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The Halo CE Chronicles: Fearless Chapter 8
Delayed quite a bit due to new spam software on the servers here, but Dennis Powers wanted you to know that Chapter Eight of The Halo CE Chronicles: Fearless is now live. Problems for the Search and Rescue team, life tidbits for the Chief Engineer. (Louis Wu 15:23:48 UTC) (permalink)
Nerd Rage
It's not a total shock that in a song called 'Nerd Rage', Halo makes an appearance (1:41 in). (Song's pretty funny.) Thanks, Ogan Panavo. (Louis Wu 13:05:55 UTC) (permalink)
X-Play Anniversary Preview
X-Play has a 3-minute preview of Halo: Anniversary - and it includes some exclusive footage from Truth & Reconciliation. Take a look! Thanks, Hypertrooper. (Louis Wu 12:35:46 UTC) (permalink)
New Alexandria Speedy Help
Want help on finishing this week's LASO challenge in record time? Nak3d Eli posted a super-fast run, clocking in at 8:49 and using a couple of techniques I haven't seen before. If you're a purist, and you want do to this with the Blind Skull on (it's not needed for the LASO challenge, but it's certainly necessary for a real Mythic run), RC Master recently posted a 9:16 full SLASO run on High Speed Halo. Either way - a sub-10-minute run means a LOT of credits for a tiny amount of time! (Louis Wu 12:04:39 UTC) (permalink)
CC is live (again)
FyreWulff let us know that the Community Cartographers are active again - and looking for Race and Infection maps. Read his post for full details! (Louis Wu 12:03:12 UTC) (permalink)
GT Halo Anniversary Celebration Promo Trailer
Next week, GameTrailers is kicking off a mountain of Halo Anniversary content - and a pretty cool contest. Watch the promo trailer to see what's coming. (Really sounds like good stuff!) Thanks, Nighend. (Louis Wu 11:48:11 UTC) (permalink)
Never Stop Gaming
crzymnky069 put together a bunch of CGI (and some live-action) clips from a variety of games, including Halo 3 and Reach, in a tribute called 'Never Stop Gaming'. Not sure what all the dubstep hate is about... (Louis Wu 11:45:54 UTC) (permalink)
Achievement HORSE #47
Achievement HORSE #47 is live - it's the third round of the office HORSE tournament, and Chris takes on Kara. Neither of them are experienced with this style of play - leads to some entertaining moments. If you visit hezekiah's forum post, you get lots of links and information. (Louis Wu 11:42:25 UTC) (permalink)
Tyrant's LASO Challenge Walkthrough - LNoS
Daniel 'Tyrant' Morris posted the next chapter of his LASO Challenge Guide - this one gives you lots and lots and lots of help on Long Night of Solace. The video's nearly an hour long - go watch! (While you're on his channel, be sure to check out the trailer for his upcoming Halo 3 Legendary Guide... sounds ambitious!) (Louis Wu 11:35:23 UTC) (permalink)
PGCR 94 (and Doubles Tourney Details)
Robowski let us know that Post Game Carnage Report is now up to Episode 94 - discussion topics include Halo Anniversary's Kinect features, High Noon, Achievements, and Skulls. (There's also talk of the upcoming PGCR Double Team Tournament - registration deadline is November 22!) Go listen. (Louis Wu 11:32:42 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Bulletin - October 26, 2011
Halo Waypoint posted this week's Halo Bulletin last night - funny stories from London, reminders of cool Behind the Scenes vids, a summary of November's Matchmaking changes, pumpkin templates, and more! Go read. (It's in our Halo Bulletin Archive, as well, if you have need of it.) (Louis Wu 11:29:45 UTC) (permalink)
IGL's Night of the Living Dead
DPS Sundown, from the International Grifball League, wanted to share some upcoming events, and invite participation from you! IGL's Night of the Living Dead will take place on October 31st, from 4-9pm EST (or possibly later, depending on lobby sizes and turnout) - custom games, focusing primarily on Infection and Assault gametypes. Go play! (Louis Wu 11:25:49 UTC) (permalink)
The Running Riot - Slightly Live
Kete stopped in to remind people that The Running Riot will be hosting a live interview with Dani, aka Slightly Live, tonight at 9:30 eastern. Go listen to the man behind Forward Unto Dawn! (Louis Wu 11:21:41 UTC) (permalink)
That's a BIG 'hog.
Bry took some astoundingly large screenshots of Forza 4's Halo 4 Warthog - go check out the detail! (Louis Wu 11:19:19 UTC) (permalink)
Glasslands In Stores Now. HBO Coverage BLOWOUT!!!
In case you didn't realize, Tuesday, October 25, 2011 was the date the Halo: Glasslands hit the store shelves and doorsteps of excited Halo fiction fans everywhere. Glasslands is penned wonderfully by the "reliable Karen Traviss", and gives fans their first real, sweet taste of life in the Halo Universe following the epic events of Halo 3. In order to better serve the community with complete coverage of this incredible installment to the series, let us provide some more details...
- In case you really want the book, but don't know what it looks like, here is the cover
- In case you don't know what Karen Traviss looks like, here you go.
- For you Press Release fans, here is the Official News Announcement on Halo Waypoint.
- On the release date itself, Tor Books also posted an article that talks about the book with statements from both author Karen Traviss and Frank O'Connor from 343 Industries.
- "But Grim, I just can't pick up the book right now and read it because it hasn't come out yet/I don't have the money/I'm allergic to books/etc. What do I do?!" Fear not! If you haven't read them already, here are the first two chapters, featured at Tor's website and Halo Waypoint. We've got your back, yo!
- Wondering what other books are out there? Here's a selection of other Halo books you might have missed out on because we didn't front-page them.
- You can find some great discussions already going on about the book by people who were sneaky enough to have already known about its release and read through it already. Those devious buggers! If you don't mind the spoilers, you can find threads here, here, and here.
By now, hopefully you have some idea of the gravity of the situation. New Halo fiction, people. If it's out in your region, go buy it. If it's not yet, go get in line. We'll be updating you further as more Halo: Glasslands news comes in, at a fast and furious pace I won't doubt! (GrimBrother One 11:16:47 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary - Preview
IGN posted a Halo Anniversary preview - decent clips! Go watch. Thanks, ElzarTheBam. (Louis Wu 11:14:36 UTC) (permalink)
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