Podtacular 835: Achieving Co-op Halo

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Dust Storm

With just a couple months before the Winter Update drops, the newest achievements coming with Halo Infinite’s Network Campaign Co-op has been delivered over on Halo Waypoint offering up 24 new achievements for 420 Gamerscore. Since we both missed out on the flight, we’re excited to get in and experience the story with friends and families. This past weekend also saw Optic Gaming take home the trophy for the NA finals leading into worlds at the end of October. Some exciting new updates to the Exchange and Season Points in MCC also has us tempted to dip our toes back in.

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Podtacular 834: Scripting A New Multiplayer Experience

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Dust Storm

Our next look at Forge is finally here and it’s probably one of the biggest upgrades to the multiplayer experience Halo has seen! From expanding game mode functionality to interactive elements and even more wacky possibilities, scripting in bots will bring exciting new experiences to Halo like never before. Also happy birthday to Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST.

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Podtacular 833: Infinite Building Potential

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Dust Storm

With our first look at Forge in Halo Infinite, the potential for new user generated content is very promising for custom games and hopefully the refresh and longevity of matchmaking. With the ongoing content drought and time it’s going to take before our next season, we are eagerly awaiting the Forge beta this November. In other news, Bonnie Ross has left 343 Industries after starting the company and continuing the journey from Bungie over the last 15 years. We wish Bonnie the best and thank her for the wonderful experiences we’ve had under her tenure.

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Podtacular 832: Infinite Season Update

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Dust Storm

After months of Season 2 being out with no look ahead at what we could expect for future content, 343 finally provided a roadmap for the next year of Halo Infinite’s multiplayer experience. With this update, we’ve got quite a while before we see the next season, but the upcoming Winter update in November is bringing a lot of features that has garnered a lot of community hype including the Forge Beta and Network Campaign Co-op. The unfortunate announcement that came with this update is the tough decision for 343 to cancel Couch Co-op. While this is a tough decision, many of the community’s responses has been less than ideal. We’ve got a while before the seasonal tempo the studio wants will be realized, but we’re hoping the long term benefits of Forge will be a quick win for the livelihood of multiplayer. Big thanks to XLR8 for stepping in to guest host this week’s podcast.

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Podtacular 831: The Man Behind The Forged Helmet

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Dust Storm

Halo Infinite is into week four of Fracture: Entrenched featuring Land Grab and another Community Spotlight has been spotted for this month. While we have a lull in new stuff going on with Halo Infinite, we take this opportunity to have Installation00 on the podcast to discuss the latest progress on Project Mjolnir. He’s released a couple videos with the helmet prototype, the brains of the operation (literally). There’s still plenty of time to help out with the project through his Go Fund Me campaign and several open calls he will be posting soon looking for help with the next parts of the project.

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Podtacular 830: Dropping Books

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Dust Storm

The latest Halo Infinite drop pod has landed bringing the first cross-core customization to multiplayer along with laying the groundwork for a whole lot more improvements to the game overall. The under-the-hood changes should help address things like generating new playlists, match XP and quicker content delivery in the future. Also dropping this week was the latest Halo novel, Rubicon Protocol.

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Podtacular 829: A Most Critical Achievement

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Dust Storm

It’s done; what most though impossible has crowned a champion as JerValiN has stepped up to Moistcr1tikal’s challenge and claimed a much deserved $20K and recognition throughout the community. This challenge brought together the Halo community together in brand new ways and it is truly an amazing accomplishment. On the tails of this accomplishment, we have the next Halo Infinite drop pod, new Halo novel, and next HCS event coming up all in the next week.

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