Podtacular 386: When Champions Rise

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Dust Storm

The Halo 4 Global Championship is on week 4 of it’s five week qualifier and we finally have the first three confirmed winners of the online portion, courtesy of this week’s Halo Bulletin. Next week’s gametype is Legendary Slayer with the addition of Legendary BRs. Five new multiplayer medals are coming along with the Bullseye Pack as well as the first details around the Gamescon portion of the championship. AGL 9 is also this weekend in Atlanta, GA so make sure you go over to Twitch and support competitive Halo. We also get to jump into our mailbag and see what you guys have sent over. Enjoy

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Xbox One Unboxing

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Dust Storm

Major Nelson takes us through the complete package of the new Xbox One landing in stores and in homes this November. Every console comes with a 4K-rated HDMI cable, Kinect 2.0 sensor, One wireless controller, and a new headset. More information is rumored to surface at Gamescom, but we’ll keep you updated as we hear more.

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Halo 4 Global Championship Week 4

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Dust Storm

Halo 4 Global Championship
The online qualifiers are almost to a close as we enter week 4 of the Halo 4 Global Championship. The leaderboard is reset and a new set of prizes is ready to be given away. Rumble Grab Bag is this week’s theme featuring the Rumble Slayer you all have been playing with a splash of objective. Remember, place top 4 in the week and you’ll secure a place in the finals at PAX Prime in Seattle. For this week’s gametype/map match up, Waypoint has put together a little table to help us out.


The break downs of the loadouts and gametype settings are in the latest Matchmaking Update. Registration is still open if you haven’t yet bitten the bullet, so go sign-up and maybe you’ll be one of the lucky finalists.

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Podtacular 385: Spartan Assault

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Dust Storm

This week we take a look at Halo: Spartan Assault, a story of a battle that happened on Dratheus V involving Sarah Palmer in the early days of Spartan Ops. The graphics for the game turned out really well, the controls are easy to pick up, and the game play is fun. While there is a story line to the game, focus of the game drove more to the playing experience. This week’s bulletin dives into details for next week’s Halo 4 Global Championship online qualifiers along with an announcement that winners from the last six AGL events will have a seat in the finals. Our guest host this week is a long-standing community member Facehead. Enjoy

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RTX 2013 Photo Album

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Dust Storm

RTX 2013 Photo Album

Over the past two weeks, we’ve been uploading our RTX photos to our Facebook page. The album is now complete and you can head on over and check them out for yourself. Lots of pictures of our GrifballHub friends, our Waypoint friends and several from the convention overall. Go on over and like the ones you find interesting.

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Avatar Item Reveals Jun Alive

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Dust Storm

So this is something a little out of left field where Halo cannon is being told outside the realm of the universe. After our latest podcast, Bryan pointed out that an avatar item on the Xbox Marketplace has verified that Jun is still alive. The Commander Palmer Armor for your avatar has the following description:

Once an ODST, Sarah Palmer was hand-picked by former Spartan-III Jun A-266 to be one of the first candidates in the new Spartan IV program. Quickly proving herself during the defense of the UNSC Infinity from a hostile takeover by Insurrectionists, Palmer was soon called upon to lead a Spartan strike team during the historic Battle of Draetheus-V. Now the senior Spartan aboard Infinity, Commander Palmer went on to be instrumental in the recovery of the Master Chief and the defeat of Jul ‘Mdama at Requiem.

It’s doubtful that many people thought Jun was dead after Halo: Reach, but now we have confirmation.

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Halo 4 Champions Bundle Achievements

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Dust Storm

Halo 4 Champions Bundle Achievements
We mentioned the achievements for the Champions Bundle a couple of podcasts ago, but the official list has been posted by Waypoint over the weekend. There are 10 brand new achievements for a total of 250 Gamerscore, bringing the Halo 4 total to 2000 points. Check out the list and be ready when the bundle drops on August 20th.

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