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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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!
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Surfacing this week, an image began floating around the Halo community showing off what looks like a new special REQ pack called the “Voices of War”. It allegedly contains a highly requested feature, new announcer voice-overs, and many were skeptical of the image’s legitimacy. Well, community manager Ske7ch has confirmed on Reddit (where the image sourced from) that it is real, and will be coming to Halo 5 following this content update. It is labelled as “premium”, so whether it will be purchasable with REQ points or exclusively real world currency is unknown. Details are slim, but the pack will have three new announcer voices for Warzone and Arena. These voices are Spartan Buck, Exuberant Witness, and Yabda the Merciless.
For the past fifteen years, Halo has entertained us, developed friendships, pushed competitive eSports and built lasting communities. Halo has lead to some remarkable life experiences for all fans of the franchise and following the 15 year anniversary Halo Livestream, we decided to chime in on our experience with Halo.
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Another week, another reason to give thanks, as the newest community update has been released. On the lighter side of information, a new update teaser was released in the most recent live-stream, showing off the Grenade Launcher, Sentinel Beam, and Anti-Air model for the Wraith. Josh Holmes, one of 343’s major figureheads and the now former studio head for Halo 5, announced his departure. Here’s hoping for the best in his future, as well as our unparalleled appreciation for his hard work on the franchise. In the spirit of giving thanks, a few studio members like Chris Lee and Bonnie Ross dedicated some notes on the past 15 years of the Halo franchise. And, the newest Halo novel, written by literary artist Kelly Gay, got a spotlight section in this CU, coming the 28th of November.
Of course, there was plenty of extra information in the article, such as the community spotlight and a highlight of Xbox’s 15th anniversary. You can view more at HaloWaypoint.com.
What’s better than playing your favorite video game franchise? Living it out in real life and showing your passion through collectibles! The Halo franchise has many different products that enhance and allow fans to play in the Halo universe. Among many recognizable products, the Halo novels, encyclopedias and visual guides enhance the universe built within the campaign story of the video game series. Replicas, figures, construction sets and toys bring Halo to life in the real world. Posters, apparel, and collector’s editions of games and hardware allows players to capture moments and aspects from the franchise. Helping us discuss the realm of Halo gear and collectibles is Kevin Hurd and Laird from Halo Collector. There’s a lot of history behind the collectors scene as the Halo franchise has matured over the years and many different ways for fans of all ages and interest to bring their fandom to life. We also had the chance to interview James Monosmith, Sales and Marketing Manager for Halo Consumer Products. We discuss some of the latest products available for the Halo franchise and the different partners Halo has to create and produce merchandise for fans.
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With the return of Ske7ch to the Halo team, there are many questions about his history with the franchise. No need to worry as we start to get a glimpse of what he’s looking forward to as the new community manager. There’s more info, including a Q&A for those interested over on Halo Waypoint. We also have a handful of synopses available to us from stories included in the upcoming Tales from Slipspace.
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