Podtacular 801: Big Team Evolved

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Dust Storm

The second Halo Infinite Technical Preview has concluded along with our first exposure to the newest renovation to Big Team Battle in Halo. We’ve had a couple of weeks to digest what we’ve played and have our impressions ready to discuss. Only having one map on replay makes it hard to properly put into perspective what the overall experience will be at launch, but it does give us some things to think about before launch in December. Season 8 also dropped for MCC with the introduction of new maps, customization, challenges and more!

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Podtacular 800: A United Front

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Dust Storm

The Halo community is a passionate one: each person has their own features and pieces they love about the games and franchise and unique opinions can lead to passionate discussions. While we all as players hold our own beliefs as to how we think best contributes to the franchise we all love, it’s important to remember that, despite our differences, we are all Halo fans first and we celebrate our fandom together. As we race to the launch of Halo Infinite, it is a perfect opportunity to show the rest of the gaming industry that the Halo community is a place of acceptance and unity in our common interest. For this impressive milestone, we’re happy to have DJBluePDX and HiddenXperia join us for an engaging discussion on what we’re expecting with the inclusion of the next Halo title into the history of the franchise and how we discuss our differences in a meaningful and understanding manor.

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Podtacular 799: Fasten Armor for Flighting

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Dust Storm

The first week of the latest iteration of Halo Infinite flighting has concluded with Arena PvP giving us our first glimpse of the Arena Matchmaking experience we can expect with the launch of the game this holiday season. Just around the corner the flight continues with the Big Team Battle PvP sessions finally getting our hands on the revamped party multiplayer experience. We’re planning on playing all weekend and will recap our experience in a couple of weeks after taking next week off. The first HCS event for Halo Infinite is December 17th in Raleigh, North Carolina so if you want to get first-hand experience on what competitive Halo Infinite is going to be like, head over to aka.ms/Raleigh-Info for details and tickets. Also, since we forgot about it last week, we do touch on the HCS Top 25 Halo Competitive players list.

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Podtacular 798: Distracted Flighting

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Dust Storm

The next Halo Infinite flight is nearly here and not one, but two weekends of PvP matchmaking will be available with our first hands on the new 24-player Big Team Battle! While we’re getting hyped for the incoming flight and waiting for downloads to become available, we take a look at the Inside Infinite 343 dropped just before this weekend’s session. Also, thanks to Dust Storm’s trainer, both he and Godzilla T were able to secure the Halo Infinite Xbox Series X consoles during the podcast, hence the distracted recording.

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Podtacular 797: Arena Flight Outcomes

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Dust Storm

Just a little more than a month after our first hands on Halo Infinite, 343 has unveiled the outcomes of what insiders deem unfriggin believable and what still has room for improvement. A very positive first experience with Halo Infinite multiplayer is hopeful signs for what we will get at release, but there’s still room for improvement as the days grow shorter. Thankfully, our next Halo Infinite flight is not two weeks away and we’re currently wrapping up Season 8 flighting for MCC. And it wouldn’t be the Halo community without some kind of “fanaticism”, this time around HCS’ top 25 Halo competitive players of all time. Strap in for a diverse show this week.

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Podtacular 796: Staying Power

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Dust Storm

The Infinite news has certainly continued to roll in and the Halo community is going through a roller coaster of emotions with each passing week and new piece of the puzzle. In the latest saga of Halo Infinite news, we’ve learned more about the XP progression system, partnered teams with HCS going into Halo Infinite, and Season 8 flighting for MCC with more customizations, features and a new map from Halo Online! We certainly sympathize with the tough position the studio is to make sure features are complete at launch, but with a lack of features, that will challenge the longevity of the game after launch. Only time will tell, but we are eagerly waiting to hear more.

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Podtacular 795: Limits of Release

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Dust Storm

We’ve got a lot of Halo news this week, unfortunately, a lot of unfavorable news as we come off the latest Halo news from Gamescom, Inside Infinite update and a bombshell last week. We do finally have a release date of December 8th, breaking the norm of Tuesday releases, but the game will release without campaign co-operative play of any kind and Forge at launch, but will come later. We also have a little multiplayer cinematic for the first season of free-to-play multiplayer and just as quickly as it was announced, the Halo Infinite Limited Edition Xbox Series X and Elite controller pre-orders are already out of stock. As a perk of his Patronage, we have a special guest, PrestigeAce on the show.

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