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The Unofficial Halo Universe Podcast

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Podtacular 878: Silver Sanctioned

March 18, 2024 02:28 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MB

Better late than never as we delve into Season 2 of the Halo TV show taking a look at the first episode. Making the initial connections to the game lore, we start to see the development of the events of … Continue reading →

Podtacular 877: Games Leapt Over

March 04, 2024 04:05 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

While we missed last week due to Dust Storm being sick, an interesting topic came up in the Halo Community. A former 343 Industries developer shared on Twitter that 20 to 30 ideas for Halo games were pitched and turned … Continue reading →

Podtacular 876: Silver Plated Narrative

February 19, 2024 15:42 - 24 minutes - 17.3 MB

It’s a lore-filled week as the Halo TV Show’s Season 2 has kicked off on Paramount+, we have another Halo Chronicle and Halo: Epitaph releasing in a couple weeks. Dust Storm is solo this week covering the rest of the … Continue reading →

Podtacular 875: Operation Content

January 27, 2024 15:39 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MB

To kick off the new year, 343 Industries hosted their first Spartan Chatter of 2024 updating u s on what’s coming in the next content update. Moving away from the season cadence, Halo Infinite will now have 4 to 6-week … Continue reading →

Podtacular 874: Holiday Catch Up

January 18, 2024 03:49 - 1 hour - 60.6 MB

Welcome to a new year, Spartans! This year is shaping up to be quite a year, leading off on a great streak of content on Halo Infinite, the next season of Halo Infinite competition and the Halo TV Series, and … Continue reading →

Podtacular 873: Refueled and Refreshed

December 06, 2023 03:13 - 40 minutes - 28 MB

Halo Infinite’s Season 5 is here and with it, new maps and modes and already into the mid-season update with the return of Firefight! After an extended break and Thanksgiving holiday in the states, we couldn’t be more excited with … Continue reading →

Podtacular 872: Sharp and Lightish Red

November 16, 2023 01:54 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MB

This week, we talk a bit more in depth on the Extraction game mode and the new maps, Prism and Forbidden introduced in Season 5 of Halo Infinite multiplayer. We’ve had some time to get plenty of games and share … Continue reading →

Podtacular 871: A Dusty Delivery

November 02, 2023 02:30 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB

After two months and a delivery later, Dust Storm returns to the microphone with Godzilla T to take a speedy look at the jam packed conclusion to Halo Infinite Season 4 and HCS Season 2. As we move into Season … Continue reading →

Podtacular 870: August Reckoning

August 25, 2023 21:06 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB

Another month of incredible Halo drops and an uptick in population spells some good news for Halo as content, playlists, improvements and more are in full swing. Forge has never give us such quality and diverse maps, the community art … Continue reading →

Podtacular 869: Scraping Out Dredge for Gold

August 14, 2023 03:38 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MB

The mid-season update for Halo Infinite Season 4 brings along with it several new things including a reimaging of Countdown from Halo: Reach called Dredge. Forge water gets an upgrade with reactive surfaces and several bug and quality of life … Continue reading →

Podtacular 868: Cursed Update

August 05, 2023 23:38 - 36 minutes - 25.6 MB

It’s been a few weeks since our last show while Dust Storm was redoing his streaming set up, so there’s a lot of news to catch up on. The latest Community Spotlight, Forge Features, HCS Event and book (yes, this … Continue reading →

Podtacular 867: Digsite Squad

July 15, 2023 02:26 - 56 minutes - 39.3 MB

In a double surprise this week, we got a new Halo Infinite playlist drop and a season’s worth of content in MCC. Squad Battles brings Three of the best Halo 3 Forged maps to Halo Infinite in classic 8v8, which … Continue reading →

Podtacular 866: Mighty Morphin’ Mini Spartans

July 01, 2023 01:27 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MB

After a week into Season 4 of Halo Infinite’s multiplayer, we’re already getting new content with a new Forge map Solitude and a surprise delivery of Mini Slayer! With the amount of content that’s been delivered and the great reception … Continue reading →

Podtacular 865: Interview with November Black Productions

June 24, 2023 21:54 - 1 hour - 57 MB

On this special episode, we dive into Halo Fan production November Black. Taking inspiration from Halo lore, November Black is a short film set to follow ODSTs fighting of Insurrectionists before the events of Halo. We’re pleased to welcome Vulture … Continue reading →

Podtacular 864: Infection

June 16, 2023 21:33 - 57 minutes - 5 MB

The run up to Halo Infinite’s Season 4 is just around the corner. We have the details laid out all on Halo Waypoint where we have lined up next week Infection making it’s return with a thematic reintroduction. Along with … Continue reading →

Podtacular 863: Honorable Deaths

June 11, 2023 16:27 - 1 hour - 5 MB

It’s about time we wrapped up our Halo Infinite campaign discussion as we cover the final two missions: House of Reckoning and Silent Auditorium. While the lore into Zeta Halo’s past was not touched on as much as lore fans … Continue reading →

Podtacular 862: Iratus Infection

May 28, 2023 01:37 - 42 minutes - 29 MB

The second installment of Spartan Chatter bring us one step closer to Season 4 content in Halo Infinite! Career Ranks, Plaza Remake, Infection and Cross Core are all coming June 20th as the summer kicks off, and yes, their painfully … Continue reading →

Podtacular 861: Out of Game Shortcomings

May 12, 2023 21:05 - 1 hour - 59.6 MB

Halo Infinite just received a May update bringing Super Fiesta along with balance changes to multiplayer. While these updates aren’t thematically set to any Season 3 content, the update is a welcomed update in the ongoing quicker roll-out of content … Continue reading →

Podtacular 860: Beginnings With Chief

May 09, 2023 03:25 - 1 hour - 67.1 MB

On this episode, we have the incredible honor of interviewing Brad from Impact Props, who recently reached 1 million subscribers on YouTube! While Dust and Brad have been friends for a long time, we’ve never had them on to talk … Continue reading →

Podtacular 859: Realization Repository

April 30, 2023 01:57 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MB

Dust Storm and Godzilla T are back with a new Community Spotlight to cover from Halo Waypoint and a new Modtacular series featuring some of the best community mods for MCC. It’s nice to finally see some mods getting the … Continue reading →

Podtacular 858: Quite Frank

April 21, 2023 20:46 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB

Godzilla T is back with a few new community articles from Halo Waypoint with a new Forge Spotlight with a lot of remakes and another Canon Fodder. Big thanks to those who sent their well wishes to GT for the … Continue reading →

Podtacular 857: Shoot for the Moon

April 14, 2023 14:42 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB

Week Two of Fracture: Firewall is here in Halo Infinite and with it more story shards with our old pal Governor Sloan, but amidst the musings of Halo, we are honored to have our first guest of the year, MagickMoonshot. … Continue reading →

Podtacular 856: Echo Sequence

April 07, 2023 18:55 - 1 hour - 41.4 MB

Inadvertently off for two weeks, we’re through our first Season 3 Fracture event, but plenty of other things are coming around the corner Halo Infinite as more stories unfold. Talking of stories, we enter our campaign discussions again with The … Continue reading →

Podtacular 855: Escalating Season

March 19, 2023 01:33 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB

Season 3 had a great opening with Chasm and Cliffhanger in Arena’s Featured playlist, but now it’s Big Team Battle’s turn, and Oasis has proven to be quite the fan favorite as we’ve gotten a few take on Fiesta with … Continue reading →

Podtacular 854: Seasons Threetings

March 12, 2023 18:07 - 1 hour - 41.6 MB

Season 3 is here and boy have we missed new content. Aside from a bit of a rocky start on the game server side, it seems like everyone has enjoyed the latest maps, modes and equipment, hopefully a sign of … Continue reading →

Podtacular 853: Boarding Action Evolved

March 04, 2023 03:54 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MB

Season 3 brings along three new multiplayer maps, weapons, equipment, matchmaking improvements and story lines that has piqued the community’s interest and hopefully is the start of renewed interest in Halo Infinite. The shakeup at the studio hasn’t seemed to … Continue reading →

Podtacular 852: Countdown to Season 3

February 26, 2023 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

The largest content update is about to hit Halo Infinite since launch, and a lot of folks are happy with what’s coming. A new BTB map, two Arena maps, Escalation Slayer, Shroud Screen, Bandit, Armor, Narrative and more are on … Continue reading →

Podtacular 851: Pay to Guest

February 25, 2023 02:29 - 1 hour - 53.3 MB

Dust Storm and Godzilla T are joined by two of Podtacular’s Patreon supporters: PensHalo and Confal. As long time members of the Podtacular community, they share a lot of the same Halo interests as our hosts. With the recent changes … Continue reading →

Podtacular 850: Community Surprises

February 12, 2023 21:01 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

In a last minute surprise before season 3 comes to Halo Infinite next month, 343 has introduced the Community Collection playlist, bringing community Forged content to Matchmaking in an evergreen playlist that will be continuously updated. After a lot of … Continue reading →

Podtacular 849: All But Starting From Scratch

February 04, 2023 17:58 - 1 hour - 55.4 MB

According to a recent Bloomberg report, 343 Industries is “all but starting from scratch” when it comes to the future of the Halo franchise, with now over more than 90 confirmed departures from 343 along with additional contractors, it seems … Continue reading →

Podtacular 848: The Road Ahead

January 28, 2023 19:04 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MB

Halo is staying in house with 343 industries as Pierre Hintze announced last week after more than 60 full-time employees were let go, but with that many people gone, there’s sure to be some slowdown of certain development and support … Continue reading →

Podtacular 847: Hard Hitting Layoffs

January 23, 2023 00:08 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB

Hard news hits this week as a result of Microsoft letting go 10,000 employees over the next six months, starting this week where over 60 343 employees, mostly from the campaign team, were let go. This sudden announcement has a … Continue reading →

Podtacular 846: Terminal Velocity Chief

January 14, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MB

The Halo Championship Series for Season 2 is kicking off in Charlotte, NC in February as balance changes and new maps enter in for the latest competitive Halo experience. We also take a look at the next two missions in … Continue reading →

Podtacular 845: Infinite Year One

January 12, 2023 02:08 - 1 hour - 58 MB

It’s been a quiet few weeks as 343 is finally starting to come back from the holidays. This gives us a chance to take some time to reflect on the first year of Halo Infinite and the roadmap that we … Continue reading →

Podtacular 844: Winter Wrap-up

December 24, 2022 23:47 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB

We draw upon the close of 2022 and a year of Halo Infinite. After a tumultuous launch for Halo Infinite, we have Campaign Co-op, Forge, Custom Games Browser and a whole lot of quality of life improvements that we’ve received. … Continue reading →

Podtacular 843: Holiday Cheer

December 10, 2022 17:29 - 55 minutes - 38.5 MB

Halo Infinite has now been out for a year and through the ups and downs, it’s safe to say we’re finally at a point where we’d consider it a full game with Forge, Campaign Co-op and the surprise drop of … Continue reading →

Podtacular 842: Forging A New Infinite

November 19, 2022 19:17 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB

Forge has been out for just a little over a week and the amount of content the community has come out with in such a short time has been incredible! From remakes to mini-games to prefabs to new maps, forgers, … Continue reading →

Podtacular 841: Winter Has Come

November 11, 2022 14:40 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MB

The biggest update to Halo Infinite is finally here and it’s bringing a fresh wave of players back as campaign co-op and Forge are primed and ready to run! So many great customs are already made and a tons more … Continue reading →

Podtacular 840: Rekindling with ForgeHub

November 09, 2022 04:02 - 2 hours - 84.3 MB

Halo Infinite has finally received the Winter Update introducing the Forge Beta and ForgeHub has some exciting new developments with their community, website, Discord and announcing their biggest prize pots for their first upcoming Forge contests. We’re pleased to have … Continue reading →

Podtacular 839: Winter is Coming

November 05, 2022 21:52 - 1 hour - 63.7 MB

We’re just a few days away from the largest update to hit Halo Infinite since release. While it’s been tough playing out the lack of content, we’re finally Campaign Network Co-op, Forge Beta, new maps and modes, overhauls to weapon … Continue reading →

Podtacular 838: Live from Halo World Championship

November 03, 2022 16:50 - 1 hour - 67.4 MB

Live from Halo World Championship 2022, we are joined by Drax, Greenskull, Wardog, Halo Legacy, HiddenXperia, and Laird talking about the event, Halo Infinite and much more!

Podtacular 837: Conserving A Secret

October 15, 2022 02:43 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

Not a lot of game news this week, but as we wind up to HCS Worlds next weekend, we’ve got panels, cosplay contests, meet and greets, drops and more happening next week. A whole slew of new partnerships with apparel, … Continue reading →

Podtacular 836: Forge in a New Light

October 08, 2022 00:07 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

Counting down the weeks to HCS Worlds and the Halo Infinite Winter Update, we’re looking forward to some great entertainment and content in the next month. Bringing some small pieces of Halo Outpost to Worlds will make it a wonderful … Continue reading →

Podtacular 835: Achieving Co-op Halo

October 01, 2022 21:36 - 40 minutes - 28 MB

With just a couple months before the Winter Update drops, the newest achievements coming with Halo Infinite’s Network Campaign Co-op has been delivered over on Halo Waypoint offering up 24 new achievements for 420 Gamerscore. Since we both missed out … Continue reading →

Podtacular 834: Scripting A New Multiplayer Experience

September 25, 2022 23:24 - 43 minutes - 30.4 MB

Our next look at Forge is finally here and it’s probably one of the biggest upgrades to the multiplayer experience Halo has seen! From expanding game mode functionality to interactive elements and even more wacky possibilities, scripting in bots will … Continue reading →

Podtacular 833: Infinite Building Potential

September 22, 2022 23:19 - 1 hour - 51.6 MB

With our first look at Forge in Halo Infinite, the potential for new user generated content is very promising for custom games and hopefully the refresh and longevity of matchmaking. With the ongoing content drought and time it’s going to … Continue reading →

Podtacular 832: Infinite Season Update

September 15, 2022 14:06 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

After months of Season 2 being out with no look ahead at what we could expect for future content, 343 finally provided a roadmap for the next year of Halo Infinite’s multiplayer experience. With this update, we’ve got quite a … Continue reading →

Podtacular 831: The Man Behind The Forged Helmet

August 24, 2022 00:11 - 1 hour - 77.7 MB

Halo Infinite is into week four of Fracture: Entrenched featuring Land Grab and another Community Spotlight has been spotted for this month. While we have a lull in new stuff going on with Halo Infinite, we take this opportunity to … Continue reading →

Podtacular 830: Dropping Books

August 13, 2022 15:41 - 1 hour - 49.5 MB

The latest Halo Infinite drop pod has landed bringing the first cross-core customization to multiplayer along with laying the groundwork for a whole lot more improvements to the game overall. The under-the-hood changes should help address things like generating new … Continue reading →

Podtacular 829: A Most Critical Achievement

August 06, 2022 19:09 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB

It’s done; what most though impossible has crowned a champion as JerValiN has stepped up to Moistcr1tikal’s challenge and claimed a much deserved $20K and recognition throughout the community. This challenge brought together the Halo community together in brand new … Continue reading →