Podtacular 377: Gaming Regressed

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Dust Storm

We missed the matchmaking update last week because of E3 and the lack of the normal Halo Bulletin, so we decided to go over the changes. You can now play as mini Spartans in the Team Action Sack playlist. There are some other changes as well, but we’re here to talk about today’s Microsoft update to their DRM policy. The change includes pulling back on essentially everything that was said DRM related at the #XboxReveal removing things like your online game library, family and friends sharing with up to 10 people, instant access to your library of games from any Xbox one and the 24-hour check in. Games will be able to be bought, sold and traded as it currently stands today with the added bonus of no region enforcement of discs. Throughout the day, websites started hinting at this press release and it finally came to fruition, however, there are mixed views about whether this was the right move on Microsoft’s part, as adequately summed up over at Gizmodo. What’s your opinion? Shoutouts to Drax from Ready Up Live and HaloFanForLife (HaloFanForLife.com) for joining the discussion. Enjoy

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Playtime Live Stream

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Dust Storm

Playtime Stream

Tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern we will be having an uninterrupted stream of all 4 Playtime seasons with CruelLEGACEY. There will be live Q&A between seasons so now’s the chance to ask those burning questions about the machinima series you have wanted to ask. The total duration of the stream will be about two and a half to three hours, so grab some popcorn, kick back and relax as we bring you the entire Playtime experience. We will be broadcasting on our Twitch channel.

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Podtacular 376: E3 2013 Roundtable

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dust Storm

With the Electronic Entertainment Expo come and gone, it’s time for us to reflect on everything else that happened during the crazy week at E3. Many more games were shown off with gameplay and info leaking out with seemingly no end… until the close of the Expo that is. Where our primary focus is Halo and Microsoft, there are plenty of other games coming out and on other platforms which are of interest, which leads us to today’s recording. Joining Podtacular’s E3 roundtable discussion is MoltenSlowa, Kalbelgarion (GBH), Justin Bryce (Drunken Halo) and Rebel Rouser (RUL). Enjoy

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Podtacular 375: Going Beyond Launch

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Dust Storm

This week has been filled with E3 information, some of which pertaining to Halo. We got a glimpse of Halo on Xbox One during the Microsoft Press Briefing while Spartan Ops has been playable on the show floor. Among the many update videos released from Halo Waypoint, there were also achievements announced for Spartan Assault including 19 of them for a total of 190 gamerscore (weird, we know). We also have the folks over from Beyond Entertainment drop by to tell us about their recently launched website. Cyren, Saucey and Jazzy give us the rundown on the features of the site and their plans for the community. Enjoy

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Red vs. Blue Season 11 Premieres Tonight on RoosterTeeth.com!

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Dust Storm

Austin, TX— Friday, June 14, 2013— Rooster Teeth Productions is thrilled to
announce that the 11th season of their award-winning web series, Red vs. Blue, will premiere tonight on the Rooster Teeth website at 9:00 PM CT.

Co-directed by Burnie Burns and Matt Hullum, Red vs. Blue humorously chronicles a civil war being waged by two equally hapless armies.  In season 11, the Reds and Blues must work together in order to survive their greatest foes: themselves.

Following tonight’s premiere, new episodes of Red vs. Blue season 11 will premiere exclusively on RoosterTeeth.com each Monday beginning June 24th.  Older episodes will be available on the Rooster Teeth YouTube Channel, which passed the 2 billion views mark earlier this year!

Check out a Red vs. Blue season 11 teaser clip here (featuring the voices of Ian and Anthony from Smosh):  http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?id=7538

For the latest developments on Rooster Teeth and Red vs. Blue visit the Rooster Teeth Facebook, Rooster Teeth Twitter and Red vs. Blue Facebook.

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Halo 4 Spartan Ops: Epilogue

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Dust Storm

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It’s down to the last thread as Fireteam Majestic along with Commander Palmer work to take down the last artifact keeping Infinity locked with Requiem. Thankfully it’s not too late before they succeed and high tail it out of Requiem back to Infinity. Once on board, Infinity makes an emergency slipspace jump out of the system successfully escaping a narrow window of death. Meanwhile, Dr. Glassman is evaluating the one half of the Janis key recovered by Spartan Thorne while Halsey is interrogated in the captivity of Jul ‘Mdama and holding the other half of the key. Halsey is always one step ahead in getting what she wants and now it’s time for revenge… or is it?

Many thanks go out to HaloFanForLife for sticking it out for all of these episodes covering the entirety of this Spartan Ops experience. We both look forward to any mention of a second season despite the likeliness of that not happening but have enjoyed every minute of bringing you this content. Make sure to check out his blog with many more resources to accompany what we talked about during these episodes. You can find him over at HaloFanForLife.com. This series would have not been possible without him.

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Podtacular 374: Halo 5 Announced

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Dust Storm

The Electronic Entertainment Expo started this week opening with the Microsoft Press Conference showcasing same of the games coming to the Xbox One. Among them, games like Battlefield 4, Metal Gear Solid 5, Ryse, Quantum Break and Project Spark turned some heads, but for us, of course, the big announcement was Halo 5! The teaser featuring Master Chief and an ancient forerunner debut officially the next game to come out for Xbox One next year. That means it’s time for us to contemplate and speculate on what it could be all about! Again, we have a panel of community members to talk about everything Halo 5, the Microsoft Press Conference, Destiny, and the infamous Sony smack down. Joining the round table today is Rukari (former 343 Industries) HaloFanForLife (HFFL), Justin Bryce (Drunken Halo), Rebel Rouser (RUL), StartaRiot (RUL), Chewy (RUL), SockswithSandals (ASTRO Gaming), Molten Slowa, and Biowolf.

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