Podtacular 494: SDCC 2015 Special

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Dust Storm

San Diego Comic Con is one of the largest fan-focused conventions in the United States and this year we were able to attend and see what the fuss was all about. We had the opportunity to play real life Breakout, see the Mega Bloks build of Apex, learn about the story supplementing Halo 5: Guardians from the novels and Hunt the Truth podcast, be surrounded by Halo cosplayers and snag some con exclusive swag. We managed to pick up interviews with Stony Props on their Spartan training armor and Matt Forbeck on New Blood that will be releasing later in the week.  Huge thanks to Laird for giving us the opportunity to attend and for being our guest for this episode.

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Halo Channel Now Available on Android and iOS

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Dust Storm

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Leading into last week’s San Diego Comic Con, 343 Industries released the Halo Channel app for iOS and Android.  Those who downloaded the app and showed it on their mobile device at SDCC received a Halo 5: Guardians pin exclusive to the convention.  After using the app, we’re happy to say that the interface has much better performance over it’s Windows 8 and Xbox One counterparts.  You can catch up on the latest episodes of shows like The Bulletin, The Sprint, Breaking Down the Map and Community Creations over on the Halo Channel app.

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Podtacular 493: E3 2015 Special

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Dust Storm

Our E3 special has finally arrived covering our experience for what was a truly an awesome week, most importantly for Halo.  343 Industries showed off a Campaign gameplay demo and unveiled Warzone, a new 12v12 multiplayer mode with AI combatants.  At the Xbox booth, we got to experience Microsoft Hololens on the deck of the Infinity.  We’re joined by special guest Unyshek, one of our battle buddies during the crazy week of Halo goodness.

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HCS Season 2 Update 2

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Dust Storm

Next week marks the end of season 2 of the Halo Championship Series where the best Halo teams in the world will meet at ESL’s headquarters in Burbank, California for the chance to win their share of $150,000 in prize money.  In this update, Bravo breaks down the current standings for the top eight teams going to the Championship and a recap of the finals from Pro Gaming League Indianapolis.  By the request of competitive fans, iGotUrPistola was interviewed by 343 who tells us about his time off during the first season and his comeback after joining Cloud 9.  The finals go down live on Twitch July 24-26th.

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Unyshek Breaks Down Halo’s Main Story Line in 15 Minutes

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Dust Storm

If you’re a long time Halo fan or a more recent inductee to the brotherhood of Spartans, the story can be a bit confusing to keep up with.  Unless you’re GrimBrother One, it’s likely you’ve forgotten some of the finer details or just need a quick refresher.  In light of Halo 5: Guardians hitting our Xbox Ones in just over three months, Unyshek has taken fifteen minutes to recap the main story line of the Halo setting the stage for Halo: Combat Evolved and going through Halo 4’s somewhat confusing narrative.

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Podtacular 492: The End of the Road?

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Dust Storm

The finale of Hunt the Truth finds Ben Giraud with a treasure trove of information on the attacks at the embassy on Bliss involving the Master Chief.  He’s going all out with his story, taking everything he’s discovered and going full distribution on prime time.  As he’s done in the past, he transfers all the data he just mined to Ray for safe keeping and gets a hold of Anthony Petrovsky to give him the time and place things will go down. Petra Janecek checks up on what he found only to learn of his last ditch effort to bring down ONI bit he also takes a moment to thank her for everything she’s done for him. Now the only question that remains is will it be enough this time. We would like to thank Toa Freak again for being with us to the end of this extraordinary series.

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Podtacular 491: PrE3 Halo Hype

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Dust Storm

With the lead up to E3, Game Informer delivers a dump truck load of Halo information revealing more about the campaign we’ll be playing in October and hinting at an all new multiplayer experience that we’ll get to see at the expo.  We get full details confirming the members of Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris unveiling the identify of the red Spartan as Olympia Vale.  A new multiplayer map, Fathom was revealed being underwater inside a glass dome.  There’s a lot of other campaign and multiplayer related info that will hopefully be expanded upon at E3 including the new Artemus Tracking System equipped by Osiris.

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