Podtacular 326: Requiem Awaits

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Dust Storm

Our good friends over at Ready Up Live have put up a fantastic music video for their recently released song: “Requiem Awaits”. If you are a premium member over at Ready Up Live, then you already have access to the song, otherwise you can purchase the song for a dollar at your favorite online digital music store including iTunes, Amazon, Google and more. The lyrics are impeccable and the music is upbeat, fun and fits perfectly. Our guests Greenskull and Minolta1034 go into the creative process behind the project and how they came up with the idea. Some of the details may surprise along with a few exclusives that you’ll have to listen to the podcast to find out. Enjoy

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Podtacular 325: Forward Unto Dawn – Episode 4

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Dust Storm

Circinius IV has been invaded by a Covenant strike team. Lasky and the rest of Hastati’s quat run back to the barracks to take cover as they seen their fellow soldiers and cadets fall to the weight of the covenant. After Chen’s untimely death and Vicker’s heroic move to give the rest of Hastati quad more time, it seemed that all hope was lost and sure they were to be exterminated by a single Elite wielding a mighty energy sword. With precision timing and in typical fashion, Spartan 117, Master Chief assassinates the elites and saves the cadets from their impending doom. The cadets grab armor and weapons and head out for extraction. As they walked through the halls of the academy and the fields outside, they walk pass dead bodies as they learn they are the only ones left on the planet. Will they get out alive and get to the extraction point? Enjoy

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Podtacular 324: War Games Mayhem

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Dust Storm

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343i keeps delivering more great content as we approach the release of Halo 4 as we get a first look at Vortex, the final War Games map available with Halo 4 on November 6th. It’s a Big Team oriented map that is multi-tiered allowing for a good mix of personal and vehicular battles. (Almost) the entire list of forgable items is also provided in the bulletin, and with the help of our guest Pete the Duck form IdleDuck we dive into the list and pick out a couple of interesting things you’ll want to know about. All nine maps in the upcoming DLC packs along with release months have been provided as well. Lots of good stuff to look forward to within the first six months of the game. Enjoy

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Podtacular 323: Halo 1 Review

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Dust Storm

You guys have asked for it, and how we’re giving it to you. We start our trio of podcasts looking at the history of Master Chief in the Halo franchise starting with Halo: Combat Evolved. Halo was has been defined as one of the pivotal moments for first person shooters on the console and it has lived up to that name ever since. In Combat Evolved, we are greeted by Captain Keyes and his crew being run down by Covenant and have ended up near a ring world called Halo. While captured on the surface of Halo, the captain overhears conversations the Covenant have about Halo being a weapon of some kind. The objective to take control of Halo turned out to be an adventure of mystery, as the secrets of Halo unfold before your eyes and reveal and even greater thread than the Covenant: the Flood. Halo was originally designed to wipe out all sentient life to starve the Flood to prevent them spreading, which 343 Guilty Spark tries to convince Chief of doing as a “Reclaimer”. After discovering Spark’s true intent, the goal was no longer to control Halo, but to disable and destroy it at all costs. Enjoy

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Halo 4 Gameplay Launch Trailer

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Dust Storm


An ancient evil awakens. The Forerunners have returned.

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Podtacular 322: Forward Unto Dawn – Episode 3

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Dust Storm

In the third installment of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, we see that Cryo training has taken quite a toll on Lasky which resulted in his medical officer recommending medical discharge. He is faced with a big decision whether he wants to leave the academy or stay. When he shows Silva the letter, she expresses her sadness about him leaving and they kiss. In the meantime, Sullivan has pieced together all of the ONI footage that we’ve seen hints of in the past couple of episodes and has discovered something astonishing: a super soldier, the likes of which they have not seen, and on top of that, helping protect Insurrectionists. Upon later investigation, Sullivan comes back to Lasky with a zoomed in image of the Spartan’s helmet pointing out the reflection on it’s visor. At the the end of the episode, a planet-wide evacuation starts as a Covenant invasion begins. At the very beginning of the episode, we also see just how far Cortana’s rampancy has progressed, and discover that she may not be all she appears to be. Enjoy

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Podtacular 321: Infinity Multiplayer

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Dust Storm

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At New York Comic Con, 343i showed off another Making Halo 4 video, this time featuring Infinity Multiplayer. We got a first look at Meltdown, which looks really familiar to Ice Fields from Halo: PC, explanations of the personal ordnance drops with medals stacking up to gain your ordnance, the introduction of Situational Records, and much more. From the bulletin, we see how the Chief’s armor has changed throughout the games, design decisions for Meltdown and the Mantis, overview of the available skulls for the campaign, and some nice Halo-ween Spark-o-lantern designs for you to use. Enjoy

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