The latest Community Update from Bravo has us greatly anticipating the next content update for the Master Chief Collection. The patch will include fundamental changes to issues that have been plaguing MCC since day one and next week’s update should have a definitive date when it will be available. Work continues on getting custom Halo 3 map variants into multiplayer playlists and more Relic info is available from Certain Affinity.
If you are attending Pax East in Boston this year, they you’re in for a treat. Run by the Xbox Booth #5044 during the weekend and get your chance to play the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta again. According to Xbox Wire, you’ll be able to play all the maps and modes that were available during the beta. Pax East is also hosting the HCS Season One Championship at the ESL Arena. If you’re going to be there, hit us up for some swag.
This week, we dive into the weapons of the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta. In the beta, we were introduced to the new Smart Scope system and legendary weapons, in addition to seeing all the changes to some staples of the franchise. We cover every weapon including grenades talking about the Smart Scope implementation for each weapon, how each weapon plays on the variety of maps available during the beta, and compare weapons to their previous counterparts. There’s also a discussion on precision weapon roles can be more defined in Halo. We’re joined by the hosts of the Drunken Halo Podcast, Travis and Justin Bryce for this week’s breakdown.
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Bravo is back to doing weekly content updates over on Halo Waypoint supplementing the existing Bulletin show on the Halo Channel. This week, we get our first look at some Relic concept art from the team at Certain Affinity. In addition, the Content Update beta that was promised by 343 Industries has been cancelled. From the blog post:
After further evaluation, the team has determined that that final testing for the content update will be completed internally, and we will not be conducting a beta test for the next CU. Also, it was determined that the additional time and work devoted to the beta would’ve actually postponed the public availability of the content update. Lastly, there were some added challenges surrounding the CU beta – including an extra series of required updates and rollbacks – that made us take a step back and reexamine the CU beta. Ultimately, this plan will allow us to deliver the smoothest possible experience, and ensure that the next content update becomes available as soon as possible.
We did it, more specifically, the Halo community did it! Through countless hours of play time with the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer beta, we are helping shape the future of Halo. Earlier this week, Josh Holmes, Executive Producer at 343 Industries wrote a blog over on Halo Waypoint detailing some of the immediate decisions they are making to change the final game based on community feedback and also offered some pretty interesting statistics. Did you know that beta players played for a total amount of almost 290 thousand years and that the highest kill metal received, Killpocalypse was only earned once? Did you know Sprint will be toggle-able for custom games and the traditional SPNKr Rocket Launcher is returning as a Legendary weapon? Joining us this week is our resident Welshman, Receptor 17.
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For those of you wanting to take home the experience of Halo: Nightfall on physical media, pre-orders are now available in Blu-Ray and DVD format. Owners of Halo: The Master Chief Collection can watch Nightfall for free on the Halo Channel, but if you did not purchase the game or feel like shelling out a few bucks for a hard copy, it’s available for pre-order on Amazon, the Halo Waypoint Store and other distributors for a release of March 17th.
It is time for us to delve into our thoughts and feelings of the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta. We had three long weeks to test it out and break it down. We start off with the features that were the most pretentious at the start: the new Spartan Abilities, and yes, that includes sprint, which you can imagine took a good chunk of the show to talk about and will likely be discussed again. This week we are joined by Josh or 0IAH as many may know him, who is a well known Halo YouTuber. This is the first of a series of shows we’ll be talking about the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta.
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