First Perfect Warzone Game Ever Recorded

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It’s hard enough to get a perfection in a normal game of multiplayer, let alone not die at all in Breakout, but it was only a matter of time before the perfect game of Warzone was to happen.  Reddit user Krazyflips posted a picture of the final scoreboard from one of his most recent Warzone games.  He managed to grab a recording of the Battle of Noctus game with the Xbox One Game DVR and threw it up on his YouTube channel.  As you can tell from the video, it looks like a lot of the enemy team were not playing in the game leaving the outside bases open for capture and a quick push to the enemy’s core.  There were a few opportunities for the enemy team to put a few points on the board as they infiltrated the core room, but Krazyflips and his team managed to come away unscathed and secure the first perfect Warzone match.

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Podtacular 528: Operation Supply Drop

We are finally back on track with releasing shows in the same week as we record them; sorry for any confusion for the past month.  This week we cover the latest news about February’s content update, Hammer Storm, some other exciting Halo related announcements and talk with Gray Hogan from Operation Supply Drop.  In our interview with Gray, we learn about OSD’s support for active duty military and veterans through gaming supply drops and events.  We are also pleased to finally announce our Halo community event in coordination with OSD to highlight the many personalities and groups within the community.  Check out Podtacular.com in the upcoming days for more information and how to get involved.

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Halo: New Blood Paperback Coming March 15th

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Just a year after its original digital release, Halo: New Blood is getting going paperback.  Clear out some space on your bookshelves for what has become one of the Halo community’s favorite novels in the franchise.  Learn about Edward Buck’s life as an ODST and his journey on becoming a Spartan IV leading up to the events of Halo 5: Guardians.  The novel is authored by award-winning and New York Times bestseller Matt Forbeck, who we had the privilege of interviewing last year at SDCC.  Halo: New Blood will be available March 15 for $9.99 at local bookstores and is already available for pre-order at many online retailers including Amazon.

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Podtacular 527: Balls of Sanghelios

With February’s Content Update, we are getting a few new ball game modes that will support Grifball and Assault.  As new game modes have been at the top of the list for Halo fans since Halo 5 released, it’s nice to see another content update that will be the foundation for a lot of community content.  In addition to other Halo news, we cover the next three Halo missions involving Fireteam Osiris working with the Swords of Sanghelios to obtain a Forerunner constructor in the effort to continue their pursuit of the Master Chief.

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Get the Best of Halo 5 with 343 Favorites

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Back in the advent of file shares for Halo we had Bungie favorites, hand picked screenshots, game modes, maps and films from the community that became staples among Halo fans everywhere.  While it’s not an exact implementation or quite as easily to navigate as our long lost feature, 343 has started loading up their favorites gamertag with awesome community content, much of which you may have already seen.  To get to the studio’s favorite creations, add The343Favorites as a friend and navigate to their file share from the Fireteam menu.  Bookmark the maps and game modes you wish to keep and play and you’re ready to go.  We’ve already incorporated some community favorites into our Fraggin’ Fridays customs night so stop on by and come have some fun with us!

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A Different Kind of League With Rockets

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After the recent announcement of Halo partnering with Killer Instinct to bring the Arbiter to Killer Instinct Season 3, Halo invades yet another franchise that just released for Xbox One: Rocket League.  This soccer-meets-driving, sports-action hybrid has been a major hit on the Windows 10 platform and through the ID@Xbox program, co-publisher Panic Button Games has brought this game to Xbox one to include all previously released DLC and two exclusive vehicles: The Armadillo from Gears of War and the HotSticker from Halo.  In the latest issue of Canon Fodder, GrimBrother One gives us a little background from the racing sports league of the future on how this Warthog with Needler thrusters came to be.  There’s lots of other customization exclusive to the Xbox One platform of the game, which you can find out about over on Xbox Wire.  Sadly, both battle-cars aren’t available at first, but it won’t take long for you to quickly unlock these beauties thanks to the folks over at Xbox On from Xbox UK.  You can pick up Rocket League right now from the Xbox Marketplace for 19.99USD.

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First Look at Hammer Storm, February’s Content Update

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Besides Forge, one of the most requested features for Halo 5: Guardians has been the addition of more game modes adding to the current four in the game.  With the aptly named Hammer Storm content update for February, we will receive three new game modes including Assault, Grifball and Fiesta Slayer.  Thanks to some clever custom game options, the “ball” mode, which was detailed in last week’s community update, other game modes including Oddball and Ricochet can be created for custom games. Continue reading

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