Halo Community Update 5.12.15

As we get closer and closer to the end of May, the weeks start to blend together. The days get longer, news and announcements slow down quite a bit, and teams across the studio focus in on upcoming experiences. For the Halo 5: Guardians team, this means perfecting the polish and presentation of new, never-before-seen goodness that awaits. Across the studio, the MCC team hammers away on upcoming game updates. I sit somewhere in the middle, furiously running back and forth between the two, checking out what they’re working on, and getting in on as many playtests as I can, including the latest Halo 5: Guardians Arena maps, the stormy shores of Relic and the devastated streets of New Mombasa found within ODST, and [REDACTED], which we’ll be sharing more about later this year.

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HUNTtheTRUTH Episode 7: Who’s Listening

HFFL: Wondering what this pic of a Golden Civilian Warthog is doing here in an article about HUNTtheTRUTH? Have a listen below and you’ll find the answer…tumblr_no5js8GEsk1uokpa1o1_1280

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I couldn’t believe my ears. From hocking Hogs on Ganymede to shilling fake stories about the Master Chief, Walker’s taken us all for a ride.

HFFL: In this episode of HUNTtheTRUTH, Ben Giraud finally gets the answer he’s been looking for, but is it one he really wants to know? This episode paints a new picture on the start of the Spartan program. What about the clones? 

Have a listen to over 18 minutes of ONI deceit, an ODST’s retribution, and a reporter’s revelation:

      Episode 07. WHO'S LISTENING - Keegan-Michael Key

For those of you, like me, who are steeped in the lore of Halo, this isn’t news to us. But one thing I had never really thought about before was the pain that those clone kids went through. Their fragile young lives were only made to be destroyed. That is tragic, even if the outcome was the likes of Master Chief and company.

Gah, I almost forgot to put this in completely! What if Pharaoh is actually either Halsey or better yet, Cortana reborn? It would be much easier for Cortana to infiltrate ONI/Gov’t than Halsey. I’m still not 100% on Cortana having ‘died’. When she says ‘most of me is down there’, I think she was referring to herself as downloading herself into earthbound servers. There is no ‘down’ in space. And we just can’t expect that Cortana would use that phrase incorrectly, rampant or not. Ok, there’s my mind running wild with conjecture again, LOL.

-Sal

Canon Fodder – Azure Noir

This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint:

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ISSUE 23

Welcome back, fiction fans. Last week, we talked about the community’s heroic effort to assemble the newest official key art for Halo 5: Guardians and provided some clarifying calm to a Covenant storm. This week we’ve got a special treat that should prove a marvelous morsel to our novel-gazing lore buffs. Plus we’ll have another look at #HUNTtheTRUTH as well as new Universe entries to take a gander at. Read on!

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HUNTtheTRUTH Episode 6: Boxing Story

With major questions about the Master Chief now out on the open network, a flood of feedback and theories come in from all corners of human space. Rumors spread that ONI has fabricated elaborate lies, but why? What are they covering up? Has the investigation now put everyone’s lives at risk?

Have a listen!

      Episode 06. BOXING STORY - Keegan-Michael Key

Apologies for the late post on this. So much stuff I’m working on, ATM.

Did any of you send an audio clip in? I did, though I couldn’t hear if I mine made it. So many clips over top of one another.

-Sal

Canon Fodder: Puzzled Expression

This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint:

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ISSUE 22

Welcome back, canonheads. Last week we were all over the content map talking about new, revamped, and upcoming features in the Universe section of Halo Waypoint and the Halo Channel, as well as Canon Fodder itself. This week will be a bit lighter as we are all at once coming down off the craziness that was the Great Puzzle Hunt of 2015, as well as being ridiculously heads-down working on a host of exciting secret goodies as we hurtle towards E3 this summer. Combined with the release of Halo: Hunters in the Dark by Peter David, June will be an exciting month to be a Halo fan, I can tell you that much.

And with that, let’s dive in.

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HUNTtheTRUTH: Notice of Violation

Ben Giraud has been slapped with a fine by the UEG (United Earth Goverments). We know this from Episode 5 in the audio long series of the HUNTtheTRUTH campaign.

Below is the Notice of Viloation he recieved.

imageBe sure to use a QR decoder (free in the app store for your mobile and tablet devices) for additional content…

-Sal

Weekly Halo Channel Content

This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint:

This week on the Halo Channel

Our favorite investigative reporter is back again in another brand new episode of Hunt the Truth and over in Red vs. Blue, things are coming to a head for the Blood Gulch Crew. This week’s Halo Community Creations will make you laugh and then blow your mind. We wrap things up with a new Learn video to get you up to speed on Halo’s “Control Room.” Continue reading