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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Today marks Halo’s 15th anniversary after launching in 2001 with the original Xbox. Back in 2011, 343 Industries held Halo Fest at Pax Prime, but today, they’re celebrating with a special anniversary Halo Livestream starting at 3:43PM PST. During the stream, catch a behind the scenes look at the studio’s celebration of the anniversary with a tour of the Halo museum, Halo Wars 2 Blitz Interview, preview at HCS Las Vegas next month, a look at the anniversary REQ pack, unboxing the next Halo Legendary Crate and more. Over on Halo Waypoint, some of the studio heads, former studio members and community members, including yours truly, chime in on what makes the Halo franchise so special to them. There are new Xbox gamerpics available for use on profiles or clubs available also in download form for use on social media. Halo Gear also has new goodies to pick up including a plasma grenade plush. For more information about tonight’s event and to get a preview of the Anniversary Throwback Playlist, head on over to Halo Waypoint.
Some men kill with a purpose; others just want their paycheck.
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Continuing the celebration of all things Halo, another community update has come and gone, focusing almost totally on the series milestone of 15 years. First, Ske7ch highlighted the most recent game anniversary, that of Halo 2 this past Wednesday. Next, further details on the Halo 15th anniversary event, which you can read about in full detail in this article. There will be quite a bit of celebratory content for every Halo fan to enjoy, and in particular those who participate will end up getting some free ‘party favours’. It was also reaffirmed that the various teams are hard at work on all things Halo, with some new content in particular coming to the Halo consumer products.
If you’re interested in taking a peak at the article, you can see everything not covered here (like the mystifying community spotlight video by Azpekt297) on HaloWaypoint.com.
It’s been one year since Halo 5: Guardians launched continuing the Master Chief saga. Since launch, the game has undergone many changes with updates introducing added features like Forge, file share and campaign scoring, new maps, modes and requisitions enhancing gameplay, and Halo 5 Forge on Windows 10. On this special occasion that we recorded the episode on Halo 5’s anniversary to the day, we held a live customs lobby that we broadcasted while recording the podcast on Twitch and invited DJBlue PDX, Ducain23, and Masterz1337, all returning guests to the show. Join us as we walk down memory lane for the past year of Halo.
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It might seem like far less time has passed since the Chief, and us by extension, first stomped valiantly unto the plains of Halo, but the 15th anniversary of the series is dawning, only a few days away. On Tuesday, November 15th, 343 Industries will be hosting a live stream on Twitch.tv/Halo, humorously at 3:43 P.M. EST. Viewers will be able to play with 343 themselves in a special playlist and possibly claim some neat free items. They have also promised to reveal a few new “surprises in honor of this momentous occasion”. Finally, fans are encouraged to partake in sharing their fondest Halo memories with #15yearsofHalo. All of this comes after a recent maintenance update, which you can read more about on HaloWaypoint.com.
If you’re interested in more details, a Facebook event was set up with more information.
Autumn is beginning to fade into the brisk grasp of Winter as a new Community Update hits the internet, this time written by Ske7ch, the new community manager. As a relatively new face to some, he detailed a bit of his lengthy Halo history and answered some community questions. Some takeaways were the acknowledgement for black tech-suits (to the utterance of a sigh of relief from some players), the confirmation of regular Action Sack updates, the introduction of a classic playlist, and a brief but satisfying confirmation of work on Halo: The Master Chief Collection and its status. Of course, that’s only a modicum of detail, and there’s plenty more information about Ske7ch in the article itself.
In lighter news, the next edition of the Halo: Legendary Crate was touted, going back to the shores of Installation 04, right in time for Combat Evolved’s 15th anniversary. You can purchase it yourself on Loot Crate’s website. No Canon Fodder was present this week, to the dismay of some lore aficionados, but some amazing Halo costumes and pumpkin carvings were shown off, which can be seen, along with the community spotlight (which is extremely unique) on HaloWaypoint.com.
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