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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • KOXM Interview with Marty O’Donnell

    Hedgemony pointed out that the latest KOXM podcast (the podcast of OXM magazine) has an interview with Marty O’Donnell – it’s a pretty interesting discussion that ranges from how Marty got into the industry, to how the music for ODST came about. The actual interview itself is about 40 minutes long, starting at about 22:30, but Marty sticks around for a trivia game once the interview is over. You’ll learn something! (Louis Wu 12:24:28 UTC)

  • UK gamers have dropped.

    Over in the UK, ODST has topped the sales charts – not just for Xbox games, but for ALL games. You go, girl.(Louis Wu 12:23:54 UTC)

  • AH: More Wet videos

    Hey what’s up Achievement Hunter, I totally forgot to post these Wet videos the other day, but better late than never! Monkey Collectibles (Monkeys 21-30) and Monkey Collectibles (Monkeys 31-45)will help you finish off your quest for the Monkey Obsessed achievement.

    I also went ahead and did a walkthrough for the Graphic Violence achievement as well, which you can watch right here


  • RT: RT ODST Leaderboard

    [UPDATED] In the spirit of competition, I’m going to extend the contest another week. Email Contest [at] Roosterteeth.com to submit a new score.
    1) 1,036,104 fMoL
    2) 708,619 YOUR TEAM NAME
    3) 597,024 The Man Cannons
    4) 378,808 MooCow’s Homies

  • Alas…

    A fond farewell…

    For the last twenty-some-odd months, the staff of Ascendant Justice – Vociferous and Cocopjojo – has enjoyed bringing various Halo observations to this site; observations which were, in many ways, simply extensions of our own pre-existing conversations. The rich fiction of Halo begs a deeper understanding, and its vast universe, a more profound excercise of exploration. And for this reason, this site as an outward facing paradigm of those conversations has been a great blessing to both of us.

    Furthermore, Jironimo’s leadership, both financially and with the site’s overall design and objective, has been irreplaceable. We’re not entirely certain what his future plans are for the site or its existing content, but his commitment to the staff throughout the Ascendant Justice endeavour has been thorough and well appreciated. Thank you, Ivan!

    So it comes with some level of sadness that both of us will now part ways with Ascendant Justice. Not long ago, an opportunity emerged which allowed us to work with 343 Industries on an experience known as Halo Waypoint. While we can’t fully reveal our capacity with this project, we can say that Microsoft recognizes our readers’ interest in this site and the passion and love which encompasses that readership base – and for this reason, we owe you, our readers, the most appreciation.

    Without you, there would be no Ascendant Justice, nor would there ever need to be one. So thank you for the attention you’ve provided to our site and we look forward to offering the same level of deference and respect to the franchise on Halo Waypoint as we have done on Ascendant Justice.

    – Vociferous & Cocopjojo


  • RT: Choco-bored

    It’s sad when you get into a rut. I know it’s hard to believe, but sometimes even Gus and I can find ourselves talking about the same things, or around the same things. Video game this, video game that… speaking of video games, I gotta go play ODST. TTYL.

  • AH: More Wet videos

    Hey what’s up Achievement Hunter, I totally forgot to post these Wet videos the other day, but better late than never! Monkey Collectibles (Monkeys 21-30) and Monkey Collectibles (Monkeys 31-45)will help you finish off your quest for the Monkey Obsessed achievement.

    I also went ahead and did a walkthrough for the Graphic Violence achievement as well, which you can watch right here


  • Fun cutscene egg

    Jayshum pointed out a youtube vid showing off a pretty cool easter egg in the Epilogue cutscene of Halo 3: ODST – if you want to see it for yourself, simply hold the analogue stick you use to turn (Default is the right stick, but Southpaw is Left) as you watch the cutscene. If it’s too much work to get there again, you can watch the low-quality, filmed-off-the-screen version Jayshum linked to – or you can grab an HD version from us (QuickTime format is 6 mb, WMP9 format is 5.1 mb). Funny stuff! (There are other eggs being turned up – Crymson Nite noticed Trogdor the Burninator, among other things, and Devin Olsen pointed out a ReadyUpLive vid showing a Halo 2 egg that reappeared in Halo 3, and now ODST.)(Louis Wu 18:14:04 UTC)

  • Just how big is that drone?

    Bry continued his work on the unmanned drone we see in Uplift Reserve – he’s added it to his size chart, comparing it to a Pelican, a Phantom, and a Longsword. Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:12:42 UTC)

  • Romeo, Romeo, where are thou sleeping?

    Jillybean has been rejuvenated by the release of Halo 3: ODST – and the Halo Story Page is alive once more. Go check out some of the latest speculation! (Spoiler-rich, of course – don’t read this unless you’ve played through the campaign.)(Louis Wu 18:11:49 UTC)

  • Free Ts for the patient at TGS

    If you were willing to wait in line (for a long time!) to play Halo 3: ODST at the Tokyo Game Show, you got a pretty cool t-shirt. Nice! (Look for some of these on eBay soon.)(Louis Wu 18:10:45 UTC)

  • Halo 3 FFA Tourney on Heretic, next Saturday in MI

    CyReN stopped in with word of a Halo 3 FFA Heretic tournament next week in Canton, MI – check his post for details!(Louis Wu 18:07:11 UTC)

  • Prepare To Drop For Piano, Alto Sax

    This is the theme from the announcement trailer for Halo 3: ODST. It’s my first arrangement so I’m sorry for any mistakes/inaccuracies which there probably will be. I transcribed it using Finale notepad 2005 which doesn’t allow me to change key or time signatures in the middle of a piece so that’s why the entire thing is in 6/8 and F-minor. The sax part can be played on piano if you want, but just remember to transpose it down (the notes are A flat, G, and C in concert pitch). Feel free to fix it and change whatever you want to make it better. My YouTube account is EpicPiano and I posted a video of it there if you want to see how I played it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP3HqQ3NS5Y). The zip file includes the Finale notepad file and jpg’s of the sheet music.


  • Prepare To Drop For Piano, Alto Sax

    This is the theme from the announcement trailer for Halo 3: ODST. It’s my first arrangement so I’m sorry for any mistakes/inaccuracies which there probably will be. I transcribed it using Finale notepad 2005 which doesn’t allow me to change key or time signatures in the middle of a piece so that’s why the entire thing is in 6/8 and F-minor. The sax part can be played on piano if you want, but just remember to transpose it down (the notes are A flat, G, and C in concert pitch). Feel free to fix it and change whatever you want to make it better. My YouTube account is EpicPiano and I posted a video of it there if you want to see how I played it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP3HqQ3NS5Y). The zip file includes the Finale notepad file and jpg’s of the sheet music.


  • AH: Pajamachievements: UFC Part One

    Presenting the first half of the PJA season finale… UFC! Many thanks to finchlynch for taking over the editing for me. He did a fantastic job so go fawn over him. He likes that.

  • AH: Vidmaster Challenge: Classic Guide

    Beating a level of ODST on Legendary without firing a shot or throwing a grenade might seem pretty damn hard, but if you watch this video, you’ll learn that it’s totally doable. Check it.


  • RT: Choco-bored

    It’s sad when you get into a rut. I know it’s hard to believe, but sometimes even Gus and I can find ourselves talking about the same things, or around the same things. Video game this, video game that… speaking of video games, I gotta go play ODST. TTYL.

  • RT: Choco-bored

    It’s sad when you get into a rut. I know it’s hard to believe, but sometimes even Gus and I can find ourselves talking about the same things, or around the same things. Video game this, video game that… speaking of video games, I gotta go play ODST. TTYL.

  • Who wouldn’t wanna be that sales guy?

    Adam Grumbo told us about a video from the Angry Joe Show – what better way to pick up an ODST pre-order… than as an ODST? Armor sculpted by Rube (with molding help from Adam), paint is by Adam, SMG is by Lee. Epic.(Louis Wu 17:33:42 UTC)

  • Arbiter – Pieces

    AssaultGodzilla created a tribute to The Arbiter – it works surprisingly well with the Sum 41 soundtrack. 3 minutes – go watch.(Louis Wu 17:33:24 UTC)