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The last written Bulletin
The latest Halo Bulletin went live last night on Waypoint – it’s really worth reading. There’s a breakdown of the Skulls available in the package (and how they affect scoring and Achievements), there’s a description of the LASO playlists, and there’s a summary of the ranking system in the Collection. Additionally, there a recap of the upcoming Halo Championship Series, a new installment of Canon Fodder (we love you, Grim!), and a note about how the Bulletin, in its current form, is disappearing. (It’s moving to the Halo Channel, starting next week, and will be in video format from there on out.) Because of this change, the local copy of this week’s Bulletin will be the last we archive in our Halo Bulletin Archive. (Sad days!) Go read – and enjoy the end of an era!(Louis Wu 21:44:27 UTC)
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Sharing History
Polygon has a great piece from Ben Kuchera about introducing the next generation to Halo. It brought back some real memories – go give it a read!(Louis Wu 21:36:39 UTC)
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All 110 maps, in order
IGN has been counting down the best Halo maps – the top 10 are now online. I’m intrigued that no map past Halo 2 made the top cut. Thanks, ChrisTheeCrappy.(Louis Wu 21:32:57 UTC)
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H2A Prologue Terminals 1 and 2
Halo Waypoint has released a pair of ‘Prologue’ Terminal vids (Beholden and Unyielding), filling in some of the Halo 2 backstory that happens outside the games – readers of the earlier novels might recognize some situations. Fascinating! Thanks, Mid7night.(Louis Wu 21:28:22 UTC)
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Forge Space
Wow, interesting. FyreWulff made some simple graphics to show you the size of the Forge canvases in the Master Chief Collection, and how they compare to the canvases we’ve had before. That’s a lot of space!(Louis Wu 21:25:30 UTC)
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The Reviews Begin
A bunch of reviews for the Master Chief Collection have landed – thanks to our forumgoers for ferreting out the links!Go see what’s coming next week!(Louis Wu 21:23:10 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-Op #18: The Garden’s Spire
To pass through the Vex’s Black Gate and into the Black Garden, we need the Gate Lord’s eye to work. Ghost says the Cabal are guarding a Vex Spire that can help us do that.
For complete stats:
https://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018429850686/2305843009221559453/294380488?_
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Harsh words for Nightfall
Ouch! The Verge has looked at the first of Halo: Nightfall’s five episodes… and came away underwhelmed. Give it a read, unless you want to judge for yourself first.(Louis Wu 22:45:32 UTC)
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GameVGame: Favorite ODST Campaign Level?
The latest Campaign Level poll from GameVGame focuses on Halo 3: ODST – go pick your favorite!(Louis Wu 22:42:33 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 141 Marathon EVIL 19: Shmackle Part 1
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 are teleported into the very heart of Mystic Pfhor civilization, and tasked with infecting something with a computer virus. However, a fiendish puzzle of mindbending proportions awaits them, the nature of which they can as yet neither perceive nor comprehend…
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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Podtacular 449: Forgecastular
Probably the biggest news that graced our eyeballs this past month from IGN was Halo 2 Anniversary’s Forge. It is undoubtedly the best Forge editor we’ve seen in any Halo title. From three completely blank canvas maps, to all new terrain pieces and building blocks, to scriptable switches, this includes the things many Forgers wanted and even more things that the whole Halo community will benefit from. Since the news was so big, we had to get some help to cover all of it. We teamed up with the folks at The Forgecast to help us break down everything we saw in the video. The Forgecast hosts include pete the duck, Psychoduck, NOKYARD, and Ducain23.
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Halo Championship Series
Earlier today, Bravo announced the ‘Halo Championship Series’, which is 343i’s plan to help get Halo back into the competitive and eSports scene. 343i is teaming up with ESL and Twitch to help host online and LAN tournaments that run under a unified placing system. The first Season of HCS starts shortly after the launch of The Master Chief Collection. Go read!(mastrbiggy 00:33:35 UTC)
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Plasma Rifle Replicas by Project Trifroce
Project Triforce listed H2A full scale plasma rifle replicas for pre-order. These seem to be officially endorsed by 343i and they do look quite nice. There are two versions, a blue one that runs $150 and a red one that costs $162.50. Thanks, Mid7Night. (mastrbiggy 00:21:54 UTC)
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Launch Trailer
The Xbox YouTube channel also released a Master Chief Collection launch trailer – check it out!(mastrbiggy 00:20:56 UTC)
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We Will Rock You
The Xbox YouTube channel released a TV ad for The Master Chief Collection. It’s a montage of Halo footage paired with the song "We Will Rock You". The song was recreated with Halo weapons sounds – awesome!(mastrbiggy 00:17:31 UTC)
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Pumpkin Update
Just a quick note about our 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest – if all goes well, I should have all the entries up for voting either tomorrow or Friday. Get ready to pick your faves – there are some awesome ones this year!(Louis Wu 23:40:28 UTC)
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GameVGame: Favorite Halo 3 Campaign Level?
Another day, another GameVGame poll… today’s wants to know, what’s your favorite Halo 3 Campaign level? Go vote!(Louis Wu 23:39:21 UTC)
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Halo 3 Campaign Saved Films – Still In
A couple of days ago, we mentioned a fan-written article that suggested that Halo 3 Campaign Theater was being downgraded in the Master Chief Collection. That seems to be a premature conclusion – check out this tweet from Frankie confirming that they’re still in the package. Yay! (Thanks, FyreWulff.)(Louis Wu 21:43:31 UTC)
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GameVGame: Your favorite Halo 2 Level?
GameVGame’s Halo Campaign polls continue – today they’re looking at your favorite Halo 2 level. What kept you coming back? Go vote! (Louis Wu 21:40:57 UTC)
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