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November 2014 Archived News
News November 6 2014
Harsh words for Nightfall
Ouch! The Verge has looked at the first of Halo: Nightfall's five episodes... and came away underwhelmed. Give it a read, unless you want to judge for yourself first. Update: IGN has a review, too, and our forum thinks it might be less biased. (It's still not great, but it's more positive than the first one.) (Louis Wu 22:45:32 UTC) (permalink)
GameVGame: Favorite ODST Campaign Level?
The latest Campaign Level poll from GameVGame focuses on Halo 3: ODST - go pick your favorite! (Louis Wu 22:42:33 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Championship Series
Earlier today, Bravo announced the 'Halo Championship Series', which is 343i's plan to help get Halo back into the competitive and eSports scene. 343i is teaming up with ESL and Twitch to help host online and LAN tournaments that run under a unified placing system. The first Season of HCS starts shortly after the launch of The Master Chief Collection. Go read! (mastrbiggy 00:33:35 UTC) (permalink)
Plasma Rifle Replicas by Project Trifroce
Project Triforce listed H2A full scale plasma rifle replicas for pre-order. These seem to be officially endorsed by 343i and they do look quite nice. There are two versions, a blue one that runs $150 and a red one that costs $162.50. Thanks, Mid7Night. Edit: A few people pointed out that the replicas actually cost $600. The intial deposit costs $150.
(mastrbiggy 00:21:54 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: The Master Chief Collection Launch Trailer
The Xbox YouTube channel also released a Master Chief Collection launch trailer - check it out! (mastrbiggy 00:20:56 UTC) (permalink)
We Will Rock You
The Xbox YouTube channel released a TV ad for The Master Chief Collection. It's a montage of Halo footage paired with the song "We Will Rock You". The song was recreated with Halo weapons sounds - awesome! (mastrbiggy 00:17:31 UTC) (permalink)
News November 5 2014
Pumpkin Update
Just a quick note about our 343 Guilt O' Lantern contest - if all goes well, I should have all the entries up for voting either tomorrow or Friday. Get ready to pick your faves - there are some awesome ones this year! (Louis Wu 23:40:28 UTC) (permalink)
GameVGame: Favorite Halo 3 Campaign Level?
Another day, another GameVGame poll... today's wants to know, what's your favorite Halo 3 Campaign level? Go vote! (Louis Wu 23:39:21 UTC) (permalink)
News November 4 2014
Halo 3 Campaign Saved Films - Still In
A couple of days ago, we mentioned a fan-written article that suggested that Halo 3 Campaign Theater was being downgraded in the Master Chief Collection. That seems to be a premature conclusion - check out this tweet from Frankie confirming that they're still in the package. Yay! (Thanks, FyreWulff.) (Louis Wu 21:43:31 UTC) (permalink)
GameVGame: Your favorite Halo 2 Level?
GameVGame's Halo Campaign polls continue - today they're looking at your favorite Halo 2 level. What kept you coming back? Go vote!
(Louis Wu 21:40:57 UTC) (permalink)
News November 3 2014
Digital Foundry Hands-On: The Master Chief Collection
Eurogamer took the Master Chief Collection for a serious spin in their Digital Foundry labs - go see what they found!
(Louis Wu 23:34:39 UTC) (permalink)
The Spartan
MacGyver10 was looking for artwork recently, and stumbled across a lithograph for sale that looks pretty interesting! Check it out. (Louis Wu 23:34:13 UTC) (permalink)
The Mantle
The Lionheart stopped in with an interesting writing sample; he created it as part of the interview process for a 343 writing position. He didn't get the job, but he did get pretty far along - go check it out!
(Louis Wu 23:32:50 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 4 Assassinations - Up Close and Personal
Gamecheat13 used his moddling skills to show you what Halo 4 assassinations would have looked like in a first-person view (instead of the third-person view we drop into now). These look BRUTAL! (Of course, they're slowed down so you can see this - it would have been pretty tough to tell what was going on at all if 343 had gone this route.) Thanks, gamerguy2002. (Louis Wu 23:31:28 UTC) (permalink)
What's your favorite Halo Campaign Level?
Andy, from GVG, sent us a note that they've kicked off another series of polls, this time based on campaign levels. They're counting down to the Master Chief Collection! First up - what was your favorite Campaign level in the first Halo? Go vote! (Louis Wu 23:25:34 UTC) (permalink)
News November 2 2014
A Pillar of Bricks
asa stopped by with a link to a video released this summer, after Brickworld 2014 - Lee Jones created a 100+ kg replica of the Pillar of Autumn, complete with realized engines! He declined to mention the total cost of the included LEGOs, but he said it would have paid for a trip to Hawaii for his wife, so... The work involved is astounding, you should go look. (asa also included links to some supplementary pages with more pics and info.) (Louis Wu 17:26:26 UTC) (permalink)
Is Theater getting a downgrade?
Team Beyond has gone through the recently uploaded Master Chief Collection manual, and the wording for Theater modes suggests that some functionality that DID exist in Halo 3 (when it launched in 2007) has been removed in the Master Chief Collection. 343 hasn't commented, that we've heard, so it's possible that there's just some misunderstanding going on... but it's also possible that you will not be able to easily create campaign experiences in the MCC. More when we know it! Thanks, The BS Police. (Louis Wu 17:23:05 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Cinematic Launch Trailer Comparison
MixMaker1 let us know that he put together a new comparison video, showing off the latest Halo 2 Anniversary Launch Trailer, matched up with the corresponding shots from the original game. Pretty interesting! (Louis Wu 17:19:35 UTC) (permalink)
50 new MCC Achievements in Launch Content
Yesterday, Bravo posted a list of the 50 Achievements (500 gamerscore) being added to the existing 400 Achievements that ship with The Master Chief Collection - I'm guessing some of these will have a very, very, VERY low completion rate. I love that Halo speedrunners are being honored by name! (Louis Wu 17:17:37 UTC) (permalink)
News November 1 2014
Kiki talks MCC
Xbox Achievements interviewed Kiki Wolfkill - go listen to what she has to say about the Master Chief Collection! (They've also got a pretty substantial Let's Play video posted, as well.) Thanks, AfroRyan. (Louis Wu 18:18:43 UTC) (permalink)
Old egg, new yolk
So we all know 343 updated Halo 2 for the H2A release... did you know they updated at least some of the easter eggs, too? Metalingus627 pointed out a screenshot that shows that a cutscene-based egg has been brought forward appropriately. (Louis Wu 18:11:50 UTC) (permalink)
This is just fun.
Cybrfrk sent along a fantastic example of the power of CSS. Lovin' it. (Louis Wu 18:04:44 UTC) (permalink)
Project Contingency Update
The last time we mentioned Project Contingency was back in January - this CryEngine 3-based Halo mod was already several months into production, and some of their work had accidentally been leaked, and mistaken for the next Halo title. A couple of days ago, they posted a new update on their website - looks like they've been busy! Go explore. (Thanks to GamerHeadlines for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 17:54:42 UTC) (permalink)
Max Hoberman Talks Halo 2
IGN's Podcast Unlocked #168 focuses on Halo 2 - Ryan's guest is Max Hoberman. Interesting talk! (Louis Wu 17:44:35 UTC) (permalink)
Drunken Halo Ep 91
Justin Bryce let us know that Drunken Halo Episode 91 is now live - Justin and Travis discuss the Halo 5 Beta and the Master Chief Collection. Go listen! (Louis Wu 17:39:17 UTC) (permalink)
Marlin the Elite - Episode 92: The Masquerade
Layne Thomas let us know that the newest episode of Marlin the Elite is up - Episode 92 has Marlin enjoying a Halloween party. Go watch! (Louis Wu 17:34:59 UTC) (permalink)
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