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December 2016 Archived News
News December 29 2016
'Marlin The Elite: The Movie' Teaser Trailer for Full-Length Coming in 2017
We posted about the news back in September of 2015, but it looks like Thomas Productions are finally ready to give viewers a peek at their upcoming, full-length 'Marlin The Elite' movie! Catch the trailer on YouTube for the full thing coming in 2017! (MacGyver10 16:01:51 UTC) (permalink)
Race Through Halo: CE's Maw Run with Zombies Chasing You in Halo 5
Trollbait title aside, munky-058 brought up some pretty cool Halo 5 Forge work showcasing a recreation of The Maw run from Halo: CE! Check his forum post at the link for the download details and YouTube video! (MacGyver10 15:57:19 UTC) (permalink)
Destiny's Vex Invade Halo 5 Thanks to Forge
We at the *BO are pretty passionate about a couple of games around here, but when you combine the two, we just don't know what to do! Check out CupofJoe's YouTube video showing off some Destiny baddies he created in Forge for Halo 5! (MacGyver10 15:54:27 UTC) (permalink)
News December 28 2016
The Forward Unto Dawn FUDCast #20: 'Halo Creepypasta' Reviews Halo's 2016
The Forward Unto Dawn crew got together with a couple of guests to talk their thoughts on how Halo fared and felt in 2016. You can grab show notes and listening options at forwarduntodawn.com/fudcast20. (Thanks davidfuchs!) (MacGyver10 19:29:28 UTC) (permalink)
Rockslider Takes Fun in Poor, Stuck Banshee Drivers On AoTCR
As I'm not (for the most part) done with my holiday time off, it's time to catch up on some Halo news! Rockslider is back and playing with those poor banshees that seem to get stuck on the AoTCR bridge. Pick your video flavor in his forum post! (MacGyver10 19:06:34 UTC) (permalink)
News December 22 2016
A Bearded Chief Makes the Holidays Bright
Did you miss out on celebrating Christmas with the Chief last year? Hope in and play a game in Halo 5, and you'll get these pretty cool emblems for the holidays!
(MacGyver10 23:58:08 UTC) (permalink)Play Halo 5 during the holiday season to unlock the Spartan Claus and Candy Canes emblems. Happy holidays from us at 343! pic.twitter.com/QcSDmN5iAt
— Halo (@Halo) December 22, 2016
Distro Speedruns Through Halo 5 In Less Than An Hour and A Half!
Distro has made his way through the entirety of Halo 5's campaign in a blistering 1h29m18s! You can see all the glitches, tricks and spartan abilities he used to make his way through quickly in the YouTube video he shared on his channel! (Thanks davidfuchs!) (MacGyver10 23:55:13 UTC) (permalink)
News December 21 2016
Changes Coming to the Team Arena Playlist With a Winter Update
If you're interested in what maps and gametypes are coming to the competitive Halo scene, there's a new article up at HaloWaypoint that gives you the lowdown on the expected changes coming to the Team Arena playlist with the Winter Update. The transparency and communication on motion tracker changes (or lack thereof) are particularly welcome. (MacGyver10 20:57:15 UTC) (permalink)
'Halo Wars: Definitive Edition' Early Access Codes Rolling Out and Download Instructions
Looks like those codes for Early Access to Halo Wars: Definitive Edition have been rolling out in the last 24 hours for those that had already pre-ordered Halo Wars 2 before Decemeber 14th (Thanks munky-058. If you've pre-ordered recently, codes for the download are still rolling out over the next couple of weeks. If you've had trouble claiming your game from the Xbox messaging system, it looks like the Halo Wars SubReddit has laid out a workaround for you then! (MacGyver10 20:50:46 UTC) (permalink)
News December 20 2016
Paddles, Balls and Working 'Pong' Now in Halo's Forge
We knew to expect some pretty crazy things with Halo 5's latest Forge update, but Gmember182 has started that a little early with his complete recreation of Pong in Halo 5! He has a link to the map (even a singleplayer version) and the gametype so you can try it out! (MacGyver10 19:22:52 UTC) (permalink)
News December 19 2016
Canon Fodder #95 - 'What Once Was Lost'
GrimBrother One is once again standing alone with his Canon Fodder, as he takes 'What Once Was Lost' and sheds new light on it! You get some lore on some of the characters and vehicles coming back in Halo Wars: Definitive Edition and even a free prequel comic that was included in the original Halo Wars Collector's Edition! (MacGyver10 22:55:20 UTC) (permalink)
Rockslider's H1 Freakiness and Fun #15
Rockslider put together a compilation of Halo: CE 'freakiness and fun' again, and this one features a self-grenading Grunt, a dozy Hunter and trouble for Sergeant Johnson! (MacGyver10 22:53:23 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars' Cyclops In Real-Life Action for The Most Part in Korea
While there aren't anything close to real-world, military applications for this yet, looks like Korea Future Technology is getting ready for the Cyclops to be a real thing! (Thanks Quirel!) (MacGyver10 22:50:31 UTC) (permalink)
News December 17 2016
Halo Community Update - 12/16/16 'Forge On, You Crazy Cartographers'
Lots of goodies in today's Community Update. A recap of the Monitor's Bounty update as well as some tutorials on what to do with the new Forge fanciness. Interested in Xbox achievements? Catch the full list of cheevos for the upcoming Halo Wars: Definitive Edition that comes with the Deluxe Halo Wars 2. Some other imparted wisdom comes in the way of HCS recaps, an interview with a minion of Tom French, community creations and more in the Halo Community Udpdate! (Thanks davidfuchs!) (MacGyver10 04:02:32 UTC) (permalink)
News December 13 2016
Halo 5's 'Mitake Machine' Creator Puts Together New, Ridiculous Forge Video
From the master of the Mitake Machine, a new Halo 5 Forge video has come out showing off some pretty amazing features! You can see the full thing on YouTube, and maybe be impressed like me on what some of these Forgers can accomplish! (MacGyver10 21:55:21 UTC) (permalink)
Sign Up By the End-of-Day Thursday for the Legendary LootCrate Based on Halo: CE
Time is running out to grab this edition of the Legendary Halo LootCrate! This month's theme is from the from the Halo Conflict in Halo: CE, and features a bunch of cool things including some exclusive in-game weapon skins. Don't forget, you can use our HBO-exclusive code 'HBOCrate' for a 10% discount, just sign up for this crate before this Thursday at 11:59pm EST!
(MacGyver10 20:37:39 UTC) (permalink)Time's almost up! Order a Halo Legendary Crate by 12/15 at 9pm PST to get exclusive H5 in-game Sticker Shock skins: https://t.co/15lMmA8YEz pic.twitter.com/hYfQ7jbvgD
— Halo (@Halo) December 12, 2016
Morpheus Montage Monday Gets a Double Dose
Sometimes just one of something is not good enough, sometimes you need two of that something! Well after countless montages of snipe after snipe, Sk0ls decided to show some clips of skilled battle rifle use, and the resulting montages are pretty epic! Check out the links in Morpheus post on our forum! (MacGyver10 19:48:50 UTC) (permalink)
Rockslider Continues to Catch Banshees Doing Weird Things
Rockslider stopped in with a brand new anomaly he found that can lead to a nice bit of trick shooting a fun! Check it out in his forum post for links to the videos and an article explaining it! (MacGyver10 19:07:54 UTC) (permalink)
News December 8 2016
'Monitor's Bounty' Content Update is Live, and Here's the Massive List of Patch Notes
If you launch Halo 5, you'll be prompted to download the new 'Monitor's Bounty' content update today! Wondering what all's included? Check out the MASSIVE list of patch notes at HaloWaypoint! (MacGyver10 22:59:36 UTC) (permalink)
ForgeHub Wants to Give You $500 if You Build A Top Notch Grifball Court
Fancy yourself a worker of worlds or builder of ballparks? ForgeHub is teaming up with GrifballHub and looking for some folks to build new Grifball courts, and they're offering a $500 first place prize to entice those interested!
(MacGyver10 16:48:11 UTC) (permalink)Teaming up with @GrifballHub to present, HAMMERFALL: Grifball Forge Contest. $500 for 1st Place Prize. Details here: https://t.co/5O8rLmC644 pic.twitter.com/Bdai1E2CmT
— FORGEHUB (@ForgeHub) December 7, 2016
Warzone Refresh In for Today's 'Monitor's Bounty' Update to Halo 5
As it came out a little later, we missed the Warzone refresh coming with today's Monitor's Bounty Update. Some of the highlights are limiting fireteams to 6 players (as a test to combat full-team farming), adding two Warzone Assault maps to Warzone Firefight, map refreshers for boss battles and two new playlists! (Thanks davidfuchs!) (MacGyver10 16:35:44 UTC) (permalink)
News December 7 2016
'Monitor's Bounty' Brings New Playlist Changes to Halo 5 Too
Along with all the new content, Unyshek detailed the upcoming changes to Halo 5's matchmaking playlists today. Looks like they're going to treat ranked ones in a more sacred way, and let you have fun with the social ones! A complete overhaul of a few particulars included, this change is a much-needed refresh of many of these playlists! (MacGyver10 23:09:50 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 5's Forge Update for 'Monitor's Bounty', and It Just Might Be the Coolest Thing in Halo Ever! (and That's Not Even Meant as Click-Bait!)
Forgers rejoice! It's amazing to see what the simple 'Forge' of years past has turned into these days! Whether you're a highly ranked spartan in Halo 5, or an old school fan that hasn't played since the Bungie days, you need to check out the new update to Halo 5's Forge! Absolutely amazing what the Forge team at 343 is doing these days! (Thanks ChrisTheeCrappy!) (MacGyver10 22:27:04 UTC) (permalink)
Battle Golf Gameplay Shows Off New Custom Scoring, Item Detection and Objective Markers Coming in New Update
You have to deal with Gamespot's wonderful video player, but if you want to see some gameplay of the new 'Battle Golf' gametype coming to Halo 5, it's up now. Kind of gives you an idea of custom scoring, item detection and objective markers that are coming to Forge and what it sounds like to have a grunt as your gameplay announcer too! (MacGyver10 19:46:48 UTC) (permalink)
Canon Fodder #94 - 'Bounty Hunters' (Lore Bits on New REQs, Forge Canvases and Grunt Mechs)
Looks like the powers-that-be let Grim escape the confines of the Halo Community Update again for Canon Fodder #94, 'Bounty Hunters'. Mr. BrotherOne gives us some lore insight into the coming REQs, new Forge canvases and a refresh of the Grunt Mech (to include a Halo 3-style Scarab Gun!). (MacGyver10 19:01:26 UTC) (permalink)
Battle Golf, Race, King of The Hill and A Whole Slew of Forge Goodies Detailed at Gamespot
ChrisTheeCrappy shared some new info coming to us in tomorrow's latest free Halo 5 update. Check out the piece at Gamespot to see what new things are coming our way in Forge and for gametypes! (MacGyver10 18:46:42 UTC) (permalink)
Play Warzone Tonight With Real-Life People (For the Most Part)
Need some folks to jump into Warzone with? The CC/CN crew is hosting another 'Warzone Wednesday' tonight starting at 7pm EST. If that's too early for you, they'll be on there for a couple hours for sure! (MacGyver10 18:44:38 UTC) (permalink)
News December 6 2016
Spartanx5 Takes on Connie from Red Vs Blue In Some Amazing Fan Art
Spartanx5 shared a pretty amazing interpretation of the character Connie from Red Vs Blue. They say they're still learning the in's and out's of some of the tools, but I say the product looks great! (MacGyver10 23:25:29 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 5's Latest FREE Update, 'Monitor's Bounty' Arrives Under the Tree on December 8th
So there are a LOT of new things coming in the latest free update for Halo 5! Check out HaloWaypoint to learn more about 'Monitor's Bounty', which brings with it new gamed modes, a CUSTOM GAMES BROWSER, new Forge canvases, REQ's and much more! (Thanks ChrisTheeCrappy!)
(MacGyver10 23:18:46 UTC) (permalink)Monitor's Bounty, Halo 5's tenth free content release, lands December 8. Get the first details here! https://t.co/Y4kVLIBnKV pic.twitter.com/tx9PJaE6gk
— Halo (@Halo) December 6, 2016
News December 5 2016
343 Industries Perfecting Their Foreplay With Content Update Teases
While there have been some little hints here and there, Tom French (Lord of Forge) has teased a few more pictures of the upcoming Halo 5 update that includes a launcher of some sorts!
(MacGyver10 17:04:31 UTC) (permalink)Coming soon... @nober555 @GreatJusticeZig @bsangel pic.twitter.com/Hp7vlJJJSv
— Tom French (@pardontomfrench) December 4, 2016
Complete Your Mattel Blue Team Collection with Fred and Kelly
We had mentioned John and Linda before, but just in time for Christmas, Mattel has come out with Fred and Kelly from Blue Team to help you complete the foursome! (Thanks crunchbitenuva!) (MacGyver10 17:01:14 UTC) (permalink)
Opening Presents Early, Finds Possible New Gametypes, Profit?
Some people shake and peek in their presents before Christmas and I have to imagine GameCheat13 is one of those people. He went digging around in the files for Halo 5 and found some new announcer sounds that might hint of new gametypes on their way! (Thanks Stretchy!) (MacGyver10 16:58:20 UTC) (permalink)
News December 2 2016
Halo Community Update - 12/2/16 'Brute Force' and Canon Fodder #93
I could get used to this! Ske7ch has this week's Halo Community Update and Canon Fodder up already! That means we can let you know about the usual story lore, community content (Forza fan creation crossover!) and news of things to come, the actual week it's announced! Some highlights this week are:
- the announcer REQ pack ($9.99, not RP)
- confirmation of the grenade launcher from Halo: Reach
- HCS details
- Spartan Gray Team returning (kinda)
- massive new Forge update looming
- complete Halo 5 update reveal next week
- interviews with new graphic novel anthology creators
- Halo Wars 2 new fanciness from last night
Fan Fiction Friday featuring Chapters 3 and 4 of LORC: Beginnings Act 2
I feel like this is a very Louis Wu-like thing to say, but I've been horrible on checking the Fan Fiction area of our site the past while and missed out on the latest LORC! You can read chapters 3 and 4 of LORC: Beginnings Act 2 now on our website, and having gone through it myself already, it might make you long for the Flood to come back in the video games like it did for me! HWPD does very well in capturing the grotesque horror of the parasites! (MacGyver10 16:53:55 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo Archive's 'Archive Beacon' for the Month of December (News, Fan Content and Questions for Greg Bear!)
Adv Jones stopped in with 'news galore' as they put it! It's been a short while, but the Halo Archive shared their latest Archive Beacon for the month of December. They recap some of the wide developments in the universe of Halo, but of particular notice, they have some interviews coming up they are seeking questions for, including one with Forerunner Saga author, Greg Bear! (MacGyver10 16:45:23 UTC) (permalink)
New Halo Wars 2 Cinematic Trailer Tells the Backstory of Atriox
Last night at The Game Awards, 343 showed off a new trailer for Halo Wars 2 that recounts the story of how Atriox rose to power and the human base at the Ark fell. You can see it over on YouTube, and let us know what you think in Revenant1988's post in our forum! (MacGyver10 16:37:36 UTC) (permalink)
News December 1 2016
Rockslider Pits Covenant Banshee Against a Marine Sniper in A Warthog
Rockslider is back with video proof that banshees HATE either warthogs or marine snipers. Maybe both!? Check out his video in our forum! (MacGyver10 18:55:46 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Wars 2 Will Be Shown on Tonight's 'The Game Awards'
Been aching for some news on Halo Wars 2? Looks like you won't have to wait long for some brand new footage!
(MacGyver10 18:54:38 UTC) (permalink)Halo fans tune in tonight for a new look at Halo Wars 2 w/ @Danayoub https://t.co/ai6lXtWKae
— Brian Jarrard (@ske7ch) December 1, 2016
Real Housewives of Halo eSports?
Looks like 343 Industries is continuing their drive for access to Halo eSports with a brand new 'reality TV show' that is coming to either TV or digital distribution (hasn't been decided yet). (Thanks Stretchy!) (MacGyver10 18:41:20 UTC) (permalink)
Limited Edition and Rare Halo Mylar Print and Weta Statue Up on eBay
It's not every so often that some rare Halo items come up for auction, but tomp10000 let us know he's needing to part with a couple of cool pieces in the Halo 3 Weta Statue of the flood and Master Chief (a limited edition 127 of 295) and a Lorraine McLees' Halo 2 Mylar Print of Master Chief (limited and #311 of 500). Might be worth watching these auctions if you've missed out on these in the past! (MacGyver10 17:15:08 UTC) (permalink)
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