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Cortana Looks ‘Brilliant’ In This Lit Up Piece
Eric Rodrigues has been making great Halo art for over a decade and sharing it with us at HBO. He recently emailed us a beautiful shot of Cortana that he gussied up a bit. He drew a pose of Cortana, engraved it into a sheet of lucite with his dremel and then framed it with a LED strip to create a brilliant piece of art!(MacGyver10 16:04:12 UTC)
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Old Weapons in Halo 4
Speaking of cut content, looks like a few weapons from Reach made their way into Halo 4. Gamecheat13 found both the Plasma Launcher and Focus Rifle laying around in Halo 4 code. Once again, gamerguy2002 summed up the finds in our forum.(MacGyver10 16:01:37 UTC)
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Laugh, Laugh and Bang Bang in Halo CEA
Lord Zedd is back slinking through the coded underbelly of Halo games and found some unused skulls that were planned or played with in Halo CEA. Both the ‘Laugh’ and ‘Bang Bang’ skulls are fleshed out a little bit in the cut content he found. (Thanks gamerguy2002 for the thorough post in our forum)(MacGyver10 15:45:55 UTC)
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Rockslider Improves the Maw Banshee Snatch
Rockslider is back with more shenanigans in Halo CE, this time improving upon someone else’s shenanigans. Investigating the business of snatching a Banshee on The Maw, he found a way of speeding things up a lot. Ducain suffered five hours of weapon accumulation to overload the game back in 2004, but he has that work down to around 80 minutes. Check out his links in our forum for your favorite way of watching!(MacGyver10 22:43:53 UTC)
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From Paper, to Video, to Music
Wahrer has done some pretty amazing transcribing, and not of words, but of music! Based on the compositions shown in writing in the Sprint Season 3 videos, he’s put the notes to music. Pretty cool!(MacGyver10 22:41:40 UTC)
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It’s Gold!
According to Josh Holmes on Halo Waypoint, Halo 5 has officially gone gold – it’s certified and ready to ship. Now all that’s left is the wait until October 27! I’m drooling… (Thanks, The BS Police.)(Louis Wu 14:57:24 UTC)
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Forge in Halo 5 Confirmed As Best Ever and Coming in Decemeber
We know there have been many people waiting on news of Halo 5’s forge (our own Hyokin for instance), and today 343 has put up a new article and video going into some detail on the latest iteration of forge. It seems some community forgers had the chance to help in its creation, and many of the new features are implemented directly from community wishlists! Thanks for stopping by with the great news, Grim!(MacGyver10 22:04:18 UTC)
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Hunt the Truth – S02E03: Safe House
thebruce0 has linked us to the latest episode of season 2 of Hunt The Truth. A friend returns from the dead, a safe house becomes a trap, and Maya is faced with a decision that will change her life forever. Go check it out on the HtT blog!(MacGyver10 22:01:55 UTC)
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Forbes Videos on Halo 5
Forbes has released a couple of videos for the upcoming Halo 5, and Grizzlei in our forum has linked to both part 1 and part 2 for us if you want to check out her post or join in on the discussion!(MacGyver10 21:59:34 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #81 Entropy’s Pinnacle
We ascend the heights above the Citadel to eliminate more Taken.
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #80 Taken War Venus
Even with Oryx missing in action, presumed Taken, his footsoldiers continue to assault Guardians and others on Venus.
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Pumpkin Chief
Free Weights stopped in with a photo he took at a pumpkin festival in Germany.Amazing!(Louis Wu 23:09:53 UTC)
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Unsung Hero of the Halo Franchise
Pretty interesting podcast from the Science Fiction Show – Eric Trautmann talks about how the first Halo novel came to be. Some of his recollections are pretty surprising! Thanks to Grizzlei, who found this on Eric Nylund’s blog.(Louis Wu 23:01:54 UTC)
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Unfathomable
The Community Update didn’t get posted this week – but in its place, you get a roundup of multiplayer impressions – a nice go-to list if you’re trying to soak it all in! (Louis Wu 22:58:53 UTC)
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Designs of the Times
This week’s Canon Fodder went live (as usual) on Friday – and (as usual) it’s worth your time. Wanna see how your favorite vehicles are getting modified for Halo 5? It’s in there. Wanna know what you can do with the Halo Channel app? It’s in there. Wondering why the Blue Team and Osiris Team entries in the Universe database were missing? It’s in there! Go read. Thanks, Urban Reflex.(Louis Wu 22:54:55 UTC)
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Podtacular 508: Halo Cosplaying with the 405th
Halo is expressed in many different mediums, but it really comes alive when fans cosplay as your favorite characters from the game. The folks from the 405th Infantry Division do just that and are the fans that spend countless hours recreating the armor, characters and weapons found in the game. In this special episode of the podcast we talk to Benedict Choy and Dani Yuan, Commanding Officers for the Pacific Regiment; Jeremie Sloan, Commanding Officer for the Portland, Oregon, South Western Washington area; and Jose Valdez. Jeremie and Jose are also both a part of Armory Props. If you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like to cosplay at an event in Halo gear, this is the show for you.
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #79 Paradox
Ikora Rey sends us down into the Vault of Glass, chasing the Taken, and we make a surprising find.
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Fear the Replicated Pink Mist
Bravo knows how to deal out the needles to our elite enemies, and it looks like thanks to NECA, you can also have your very own replica needler for $300.(MacGyver10 21:29:05 UTC)
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