Machinima Monday: Shift

This week features a two-part short feature where a man is given the ability to shift through realities to uncover the cause of a planetary tragedy.  You can watch the second part here.

Video published by: Starfall Studios

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Podtacular 531: Community Stream Recap

We’ve survived and completed our Halo Community stream with Operation Supply Drop.  In this episode, we recap the events of the stream and highlight some of our best moments from the event.  Huge thanks to our guest streamers Ready Up Live, Halo Wheelmen, ProAceJOKER, GrifballHub and Ducain23 along with our featured members and groups.  We had a blast and look forward to working with even more communities for events to follow.

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Podtacular 530: Spartans for Troops

It’s finally here, our Operation Supply Drop stream podcast recorded during the Halo Community Spartans for Troops live stream.  We had a wonderful time with fellow Halo communities teaming up for 36 hours of Halo goodness ranging from Warzone to Grifball to Campaign to tournaments.  On this special episode of the podcast, we are joined by Justin Bryce from the Drunken Halo Podcast to talk with Gray Hogan, the community manager over at Operation Supply Drop about the charity organization and ways to get involved.

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Celebrate the World Championship with the Spartan’s Armory REQ Pack and 50% off Digital Halo 5 Editions

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Celebrate a weekend filled of competitive Halo played by teams from around the world with the Spartan’s Armory REQ Pack.  This pack includes AR and Pistol skins from the most notable teams within the Halo franchise including Blue Team, Fireteam Osiris, Noble Team, Spirit of Fire, and 343 Industries.  You can purchase the REQ pack from the Xbox Live Marketplace or save up 80,000 REQ points to redeem in Halo 5: Guardians or on Halo Waypoint for this weekend only.  In addition to the Spartan’s Armory REQ Pack, all digital editions of Halo 5: Guardians on the Xbox Live Marketplace are 50% off for this weekend only.

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The Halo World Championship Starts Now!

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It all comes down to this weekend. Sixteen teams from around the world have proved they have what it takes to be in the Halo World Championship, but only one will earn the title of champion!  Heralding from the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, these teams are competing for their share of a crowd-funded $2.5 million.  The international teams have their stake to claim among the established American players, and the rivalry between Counter Logic Gaming and Evil Geniuses will be a spectacle for the weekend.

This weekend, make sure you catch the action for both the main stage (Twitch.TV/Halo) and the second stage (Twitch.TV/ESL_Halo) and tune in to commentary from the caster lineup of Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez, Dave “Walshy” Walsh, Mike “Strongside” Cavanaugh, Mark “Onset” Hatcher, Andy “Bravo” Dudynsky, Miles “Wra7h” Ross and Richard Simms.  The schedule for this weekend is as follows:

  • Friday – Day One Playoffs, 9AM-8PM PDT
  • Saturday – Day Two Playoffs, 9AM-9:30PM PDT
  • Sunday – Finals, 4PM-6PM PDT

For complete match schedules and list of maps/game modes, visit Halo.gg.

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GrifCon 2016 Fully Funded, Partnered with Stream.Me

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Thanks to fans everywhere and their support for the sport of the future, GrifballHub’s GrifCon for 2016 has been fully funded, but it’s not just the fans who have a vested interest in the success of Grifball’s presence at RTX this year.  GrifballHub has partnered with Stream.Me as the exclusive streaming service for Grifball during the expo.  Stream.Me is a new streaming service based out of Austin, TX still in beta development.  Along with their contribution to the fundraiser and ongoing support from Halo fans, the Kickstarter project has reached it’s first stretch goal and is close to its second which will introduce shot glasses and water bottles.  The project is still raising funds for RTX, so if you haven’t contributed and would like to help support the Halo community, consider backing the project.

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Machinima Monday: The Drop

In honor of the #SpartansForTroops we hosted a couple weekends ago, here’s the premiere machinima produced for the event from Thomas Productions.

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