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Never Trust the Dice
We’ve been reading and seeing a lot about the new Halo: Fleet Battles tabletop game from Spartan Games, but our own forum user Jaydee shared his experience commanding the UNSC against the relentless Covenant. It’s a great read for those interested in the gameplay of the new game!(MacGyver10 15:11:39 UTC)
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Canon Fodder: Rhine Installation
GrimBrother One stopped by with word of another Canon Fodder last week. You can read the words at HaloWaypoint for more information on the Gamescom reveals, some lore on two of the new Halo 5 maps and the SDCC panel on the Hunt The Truth audio series!(MacGyver10 15:08:33 UTC)
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Podtacular 499: Together At Last
Gamescom has brought us a plethora of more Halo info, not just limited to Halo 5: Guardians. While we got the announcement of Colosseum and gameplay on Fathom, we also got the announcement for Halo Wars 2, the Halo World Championship as part of the Halo Championship Series, and the Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition Xbox One and other limited edition Xbox One controllers were finally revealed. We all are together for the first time all recording in the same room as we’re here in Austin, Texas in celebration of our 10 year anniversary.
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ASE Ep. 164 Marathon Tempus Irae 29: …evil so singularly personified
Blackstar and Narc witness a high-level assassination aboard the Pfhor ship and then proceed to disable the engines, while S’pht’Kr beam in and explode some Juggernaughts.
We’re doing a new Marathon adventure– this time 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
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
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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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Digital Foundry Shows Halo 5 Locked at 60fps
This day and age, games can’t just be about how they play or the fun you can have, but it’s all about the numbers. For those that care, Digital Foundry has a new video up showing off the locked-in 60fps that Halo 5 is sporting these days. A bonus is the multiplayer footage featuring some in-game clips of levels I hadn’t seen yet!(MacGyver10 16:03:28 UTC)
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T for Teen, Not T for Teabag
Halo 5: Guardians will be the first mainline Halo game to be rated T for Teen instead of M for Mature. For a little explanation on that, profhalo let us know that the Game Idealist has an article up on the ESRB’s explanation.(MacGyver10 15:44:18 UTC)
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Podtacular 498: Saint’s Testimony Discussion
The latest addition to the Halo fiction is brought to us by the one and only Frank O’Connor, which brings up an interesting concept about Smart AIs in the Halo universe. In Saint’s Testimony, we hear the plea of one Smart AI, Iona or obtaining human rights in spite of her seven years of service approaching rampancy. She delves into the idea of dreaming, how it repairs certain parts of her neural net similar to how humans reorganize information when they sleep and dream. This show is filled with spoilers if you haven’t read/listened to it. We were pleased to have PensHalo on the show to discuss this book.
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Halo 5: Guardians LE Console Shown Off
If you saw the announcement of the new LE Halo 5: Guardians Xbox One console, you might be thirsty for some more information on this sweet LE gaming device. The Day 2 video of Xbox Daily from Gamescom should give you all the juicy bits you’re looking for on the design of this XBO. The included link even jumps you straight to the Halo-related parts!(MacGyver10 19:59:13 UTC)
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Halo 5 Campaign Twice the Length of Halo 4
According to the folks at Gamesradar, the new campaign with Halo 5: Guardians will be twice the length of Halo 4’s campaign! According to what they were told at Gamescom, it started out even bigger that twice Halo 4’s length, but you’ll still spend quality time in human, forerunner and covenant worlds!(MacGyver10 19:22:57 UTC)
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Halo Wars 2 Developer Is Hiring
Looks like Creative Assembly, the UK-based development studio behind the newly announced Halo Wars 2 is hiring! Go see if a career in developing a brutish Halo RTS is in your future!(MacGyver10 15:39:26 UTC)
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Halo 5 Prima Guides Available for Pre-Order
Prima, the maker of many official video game guides, just revealed their Halo 5: Guardians offerings this week. It will come in three different flavors: the electronic e-guide, the standard edition and a collector’s guide with an unannounced bonus DLC. Thanks Urban Reflex!Update: Looks like 343 put up a small preview of two map breakdowns from the guide.(MacGyver10 14:56:22 UTC)
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Halo 5: Guardians Blue Team Campaign B-Roll Video
We’ve seen bits and pieces of the campaign footage now from many different sources, but now we have a lot of bits and pieces of campaign footage in one B-roll video! There’s a lot of Master Chief and the rest of Blue Team wreaking havoc on some Covenant, talking grunts, video of the revive mechanic and some banshee fun! Thanks Apollo!(MacGyver10 14:50:22 UTC)
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ReclaimerHub Covers Gamescom
Mixmasterchief let us know that ReclaimerHub has made some video speculating and summing up both the Halo 5 news and the newly announced Halo Wars 2!(MacGyver10 14:47:38 UTC)
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Halo 5: Guardians Pink Mist Edition
Think you had heard about all the different editions of Halo 5: Guardians? Think again! Across the pond, GAME has a full 1:1 Covenant Needler replica with sound fx from the game and needles that retract as you fire! The Halo 5: Guardians, Pink Mist Edition includes the Limited Collector’s Edition and comes in at a whopping $700 in US dollars!(MacGyver10 21:25:20 UTC)
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Woaf 117: part 4 Noobageddon
The Woaf stopped by today with part 4 of his Woaf 117 series. There’s a lot of wallowing in this one, but will Chief find the leader inside, or will he find nothing but explodey corridors! Check it out on YouTube to find out!(MacGyver10 21:22:43 UTC)
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Halo 5: Guardians LE Console and Controllers Pre-Order
The Halo 5: Guardians pre-order page has been updated with the newly announced LE console and a pair of sweet new XBO controllers. The LE console includes the LE version of the game along with it’s metallic accents and custom sound effects. The new Spartan Locke and Master Chief-inspired controllers include a bonus REQ pack with in-game visors mimicking those of their respective homages. If you’re in need of an Xbox One or controller, now might be a great time to get one!(MacGyver10 17:12:33 UTC)
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Halo World Championship in 2015
As a part of the Gamescom Reveals today, Xbox and 343 Industries announced the Halo World Championship where gamers will compete for a share of $1,000,000 in prize money. You can watch this YouTube video for more information on the competitive series that launches later this year with Halo 5 Arena multiplayer.(MacGyver10 15:42:58 UTC)
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Halo Wars 2 In 2016!
The Surprise announcement of the show, Xbox and 343 Industries have just revealed that Halo Wars 2 will be coming Fall of 2016!Update: For those desiring official proof, here you go!
Update2: And finally, here’s the YouTube video reveal.(MacGyver10 15:28:48 UTC)
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Halo Gamescom Reveals
343 Industries just showed off some new footage and features at Gamescom in Germany during the Microsoft Xbox Briefing. We have a brand new Arena map called Coliseum, new features in Arena multiplayer like player outlines during a match, the Halo World Championship was announced with a $1 Million dollar prize pool, new maps for Arena and Warzone multiplayer shown off and a limited edition Halo 5: Guardians console with the a 1TB hard drive and the digital game included! We’re sure there will be more details soon, but that is just what we’ve seen so far!(MacGyver10 15:14:52 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft