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 →

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

I 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.I 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 →

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

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 →

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)

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 →

My bud and fellow co-host of the Spirit of Fire podcast, Martin (aka @TheHaloLoyal) 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 →

So it appears that Fred-104’s armor from Master Chief’s Blue team is in the Halo 5 Guardians Beta.

This comes form the same Halo Facebook page I found the piece of art on, that I posted earlier today.

So now I’m left to wonder (with some excitement), of the possibility of we being able to play as Blue Team in the Halo 5 Guardians campaign. Continue reading →

I discovered this via a Halo fan page on Facebook. Forgive me that I can’t remember which one as I was in the midst of a flurry of activity yesterday.

Anyway, could this possibly be the home screen for the Halo 5 Guardians Beta?

It certainly looks good, IMO. Continue reading →

If you’re like me, you’re highly anticipating the Halo 5 Guardians Beta. The beta will bring us 7 maps in 3 game modes. Not all maps will be available at all times. These will be rolled out over the 3-week run. The beta starts December 29, 2014 and runs until January 19, 2015. Many fans, including myself hope that the beta will run longer. This as part of the promise from 343 to make up for the HMCC’s launch issues.

We’ll be able to vote for a weapon to use and later a map from the 7 to be put into rotation.

Spectator mode is something I expect a lot of people to use. I know I will. I’ve got a few Halo Pros either on my friends list or I’m following. So yeah, I’ll be dropping into spectator mode to watch them. There is a delay BTW folks, if you hadn’t heard. In order to prevent cheating, spectator mode will run slightly behind the actual game being played. In this way, anyone watching can’t make callouts to the team as they will likely become ineffectual by the time the team gets the callouts form the spectator.

HMCC woes aside, the Halo 5 Guardians Beta promises to bring we fans some refreshing new Halo experiences. Presumably, it will not run off of the HMCC engine, but will be something else entirely.

This could be good or bad. Good of course if everything works as intended. Bad if it doesn’t. And I don’t think 343 needs another bad thing, am I right?

Don’t forget that we unlock armor through the beta that will be available to use when the full game comes out next year.

What are you most looking forward to with the beta?

-Sal