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MCC Launch Issues Update
If you’ve been Matchmaking with the Master Chief Collection, you’ve probably run into some issues – according to a new blog post on Halo Waypoint, they know about the problems and they’re working on them. The first fixes went live this morning – server-side, so you don’t even need to update your local content – and more are coming. Hang in there!(Louis Wu 23:08:31 UTC)
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Killing off the Golden Goose
Den of Geek wonders, is it time for Master Chief to Die? Go read the rationale.(Louis Wu 23:03:08 UTC)
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Looks almost like it shoots
Nick Jensen (no stranger to Halo creations) has put together a full-size Halo 2 Anniversary BR55 with LEGO blocks – looks fantastic! Thanks, Black Six.(Louis Wu 22:59:14 UTC)
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He did a Halo thing
Jordan117 put together a large list of links that represent his memories of 15+ years in the Halo community – go read it! It’ll bring back things for you, too.(Louis Wu 22:57:01 UTC)
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Your Halo 5 Beta Primer
Everything you need to know about the Halo 5 Beta on The Master Chief Collection’s Launch Day:- A Behind the Scenes documentary from 343 gives you some perspective on what the studio wants out of the Beta (and what they hope you’ll get)
- A sizeable collection of videos from IGN give you details on the new gameplay, show you what it looks like, and takes a close look at the BTS vidoc during a new episode of Rewind Theater.
- Rooster Teeth’s The Know put up a Hands-on video with gameplay and commentary (thanks, gamerguy2002).
- Team Beyond has some gameplay with no commentary – you can hear all game sounds (thanks, Gravemind).
A leak this weekend caused some Halo communities to panic a little bit… but with context, the misunderstandings begin to clear up. Go read and watch! (Louis Wu 18:51:25 UTC)
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Halo Fest Live
343 held a special event in LA last night – Halo Fest 2014 showed off Nightfall, Halo 5, and just plain fun. IGN posted a 90 minute video showing off all the festivities – go watch! (Louis Wu 18:50:22 UTC)
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CE For CF
The Halo Forum is kicking off a tournament to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – swing by and see how you can join in! Thanks, RVideo.(Louis Wu 18:49:20 UTC)
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Halo 2 Funtage: Director’s Cut
AfroRyan has recut his latest Halo 2 funtage – go see what he thinks were the important bits! (Louis Wu 18:48:47 UTC)
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Reclaimer Radio 3
Wahrer stopped by to announce Reclaimer Radio Ep 3 – it’s an MCC-laden show. Go listen! (Louis Wu 18:48:36 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-Op #19: The Buried City
The Last City wants us to check out the Buried City, Freehold, on Mars. On the way we get distracted by a public event.
For complete stats:
https://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018429850686/2305843009221559453/386443354?_
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Podtacular 451: Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta Preview
Following our recent visit to New Your City to get our hands-on preview of the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta, we hooked up with Drax and SMG from Ready Up Live to talk about our impressions of the beta. Even with the big changes that were made to the sandbox in Halo 5, we feel optimistic with the direction 343 Industries is taking the Halo franchise. While we have our impressions posted over here, make sure you check out their reviews over on Ready Up Live. The multiplayer beta releases to all Master Chief Collection owners December 29th and runs until January 18th, 2015.
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Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta Demo Audio
During our visit to New York City for our hands-on experience with the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta, Director of Production Chris Lee and Multiplayer Designer Quinn DelHoyo give us a quick demo of what we were going to play. They talk about the new Spartan Abilities, sprinting, Smart Scope, CSR, Crossfire and more.
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halome.nu
FugitiveSoldier noticed a pretty fun website – swing by to listen to your favorite main menu music!(Louis Wu 23:38:49 UTC)
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Very good dog.
Samusaaron3 was watching a video showing off Stonetown, the Halo 2 Anniversary remake of Zanzibar, and noticed a familiar character buried in the graffiti on the sea wall… nice catch!(Louis Wu 23:34:58 UTC)
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But… is it FUN?
CruelLEGACEY received a media copy of Halo MCC a couple of weeks ago – swing by the ReadyUpLive forums to read his first impressions!(Louis Wu 23:26:52 UTC)
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Halo 2 Memories
Joseph “Maniac” Cirillo III, of GameXcess.net, shot us a note about a new video he’s posted – he looks back at the original Halo 2 Launch and how it affected his life. Go watch!(Louis Wu 23:24:24 UTC)
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Two more MCC Polls – Voice Off
So the fact that HBO’s active staff was at the Halo Launch Invitational this week meant that some stuff fell by the wayside – time for some cleanup! First up – a pair of GameVGame polls, based on the Master Chief Collection – Sunday they asked “What is your Favorite Halo 4 Campaign Level?“, and today they want to know “Which is the Best Game in Halo: The Master Chief Collection?“. Go answer both!(Louis Wu 23:21:51 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 142 Marathon EVIL 16: Shmackle Part 2
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.
Blackstar and Narcogen discover a hidden door and some even more surprising things as they finally discover the true nature of the area they’ve been transported into in the 2nd part of the level Shmackle.
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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Music used in this episode:
“What About Bob?” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (intro music)
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ESL’s Halo Launch Invitational
Okay – mastrbiggy and I (and Tex, and Domino Theory, and Voltron, and…) are headed back to Day 2 of the Halo Launch Invitational, kicking off the festivities for the MCC Launch and the Halo Championship Series – yesterday was a fun-filled day of gameplay from legendary names (From Ogre2 to Flamesword and many, many people in between), and today promises to be just as exciting. Last night Believe the Hype and Str8 Rippin were the two teams that advanced without losing – today the remaining 6 teams fight through the Losers Bracket to see who has the right to face one of them in the finals! Watch all the action on Twitch.(Louis Wu 18:28:44 UTC)
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