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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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Woaf 117: Part 8 – Johnson and On and On
The Woaf is back with more hilarity as his patience is running thin with the covenant menace and confusion by re-animated Marines, AI misinformation and plasma trajectories. The Woaf himself let us know in our forum, but you can also check it out on YouTube!(MacGyver10 20:02:47 UTC)
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Halo 5: Guardians Series 02 Action Figures
Bounce-A-Gon gave us a heads up on series 02 of the Halo 5: Guardians McFarlane toys coming out soon. You can see previews of Spartan Buck as well as the HERMES, HELLJUMPER and ATHLON spartan armors. Each toy purchased includes a free ‘supply REQ pack’ as well for in-game content!(MacGyver10 19:59:17 UTC)
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Halo Community Update and Episode 24 of The Bulletin
We missed the late community update and bulletin last Friday, but there is plenty to talk about! Bravo mentions the new Halo: Last Light novel coming out this week, but also goes into detail on Warzone REQ progression system. We also get promises of more reveals coming soon, including more story reveals, the REQ Pack system and spartan customization. Go give it a read on HaloWaypoint! Jay is also back with a cool look at a life size Hunter cosplay and some new footage of the Halo 5 Arena map Plaza! Check it all out on HaloWaypoint!(MacGyver10 19:54:21 UTC)
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Podtacular 503: Interview with Gus & Pax Prime 2015 Recap
We’re back from our two weeks off of the podcast as we start counting down the days to the launch of Halo 5: Guardians. While there was not much Halo at Pax aside from Warzone playable at the Xbox booth, there was plenty of things to keep us busy. We are joined by Rebel Rouser and Minolta1034 from Ready Up Live to recap our Pax Prime experience. Before our recap, we had the honor of talking with Gus from Rooster Teeth about his experience with gaming, his thoughts on Halo 5: Guardians and the evolution of video games, and what it’s like to work at a gaming/entertainment company.
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ASE Ep. 169 Marathon Tempus Irae 34 I Can Feel It
Blackstar and Narcogen have to reboot the Pfhor computer core in one of Tempus Irae’s most puzzle-filled levels.
We’re fighting the Pfhor in Italy of the past in third party scenario Tempus Irae!
Tempus Irae can be played, like the other Marathon games, using the open source Aleph One engine which you can get here for Windows, Mac and Linux:
Tempus Irae and other third party scenarios for the Aleph One engine can be downloaded here:
http://source.bungie.org/scenarios.php#more
There’s a ZIP format archive here:
http://nardo.bungie.org/alephone.php
Direct link:
http://nardofiles.bungie.org/Tempus_Irae.zip
We use irons’ Co-Op script, (but not this time) which gives weapons and ammo to both players if either picks any up, and prevents weapon loss on death (so items can’t be destroyed in lava or slime). The script also allows one player to teleport to a destination set by themselves or their partner, in case co-op players run into a problem a solo player would have to restart for.
http://simplici7y.com/items/co-op
Tempus Irae has its own spoiler guide:
http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/tempus/
Subscribe to the Narcogen’s YouTube channel for Anger, Sadness and Envy video podcasts:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIof4Cp3-cam7bAFzDEwK_wzSSEya050i
Subscribe to the iTunes channel or RSS feed for shorts and audio podcasts:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anger-sadness-and-envy/id266991411?mt=2
http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngerSadnessEnvy
Music used in this episode:
“What About Bob?” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (intro music)
“New Pacific (Reprise)” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (outro music)
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Friday Fan Fiction – only 3 weeks late
Totally late, but hey, it’s Friday, right? Check out HWPD’s latest submission for LORC: Beginnings – it’s live now in the Fan Fiction section!(Louis Wu 03:40:44 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #67 Prison of Elders: Skolas’s Revenge
To cap off Year 1 of Destiny just before the launch of the Taken King expansion, Blackstar, Funkmon and Narcogen take on Skolas, Kell of Kells, in the Prison of Elders.
This episode contains only the final boss fight against Skolas and not the waves leading up to him. The boss fight has been edited for length.
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Hear the Crunching Jackal Bones and Pew-pew of the Plasma Rifle in Style
The Halo 5: Guardians ASTRO A40 Gaming headset has arrived for your Xbox One. It’s their capable A40 headset and MixAmp M80, just this one features the steel and blue color scheme of the Halo 5 LE console and has speaker tags highlighting Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris. If you’re looking for a headset to do your Halo 5 gaming with, make sure you check this one out!(MacGyver10 15:53:09 UTC)
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Halo 5 Voice Actor Panel at Summer Sac-Anime 2015
In her travels to other forums, Grizzlei came across the links to a great Halo 5 voice actor panel from Summer-Sac Anime 2015. Steve Downes and Jen Taylor, the voices of the Chief and Cortana, were there of course, but the voice actors for Olympia Vale and Spartan Fred-104/Jul ‘Mdama also were on this great panel. It’s split into three parts, but Grizzlei has linked everything in our forum and even discussed some of the highlights of the panel! Be forewarned, there are very minor spoilers involved as to some character interaction in Halo 5: Guardians, but nothing too earth-shattering.(MacGyver10 15:46:59 UTC)
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That Ain’t No Banshee, It’s A Warthog!
We’ve been following the custom paint job Mid7night has been working into his A-10 plane, and while he finished a short time ago, we had yet to see the ‘bird’ in action! Thanks to a friendly, windy day, Mid7night was able to take the plane out for some acrobatic maneuvering! Check out his forum post for some pretty cool pics and videos of his Halo-theme plane in action!(MacGyver10 15:43:06 UTC)
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No Map Voting/Vetoing, but Possibly Theater Mode in Halo 5
While there’s nothing to show for it quite yet, Tex pointed out a tweet from Josh Holmes that map voting and vetoing appears to be out for Halo 5 and Bounce-A-Gon brought to our attention what seems to be a confirmation of a theater mode in Halo 5! Check out those links for discussion in our classy, classic forums!(MacGyver10 15:28:45 UTC)
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Banshee Battling In A Tunnel
Rockslider is back with a unique location for battling banshees in Halo CE’s second level. He has his version of the video in an addition to the YouTube and local HBO files. Go check out his sticky grenade work that even left Captain Spark himself impressed!(MacGyver10 15:25:32 UTC)
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A Marlin the Elite Announcement
On the 8th anniversary of the first episode, the Marlin the Elite web series is back with a very special announcement to be made! Check out the announcement video on YouTube from ThomasProductions! They even hired the team from the Fantastic Four reboot to help them out!(MacGyver10 15:30:24 UTC)
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