Monthly Archives: November 2015

Halo 5: Guardians Smashes Record with Biggest Halo Launch in History

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This is a reblog from XBOX.com: 

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One week after launching worldwide, Halo 5: Guardians has made history as the biggest Halo launch and fastest-selling Xbox One exclusive game to-date, with more than $400 million in global sales of Halo 5: Guardians games and hardware, pushing the franchise to over $5 billion lifetime. With the highest week one attach rate for a Microsoft first party title on Xbox One, the game was the most played of any game on Xbox One, as well as the most played on Xbox Live.

Fans have logged more than 21 million hours of total gameplay, including 12 million hours in campaign mode alone. The widely praised multiplayer modes have also led to nine million total hours played with nearly seven million multiplayer matches played across Arena and the all-new Warzone mode.  In addition, Halo fans are taking to the new Requisition System in a big way, with over 45 million REQ Packs acquired, totaling more than 568 million REQ Cards. Continue reading →

Halo World Championship Regions and Prizing UPDATE

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This is a reblog from HaloWaypoint:

The first ever Halo World Championship kicks off this winter! Qualification for the global tournament will begin in December, with the grand finals culminating in March of 2016. The largest Halo tournament in history will discover the top teams from around the globe, with 16 teams at the final event. The various regions will be represented as follows in the grand finals:

  • Top 8 teams from North America
  • Top 4 teams from Europe, Middle East, and Africa
  • Top 2 teams from Australia and New Zealand
  • Top team from Asia

Earlier this year, we announced that the tournament prize pool would start at $1,000,000, and today, we’re excited to announce that thanks to your REQ Pack crowdfunding, an additional $500,000 has already been added to the pool. This sets the current Halo World Championship prize pool at $1,500,000, and the total continues to grow each day.

HFFL: Wow, only a week in and people has spent $500K for REQ packs…I bet that’s more than 343 had anticipated.

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Halo: Escalation #23 by Darkhorse is available!

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In all the excitement over Halo 5 Guardians being released, I nearly forgot there was another issue of Escalation that came out too.

Halo Escalation #23 takes place just prior to the events of Halo 5. So this is a MUST, in my opinion, to own. It helps explain some of the campaign of Halo 5 from a viewpoint we only glimpse otherwise.

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“The Absolute Record: Part 5”—The penultimate chapter of the battle for the Absolute Record . . . and the future of mankind! The epic six-part sequel to Spartan Ops continues here in this must-read issue byDuffy Boudreau (BlackAcre) and Douglas Franchin (Person of Interest). Continue reading →

Halo Toy Review: McFarlane Halo 5 Guardians Action Figure- Spartan Athlon VARIANT

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Before I get started with this review, I need to acknowledge someone. A reader, now friend named Bobby (last name held for privacy), bought this for me. He knew that I needed this variant color Athlon figure, found it, bought it and sent it to me. He did this, with no thought of being paid back. Bobby, thank you VERY much! 

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Technical Specifications:
Articulation:
• Ball Joint Head
• Ball Joint Shoulders
• Ball Joint Elbows
• Ball Joint Wrists
• Swivel Chest
• Limited Ball Joint hips
• Hinge Knees
• Limited Ball Joint Ankles
Accessories: SMG, Magnum
Additional Contents: REQ Pack sheet (Requisition Pack) This sheet has a code on one side that you can redeem for Halo 5 Guardians in-game content. The content redeemed for varies from code to code.
Cost: $13-17 (US) depending on where you buy it at retail
Availability: exclusive to Walgreens

And on with the pics! (Click pics to make BIGGER) Continue reading →

Halo 5 REQ cards: Weapons Skins

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Here are all of the 28 ‘at launch’ REQ cards for Weapons Skins.

The ranges of rarity are from Uncommon, Rare, Ultra Rare, and Legendary.

As there are 28, I’ve broken them up into the respective rarity category.

Uncommon: “Spring inevitably turns to fall.”

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Halo 5 REQ cards: Visors

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Here are all of the 53 ‘at launch’ REQ cards for Visors.

The ranges of rarity are from Common, Uncommon, Rare, Ultra Rare, and Legendary.

Text under each entry is what 343 added in. When you click on the cards at HaloWaypoint you will get a pop-up window that shows that additional text. I’ve saved you that step by including it here.

Common:

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Halo 5 REQ cards: Assassinations

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Here are all of the at launch REQ cards for Assassinations.

The background colors of the card denote their rarity. The ranges are from Common, Uncommon, Rare, Ultra Rare, and Legendary. The text under each entry is the added text 343 put in, when you click on the cards at HaloWaypoint.

Halo 5 REQ cards: Stances

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This is the first in a series of articles that will show you the original REQ cards at Halo 5’s launch.

The background colors of the card denote their rarity. The ranges are from Common, Uncommon, Rare, Ultra Rare, and Legendary. The text under each entry is the added text 343 put in, when you click on the cards at HaloWaypoint.

We start with Stances:

Halo Community Update: Post Launch Carnage Report

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This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint:

By Bravo:

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On Monday night, we joined together in a celebration that only Halo fans can understand. Whether you had Halo 5: Guardians pre-installed at home or went to a nearby store to pick up your copy on release night, you could likely feel a particular excitement in the air, and we hope that excitement resulted in an all-night (or day, depending on where you might call home) session of campaign, multiplayer, or a perfectly balanced mix of the two. Continue reading →

Hunt the Truth Season 2 Episode 6: Transcendence

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Did it have to happen that way? Perhaps not. But the fact is that it did. Even ONI can’t erase the truth of that…

HtT S2E6 Intro

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So…what happens to Fero, huh…