Yesterday, IGN hosted a stream with Dennis Ries and Max Hoberman to discuss some of The Master Chief Collection and show off some live gameplay. We get to see some new features being added to it including killcams, weapon loadouts, universal control layouts, race on gungeese, and much more.
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Xbox just announced the next Halo Fest, and it’s a lot closer than you think, but nothing like the first one. The weekend before the launch of The Master Chief Collection, head on over to Halo’s Twitch channel to watch the Halo: The Master Chief Collection Launch Invitational, taking place at ESL’s headquarters in Southern California. Thirty-two of the best Halo teams from around the world will be going head-to-head in Halo 2: Anniversary for $50,000 in prizes.
Following the tournament over the weekend, on November 10th, starting at 8:00PM Pacific time, head over to Xbox.com and Twitch for a first look at Halo 5: Guardians, the world premiere of Halo: Nightfall, interviews with game developers and Nightfall producers, and more! For all the details, head on over to Xbox Wire.
Our trip to NYCC wasn’t only filled with Halo toys and figures, but a few publications you could actually pick up on the show floor. One of these items was Halo: The Picture Collection. This collection of posters from Insight Editions contains a variety of 40 removable art prints, promotional pieces, book covers and more. The print quality makes it look like you’re looking at a poster print, but is sturdy like card stock. At 16 x 12in., they’re great for small, framed pictures, but if you’re looking to see all of them at once, prepare to grab two as they’re printed front and back. Continue reading
Amongst all the Halo news out this week from 343 and IGN, no one was probably more excited for anything but the announcement that the Master Chief Collection went gold and started hitting consoles as pre-order downloads this week. Not to mention that all the content of the game can’t even fit on one disc or have other content come later, but it means we’re just that much closer to getting our change to experience Master Chief’s saga all over again. In addition to the golden news, leaderboards are coming to the campaign where you can measure your progress compared to rivals you select in game. If you haven’t touched Halo on PC, then you’re in a treat for 8 new maps to hit the Xbox stage for the first time. One other Halo game to keep your eye on is Spartan Strike, the successor to Spartan Assault. We still have another week or two of content to dive into the show so buckle your seat belts.
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There are many stories being bundled in with the Master Chief Collection, with one in particular we are being introduced to for the first time. Nightfall is the digital series coming with the Master Chief Collection that tells the origin story of Commander Locke leading up to his role in Halo 5: Guardians. Halo Waypoint showed us a first cinematic look at Halo: Nightfall and gave us a little information on how the story of Nightfall will unfold for Locke’s character.
Long time Halo fans remember the nostalgia of Bungie video documentaries, or ViDocs, whenever we were graced with their appearance. It looks like 343 is taking that route now in a trailer for a ViDoc on the remaking of Halo 2 for the Master Chief Collection. Upon the ViDocs release, fans are going to get an in-depth look at the development behind remaking this iconic game, staying true to it’s past, but bringing it up to give Halo fans the best experience possible.
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