Category: Halo News Items
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The Halo Lowdown for the Week
Yesterday’s Halo Bulletin is full of fun stuff: details about RTX (coming up in a week), details about the timed exclusive skulls you’ll get by buying your copy of the Master Chief Collection from a specific retailer, details about Halo: Escalation #7 …
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Flood onslaught challenge
Rockslider jumped into Keyes recently, and had a little fun with the Flood. Swing by his post for details, and movie links! (Louis Wu 23:17:50 UTC)
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To (1080)p or not to (1080)p
Over at Inquisitr, there’s a summary of a post Frank O’Connor made on NeoGAF recently – he was explaining why the E3 shots of Halo 2 Anniversary weren’t a full 1080p. It seems that the build we saw earlier this month was only 900p, because the second f…
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This Ring Will Make Us Brothers-in-Law
Beorn stopped by the forum a couple of days ago to share some pictures from his sister’s wedding. (No, he’s not just showing off family photos – she and her husband met online, playing Halo, and the gaming played a role in their nuptuals! Check out the…
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Cleaning up odds and ends
A couple of rough days at the homestead means limited online time; let’s catch up. gamerguy2002 pointed out a new vid from Lord Zedd – more digging in the code for Halo 4 has turned up a few unused pieces of armor in the code – swing by to see ’em. (Th…
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E3 2014 Special: Randy Pitchford from Gearbox Software
The development of Halo has been shared between many developers over the years. While Bungie and 343 Industries are Halo household names, other contributing studios have left their significant mark on the Halo franchise, one of which is Gearbox Software. … Continue reading →
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Covenant Carbine Renders
AlexCatMasterSupreme from the Polycount forums shared these really incredible renders of the Covenant Carbine. 0ooh, sparkly! Thanks, Computron.(mastrbiggy 21:08:43 UTC)
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Podtacular 430
Dust Storm let us know that Podtacular episode 430 is live – in this episode the crew dig into the story of Halo 5: Guardians and speculate about Agent Locke’s role in the Halo universe. Go listen!(mastrbiggy 21:03:18 UTC)
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Thin Ice
Yeah, so, we only mentioned Episode 7 of RvB’s Season 12 yesterday… but Episode 8 is out now, and it’s pretty great. Caboose offers some useful advice (I was surprised, too), and the – well, you’ll have to watch. So go watch. (Louis Wu 20:01:59 UTC)
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Drunken Halo: Episode 80
Justin Bryce let us know that the latest Drunken Halo podcast is full of discussion about the Master Chief Collection – go listen!(Louis Wu 19:57:43 UTC)
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AI Battle – Flood Tank vs Hunter
Gamecheat set up another AI battle – this one is Flood Tank vs Hunter. Front-facing melees (from either side) were ineffective… so these battles lasted a while. Pretty fun anyway! (And the extras are worth seeing.)(Louis Wu 19:56:34 UTC)
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Marlin the Elite Ep 90: No Way Back
Layne Thomas sent us a note about the Season 9 finale of Marlin the Elite – where DOES that teleporter go?(Louis Wu 19:32:54 UTC)
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Ain’t no thing like me, ‘cept me.
What happens when you combine good video editing with a funny original trailer and some Halo footage? You come out with Gugga Leunnam’s Halo/Guardians of the Galaxy Mashup Trailer. Loved it. (Louis Wu 23:23:02 UTC)
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Volpin Props Needler Blueprint on Sale
Volpin Props is currently selling their poster blueprints at a discount. Among the posters on sale is a 24″x18″ Needler schematic and it’s only $10. I might have to snag one of these for myself! Thanks, Revenant1988 (mastrbiggy 21:36:11 UTC)
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Self Assessment
Oops – we forgot to mention last week’s episode of Red vs Blue Season 12… so here’s a heads-up just a few hours before THIS week’s episode. Tucker convinces the team to do the right thing… even though it’s potentially dangerous. And maybe not the r…
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Fails of the Weak 196
Jack and Ray go through another 10 fails in this week’s installment of FotW – I could smell the frustration on ‘Want to Make Out?’ Go watch – it’s on both AH.com and YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 23:53:53 UTC)
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SC Ascent – Augmented
On Friday, Rockslider stopped in with a new vid – it shows you how to increase the number of enemies you face on the way up at the main facility on Silent Cartographers, in order to add spice to the fight. We didn’t get a chance to post this yesterday …
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Podtacular 430: Locke and Load
During the Xbox Media Briefing at E3, we got a glimpse into the future of Halo and Master Chief’s story with the introduction of Agent Locke, the mysterious ONI Spartan revealed during the Halo 5: Guardians announcement. Many questions have … Continue reading →
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Halo: Broken Circle
Waypoint announced that a new Halo novel from author John Shirley will release on November 4th. The title of the book is Halo: Broken Circle and it will explore the beginnings of the relationship between The Elites and the Prophets. It seems like this …