The Halo Bulletin: Episode 12

This week’s Bulletin talks about:

• Halo New Blood, the new digital short novel coming in March
• Jeff Easterling and Cannon Fodder
• A wee bit about Toy Fair…though I’ve got this covered in MUCH more detail.
• Halo Championship Series
• Fresh Picks – Jay mentions again about the ‘Sprint’ series.
• Halo 5 Guardians montage

Canon Fodder – Array With Words

This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint’s on-going Canon Fodder series of articles:

Today, we wanted to tackle something that has an incredible importance in the overall scope of the Halo narrative: The firing of the Halo Array. This actually arose from a question that popped up on the Universe forums regarding the birth year of the Ur-Didact, Shadow-of-Sundered-Star, which is listed as 110255 BCE in his Universe profile. The question was whether or not the date could be accurate given its relationship to other events in the Halo timeline. In order to more completely understand the relationship between certain events and when they occur, it helps to identify certain benchmarks that can be used to extrapolate other information. Continue reading

Halo Master Chief Collection Update

This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint: 

Just before the launch of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, you may recall that the Halo Bulletin moved to video form for the first time, taking our weekly written news drop of all things Halo and video-ifying it. While we hope you’re enjoying the new Bulletin on The Halo Channel, we recognize that it is sometimes better (and necessary) to provide updates in the traditional blog form. Thus, I’d like to provide an update on developments across the studio, including MCC content and playlist updates as well as Halo 5. Let’s get to it. Continue reading

Get Your Video Featured on the Halo Channel!

This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint:

Since the launch of The Halo Channel, we’ve received a number of requests from talented community members looking to see their videos featured on the app. Whether you’re a creator of Halo montages, custom map / game type spotlights, Machinima, cosplay, stop-motion movies, weapon fabrications, Forge maps, sand sculptures, or just plain awesome gameplay, we wanna see what you’ve got. If you’d like to have your content featured, do read on!

For all videos, we’ll first review your content on YouTube, Vimeo, or a similar video hosting site – simply send us a link at the email below. If the video is something that we’d like to feature, we’ll reply and walk you through a quick and relatively painless release process.

Should your video be chosen, we’ll need to make sure it adheres to the below specs, so keep these in mind when submitting: Continue reading

The Bulletin Episode 9

Jay Frecette is out this week, so Bravo brings you this week’s bulletin.

He mostly talks about the HCS and the Halo 5 Beta. There is a good vid showing the use of the Hydra. I bet many of you didn’t think to use it the way it is shown.

Canon Fodder – Bam, said the lady

This is a reblog from (several entries on) Halo Waypoint:

halo-5-concept-hero-small-1920x350-51cd3cfb806846fd81532fdf6e28e188By GrimBrother One

Greetings!Welcome back to Canon Fodder, where we’ve got something pretty special lined up for you this week. You might have noticed the gorgeous cover art on your way in courtesy of one Isaac Hannaford. If you thought that was some sort of not-so-subtle hint, you’re absolutely right.
Get ready to drop feet first into the latest addition to the Halo story, as 343 Industries and our awesome friends at Simon & Schuster and Pocket Star Books are proud to announce, Halo: New Blood. We are extremely excited to bring Halo fiction fans something they’ve long been waiting for: More. Buck. That’s right, everyone’s favorite Gunny will be taking main stage in a brand new Digital-First Short Novel that will give fans new insight into the history and heroism of one of the UNSC’s finest.
Told from Buck’s perspective, readers will learn where he’s been and what he’s been doing, from finding his place in a changing post-war landscape to his evolving relationships with those closest to him. This new roller coaster ride is penned by Matt Forbeck, who aside from being an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author, is just like many of us – a huge Halo fan! With that in mind we thought it would be cool to have him let us know how he feels about the overall Halo narrative experience, as well as what he’s most excited about bringing to the table for Halo fans.
HFFL: Wait, digital first.. might that also mean an audio version read by Mr. Nathan Fillion himself???

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Canon Fodder – Just Getting Started

This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint: 

By GrimBrother One –

Greetings, and Happy New Year!By now, many of you have likely seen the new Universe section for Halo Waypoint and the Halo Channel, where fans both seasoned and new can get more information on major players in the Halo fiction. One of the driving forces behind this venture is to give fans new ways to see Halo as one larger, connected experience. Halo fans have a wealth of ways to experience the underlying story of Halo, and while some find their home in the games, others find themselves drawn to other mediums, such as novels, comics, or live-action pieces. We are positioning the Universe section so that it can help connect all these various experiences, from the Fall of Reach to Forward Unto Dawn, from Combat Evolved to Contact Harvest. Continue reading