Tag Archives: Custom Games

Podtacular 566: Incoming Blitz

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Dust Storm

We have entered the home stretch of the Halo Wars 2 launch with the announcement of the upcoming Blitz multiplayer beta launching on Xbox One and Windows 10 on January 20th. This new game mode takes a twist off of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Media, Podtacular | Tagged Blitz, Custom Games, Forge, Halo 5: Guardians, Halo Championship Series, Halo Wars 2, Multiplayer, Windows 10, Xbox One Leave a comment

Podtacular 563: The Bountiful Monitors

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Dust Storm

We thought Anvil’s Legacy was the largest update to Halo 5: Guardians. How wrong we were! The latest update touts two new Forge canvases, new mini games features that introduces more craft-able game modes for customs, new matchmaking playlists, observer … Continue reading →

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Posted in Media, Podtacular | Tagged Arena, Covenant, Custom Games, Forge, Matchmaking, Observer Mode, Requisitions, Sanghelios, Warzone, Windows 10, Xbox One Leave a comment

Celebrating 15 Years of Halo Tonight

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Dust Storm

Today marks Halo’s 15th anniversary after launching in 2001 with the original Xbox. Back in 2011, 343 Industries held Halo Fest at Pax Prime, but today, they’re celebrating with a special anniversary Halo Livestream starting at 3:43PM PST. During the … Continue reading →

Posted in Waypoint | Tagged Anniversary, Campaign, Custom Games, Forge, Halo 2, Halo 2 Anniversary, Halo 2 Vista, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, Halo: CE Anniversary, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: Reach, Halo: Spartan Assault, Halo: Spartan Strike, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Multiplayer, Requisitions, Windows 10, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One Leave a comment

Forging Evolved – Halo 5 Forge Coming to Windows 10

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Dust Storm

Since Forge was created for Halo 3, creators have been able to create their own custom maps for the franchise. While the tools for Forge have evolved over the lifespan of its existence, Halo 5 brought arguably some of the … Continue reading →

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Forge Just got a Major Upgrade for Halo 5: Guardians

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Dust Storm

Forge has gone through several iterations over the lifespan of the Halo franchise and it looks like it just received a major upgrade, filled with fan requests and brand new features. In preparation for the announcement, 343 Industries invited five … Continue reading →

Posted in Halo 5: Guardians, News | Tagged Alpine, Community, Custom Games, Forge, Glacier, Halo 5, Maps, space Leave a comment

Halo 5: Guardians Matchmaking and Custom Games Will Run on Dedicated Servers

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Dust Storm

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is the first time we’ve seen dedicated servers used in a Halo game. At E3’s announcement last year, we were told that all competitive multiplayer games would use dedicated servers hosted on Microsoft’s Azure cloud … Continue reading →

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MCC Patch Notes: Dec 7th

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Dust Storm

A new content update is available for The Master Chief Collection and it’s a big one. 343 Industries is making some pretty widespread changes including a lot of stability fixes for matchmaking, which seems to be the big hitter needing … Continue reading →

Posted in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Waypoint | Tagged Achievements, Content Update, Custom Games, Master Chief Collection, Matchmaking, Patch Leave a comment