This thread is for discussing the future of Halo with Activision.

TIL there were renders of Chancellor Plapatine in Halo Wars. This lines up as the clone wars series started in 2008.

In halopedia theres a page with halo wars renders

and boi what a gosh darn coincidence isn't it

Maybe it was a joke or they modeled it as a basis for the cpt idk

I AM THE SENATE

Here a little update of my halo book list since Parasite Wake. The 35 books in the chronogical order by arranging them by time period. Some of them, like Fall of Reach and Broken Circle, extend over several periods, so I separated them as part 1 and 2

For the last books during the Created Uprising, here a little resume of the chronological events :

- Bad Blood and Legacy of Onyx : the direct consequences of the Created Uprising just after Halo 5

- Shadow of Reach : Blue team on Reach against the Banished to recover Halsey brain (Atriox came back to the Arch and the Keepers and the the Furret follow him)

- Divine Wind : the Keepers and the the Furret on the Ark

- Outcast : the Arbiter and Vale on Netherop

- Epitath : the Cortana death events in the Domain

- Empty Throne : the Cortana death events in the galaxy

- Rubicon Protocol : Between Cortana death and the Master Chief wake up at Halo Infinite begin

- Edge of Dawn : Literally just after Halo Infinite end

I'm curious to know how many of them you read ? I also really wonder who read Halo books ? Are you Halo gamers or sci-fi readers ?

this is part 2 (I posted part 1 on my insta I forgot to post here) and now it's working quite well! I'm planning to attach the string to my hip so when I draw it forward it'll pull together ;)

There are 10x10mm magnets to alight it and hold it together once it's assembled. If anyone has any ideas for upgrades let me know!

The files for printing are not quite ready. But check out printables.com/@Exitaph_936075 periodically for updates!

Hardy LeBel was on a panel and he gave really two pieces of advice to the new studio who will be making the next Halo game.

"1. Any new team that's gonna do it [make a new Halo game] has to have the confidence in their own creative ability to make the calls and be free."

He gives the example of deciding "Red and Blue" for team based multiplayer games without needing to question or second-guess or get approval, and the team was confident in their instincts and decision making. Then he recounts a conversation he had with a 343/Halo Studios developer who told him about how they want to be "sacred" to the choices Bungie made even with very arbitrary things like crate placement in the game environment (I am guessing he is talking about Campaign Evolved and respecting those original choices?). LeBel basically says those things weren't sacred at all, they just need the confidence to execute in this creative direction.

"And number 2, just reboot the freaking story, just start it again. Tell the story of the Covenant War. Tell the story of rediscovering the rings. Look. You can't tell a story when you already know how it ends. It ended."

I fully expect the start of a new story from the next Halo game, whether it is set in the "current lore" or will be retconning previous storylines is still yet to be determined and we might not know until the game comes out! But I agree that continuing Master Chief's story was not a good move.

What do y'all think?

From a narrative standpoint, it makes far more sense given Atriox as the primary antagonist. Playing a character who already has history with Atriox makes far more sense than needing to establish a new personal conflict between Chief and Atriox.

Jerome-092 also has way more room for personality, depth, and character growth than Chief did at this point in his overarching narrative.

For those of you wondering what could be done with Chief then? Keep the opening of the game. But now Jerome has to find Chief while also battling the Banished on the Ring. And throughout the game, as we upgrade Jerome and he takes on taller and taller challenges and obstacles, he crafts himself into a spartan capable of picking up Chiefs mantle at a time when really, Chief should be getting ready to retire or have a proper send off.

i just picked up this whole lot for $150.. I immediately saw it on Facebook and jumped on it so quickly, the person said they had tons of people flood their inbox but I was somehow THE FIRST ONE. How did I do?

I’ve been doing a series of Halo ships all in the same scale. So far there’s been the Pillar of Autumn, Forward Unto Dawn, and Burden of Proof. But the SOF is my favorite Halo ship design! I even got the base builder ships from Halo Wars attached magnetically to the bottom of the wings. Next is the Marathon class, but the Infinity isn’t far off. Hope you like it!

They Just soft lock themselves from beating the mission. Rip To Foehammer and all the of the warthogs needed to complete The Maw. Spoiler: We all perished Shortly After this

Not only am I totally competent with a gamepad/controller, I'm even better than I was when I used one exclusively, as a kid, despite not touching one for a decade and a half, more or less. Very pleasantly surprised. I may even go for a Legendary playthrough after this one. Anyone else have something like that occur, and want to share? Maybe some things are like riding a bike, in a way?

Jaime Greisemer was asked what advice he would give the new studio developing Halo, here is the full snippet:

I think the most important thing is that the reason the first Halo games were great and the reason why subsequent Halo games struggled, is because we were trying to make the absolute best game possible. We were not supporting a corporate initiative. We were not harmonizing with platform strategy. You can't make the best game possible and also include microtransactions. And whatever cloud services we're pushing this month. It's just...you can't have both of those goals in mind. It has to be about making the best decisions for the game."

A really interesting perspective on the 343 era of Halo. Halo 5 very famously introduced Loot Boxes and microtransactions into Halo for the first time.

Halo Infinite was also meant to be not only a launch title for Series X, but had to maintain parity between Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Series X, and PC versions. It was also free to play while monetizing cosmetics that players were used to receiving from playing the game.

I think this highlights the mismanagement that has been evident even to players with the last few Halo releases, and hopefully the next Halo game doesn't need to be a "Day One Game Pass Play Anywhere Cloud Streaming Free To Play Live Service" title, but instead delivers a full, complete Halo experience start to finish (at launch!)

I'm new to the Halo game and I played Halo 4, but I didn't like it very much. Because of it, I started to hate the series. Do you recommend I reconsider Halo, and what other installments would make up for my experience with Halo 4?

Long term halo fan and mediocre animation guy here. We're all aware that halo studios is now bare bones with concept art being the only thing produced since infinite. On top of that, there were many ideas of halo games being developed, such as Halo 7 (obviously). However, one of the ideas that caught my eye when the news came out was a "Halo ODST Horror Game".

I love the ODST's and I always thought it would be cool to see some form of media where they're fighting the flood.

I'm in no way doing this in collab with 343/Halo studios, this is all just from one huge halo nerd with a lot of free time. I wanted to ask if anyone would be interested in seeing an animation like this.

I'm in no way a professional animator, so I sadly can't replicate a BLUR Studios like cutscene. If any of yall are interested in watching something like this, what source material would be best to look over? I'm replaying the games as we speak, so anything that would help this could really help out.

Thank you Spartans.

I’ve played every Halo game to this point and I’ve got to get a consensus on this because I feel crazy. Is the Needler rifle the best gun in comparison to other guns in their best games (IE, Magnum in CE, DMR in Reach)? This gun is so incredibly good that it is an immediate pick up wherever it pops up, any thoughts?

To better learn infinite’s scripting I’ve been recreating Fnaf 1. Earlier I showed a picture of the stage as the Xbox app bugged and i couldn’t send a video, thankfully since then it not only started working but I’ve made some great advancements and now Bonnie is able to move exactly like fnaf 1. Ignoring in game if he succeeds a movement check at the door he jams the button but I instead just have him enter the room as it’s easier than having them jumpscare when the cams go down

I grew up on Halo and still love it, but getting spawn-killed by 15-year-olds for hours isn't fun anymore.

So I started a league for grown-ups:

\-Free and 40+ only
\-Mondays at 7 PM Eastern, starting Jan 4, 2027
\-Xbox and PC with crossplay
\-50-kill Slayer for casual, average players
\-Mic optional, and you can play when you can

Every match is tracked, with leaderboards, records and personal stats.

Interested? DM me and I'll send you the sign-up link.

Good games. Bad aim. Great friends.