February is here, as is the latest in Halo news and events from our weekly Community Update. The Blitz beta for Halo Wars 2 officially concluded recently, and 343 released a spreadsheet of a few major stats from that time period, such as whopping 796,000 games played. Also on the subject of Halo Wars 2, a new trailer will be releasing Monday, and three famed artists were contacted to do art for the upcoming release. Halo 5 had a massive news-drop this week, with the Timmy helmet being distributed to people mysteriously. Fans have been caught in a frenzy as to how to earn it, but 343 isn’t giving up many details. Speaking of helmets, the Classic Helmet REQ Pack will be releasing on February 9th (as previously covered) and will be purchasable for $9.99 in US currency or 150K REQ Points. Finally, Halo 5 also saw a slew of REQ changes this week, full list of changes included in the CU itself.
If you’re eager for more Halo content, such as the latest Canon Fodder, or the 343 Team Spotlight, you can visit the full article on HaloWaypoint.com to satisfy that urge.
The Halo Wars 2 Blitz Beta launch this past weekend and we’ve already got our hands on a few matches, getting the feel for the mode and the new quirks of the twist on traditional RTS multiplayer. Halo Waypoint with Prima have given us some great tips to get started with Blitz and from the few games we’ve played, have some of our own to share. Opening moves, defending strategies and the card system all play a part in victory or defeat.
The Halo Wars 2 Blitz Beta is here, offering another chance to get a taste of the next installment of the Halo franchise and the twist Blitz brings to classic RTS game play. We had a chance to get an early look at Blitz and the card system behind the game mode. It’s fast-paced nature makes it a great candidate for match-made games and thankfully doesn’t entail many woes the community has over Halo 5’s REQ system. We also had time on with the first few missions of the Halo Wars 2 campaign.
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 an real-time strategy classic and adds a unique twist to gameplay and strategy with unit cards. While there’s some worry in the Halo community on the likeness to REQ cards from Halo 5: Guardians, this will give us the opportunity to try it for ourselves. Amongst the Halo Wars hype, Halo 5: Guardians continues to get better with community created content, the continuation of the Halo Championship Series and more matchmaking updates.
The Halo Bowl is back for it’s second tournament and this time we’re growing to six podcasts competing to be crowned the champion of Halo podcasts. While we’re looking forward to competing, we’re also pleased to partner with Gamers Outreach again to help raise money for another GO Kart. To find out more about the Halo Bowl and the changes made for this event, including giveaways, check out our fundraising page on Gamers Outreach by visiting. http://bit.ly/HaloBowl2.
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