Okay, now that some of the news has died down from earlier today’s Gamescom Halo announcements, let’s take a better look at the remastered Sanctuary. This of course coming with the Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
Man, just look at the majesty that is this map. I love the lighting, the landscape, fog, foliage. This is an excellent redesign! Continue reading
XBOX Press Conference, Sanctuary reveal and Halo 5 Guardians BETA look!
If you want to watch the whole press conference, go here.
Want to skip to the Halo news? (Yeah, me too). Go to the 1:11:00 mark of the video! Continue reading
A gallery of screenshots from the newly announced Halo Channel.
Below you’ll find 12 new screenshots, made available to us, of the newly announced Halo Channel. There are some really cool things to note about them. Take a look! Continue reading
Halo gets a CHANNEL!
Before you go any further, just watch this AWESOME video showing some of what the newly announced Halo Channel will offer you! Text in light blue below from HaloWaypoint. Continue reading
Gamescom Halo News!
Some really cool news has already come out of Gamescom this morning. The two videos to watch are not available now. So unless Waypoint unlocks those, you’ll have to read the below to find out some of what was revealed.
Text in light blue from HaloWaypoint: Continue reading
2nd Annual HFFL LANstravaganza attendees…
Okay folks, I need those RSVPs ASAP.
Anyone who is coming to the LAN and has not yet e-mailed me to confirm you are coming, please send me an e-mail at [email protected].
I need to have a final count so I know how much food and beverages to buy. If you RSVP later than Tuesday there eight not be enough to go around. If you’ve been on the fence about coming, please make your decision by then. If so, again, send me that e-mail.
Check the LAN page for all other details.
I look forward to seeing/meeting all those attending!
-Sal
Halo toy Custom: Mega Bloks Orbital Drop Shock Cyclops!
Brian Lytle posted this custom on Facebook. He’s given me permission to repost his pics here for you folks to enjoy.
This custom is a hybrid of the 3 booster frame sets and the steel cyclops. What he ends up with is a cyclops that is freakin’ amazing! Continue reading
Using the Extraction game type to make ‘Invasion’ styled games!
Tetra, one of HFFL’s gaming group members alerted me to this video by Pete the Duck. Pete is just amazing for figuring this type of stuff out. Continue reading
Halo Toy Review: Mega Bloks Containment Armory
Mega Bloks Containment Armory: Set 97516
Technical Specifications:
Build Time: 2 minutes sorting, 3 minutes building
Set Piece Count: 53
Minifigs: Commando (Reach style) Spartan ORANGE, Operator (Reach style) Spartan Zombie Glow in the Dark green.
Weapons: Shotgun, Shotgun v2
Accessories: Shovel, Axe, Pickaxe, Open Barrel, Traffic cone, 4X sandbags
Price: $10
Special Features: N/A
And on with the pics! (Click pics to make BIGGER) Continue reading
HFFL Community Night starts at 8pm EST tonight!
Tonight starting at 8pm EST, is the HFFL Community Night. We’ll start off with some of the newly revealed racing maps from the Community Forge playlist. Then move to other customs. From there we’ll go into matchmaking. The playlist we go into will be determined by the amount of people we have in the group. We run tip about midnight. If people still want to game, we continue on gaming.
This is a great opportunity if you’ve not played with the HFFL community to get in a game night with us. If you’re looking for a fun casually/competitive community, this could be the one for you. We play to win, and have fun doing so.
If you want to join in tonight, send me a message over XBOX Live and let me know. My gamer tag is: HaloFanForLife1 Let me know you saw this article on the blog.
I look forward to having some fun tonight and hope you’ll join me and the rest of the HFFL crew.
-Sal
Halo Toy Review: Mega Bloks Flame Warthog
Mega Bloks UNSC Flame Warthog: Set number 97449
Technical Specifications:
Build Time: 10 minutes sorting, 30 (this includes my time stopping to take pics for the review)
Set Piece Count: 207
Minifigs: 2 Gungnir – Halo 4 style with new articulation. One Red, One Yellow.
Weapons: Shotgun, SAW, Target Locater
Accessories: N/A
Price: $25
Special Features: wheels spin,machine gun turret turns 360° and pivots up and down at two points.
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2nd Annual HFFL LANstravaganza update: Prizes
Yesterday, I received a small box from Mega Brands (makers of Halo Mega Bloks). Inside were a couple of prizes as well as the following 2014 convention exclusive figures.
I was a little perplexed why I received Call of Duty figs since this is a Halo only site. I contacted Mega and they said the CoD figs were sent by mistake and that they’ll try to get out more of the Halo figs to me. SO for now I have 15 each of the Halo and CoD 2014 exclusive figs. I’m sure some of the fellas coming to the LAN would like to have the CoD fig. Whatever is left, I’ll give away, though not on this site. I’ll post details of that after the LAN.
-Sal
The Halo Bulletin 8-6-14
Just before flying home from San Diego Comic-Con less than two weeks ago, I remember looking down at my mobile device and reading “Seattle –> Cologne: 10 Days Until Check-in,” which meant we had just over a week to put the finishing touches on our presence at the world’s largest gaming event: gamescom in Cologne (Köln), Germany. There were new builds to test, videos with never-before-seen (and in some cases, not-yet-recorded) footage to finish, and much more as we prepared to show you new experiences. We are nearly ready to give you your first hands-on experience with Halo 2: Anniversary, and we are nearly ready to show you new things that you haven’t yet seen. Continue reading
Halo on the cover of September’s Official XBOX Magazine (OXM)
Okay folks, if you collect everything Halo, here’s yet another thing to add to your collection. OXM has Halo on the cover. Presumably this will be about the Master Chief Collection. Continue reading
Halo: The Master Chief Collection MJOLNIR edition!
Screw legendary edition, you can move right on up to the Mjolinir edition of the Master Chief Collection. Also a ‘Game’ (UK store) exclusive.
You get everything that comes in the limited edition…PLUS…the ArtFx Master Chief Statue! Continue reading