Today is the last day you can order the first Halo Legendary Crate from Loot Crate and if you use the coupon code “podtacular”, you’ll get $3 off your first crate. Back in June, the Halo Legendary Crate was announced to include exclusive figures and merchandise. This bi-monthly subscription contains over $65 worth of goods for $35 (plus $5 shipping) and will be out later this month. The theme for the first crate is Spartan-IV Initiation.
Once you order your Halo Legendary Crate, link your Halo Waypoint profile to your subscription to be enlisted into Fireteam Apollo. Spartans enlisted in the Fireteam receive their own set of perks including an in-game emblem and forum badge and those who order the year subscription will receive the “Legendary” pin. Fireteam Apollo will also be linked to the Halo lore and will come with additional perks later on.
Exclusive to the Halo Legendary Crate is the new Halo Icons figures. Each crate will have a new figure related to the theme of the crate and will all build together to build a scene that can be mixed and matched once receiving all six figures.
Head on over to LootCrate.com/Podtacular and use the coupon code “podtacular” to get $3 off your first crate!
We’ve seen Halo really expand in the trans-media realm with animated shorts and small episodic series, and many culinary creations based off the Halo franchise, but when those two collide, you get Halo Cake Wars! While Dust Storm was fortunate enough to be at the Halo World Championship where the cake was enjoyed by many Halo fans, the awesome part was getting to see how the bakers created their Halo themed cakes ultimately crowning one victorious. Halo game news, on the other hand has begun to trickle a little bit, but we’re not without a few updates from the Halo universe.
It might not satisfy a big, Grunty thirst, but this episode of Cake Wars will be more than enough to satisfy any Spartan’s hunger. In last week’s episode, four bakers put their talents to creating iconic characters and themes from the Halo franchise with the winner getting $10,000. Cake Wars judges were joined by Major Nelson to judge the creativity of the contestant’s cake as they reflect the themes from the game. After two rounds of judging, Peter Tidwell was victorious in capturing the taste of Halo taking the prize of $10K and presenting his winning cake to players and attendees at the Halo World Championship.
If you have attended or followed San Diego Comic Con in the past, you know the main Halo attractions are exclusive merchandise, lore-based panels and cosplayers, to which this year does not disappoint. With Halo Wars 2 coming just several months away, 343 Industries introduces us to a new AI, Isabel and shows us more of the ruthless and dangerously intelligent side of Atriox, leader of the Banished faction broken off from the Covenant. We also got to see some of the new Mattel Halo products and had the chance to hand out with some Halo folks!
The Halo Community is comprised of a diverse group of fans who find many different aspects of the franchise to call home. Whether it’s the lore of the universe, or the competitive nature of multiplayer, or the creativeness of the Forge tools, or any other many smaller communities, there has always been a special bond, comradery if you will, of Halo fans supporting one another. The Halo community has not been without it’s highs and lows and in more recent years has been unfortunately turbulent. A recent event called into question some Halo YouTubers and Community Influencers’ impact on the development of Halo and 343’s treatment of the franchise. As someone who has been in the community for a significant amount of time, we felt it necessary to address some of these issues that has plagued the community for far to long.
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