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Behind the scenes look at the MCC cinematic trailer
It’s Art Mag posted a behind the scenes look at how Digital Domain created the Halo: The Master Chief Collection cinematic. The video shows the entire process including, storyboarding, the VFX pipeline, and motion capture. This is worth checking out!(mastrbiggy 08:40:04 UTC)
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Canon Fodder: Clarity and Grace
GrimBrother One filled the latest Canon Fodder with questions from fans, and answers from canonical sources. (See what I did there?) Grim, as always, tiptoes a fine line between facts and hints, without knocking over existing constructs or disappointing fans. Go read!(Louis Wu 22:13:43 UTC)
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Microsoft issues DMCA takedowns against Halo Online modders
According to Ars Technica, Microsoft is serving DMCA takedown notices to those who have accessed Halo Online content and are outside Russian territory. So far the takedown specifcally targets GitHub’s repositories, but this has also affected any YouTube videos that feature Halo Online content. Thanks, arithmomaniac. (mastrbiggy 20:54:58 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 149 Marathon Tempus Irae 05-06: Downward Spiral / Repository Three
We’re starting a new Marathon adventure– this time fighting the Pfhor in Italy of the past in third party scenario Tempus Irae!
In this episode there’s a castle filled with classical art, walls that explode, and aliens. It’s always aliens.
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/
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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)Marathon,Marathon Infinity (Video Game),Bungie,Bungie Studios (Organization),Cooperative Gameplay (Gameplay Mode),Cooperative Game (Game Genre),Let’s Play
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Exploring the SuperCarrier
We haven’t heard from t00lbox in a while, but thankfully he still posts elsewhere; Bounce-A-Gon noticed a reddit post describing Termacious Trickocity’s exploration of the SuperCarrier at the end of Long Night of Solace. Pretty awesome – go watch!(Louis Wu 23:58:05 UTC)
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Steal My Kill
This is so six weeks ago… but it made me laugh, so I’m posting it. The Warp Zone (yeah, they like One Direction) has a parody of OD’s “Steal My Girl” that’s pretty good. Plus, there’s a Grunt Plushy in there! Go watch. (SEspider posted it on our forum a couple of weeks ago – but it was STILL a month old then. We gotta start keeping up!)(Louis Wu 23:52:58 UTC)
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Halo 5: SPECTRE
MixMaker1 stopped by with his latest mashup trailer – this one portrays the tensions and rivalry between Locke and Chief and it is mixed with sound from the 007 Spectre trailer. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 23:10:24 UTC)
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Pillar of Autumn speed run with plasma combo
Rockslider posted another POA kill ’em all speed run – this time using plasma weapons. He managed to complete the run in 8:14 – go check it out!(mastrbiggy 22:44:09 UTC)
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Project Contingency – Pre-Alpha of Valhalla
This is a little old, but the folks working on Project Contingency released a small update last month that shows off some pre-alpha footage of Valhalla. Seems like this CryEngine Halo mod is still coming along nicely. Neat!(mastrbiggy 22:39:34 UTC)
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Podtacular 468: Hunting the Truth
The latest Halo promo pulls a page from the old playbook taking the Hunt the Truth ARG and incorporating an audio drama podcast. While it’s not quite like the ilovebees campaign back for Halo 2, it has some similarities posing more questions than it answers. We’re excited to see where this journey goes as we dive into the bullet teaser trailer and episode zero of #HUNTtheTRUTH.
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Free Phone with MCC Xbox Bundle
Looks like Best Buy is offering a free phone (the Nokia Lumia 635, running Windows Phone 8.1) for buyers of the new Xbox One/MCC bundle; get an Xbox One, a copy of the Master Chief Collection, AND a phone – all for $349! This is not an April Fools joke.(Louis Wu 23:39:44 UTC)
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Prologue
Red vs Blue Season 13 has kicked off – and Episode 1‘s a doozy. You didn’t think Felix and Locus were just gonna fade away, did you? (Louis Wu 23:07:02 UTC)
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Dubsteppin’ Quadwings
GrimBrother One stopped in to let us know that the latest Canon Fauxder is up (a little early, methinks) – it’s FULL of cool info! Go read and you’ll understand some of the longest-kept secrets in the Halo universe!(Louis Wu 23:02:15 UTC)
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Cosplay Boom: Halo
Cosplay Boom put up a video recorded at Emerald City Comic-Con last weekend with some really awesome Halo content – go watch! (Thanks, Bounce-A-Gon.)(Louis Wu 23:48:24 UTC)
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Podtacular 467: Halo Online Announced
When you talk Halo on the PC, you have to go back about 10 years to find Halo 2 Vista still kicking around. Recent news changes the whole game once again as Halo Online was announced for PC coming to a closed beta in Russia. There’s no word on whether this will be coming to other regions of the world, but it’s exciting to hear that the PC community, although currently limited, is able to enjoy this franchise once again. Halo Online is free to play game based off a heavily modified Halo 3 engine with micro-transactions built in. From the announcement trailer, we got to see some familiar maps and lots of customization for your Spartan armor and weapons. Now if we can just get MCC to PC, that would be even better.
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#teamlocke or #teamchief
Spartan4604 pointed out these cool Team Locke and Team Chief wallpapers. Who’s side are you on?(mastrbiggy 21:32:37 UTC)
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Pay attention to your motion trackers
Reddit poster, VictoriousRaptor, noticed a neat little hint in the Lock and Chief ads. Pay attention to the motion trackers. (mastrbiggy 21:29:59 UTC)
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ReclaimerHub Halo 5 Ad Analysis
Mixmasterchief stopped by to let us know that the ReclaimerHub crew put together an analysis of the Halo live-action ads. Go check it out!(mastrbiggy 22:08:58 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
