Category: Halo News Items

There’s a new Content Update available for the Master Chief Collection – it focuses specifically on matchmaking. There’s a list of changes available in the notes from 343 on Halo Waypoint – go give it a read! (There’s another update targeted for early …

If you’re interested in seeing what Halo 5 Multiplayer gameplay looks like, Ready Up Live and Polygon have posted an hour of it. Should give you enough time to form an opinion! Thanks, Revenant1988.(Louis Wu 16:57:08 UTC)

Urban Reflex noticed that the Escalation comic series has quietly been extended – it’s no longer a 12-piece series, it’s at least 16. Interesting!(Louis Wu 16:54:36 UTC)

Gamecheat shows what it would have been like playing as an Elite in Halo 4’s Spartan Ops. (It would have been hard, since none of the guns point the right way.) Thanks, gamerguy2002. (Louis Wu 16:53:37 UTC)

This is fun. Thanks, Kzy1m3.(Louis Wu 23:07:22 UTC)

General Vagueness stopped by with a new project – ‘Breaking out of Halo 4’. He’s got fileshare downloads available of all the Multiplayer maps (from the 360 version, not the MCC version of Halo 4) that you can grab and play around with. (There are a fe…

Stephen Loftus was messing around with 3ds Max and decided to put the interior portions of the Forward Unto Dawn (the game spaces we play in at the start of Halo 4) into a model of the ship, to see how big it actually needed to be to fit what we saw in…

We mentioned Toonami’s plan to preview the Master Chief Collection last week – it’s up now, on YouTube (in four parts). Check out gamerguy2002’s post for full details!(Louis Wu 23:19:39 UTC)

SEspider filmed the modeling of a Halo Elite in Sculptris – you can watch the entire process, from Hippo to actual Elite, in 13 minutes.(Louis Wu 23:15:51 UTC)

Nice – MixMaker1 mashed up The Force Awakens trailer with Halo footage… works really well! Check it out.(Louis Wu 23:13:24 UTC)

Zach Braff visited Legacy Effects, and took a picture next to the prop gun wall – check out what’s front-and-center! The prop gun wall at @LegacyEffects . pic.twitter.com/ehnRKCGIYs— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) December 1, 2014 (Thanks, KP.)(Louis W…

We here at HBO hope your Thanksgiving was a good one, if you’re here in the US, and that your Thursday was a good one, if you weren’t; we’re still in holiday mode (lots of family around), so we’re light on news. gamerguy2002 has you covered, though, wi…

Not sure I understand why… but the crew of Toonami will be playing MCC on the air this Saturday, from 11:30 to 6, on Adult Swim. Weird! Thanks again, gamerguy2002.(Louis Wu 22:17:49 UTC)

As MCC issues continue, the modders remain a powerful source of new material – there’s a video showing off more Halo 4 UNSC weapons with aim-down sights (the Spartan Laser actually seems MORE useful with this – the first weapon I’ve seen that this is t…

Bonnie Ross, Head of 343 Industries, posted a note on Halo Waypoint last night – she summarized the issues still facing the Master Chief Collection, and outlined the fixes that are in the pipeline. If you’re feeling like you’re not being listened to, g…

The modding scene continues to churn out interesting Halo content – Lord Zedd has a couple of interesting new vids for you, both focused on the Halo 4 Beta. The first shows off the ‘Midnight’ menus (which look like reskinned Reach menus), while the sec…