Category: Halo News Items
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Podtacular 422: It’s Elementary
We were supposed to start our discussions for our Halo 5 roundtables this week, but due to some scheduling conflicts for the people we were getting on, we are going to try again next week. Not to worry though; there’s … Continue reading →
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Fails of the Weak 190
Jack and Gavin take you through the latest Halo mishaps in volume 190 of Fails of the Weak. There a few vehicle fails that are certainly worth checking out. You can watch it on AH or YouTube. Thanks NikkoB201.(mastrbiggy 20:23:38 UTC)
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Trick Talks Episode 3
Trick77 let us know about Trick Talks, a series that invites members of European Halo community to talk all things Halo. In the latest episode, Harry ‘ Lethal’ Thomas stops by to discuss the future of competitive Halo. You can also check out episode …
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The Forefathers of the Space Squirrel
Former Bungie environment artist Paul Russel tweeted out some creatures and vehicles that never made it into final version of Halo 1. Marcus Lehto later jumped into the conversation and shared a few more things from the vault. Some of this stuff we’v…
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Halo 5 Shows Up In Xbox Trailer
Microsoft’s recently released Xbox One trailer has a little surprise at the 51 second mark – ‘Halo 5 Infinity Slayer on Haven’ appears in the Xbox activity feed. This raised the collective Halo internet eyebrow, but 343i was quick to clarify. As you …
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It’s Wednesday, right?
Once again, way late… but hey, sometimes we forget. This week’s Halo Bulletin went live on Wednesday (as usual)… and it’s worth a read. A great speedrun, playlist updates, new elements, and some slick screenshots – go read! (It’s local, too – as us…
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Kotobukyia Master Chief Statue
Waypoint posted a handful of pictures of Kotobukyia’s 12-inch Master Chief statue – it looks pretty slick! Thanks, thebruce0.(mastrbiggy 19:47:49 UTC)
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Finally, A Halo Terrain Editor
Compton dropped by to let us know that Halo Waypoint tweeted a picture of a Minecraft Master Chief. Apparently Halo content is coming to Minecraft for Xbox – weird.(mastrbiggy 20:24:23 UTC)
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All Units 2?
Joystiq published an article highlighting that Microsoft is looking for an experienced designer to work on an ‘established and well-loved strategy game franchise’. My guess is that Microsoft is referring to Age of Empires. The fact that Microsoft is …
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Halo Legendary in 1:38:27
It was only a few months ago that goatrope set the record for speed running Halo 1 on easy, now he has set the record for speed running Halo 1 on legendary. The entire 1:38:57 run is available on YouTube – pretty impressive! goatrope also put togethe…
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Spartan Laser Render
Vico came across some Spartan Laser renders by 343i environment artist Jeremiah Strong. Before you jump to any conclusions about the next Halo, Frankie stated that this is from Jeremiah’s personal reel. Still, it’s a pretty neat take on the Splaser. …
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Podtacular 421: Over Expansion
Sometimes things don’t quite go as planned during the week and cascading effects start to roll over things we have scheduled. This week was victim to one such occurrence, so we don’t quite start on the full fledged Halo 5 … Continue reading →
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Your Favorite Halo Fiction Moment Can Win Books
Fl&uum;gel Meister let us know that The Secrets Within is giving away a copy of the Kilo-Five trilogy (Glasslands, The Thursday War, and Mortal Dictata) to the Halo fan who can most impress him with their favorite Halo fiction moment. Entries will be accepted (as comments on the article) until May 9, and then a…
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Concept Art Collection Surfaces
gamerguy2002 ran across a pretty nice collection of Halo concept art – both Halo: Reach and Halo 4. Swing by and take a look – you might find stuff you’ve never seen before!(Louis Wu 17:50:49 UTC)
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Halo series looks to air on Showtime
Variety has an article looking at the next live-action Halo series – looks like the Xbox Entertainment team is close to a deal with Showtime – and it looks like the episode might air on cable FIRST, followed by an Xbox showing. That’s pretty interestin…
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Oh, Emile… why you gotta be that way?
Fails of the Weak once again focuses on Reach, heavy on the Campaign. (7 of the 10 fails were Reach fails, and four of those were Campaign.) Mostly, Emile’s a jerk. Watch it on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 18:31:21 UTC)
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Sins of the Prophets – news update
It’s been more than a year since the last time we heard about Sins of the Prophets, a Halo mod for Sins of a Solar Empire – but Chad Farris pointed us to a news update posted yesterday. Looks like the mod was released in January, and more than 23,000 …