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Halo: Hunters in the Dark Synopsis
The Simon & Schuster website posted a synopsis for the upcoming Halo novel, Halo: Hunters in the Dark. Thanks, Grizzlei.(mastrbiggy 23:30:17 UTC)
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ReclaimerHub’s HuntTheTruth Coverage
Mixmasterchief stopped by to let us know that ReclaimerHub’s coverage of the Hunt the Truth teaser is no up on YouTube. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 23:29:04 UTC)
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Hunt the Truth Revealed
Yesterday afternoon the Hunt The Truth countdown page revealed its secrets. The tear site introduces fictional war journalist, Benjamin Giraud who is tasked doing a profile on the origins of the Master Chief. Episode one of this series is now available on Soundcloud. A teaser video was also released and allows viewers to meticulously scrub through its contents. Head on over to the forums and join in on the conversation. (mastrbiggy 22:03:48 UTC)
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Frankie’s thoughts on eSports
343’s Frank O’Connor chats with Resero about why console eSports lag behind the PC eSports market. Frankie provides some interesting thoughts on how to grow the eSports scene in general and shares his hopes for competitive Halo. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 23:14:25 UTC)
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Canon Fodder – Marching On
GrimBrother One stopped by to let us know that he’s got the lore you’re looking for. The latest edition of Canon Fodder digs into the fiction behind the new H2A armor variants and we also get some new information on Mendicant Bias. The first SNAPSHOTS assignment is detailed and Grim teases next week’s edition and hints at ways to get your hands on a copy of Halo: New Blood. Go read!(mastrbiggy 23:01:57 UTC)
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Hunt the Truch with Rick Grimes
The official Xbox Twitter announced that the Halo Bullet teaser will be shown during tonight’s episode of the Walking Dead 9/8c. That’s also when the countdown timer expires. Interestingly, the image from the Xbox Tweet has a separate 3 month countdown – which ends around E3.(mastrbiggy 21:49:22 UTC)
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Hunt the Truth Overview
The folks from Halo Archive put together a comprehensive overview of the Hunt the Truth countdown page. This is great detective work that makes use of Linkedin profiles, developer tweets, and mysterious images. Thanks, Grey101. (mastrbiggy 21:39:05 UTC)
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Forge Outside Awash
RecklessRiley has found a way to break out of the map boundaries on the H2A Forge map, Awash. The trick gives you access to some more Forging space, though you’ll run into a few technical oddities. Thanks, Hyokin.(mastrbiggy 21:38:07 UTC)
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Mike Colter on Commander Locke’s role in Halo 5
IGN recently spoke with Mike Colter about Commander Locke’s role in Halo 5 Guardians and beyond. Colter is actually surprisingly open in this interview. He also talks a little about the transition from acting in front of camera to doing VO and motion capture as well as he thoughts on the Halo franchise in general. Go read!(mastrbiggy 23:17:56 UTC)
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Hunt the Truth – Boom Headshot Edition
The Hunt the Truth countdown page received a little update since we last mentioned it. You can also view the teaser directly on YouTube. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 23:14:30 UTC)
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Podtacular 466: Halo 5 Beta Breakdown: Forge Mode
Our last Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta breakdown show focuses on the Forge maps we got to play in the final days of the beta, Pegasus and Orion. In talking about the map design and flow for slayer, we talk about the new capabilities we’ve already seen and would like to see come to the final version of Halo 5: Guardians. In addition to having traditional Forge canvases, the new game mode Breakout will have forgeable maps in the style of Crossfire and Trench. We saw a significant jump in capabilities in Forge for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and we hope to see even more capabilities in Halo 5: Guardians.
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Grunts vs Flood, Round 2
Rockslider revisited his Grunts vs Flood video with a sequel – who you gonna root for? (Louis Wu 23:14:49 UTC)
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A tidbit about Halo 5’s multiplay
According to Josh Holmes, there will be no P2P gameplay in Halo 5 – dedicated servers only. Interesting! Thanks, Pennybags.(Louis Wu 23:13:10 UTC)
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Hunt the Truth
Hunt the Truth is a new Tumblr page that is counting down to sometime this Sunday – go speculate on what’s there! Thanks, serpx.(Louis Wu 23:11:46 UTC)
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Visualizing the Halo Universe: Writing Round 3 Results
Postmortem had some hardware problems in the past year, but has returned to announce the results of his Visualizing the Halo Universe: Writing Round 3, which was first presented in August 2014. Go see how it went!(Louis Wu 23:10:30 UTC)
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Green Team Episode 9: Here We Go
fake_frogs stopped in to announce Episode 9 of his Green Team series – this one focuses on the Master Chief Collection’s matchmaking. (It was filmed back in November, so many of the issues that folks saw then have been resolved.) Go watch!(Louis Wu 23:06:10 UTC)
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A Complicated Egg, Revisited
Last year, we mentioned a long-hidden easter egg in Halo 3 – XanderJ has revisited this and found a consistent way to trigger it. Go try this one for yourself!(Louis Wu 23:03:45 UTC)
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Halo Escalation 16 Preview
Dark Horse has posted a preview of Halo Escalation 16 – looks like the art quality has shifted! Thanks, serpx.(Louis Wu 23:00:00 UTC)
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