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A note from 343
Bonnie Ross, Head of 343 Industries, posted a note on Halo Waypoint last night – she summarized the issues still facing the Master Chief Collection, and outlined the fixes that are in the pipeline. If you’re feeling like you’re not being listened to, give this a read – 343 definitely understands that things aren’t working properly for fans, and are working hard to fix this. (Thanks to zofinda for the heads-up.)(Louis Wu 23:38:45 UTC)
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Secrets of the Halo 4 Beta
The modding scene continues to churn out interesting Halo content – Lord Zedd has a couple of interesting new vids for you, both focused on the Halo 4 Beta. The first shows off the ‘Midnight’ menus (which look like reskinned Reach menus), while the second shows a Call-of-Duty-like Remote Missile which was never actually used in multiplayer (though it may have shown up in the Campaign level ‘Reclaimer’, at the end). Fun stuff! Thanks, gamerguy2002 (twice).(Louis Wu 22:18:10 UTC)
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Podtacular 453: Are We Fixed Yet?
Since the release of the Master Chief Collection, there have been many frustrations amongst Halo fans with the numerous issues plaguing the game. The content update that came out this week, while it seems to statistically helped as reported by 343 Industries, many people are either seeing better results, new issues, or a degradation in capabilities. Despite the issues, the Halo Championship Series announced during the week leading up to the Launch Invitational is shaping up to bring Halo eSports a new life in competitive gaming. One of the people responsible for helping put together HCS is none other than one of the favored eSports commentators Goldenboy, who happens to be our guest on this episode to give us the details and where we can expect the series to go in the coming months.
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Halo 1, Legendary – in under 90 minutes.
Whoa. Sub Whistle just posted a sub-90-minute legendary run of Halo 1 (the entire game). Amazing! Thanks, Morpheus.(Louis Wu 21:27:20 UTC)
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Winter 2015 Grifball Season – Registration Open
Kal sent word that registration is now open for the Winter 2015 Grifball season – there are divisions for both Xbox 360 and Xbox One, so you can play on the console of your choice. You’ve got until Friday, November 28 – go sign up!(Louis Wu 21:24:39 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-Op #22: Winter’s Run
Ghost tells us that the Fallen have broken an inmate out of the Awoken’s Prison of Elders: an Archon Priest. We have to take him out.
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Halo 2 Anniversary – H2A Forge Map Awash: Full Dimensions
MixMaker1 and HaloFanForLife took a close look at Awash, the Forge Map included with Halo 2 Anniversary – watch the video, you might learn something!(Louis Wu 21:20:10 UTC)
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ODST Carnage
Revenant1988 posted pictures of his newest cosplay crossover – it’s a blend of an ODST and Marvel’s Carnage – he calls it ‘ODSC’. It’s simply awesome. Go look.(Louis Wu 21:17:50 UTC)
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Zeus is coming back
You might remember Zeus, a Mac Halo Editor we mentioned a couple of years ago – Sparky, the creator, says he’s torn it down and rebuilt it from the ground up. It will be available for both Windows and MacOS – and if you want exclusive early access, just post pictures of delicious pizza!(Louis Wu 21:11:26 UTC)
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Feet First into Hell – a Halo Experience
Sean Bradley pointed out a new photo from the Feet First into Hell crew – that looks HAWT. Go see.(Louis Wu 21:08:04 UTC)
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Drunken Halo Ep 93
Justin told us about Drunken Halo, Episode 93 – the focus is the problems that the Master Chief Collection continues to have. Go listen!(Louis Wu 21:06:23 UTC)
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GameVGame: The Halo Campaign Level Final
Andy, from GameVGame, let us know that he’s collated the data from their series of Halo campaign polls – and the final poll is up now, with two levels from each game (as chosen by you, the fans). Go pick your favorite overall!(Louis Wu 21:05:25 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 145 Marathon EVIL 32: View From The Edge (Secret Level)
We’ve finished with the canonical Marathon Trilogy and are moving on to third party scenarios, starting with EVIL. In this scenario, a UESC ship from Tau Ceti runs into a spatial anomaly that sends them far away where we encounter something dark and evil.
Okay, so it turns out THIS is the final level. It’s actually a secret level, although I have no idea where the entrance is. Anyway, here it is. Our mission? Kill everything, including a fat guy with a strangling fetish. Yes, really.
EVIL 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:
EVIL 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
EVIL has its own spoiler guide:
http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/evil/
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“What About Bob?” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (intro music)
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Master Chief Collection Matchmaking Update being deployed
According to Halo Waypoint, the Master Chief Collection content update scheduled for this week should be live now (or possibly in the next few hours). The blog post lists the changes being made – players frustrated by matchmaking issues should find some relief!(Louis Wu 23:42:15 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-Op #21: The Black Garden
We finally arrive at the Black Garden, tasked with ripping out the dark heart that is fueling the Vex invasion– if it is an invasion after all!
For complete stats:
https://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018429850686/2305843009221559453/387633151?_
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Gonna need more coffins
This cover of the Halo theme, by The Warp Zone, is the best thing I’ve heard (and watched) all week. Listen to it. It’s fantastic. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 23:25:00 UTC)
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MCC Content Update Pushed Back
The Master Chief Collection Bug Hunt continues – and according to an update last night, the update that was to have fixed a number of problems tomorrow has been pushed to farther in the week. On the positive side, the list of fixed items is longer now!(Louis Wu 23:22:34 UTC)
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