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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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Evolved Combat
Game Informer released an interview last week with Josh Holmes and Ian Longo, discussing the evolution of Halo 5 – what’s included, how they’re working on tweaking the product as we near the home stretch. It’s a pretty interesting piece! Go watch. Thanks, Bounce-A-Gon.(Louis Wu 14:40:54 UTC)
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ODST Lightspeed Rescue
A few days ago, crazedone1988 stopped by our forum with a link to ‘ODST Lightspeed Rescue‘, his mashup of ODST and Power Rangers – oh, the feels!(Louis Wu 14:37:03 UTC)
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ODST Reviews
More reviews are showing up for MCC’s Halo 3: ODST – FilmsGamesETC liked it quite a bit (though they wished they could swap back to see the older graphics), and IGN loved it (even with minor framerate dips at busy parts). Neither review took points off for features that were in the original but not the remake (specifically, Firefight). As a huge fan of ODST’s campaign (and someone who really enjoyed jumping back into this recently), I’m okay with that. 🙂 Remember – it only costs $5 (and it’s free if you played MCC in the first few months)!(Louis Wu 14:35:31 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 159 Marathon Tempus Irae 23: Never Satisfied
Cosimo has created some fiendish puzzles for Leonardo, but we’re the ones trapped in them!
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, 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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Halo Dart Guns
Ray Reece shot us a link from Engadget – if you’re at SDCC this year, you’ll be able to pick up a set of Halo dart guns (one UNSC, one Covie). You MIGHT be able to buy it at Toys R Us after the show – but you won’t get the super-cool carrying case. I want one! (Louis Wu 20:23:16 UTC)
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Halo Dart Guns
Ray Reece shot us a link from Engadget – if you’re at SDCC this year, you’ll be able to pick up a set of Halo dart guns (one UNSC, one Covie). You MIGHT be able to buy it at Toys R Us after the show – but you won’t get the super-cool carrying case. I want one! (Louis Wu 20:23:16 UTC)
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Halo 3: ODST Co-Op, from R.net
I don’t even need to write the blurb for this one – it was done for me:Blackstar and Narcogen from Bungie fansite rampancy.net take a look at the first two levels of the new version of the game, now running at 1080p and 60fps, on the Xbox One.
https://youtu.be/XKokG1sVkb4Thanks, Narc! (Louis Wu 20:20:16 UTC)
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