With Eris Morn’s ship outfitted with our stolen stealth drive, we set out to make a beachhead on Oryx’s dreadnaught.
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New Halo 5 Guardians News This Week
IGN’s Ryan McCaffrey and others on the internet have hinted at some new Halo 5: Guardians news dropping this week. Keep your eyes peeled and let us know if you see anything. Thanks Bounce-A-Gon!(MacGyver10 16:22:21 UTC)
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Podtacular 504: Epic Battles and Team Dynamic
As Halo 5: Guardians approaches, info keeps rolling out. This week we got our next big info dump of campaign information in the form of two videos. We learned about the epic-scaled worlds and battles that will take place during Halo 5’s story, but also how the relationships within and between the two fireteams plays an integral role in the campaign. Since we’ve been away from the news scene since before Pax Prime, we also caught up on some of the other important information that has surfaced. Joining us this week is community member Mending Mercy.
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Episode 503 Excerpt: Split-Screen and Community
During our last episode, we talked with Rebel Rouser and Minolta1034 about our Pax Prime experience. In traditional Podtacular fashion, we had several tangents talking about Halo. We cut out a pretty big one from the episode for the sake of time. In this excerpt, we explore the decision of split-screen being cut affecting the couch co-op experience, and the current state of the Halo community compared to the community in the past and other current gaming communities. If you’re interested in hearing us ramble on for an extra 30 minutes, you can download the excerpt from here.
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Canon Fodder – What’s Urs’ is Ours
Grimbrother One is back with another edition of Canon Fodder at HaloWaypoint. He spends the majority of this one talking Morgan Lockhart, the narritive designer for 343 Industries on the story of Halo 5: Guardians. Go give it a read and learn more about the brains behind the story decisions we’ll be experiencing next month.(MacGyver10 22:28:22 UTC)
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The Fabled Unicorn Armor of Halo Lore
There are some pretty cool items that come with the Limited Edition Halo 5: Guardians Xbox One console just like came with the Halo 4 360 console. One item duplicated from the 360 LE console to the XBO console is the limited edition FOTUS armor. With the new REQ system, everyone will eventually have their shot at getting this armor, but LE console owners get it day one! Thanks to Chief Canuck, you can check out a picture of the armor on his Facebook page.(MacGyver10 22:22:56 UTC)
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If Halo WAS In A Box, It’s Not There Now
Studio Head, Josh Holmes, alongside Xbox’s Major Nelson have uploaded a video of a few unboxings for the upcoming game. They take apart all kinds of goodies for Halo 5: Guardians like the LE version of the game, the Limited Collector’s Edition, the LE Halo 5 Xbox One console, Halo-themed Xbox One controllers and the Astro A40’s inspired by Halo 5. Lot’s of stuff to check out!(MacGyver10 22:18:33 UTC)
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Halo 5: Guardians REQ System Introduction
Bounce-A-Gon posted in our forum the first in a line of blog series that will get us Halo fans up to date on the new REQ system in Halo 5: Guardians. Check out the introduction to the REQ System from Josh Holmes on Waypoint for an explanation of terms used in the system, the packs you will be earning and examples of types of cards you can earn in the system. Still no word on how much microtransactions will cost, but we should expect more blogs on the REQ system in the future apparently!Oh yeah, and there’s this video featuring Mister Chief’s first voice work too. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.(MacGyver10 20:09:47 UTC)
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OurThreeLives, a New Halo ARG?
Looks like fans of ILoveBees and season one of the Hunt the Truth audio series have something to be excited for! There appears to be a new ARG for Halo with ties to Hunt the Truth, check out the twitter account associated with the ARG and HaloArchive that has started working on the game already! Thanks zofinda!(MacGyver10 20:05:59 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #70 Cayde’s Stash
Hunter Vanguard Cayde-6 sends us into the Cosmodrome to find some hidden stealth technology.
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Spartan Palmer, Go Straight to Jail! Do Not Pass Go and Do Not Collect $200!
Saw a tweet from Rob Semsey that had me doing a bit of Googling. Looks like in addition to the game of Risk, Halo will now let you put fortresses and firebases on Reach, New Mombasa and other Halo locales! Exclusively available at Gamestop, it’s the Monopoly: Halo Collector’s Edition available now with custom Halo-themed tokens, gameboard and more.(MacGyver10 21:34:34 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #69 The Coming War
We check out a Cabal distress signal from Phobos in Destiny The Taken King ‘s first level.
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The History of Blue Team
Most of us that frequent Halo fansites probably know a good bit about the history of John-117 Master Chief and the spartan Blue Team, but if you need a refresher, or might have missed something in the comics, novels or elsewhere, the Halo Canon YouTube channel has a great piece on The History of Blue Team to get you ready for Halo 5: Guardians. If you want more on each individual member of Blue Team, the channel has also done pieces for John, Linda, Fred and Kelly that focus on the spartans themselves.(MacGyver10 21:14:45 UTC)
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Sword Lunge the Lightsaber!
Dust Storm sent us an email giving us a heads up on the latest Corridor Digital piece. In The Ultimate Gun Game we have combatants facing off with many of the most popular weapons from videos games. The portal gun, Minecraft’s diamond sword, Mario Kart’s red shell and yes, some Halo weapons make an appearance of course!(MacGyver10 00:09:49 UTC)
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Last Light Available Now
Don’t forget the latest Halo novel is available now! Check out the tweet from 343 Industries for more on the murder mystery set in the Halo universe and featuring Spartan Blue Team leader Fred-104!
(MacGyver10 19:13:01 UTC)Join Fred-104 of Blue Team in Halo: Last Light by @TDenningauthor! Available now: http://t.co/hrm0vke6Pu pic.twitter.com/MeYbtfnTeB
— Halo (@Halo) September 15, 2015
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Bring Your Own Bros
Like most of the Halo campaigns before it, Frankie has confirmed that there will be no campaign matchmaking in Halo 5: Guardians. Apparently, your squad of AI companions will more than likely be better teammates than a random ‘uncooperative, ammo-stealing, car-crashing diet racist you might have ended up with’.(MacGyver10 18:41:48 UTC)
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343 Industries Dev Blog on Campaign and Story
Ask and you shall receive! Studio Head, Josh Holmes is back with another developer blog, and here he tackles the story and campaign of Halo 5: Guardians! In addition to a couple of videos Morpheusl9 let us know about, there is plenty on the technical aspects of what makes the campaign mode tick, testimony from the Campaign Lead Engineer on one of his favorite moments in game and the importance of player choice in maneuvering through the environment. It’s a great opportunity to see behind the curtain of what goes into making a Halo campaign!(MacGyver10 20:08:08 UTC)
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