Halo: Community Update – Happy Halodays

The final community update of 2016 has landed and wraps a quaint ribbon on this eventful year of Halo. 343 has yet again released the commemorative holiday REQ pack with two festive emblems, for those that may not have grabbed it last year. Speaking of REQ packs, those who attend an HCS event will be gifted a special legendary emblem, and this will roll out to those who have previously attended an event this year. Possibly one of the most anticipated releases of December was Halo Wars: Definitive Edition, available now to those that digitally pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition of Halo Wars 2. 343 is well aware of the delay that some users have had in receiving their copy, and are hard at work to resolve issues. If you don’t purchase the Ultimate Edition, the remastered game will release as a standalone in late 2017.

Of course, there is plenty of extra information packed into this community update (such as a few amazing Forge achievements), and you can read more about it in the article on HaloWaypoint.com.

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Podtacular 563: The Bountiful Monitors

We thought Anvil’s Legacy was the largest update to Halo 5: Guardians. How wrong we were! The latest update touts two new Forge canvases, new mini games features that introduces more craft-able game modes for customs, new matchmaking playlists, observer mode, and so much more! Also released with the content update is the Voices of War REQ pack, which brings new announcer voices to Arena and Warzone. Nothing like an early Halo present to kick off the holidays!

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Machinima Monday: Rise of Tom French

One man will change the ways of Forge, but the community demands more!

Video published by: Teh Spearhead

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Podtacular 562: The Strong Side of HCS – 2016 Fall Finals Preview

The 2016 Fall Finals for North America is this weekend following a season of great match-ups and the never ending roster changes. Teams EnVyUs, Optic Gaming, Liquid and Str8 Rippin are all poised to grab their share of $150K. In some aspects eSports are similar to athletic sports, but there are some unique differences. We have the honor of having Strongside, one of the commentators of the Halo Championship Series tell us about some of these nuances and how this Fall 2016 season finals is shaping up. Make sure to catch the finals this weekend Dec 10th thru 11th over on Twitch.TV/Halo.

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Halo: Monitor’s Bounty Preview

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Halo 5’s newest content update, Monitor’s Bounty, has been formally announced and detailed today. It contains a great deal of highly anticipated REQ items, forge updates, a custom games browser, and much more. Monitor’s Bounty is the tenth update that Halo 5 has received in the past year, and has been thoroughly teased in the past few weeks. Tomorrow will pertain to many more announcements, most of which involve Forge and any details not covered in this preview. This brand new update will be available on Xbox One and PC on December 8th, but no live-stream this time around. Of course, releasing with this iteration is the “Voices of War” REQ Pack that has been heavily spoken about.

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Running down the very long list of additions so far, the update will include two new Forge canvases, Barren (desert) and Depths (underwater). On the subject of REQ items, this update will bring about the long awaited Wasp variants teased last update, as well as the return of the Halo: Reach grenade launcher, variant in tow. The Sentinel Beam will make its return from Halo 3, and the Anti-Air Wraith will finally become an item usable without glitches, as it was in Halo 3 and ODST. Plus three new assassinations and stances, a new set of scopes (presumably Forerunner based on the cards), and three new skin sets usable across all loadout weapons. And the biggest announcement, the return of 9 fan-favourite helmets coming in 2017, all earned by “playing the game”.

If you want more details on what’s coming this update, such as the customs browser, observer mode, and new Forge mini-games, head on over to HaloWaypoint.com for the full article.

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Podtacular 561: Holiday Gear

Over the past several days, we’ve seen some great holiday deals on some new Halo gear hitting retailers and stores. Although we’re past the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, there are still a few things available at sale prices. Since we basically ignored the Halo Wars 2 Blitz coverage a few weeks ago, we decided to take a look at some game play and share our thoughts.

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Podtacular’s Holiday 2016 Halo Gear Giveaway

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Celebrate the holidays with Podtacular with seven days of Halo Gear giveaways! There has been a lot of cool gear that has come out over the past few months shown off on Halo Waypoint, Halo Livestreams and conventions. We’re passing down some of these merch items down to our fans. The giveaway is being run through Gleam.io with several ways to get entries for the daily giveaways. Here’s what we’re offering!

Day 1: Xbox Live 3-month Subscription and $10 Code

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Day 2: Hot Wheels: UNSC Warthog & Tyco Halo Warthog Light Reconnaissance RC Vehicle

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Day 3: Halo and Podtacular T-shirts (winner may select tee from official store under $22)

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Day 4: Covenant Plasma Grenade and Grunt Plush

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Day 5: Halo Official Ugly Christmas Sweater

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Day 6: Dark Horse Pax Prime Exclusive Banshee (Silver)

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Day 7: Halo 5: Guardians Limited Collector’s Edition

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