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Halo and Hand Cramps
Looks like TeamBeyond landed a pretty sweet interview with Josh Holmes of 343 Industries going into great detail on the new Warzone multiplayer mode, Req Packs, Arena multiplayer and more. Some of the highlights (or lowlights in some cases) are spartan customization, further req card explanation, no offline LAN support and on-map powerups are returning. Bounce-A-Gon put up a summary and started a discussion in our forum as well.(MacGyver10 16:08:08 UTC)
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From the Pages, In Step Player 3 and Player 4
The latest novel in the Halo series came out this week, called ‘Hunters in The Dark’ from Peter David. Not only does the cover feature the super-rare, super-awesome blind wolf, but apparently the pages on the inside have some pretty cool words too! Check out the spoilerific discussion in our forum if you’re so inclined!(MacGyver10 15:55:27 UTC)
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Play to Win, Not Pay to Win
There’s been some concern and discussion in our forum and around the internet on the new Warzone Req Packs introduced in Halo 5: Guardians. Our timed exclusive GrimbrotherOne who now sits on the throne at 343 Industries pointed to an article Josh Holmes shared on Waypoint to help clarify these new Req Packs.(MacGyver10 15:51:00 UTC)
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Team Coco vs HBO (the TV channel, not the real one)
Conan O’Brien and the cast of the HBO show Silicon Valley squared off in some Halo 5: Guardians Arena multiplayer this week on the Clueless Gamer segment. I feel like watching Team Coco play would be like playing on a team with Wu and Stuntmutt.(MacGyver10 15:40:44 UTC)
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Cortana on HoloLens Kickstarter in 2016?
One of the surprises at E3 was a Halo 5: Guardians briefing with HoloLens that many were able to experience before trying Warzone multiplayer for the first time. Ryan Mccaffrey tried it out and wrote about his experience over at IGN.(MacGyver10 15:33:31 UTC)
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The Art of Halo 5: Guardians
Urban Reflex let us know in our forums that the Art of Halo 5: Guardians is up for pre-order on Amazon. The book goes into detail on many of the characters in the upcoming video game, most excitably for me, a look into bringing back the Arbiter in his new role for Halo 5!(MacGyver10 15:18:13 UTC)
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Statues, Steelbooks and Spartans
If you’ve seen enough of Halo 5: Guardians this week already to know you want it this fall, Grizzlei in our forums posted the pre-order info from Xbox.com so you can reserve your gaming experience. She also pointed us to a tweet from Rob Semsey, Senior Comms Manager at 343 Industries, informing us the Limited Collector’s Edition comes only with a digital download of the game this time.Update:Looks like Engadget has a few pictures of the LCE statue featuring the Chief and Locke!(MacGyver10 15:02:08 UTC)
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Spawning Season for Grunts and Jackals
Rockslider on our forums continues to pull some awesome gameplay from Halo: CE, and with the craziness that is E3 this week it could have been overlooked! Check out his video on spawning a ridiculous number of covies, that then receive a little cyborg treatment courtesy of the Chief! You can also get more info in his post on our forum.(MacGyver10 14:54:07 UTC)
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Halo 5: Guardians, Waypoint Info Dump
A lot of gaming news sites have already had an article out for every tidbit of info that’s been released this week on Halo 5, but the fine folks at Halo Waypoint have their own page up with information on pre-ordering, videos for campaign and multiplayer, an overload of images and some really cool concept art and renders! Head on over to Waypoint for some cool shots of Blue Team and a gloriously rendered Nathan Fillion.(MacGyver10 14:46:14 UTC)
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Warzone Multiplayer! Vagueness Will Die if This Has Forge.
A lot going on this week in the world of Halo, and along with the first campaign reveal of Halo 5, we received a first look at a new multiplayer mode with the Halo 5 Warzone Trailer. 343 Industries has since released a Vidoc for the all new multiplayer mode with some behind the scenes information and explanation of this new 12v12vEnemy mode for Halo. Watch the Vidoc on YouTube where Josh Holmes, Tim Longo and others got into more detail on thew new gametype.(MacGyver10 14:31:25 UTC)
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Sweet, Sweet, Campaign Goodness
During the Microsoft Press Conference this morning, 343 showed off the Halo 5 E3 Campaign Demo… and if you missed it, you should stop what you’re doing and go watch it now. Really.(Louis Wu 21:10:30 UTC)
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Cutscene Library – now with more ODST
It’s taken a few days to organize, but if you swing by our Cutscene Library, you’ll find that the ODST page has been augmented with full 1080p, 60fps versions – thanks to Cody Miller and Chris101b! Go grab that full-screen HD goodness! (Louis Wu 11:43:34 UTC)
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Canon Fodder – Conventional Warfare
This week’s Canon Fodder is short – but absolutely worth reading. Building on the reveals from Game Informer’s cover article, you can find flesh-outs of both Blue Team and Team Osiris (including tips on where to find even more info on TO’s Olympia Vale). There are also teasers about the conclusion of #HUNTtheTRUTH, launching today. Go read! Thanks, zofinda. (Louis Wu 10:56:15 UTC)
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Podtacular Special: 10 Year Anniversary Fundraiser
Earlier this week, we launched our 10 Year Anniversary RTX Reunion Party Fundraiser asking the Halo community to help us fund hosting a party for Halo fans. We have lots of plans for our anniversary panel and a laundry list of things we want to do there and our party. 343 Industries and other companies have already offered up some Halo swag for us to give away and help make our anniversary celebration a success. Please check out our Indiegogo campaign, consider donating and most importantly, share with other Halo fans.
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Podtacular’s 10 Year Anniversary Reunion Party
Dust Storm shot us a note about a celebration that’s planned for RTX this year – Podtacular is celebrating its 10 year anniversary, and has some killer stuff in the pipeline! They need some help to make it all work, though, so there’s an Indiegogo Fundraiser set up – swing by their site to read all the details, and then toss ’em a few bucks to realize the dream!(Louis Wu 15:12:59 UTC)
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Halo 5 Co-op Campaign Clarification
For folks who haven’t been keeping up on ALL the details, it’s worth noting this post on Halo Waypoint; it’s a clarification of a bit of information that was in Game Informer’s cover article on Halo 5. Co-op Campaign (which IS in the game) will require Xbox LIVE Gold to play – if you have a free account, you won’t have access. Good to know this up front!(Louis Wu 15:08:18 UTC)
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Halo 5 Info from RUL
Greenskull from ReadyUpLive got a chance to play some Halo 5: Guardians recently, and the info dump is rather substantial. Bounce-A-Gon’s done a great job of itemizing what’s available – swing by his post for starting points! (Beware – if you’re looking to go into the campaign completely fresh, there ARE spoilers here.)(Louis Wu 14:55:37 UTC)
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Halo 5: Guardians – first play
The Guardian has a ‘First Play’ article up on Halo 5 – it’s more of a bulletpoint summary of what’s coming, but if you haven’t been keeping up, it’s a nice recap.(Louis Wu 14:51:32 UTC)
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Detailing the sides
More content from Game Informer: Two articles in the past few days have fleshed out the teams we’ll see in Halo 5. One discusses Blue Team, the Spartans that work with Master Chief, and the other focuses on Team Osiris, the team headed by Locke to hunt MC. Give ’em a read! (And if you hadn’t gotten around to reading the print copy of the Game Informer cover article, it’s online now.)(Louis Wu 14:43:59 UTC)
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