy here that we’re JUST NOW beginning to get some of that content out there. First up – the CGI cutscen…
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Now that’s an incredible ear.
Wow. Check out this video from PlayerPiano – Sonya Belousova listens to the Halo theme for a few seconds… and then plays her own take on it. Amazing. (She covers a number of other video game themes in the same video.) Go watch! Thanks, Jeff. (Louis W…
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Halo 3 Beta – Early Spawn Points
gamerguy2002 let us know about the newest vid from Lord Zedd – he found some early spawn point markers in the Halo 3 Beta; low-poly Spartans instead of the abstract shapes we got in the final. Interesting!(Louis Wu 21:20:16 UTC)
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Halo: Humanity
Kzy1m3 let us know about a photo on Halo: Humanity’s Facebook page – looks like a new live-action film is on its way!(Louis Wu 21:19:34 UTC)
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Halo – Did You Know Gaming?
Did You Know Gaming? has released a Halo version – lots of facts that are probably well-known to hardcore fans, but might contain some interesting new tidbits for many people. (I saw a lot of HBO-originated material here… kind of nice!) Thanks, gamer…
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H1 freakiness and fun #8
Rockslider is kicking off the new year with another ‘freakiness and fun’ compilation – some funny clips, some sad clips, some just-plain-weird clips. Amazing how much fun there is to be had in the original title! (Louis Wu 18:24:18 UTC)
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Halo 5 Forge Maps: Pegasus and Orion
IGN has posted an article detailing two new Forge maps revealed for Halo 5 – go learn about Pegasus and Orion! Thanks, Gravemind. (Louis Wu 18:22:50 UTC)
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Halo 5 Beta Impressions sought (by a fan)
Wahrer put together a survey with Google Docs, looking to get your feedback on the Halo 5 Beta. Go let him know what you think!(Louis Wu 18:21:47 UTC)
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Coop Halo 2 Speedrun for AGDQ
Awesome Games Done Quick is in the middle of their winter fundraiser – money goes towards the Prevent Cancer Foundation, and you get to watch lots of cool speedrunning. This weekend, there’ll be a Halo 2 speedrun being done in coop by Mr Monopoli and R…
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Solving the Starscope
Cody Moore noticed some interesting stuff on the Xbox Twitter account… what does it get you? We don’t know yet!(Louis Wu 18:16:30 UTC)
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Epic CTF in the new year
The first Epic CTF match of the year took place a few days ago – munky-058 put up both a full video and a highlight reel. Go watch! (Louis Wu 18:15:13 UTC)
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Cheesecake… or maybe Gun cake
Hmm… Impact Props has fired up a Kickstarter project that’s already fully funded (and then some)… are you interested in a 2015 Car Calendar featuring Master Chief? Go jump on board! (Thanks to gamerguy2002 for this one, too.) (Louis Wu 18:12:10 UTC)