Podtacular 490: What Lies Beneath

Our second to last episode covering the Hunt the Truth campaign, we find Ben about ready to give up on his hunt when he’s attacked by ONI and saved by FERO. With renewed commitment after FERO told Ben she was about to risk her life to bring down ONI, he steps up and pursues the lead given to him by Petra, telling FERO to hold off on her attack.  Once on the planet Bliss, Ben heads straight for the coordinates in the middle of glassed wastelands.  Narrowly escaping a glass storm, he reaches his destination finding an abandoned ONI relay station.  What he finds is all the information he needs to corroborate Chief’s innocence on Biko and all the info on the actors, himself and John that he could ever want to finally bring ONI to justice.  Again we are joined by Toa Freak from Halo Canon.

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Halo 5: Guardians Warzone Game Mode

At the E3 2015 Xbox Press Briefing, 343 Industries announced an all new game mode for Halo 5: Guardians: Warzone.  This new game mode takes Halo big team multiplayer to the next level incorporating 12 vs. 12 PvP combat mixed in with AI bosses as you take out enemy forces and control key bases on the map.  The scoring is a mixture of PvP kills and objective completion within the game mode.  Taking control of bases, eliminating AI bosses and killing other players all add victory points to your team’s score.

At the beginning of the match, you must first reclaim your base from the AI that control it.  Once eliminated, you enter the battlefield where there are two Armories, one for each team, and a Garage.  All three are open for either team to capture.  Each base you capture provides another spawning location for you to re-enter combat.  The armories allow you to request new weapons on the battlefield and the Garage allows you to spawn in vehicles.  What you can request is all based on your individual level.  This level is earned in the game session as you kill other players, capture bases and take out objectives.  Once you requisition a vehicle, your level meter fills up again over time and on your performance.  Requisition weapons and vehicles to maintain dominance over your opponent.

Check out the ViDoc below for all the info about Warzone from 343 Industries.

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Podtacular Special: 10 Year Anniversary Fundraiser

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Earlier this week, we launched our 10 Year Anniversary RTX Reunion Party Fundraiser asking the Halo community to help us fund hosting a party for Halo fans.  We have lots of plans for our anniversary panel and a laundry list of things we want to do there and our party.  343 Industries and other companies have already offered up some Halo swag for us to give away and help make our anniversary celebration a success.  Please check out our Indiegogo campaign, consider donating and most importantly, share with other Halo fans.

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Podtacular’s 10 Year Anniversary RTX Reunion Party Fundraiser

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This year marks our 10 year anniversary being a Halo community and podcast and we’re celebrating at RTX this year.  At RTX, you’ll be able to meet all the current Podtacular staff and some of the original, familiar faces like foomojive and Spelchek at our panel.  Details are still up in the air on when our panel will be, but in addition to the panel, we’re looking to throw a reunion party, reserving a place for the Podtacular and Halo community to come and share Halo stories with one another.  To achieve this, we need your help! We’ve launched an Indiegogo Fundraiser to help cover the costs of producing Podtacular swag: t-shirts, lanyards, wristbands, etc. and funding for us to rent out a restaurant for an evening during RTX.  We will have special giveaways for those in attendance at our panel and the party but don’t fret if you can’t make it.  We have some great perks to go along with our fundraiser and have been graciously supplied with some Halo goodies from 343 Industries for us to give away on stream.  For full details behind our campaign, check out the announcement video below and head over to https://www.podtacular.com/indiegogo to donate today.

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The Sprint Returns for Making Halo 5: Guardians

the-sprint-s2-542x305-2e436bbd2e0a4c85b343c3e8a67b4f9e343 Industries will bring back The Sprint taking a look behind making Halo 5: Guardians ready for its E3 debut.  Check out the trailer below:

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Podtacular 489: Ramblings of the Third Kind

Following up on a pretty quiet news week, the gang decides to talk about some theories behind the Hunt the Truth podcast and how things may play into Halo 5: Guardians later this year.  We touch on the subject of FERO’s involvement with the Insurrection, Sapien Sunrise’s end game and possible influence on humanity, and the possibility of seeing some of the characters from the podcast either in the upcoming TV show or game.  We also dive a bit into the campaign play style from past games and talk about what we would like to see with it in Halo 5 and future games.  Normal shenanigans and ramblings ensue and we look forward to returning to normal on our next episode.

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Game Informer Cover reveals July Coverage of Halo 5: Guardians

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Game Informer has released the cover for their July issue which will largely cover news regarding their recent trip to 343 Industries and hands-on experience with Halo 5: Guardians.  The cover showcases Master Chief and Blue Team against a Sanghellios backdrop with Banshees, Forerunner Guardian and a menacing Spartan Locke.

From the release, GI reveals Locke’s team as Fireteam Osiris, hunting down the Master Chief and Blue Team who has been declared AWOL.  From the trailer below, we get our first   The coverage includes co-op gameplay as Blue Team before they were declared AWOL  In co-op play, gamers take the role of one of the members of Blue Team, similar to Halo 3’s co-op choosing loadouts specific to that team member’s abilities.

GI also got a length hands-on experience with the Arena multiplayer, including coverage on the changes to Empire and a new, undersea base map called Fathom.  There’s even a new mode they got to try out that they say has never been seen in Halo before.

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