HFFL’s Lirst LAN

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Dust Storm

HaloFanForLifeOur friend HaloFanForLife is throwing a LAN party in about three weeks for some good ‘ole fashion Halo. There’s going to be an FFA tourney along with displays of Halo collectables, toys, tech and much more. We will have the privilege of broadcasting the event during the tourney where you may even get to see some commentary from Gh057ayame. The LAN will be in Pittsburg, PA on Saturday, September 13th at the Game On Party Planner’s LAN center. If you’re in the area or want to see more info, go to HaloFanForLife.com for details and requirements to participate.

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Podtacular 388: Bullseye

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Dust Storm

Earlier this week, the Champions Bundle hit the Xbox marketplace, which includes the Bullseye Pack filled with Pitfall, Vertigo and the newly acclaimed Ricochet. You’ve had the chance to play the maps and gametype, now meet the team behind the pack. We have the pleasure of having Tom Potter, Senior Producer and Steve Young, Lead Level Designer from Certain Affinity to break down what’s included in the pack. Get an inside look into the development of the maps and how the Ricochet gametype came to be. Enjoy

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Halo 4 Global Championship Giveaway

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Dust Storm

Halo 4 Global Championship
As we announced on our podcast yesterday, we are giving away two invites to the Halo 4 Global Championship invitational bracket at PAX Prime 2013. In order to qualify, you must meet the tournament rules and be going to PAX. In order to enter, just send an email to duststorm@podtacular.com with your gamertag and the reason why you deserve the invite. We have two to give away and the reasons can be as serious as to speak to your skill on the battle field, or as funny as why you would cause the most mayhem in Halo. Your submissions are due by 11:59P PDT on Saturday to be considered. The rest of your information will be collected when notified on Sunday. Good luck.

*Please note that all invited players must be 18 years of age or older as of July 5th, 2013, not be residents of AZ, CT, MD, TN, QUEBEC AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, and be eligible according to tournament rules (see below) in order to compete.

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Podtacular 387: Spartan Ops Survey Results

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Dust Storm

This week on the podcast, we enter the last week of the Halo 4 Global Championship online qualifier. We take a look at the upcoming matchmaking update in this week’s bulletin to introduce some of the tournament gametype/map combinations into the Rumble playlist and the preparation of the Champions Bundle dropping next week. We have special guest Molten Slowa on to talk about the results of his Spartan Ops survey, which turn out to be really interesting. Enjoy

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Halo 4 Global Championship Week 5

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Dust Storm

Halo 4 Global Championship
This is it; the final week of the online qualifiers of the Halo 4 Global Championship is here. This is the final chance you have to qualify if you’re not going to Gamescom for the final qualifying event. This week is Legendary Rumble with the addition of the newly designed Legendary BRs. Check out the latest Matchmaking Update for all the details. Even if you haven’t played or registered yet, it’s still open so hurry on over and try your luck for one more week.

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Halo 2 Vista to Stay As-Is

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Dust Storm

In response to someone on Twitter, Jessica Shea has stated that Halo 2 Vista will stay as-is and that we will be receiving another update about the title some time in early 2014. This means no more having to cram in time for achievements if you were doing that in anticipation of the support closing down for the game. We don’t know whether this update will detail the demise of Halo 2 over live for good or if it will lead to an update to the title, but enjoy the game for now. We will look into doing monthly game nights in Halo 2 Vista again after Pax.

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Xbox One Returns to Original Sharing… Sorta

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Dust Storm

Xbox One: Sharing Digital Games and Gold

Yesterday, Major Nelson posted over on his blog a summary of an article written over on Xbox Wire about some of the Xbox Live Sharing and Gold features coming to the Xbox One in just three months. It sounds like Microsoft is bringing back some of the features people wanted to be kept in from the original set of features announced at the Xbox One press briefing that were taken out shortly after the E3 briefing. While we anticipated Microsoft slowly integrating the original features back in the service, the posted article does still leave some blurry lines on what exactly can be done but here’s what we’ve gathered so far.

  • Any digital game purchased can be played by anyone on your home console.
  • You can play any digital title you own on any Xbox One around the world.
  • Any digital game purchase on a non-home console will be available on your home console for anyone to use.
  • For your home console any member can utilize your Gold member features, including multiplayer and entertainment apps, without having to have your Gold member signed in.
  • On non-home consoles, as long as one Gold member is signed in, all other members can enjoy Gold member access.
  • You can be signed into Xbox One and Xbox 360 simultaneously without being logged off either console.

Taking away from this list, there are two big points we are sure of. First, as long as one Gold member has claimed an Xbox One as their home, anyone that signs into that console can enjoy Xbox Gold features. Second, Any digital game purchased on your account is playable by anyone on your home Xbox One or another Xbox One while you are signed in.

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