Podtacular 673: Halo MCC: Pizza Edition

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Dust Storm

As big announcements go, this week we talk about the biggest one for Halo fans who are PC players and MCC is coming to the Windows Store and Steam. In addition, Halo: Reach is being added to the collection, but multiplayer and Forge for free, where campaign and Firefight will be an additional premium. Along with this wonderful news, we have on Andrew from Team Respawn to discuss the latest Halo Wars 2 content and where we thing the game is going over the next couple years.

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Podtacular 672: Downfall Too Soon

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Dust Storm

First of all, we want to formally congratulate Bonnie Ross for being inducted to the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) Hall of Fame for her work in promoting STEM and diversity efforts across the gaming industry amongst women, under-represented minorities and children. It’s an incredible accomplishment and we appreciate all she does for the industry. With that out of the way, it’s time for more juicy Infinite news that she discussed on the latest installment of IGN’s Unfiltered. We’re also pleased to welcome back folks from the fan game Halo: Downfall as they discuss their renewed direction for the project. There’s a big reason behind this episode’s title too, so make sure you listen through until the end.

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Podtacular 671: Fortifying Stories

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Dust Storm

This weeks drops in our lap a little surprise for Halo Wars 2’s birthday, a brand new map Fort Jordan, a spiritual successor to Fort Dean from the original Halo Wars. We also have our latest community spotlight that dropped within an hour of us starting, but it’s filled with impressive community content that is worth checking out. Our topic for the week covers what the community would like to see the narrative corner of the Halo universe dive into next and it brought up a couple of interesting discussions.

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Podtacular 670: First Quack at Discovery

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Dust Storm

For this episode, we are pleased and very fortunate to have two special guests behind Halo: Outpost Discovery: Event Programming Manager DJBlue PDX and Head of Halo Consumer Products John Friend. In this exclusive interview, you’ll get a glimpse of how Outpost Discovery was conceptualized and what is being done to bring the Halo Universe to life like never before! We don’t want to spoil the contents of the show so you’ll just have to take a listen to hear what new bits of info we received. While there are still things to remain shrouded in mystery until the outpost arrives, we got a small glimpse at what the UNSC will bring to Earth this summer. You can find all the information you need to know about Outpost Discovery at HaloOutpostDiscovery.com.

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Podtacular 669: Outpost Dispatch No. 1

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Dust Storm

This episode is a little out of time from our previous live show with DJBlue PDX and John Friend. As we’re awaiting review, we got our first drop of new information regarding Halo: Outpost Discovery. We have two characters that have been revealed that will be present at the Outpost to enhance the experience: Spartan Owen, who we were introduced to in Halo: Battle Born and Spartan Hazel. We have a few community updates as well.

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Podtacular 668: MCC Wishes Evolved

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Dust Storm

This week saw another MCC update come across our consoles this week adding the much needed IP masking and some social matchmaking changes requested by the community. In addition to some major additions in January, we asked our community what additional things would we like to see in the future added to MCC. This week’s Community Spotlight features some Valentine’s Day goodness, which also adds a cool name plate to MCC as well.

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Podtacular 667: Halo Comes to Life

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Dust Storm

The biggest event of the summer has just been announced and it may be the biggest event since Halo Fest. Coming to five cities across the United States this summer, Halo Outpost Discovery brings the Halo Universe to life like never before. Interactive experiences, game stations, cosplay, post exchange, museums and much more await for fans of all interests. To get the hype train running, we’ve invited some community guests on for this episode: Laird from Halo Collector, Church from Installation 01 and Ward.

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