It’s with great honor and pride that I’m please to be a part of the latest community member spotlight on Halo Waypoint. I’ve been running the podcast and website for nearly six years, trying to bring the best I can to the show and community. I’ve been blessed with all the friends and community members I’ve met and interacted with and look forward to what Podtacular’s future holds.
343 Industries’ announcement of the Master Chief Collection along with the additional content to come with it was met with great enthusiasm, but also many questions. Many of the questions have been answered in interviews, but some have been unanswered or are not ready to be answered. We had the opportunity to sit down with Andy “Bravo” Dudynsky, Community Manager for 343 Industries and ask him some of the unanswered questions and clarify a few other answers we’ve received already. Some of the info in the show has been covered since this interview was recorded, but there are still a few tid-bits you may have not heard yet.
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Many questions have risen since the announcement of the Master Chief Collection at E3 and in last week’s Halo Bulletin, and Bravo does his best to answer as many as possible. There still remains questions to be answered and we’ll undoubtedly find out more when they head to RTX. According to the latest Halo Bulletin, 343 will have a booth and panel at RTX, Halo 2 playable on original Xboxes in CRT TVs where you can play against pros and a campaign demo presentation you can line up to watch. We will also be there so make sure you come by and say, “Hi!” Escalation, Issue 7 is out and a new novel has been announced. Halo: Broken Circle covers the Great Schism and will release a week before the Master Chief Collection. Our thread of the week is the Halo 5 Beta topic started by forum member PTBRULES. Special thanks to Biowolf for joining us for the show this week.
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The development of Halo has been shared between many developers over the years. While Bungie and 343 Industries are Halo household names, other contributing studios have left their significant mark on the Halo franchise, one of which is Gearbox Software. At E3, we had the rare privilege to sit down and talk with Randy Pitchford, President and CEO of Gearbox who helped work on Halo: CE for the PC. We had the opportunity to discuss Gearbox’s involvement with the Halo franchise and Randy’s thoughts on Halo: The Master Chief Collection. He’s still a fan of Halo and continues to produce awesome games including one of my personal favorite franchises, Borderlands. If you’re looking for a unique look at the Halo franchise or a bit of some development history behind the game that started it all, then you don’t want to miss this one.
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Halo Waypoint released details about the next upcoming novel, Halo: Broken Circle. It tells the story of the Covenant’s beginning and the events leading up to the Great Schism. The novel is scheduled to release on November 4, this year; a week before the Master Chief Collection releases.
Witness an untold chapter in Halo lore as John Shirley’s Halo: Broken Circle takes us to the dawn of the Covenant and the fateful first bargain between the Prophets and the Elites. Broken Circle will explore an Elite splinter group rebelling against the Covenant in its earliest days, a brave Prophet caught in the machinations of the new Covenant leadership, and the root of the betrayal that would ultimately shatter the Covenant during events seen in the blockbuster Xbox game Halo 2.
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During the Xbox Media Briefing at E3, we got a glimpse into the future of Halo and Master Chief’s story with the introduction of Agent Locke, the mysterious ONI Spartan revealed during the Halo 5: Guardians announcement. Many questions have arisen as to his role among the new Master Chief journey we will dive into, and we’re here to discuss what the future holds. The Arbiter’s dialogue during the teaser also brings some questions to bear along with the loose ends left open by Halo 4 and other pieces of the Halo universe. Joining us on this journey this week is Greenskull and Nak3d Eli, both of whom were at E3 as well.
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