Monthly Archives: December 2014

The Halo Channel’s “The Sprint” series

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The Sprint Logo

I’ve written  little bit about this a few days ago. This series is 6 episodes long. We’re up to episode 5. All episodes can be watched via the Halo Channel on your XBOX One. If you don’t have the One, hopefully soon all of these episodes will be uploaded to 343’s Youtube Channel.

In the mean time, here is some info you may have missed out on. Continue reading →

Spartan Ops now in the HMCC (You can get HMCC achievements within this!)

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Today saw an update that included among other things, the addition of Spartan Ops into the Halo Master Chief Collection.

Folks, if you haven’t played this in a long time or have never played , give it a go. It’s 50 total missions. A whole other campaign unto itself.

But what makes this better is the resolution. My does it look SO much better on the One! Continue reading →

Combat Evolved Medal in Halo 5 Beta!

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At the 26 second mark of the vid below, the player sticky nade’s the sniper and it blasts back to him. He picks it up and gets a “Combat Evolved” medal. Then again at the 52 second mark, he does the same with the Prophet’s Bane (Energy Sword) on Truth.

Pretty cool!!

-Sal

Halo 5 Guardians Beta Screenshots and my first reaction/opinions of it

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H5G MP Beta header CROP-hffl WM_smI was fortunate enough to get a code for the early access to the Halo 5 Guardians Beta.

Below is a graphic that was contained within the e-mail that I got for early access.H5G early accessI had to enter TWO codes for this. The first was to download the beta, the next granted me early access. 

It took about 45 minutes to download the beta. The access was just seconds.Not sure how big the download itself was.

For these two days, we only have Truth (Midship remake and Empire (the city map) to play on. And that’s plenty enough for two days!

I’ll go through some screen shots here, explaining them as needed and talk about my reaction/opinion of the beta so far. Continue reading →

A Thank You from Bonnie Ross (343 Studio Head) to Halo Fans

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This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint:

Last month, I promised the Halo and Xbox community that addressing the matchmaking issues and other bugs impacting players’ experience with Halo: The Master Chief Collection was our #1 priority.  We’ve been working around the clock deploying weekly content updates and numerous server-side adjustments that have shown good results and we’re encouraged by the feedback we’re hearing from you.  Another big challenge was met when we added fan-favorite playlists, such as SWAT and Halo: CE, back to our matchmaking menu and we plan to add more soon.  Next week, we’ll release a content update that will add all 10 episodes of the cooperative experience “Spartan Ops” for Halo 4, and will address other issues.  I assure you that the team will continue to work on additional content updates to further improve the all-up gameplay experience.

HFFL: Wait, Spartan Ops back in? YES! Okay, I know not many people played this, but man, I LOVED it. (READ ON!!!) Continue reading →

Halo 5: Guardians MP Beta Trailer

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Here’s the official trailer for the Halo 5 Guardians Beta, via XBOX. Text below from the Youtube listing of the video:

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Ready for some hot Red on Blue action? To prepare fans for the start of the highly-anticipated Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta on Dec. 29, this new trailer provides a sneak peek at the new maps, modes, weapons and Spartan Abilities featured in the intense 4v4 multiplayer arena gameplay of the 3-week beta. Each week we will feature new content including 7 new maps, 2 new weapons, new modes, and a new Competitive Skill Rating (CSR) system. Or sit back and enjoy watching multiplayer matches in the all-new Spectator Mode. Available from Dec. 29, 2014 through Jan. 18, 2015 to anyone who owns a copy of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Continue reading →

Halo 5 Guardians Beta 6-part video series

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Part 1 of “Sprint” is available via the Halo Channel right now. Sprint does not mean what you think. It actually refers to a deadline in development of the game. (Well, of a sorts)

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The vid on the Halo Channel is about 18 minutes long. The vid below is a short trailer for it.  Take a look, then head on over the the Halo Channel, via your XBOX One for the whole episode! Continue reading →

Early Access to Halo 5 Beta???

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My bud and fellow co-host of the Spirit of Fire podcast, Martin (aka ) got a message today that he’s going to have early access to the Halo 5 Guardians Beta starting tomorrow!

Am I jealous? Oh hell yeah! LOL I’ve asked, and he’s promised to get screen shots of it. So I’ll be posting those for at least the next two days while he has this early access and provides screenshots.

Here’s a screenshot of the message he got from XBOX:  Continue reading →

Microsoft Wants Halo to Last Another 30 Years

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This is a reblog from gamespot.com. Special thanks to my bud @TheHaloArray for tweeting about this.

Microsoft’s goal for the Halo franchise is to make the long-running sci-fi FPS series last at least another 30 years, according to 343 Industries general manager Bonnie Ross. In a new interview with Bloomberg, Ross revealed the figure and recalled the difficult process of getting the studio up and running, calling it “the most challenging thing I’ve ever done.”

Ross went on to say that diversity was a focus in the formation of 343 Industries, and part of her goal for the studio was to ensure that Halo had “characters that people can identity [with]: heroic females and heroic males.” Continue reading →