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Halo: Faith – Sidelined?
thebruce0 stopped in with a link to a (currently live) podcast from Rex Sikes, on blogtalkradio, containing an interview with Jared Pelletier, the driver behind the Halo: Faith movie. I can’t figure out how to hear the relevant portion at the moment (will probably be easier once the live part is over), but according to thebruce0, Pelletier has said that the project no longer has a potential release, apparently because of an IP conflict. Bummer!(Louis Wu 17:18:30 UTC)
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The Running Riot Interviews the Halo Fan of the Decade
From Kete:How much Halo-related merchandise do you own? Do you have more than our next guest, One One Seven? If you do, drop by our broadcast Saturday night with some images of your collection to see if YOU should be the Halo Fan of the Decade. ‘Cause right now our guest owns that title and I don’t see him being dethroned anytime soon.
The Green Room goes live this Saturday, the 19th, at 9:30pm ET. Interview at 10. Yip.
The Running Riot Interviews the Halo Fan of the Decade
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PGCR Ep 100
Robowski let us know that the 100th episode of the Post Game Carnage Report is now online – plenty of Halo discussion, mostly mitigated by alcohol. Go listen!(Louis Wu 15:25:56 UTC)
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Blowing Up to Win
Achievement HORSE #57 (AchievementHunter.com | YouTube) marks the return of Geoff – will Jack’s 3 extra months of practice keep him on top? Watch to find out! hezekiah’s informational forum post used up what seems to be a lifetime supply of horse puns, so the next few announcement posts will probably read “Achievement HORSE #[some_number_here] live”.(Louis Wu 15:24:43 UTC)
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Kampy and BesT MaN Anniversary Montage
This was on Halo Waypoint on Monday, but I missed it until thee henery mentioned it at NeoGAF – Kampy and BesT MaN have released an Anniversary dualtage, with some pretty slick multikills. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:22:50 UTC)
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Drunken Halo: Episode 34
Justin Bryce sent word that Drunken Halo: Episode 34 is now online – the crew goes spelunking in the Waypoint forums. (Louis Wu 15:21:14 UTC)
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The Future of Cortana’s Face?
Lord Friendship stopped in with some interesting information from reddit – looks like a woman is claiming to be the face of Cortana for Halo 4. No word from 343 on whether her claims have merit. (Louis Wu 15:18:12 UTC)
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Firefight Survival
RC Master continues to hone his Firefight Survival gametype – check the post for details and download links! Doesn’t look like Waypoint plans on making too many changes to the Firefight playlists online, so this might be your best chance for some variety.(Louis Wu 15:13:15 UTC)
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Tuesday Night Tests at XForgery
If you have a forged map, and you want people to test it, you should swing by XForgery – they’re still running Tuesday Night Tests, and are happy to give you feedback! Swing by and try ’em out! Thanks, Spencermx14.(Louis Wu 18:58:36 UTC)
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The Interrogation of Nak3d Eli
MASSAIKUR caught up with Nak3d Eli for an interview about his Halo playing and thoughts on the game. Interesting read! (Louis Wu 15:19:01 UTC)
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Halo Reach Top 10 Ep 37: Amazing Kills
Anoj has a new Halo Reach Top 10 – this one looks at Amazing Kills. The earlier ones might be a little weak… but they definitely get pretty amazing near the end. Thanks, Jordan Bell. (Louis Wu 15:18:40 UTC)
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Halo: Gray Team – Episode 2 Teaser
MastaSin333 stopped in to let us know that a Teaser for Halo: Gray Team – Episode 2 is now up at Newgrounds. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:18:05 UTC)
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January Matchmaking Playlist Update
The January Matchmaking Playlist Update went live yesterday – you can read all the details over at Halo Waypoint. New maps, new playlists, tweaks to gametypes – go read! (Louis Wu 15:16:08 UTC)
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Halo: Agent of Anti-American Terrorism!
ChristWire has an article explaining how Halo is ruining our society. I laughed. (Hint: ChristWire is satire. Apparently, some folks who read this article don’t get that.) Hypertrooper was the first to post it where I could see it, but there’s also a thread on our own forum. This one must have been fun to write… (Louis Wu 15:10:10 UTC)
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HRSotD: Halo 2 New Mombasa
HRSotD (short for Halo: Reach Screenshot of the Day) is a daily feature dedicated to the wonders of Halo: Reach screenshots and the artists that capture these amazing images. A variety of shots—all of which are completely unaltered and captured in Halo: Reach’s theater mode—are included for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the varied selection of images, and maybe even find inspiration to make your own!
Author: TA747
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Tattoo Tuesday: Super-soldier
Some people show their love for Halo by playing the games. Others get a relevant image permanently placed upon their body. Enjoy this particular example of a Halo-related body modification, and if you have a picture you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!
Halo tattoo, as seen on Thors toe
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January Matchmaking Playlist Update
Looking for the details of the January Halo: Reach Matchmaking playlist update? Here are the specifics, in one handy-dandy bulleted list:
• Living Dead updated.
Zombies need games to go along with their brains, which is why we updated this playlist to include the following new spooky map variants: Bedlam, Uncongealed, Pandemic, Count d’Houen, Deadwalk, Powerless, Spooky Base, and Parasitic. We also don’t want you to be “All Alone,” so we turned up the weighting on Condemned. Can we get a bleep-bloop?!
• Team Arena, Big Team Battle and Double Team updated to TU settings.
TU game types are our standard Reach Matchmaking settings with the Title Update changes. Those changes are: damage bleed enabled, modified reticle bloom, sword block removed, Armor Lock modified, and Active Camo modified.
• Squad DLC added. All DLC included/required.
When Premium Battle was removed, threads about its disappearance slowly began cropping up. We adjusted the Matchmaking algorithm to match players who have DLC with other players who have DLC more often, but we noticed many players saying they still weren’t getting enough DLC to satisfy their map-related cravings. So we’re bringing a premium list back in the form of 6v6 DLC Slayer. This list is being introduced on a probationary status due to the low population previously experienced in Premium Battle.
• Abridged updated to latest version.
The creators, theforceswithin and schmittler 5000, made numerous changes to this map. Here are a few they deemed significant enough to mention:
1. Multi-flag has been improved. The flags now spawn in the front of the base a few feet from the GL (previous PL spawn).
2. A teleporter has been added inside the base that leads up to the two-story (Concussion) towers. This significantly improves movement.
3. The gravity lift to the Falcon has been moved into the base to stop vehicles from getting stuck in a permanent floating state.
4. Kill zones have been overhauled. It is now possible to fly underneath the bridge, and there are no HLG spots that we have found to be a problem.
• 2v2 variants of Solitary and Battle Canyon added to Double Team.
• Grifball early win behavior fixed.
• Zealot, Countdown, and Penance added to Team Snipers.
For more information about the January playlist update, please refer to the 1.4 edition of the Halo Bulletin.
To leave feedback on the January Matchmaking Playlist Update, please visit the Matchmaking section of our forum.
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