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English, Video Games, 1 season, 55 episodes, 2 days, 7 hours, 27 minutes
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Your source for everything happening in the Halo Universe - covering campaign storyline, book narrative, external fiction, multiplayer, competitive, forge, custom maps/gametypes, machinimas, communities, leagues, clans and more!
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Podtacular 875: Operation Content

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 →
1/27/202453 minutes, 11 seconds
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Podtacular 874: Holiday Catch Up

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 →
1/18/20241 hour, 27 minutes, 57 seconds
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Podtacular 873: Refueled and Refreshed

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 →
12/6/202340 minutes, 27 seconds
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Podtacular 872: Sharp and Lightish Red

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 →
11/16/202351 minutes, 35 seconds
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Podtacular 871: A Dusty Delivery

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 →
11/2/202344 minutes, 18 seconds
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Podtacular 870: August Reckoning

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 →
8/25/202328 minutes, 45 seconds
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Podtacular 869: Scraping Out Dredge for Gold

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 →
8/14/202351 minutes, 46 seconds
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Podtacular 868: Cursed Update

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 →
8/5/202336 minutes, 58 seconds
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Podtacular 867: Digsite Squad

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 →
7/15/202356 minutes, 56 seconds
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Podtacular 866: Mighty Morphin’ Mini Spartans

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 →
7/1/202345 minutes, 39 seconds
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Podtacular 865: Interview with November Black Productions

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 →
6/24/20231 hour, 22 minutes, 42 seconds
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Podtacular 864: Infection

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 →
6/16/202357 minutes, 45 seconds
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Podtacular 863: Honorable Deaths

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 →
6/11/20231 hour, 20 minutes, 32 seconds
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Podtacular 862: Iratus Infection

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 →
5/28/202342 minutes, 2 seconds
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Podtacular 861: Out of Game Shortcomings

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 →
5/12/20231 hour, 26 minutes, 37 seconds
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Podtacular 860: Beginnings With Chief

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 →
5/9/20231 hour, 37 minutes, 37 seconds
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Podtacular 859: Realization Repository

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 →
4/30/202354 minutes, 54 seconds
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Podtacular 858: Quite Frank

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 →
4/21/202325 minutes, 4 seconds
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Podtacular 857: Shoot for the Moon

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 →
4/14/20231 hour, 6 minutes, 41 seconds
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Podtacular 856: Echo Sequence

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 →
4/7/20231 hour, 8 seconds
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Podtacular 855: Escalating Season

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 →
3/19/202332 minutes, 11 seconds
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Podtacular 854: Seasons Threetings

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 →
3/12/20231 hour, 26 seconds
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Podtacular 853: Boarding Action Evolved

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 →
3/4/202348 minutes, 55 seconds
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Podtacular 852: Countdown to Season 3

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 →
2/26/202322 minutes, 14 seconds
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Podtacular 851: Pay to Guest

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 →
2/25/20231 hour, 17 minutes, 30 seconds
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Podtacular 850: Community Surprises

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 →
2/12/202344 minutes, 5 seconds
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Podtacular 849: All But Starting From Scratch

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 →
2/4/20231 hour, 20 minutes, 31 seconds
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Podtacular 848: The Road Ahead

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 →
1/28/202338 minutes, 51 seconds
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Podtacular 847: Hard Hitting Layoffs

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 →
1/23/20231 hour, 5 minutes, 58 seconds
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Podtacular 846: Terminal Velocity Chief

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 →
1/14/20231 hour, 8 minutes, 2 seconds
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Podtacular 845: Infinite Year One

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 →
1/12/20231 hour, 24 minutes, 8 seconds
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Podtacular 844: Winter Wrap-up

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 →
12/24/202232 minutes, 25 seconds
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Podtacular 843: Holiday Cheer

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 →
12/10/202255 minutes, 55 seconds
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Podtacular 842: Forging A New Infinite

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 →
11/19/202250 minutes, 40 seconds
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Podtacular 841: Winter Has Come

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 →
11/11/202248 minutes, 3 seconds
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Podtacular 840: Rekindling with ForgeHub

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 →
11/9/20222 hours, 2 minutes, 44 seconds
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Podtacular 839: Winter is Coming

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 →
11/5/20221 hour, 32 minutes, 41 seconds
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Podtacular 838: Live from Halo World Championship

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!
11/3/20221 hour, 15 minutes, 54 seconds
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Podtacular 837: Conserving A Secret

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 →
10/15/202244 minutes, 12 seconds
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Podtacular 836: Forge in a New Light

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 →
10/8/202238 minutes, 41 seconds
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Podtacular 835: Achieving Co-op Halo

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 →
10/1/202240 minutes, 36 seconds
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Podtacular 834: Scripting A New Multiplayer Experience

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 →
9/25/202243 minutes, 59 seconds
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Podtacular 833: Infinite Building Potential

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 →
9/22/20221 hour, 14 minutes, 57 seconds
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Podtacular 832: Infinite Season Update

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 →
9/15/20221 hour, 21 minutes, 57 seconds
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Podtacular 831: The Man Behind The Forged Helmet

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 →
8/24/20221 hour, 53 minutes, 5 seconds
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Podtacular 830: Dropping Books

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 →
8/13/20221 hour, 11 minutes, 54 seconds
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Podtacular 829: A Most Critical Achievement

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 →
8/6/202250 minutes, 35 seconds
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Podtacular 828: Alpha Pack

This week’s short show covers the latest Halo Infinite Season 2 event, Alpha Pack that’s taking place alongside the campaign co-op network test. Along with the multiplayer event is a bucket of lore around our two Spartans front and center … Continue reading →
7/23/202246 minutes, 50 seconds
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Podtacular 827: The Silver in the Rough

The time has finally come for our review of the Halo Series on Paramount+. While the story portrayed is a significant departure from the game and book cannon of the Halo franchise, it was surprising to see how much of … Continue reading →
7/19/20221 hour, 22 minutes, 9 seconds
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Podtacular 826: Campaign Multi-Chief

Halo Infinite is finally get co-op campaign in the coming weeks, but before the world gets hand on with this feature that the community has been waiting months for, Halo Insiders will get a chance to play an early build … Continue reading →
7/12/202258 minutes, 29 seconds
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Podtacular 825: A New Dawn

Not a lot of news for this episode, but we have the honor of having the creator of Halo 3 Sunrise on the podcast, CraftyCodie. Through their efforts, Halo 3 on the Xbox 360 has matchmaking restored through a mod … Continue reading →
6/25/20221 hour, 33 minutes, 35 seconds
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Podtacular 824: Interview with XLR8

One of the more frequently consistent streamers as of late is XLR8, who streams exclusively Halo, but does what a lot of large streamers don’t do as often: play with their viewers. Just about every night, he’s rocking out Big … Continue reading →
6/2/20221 hour, 4 minutes, 58 seconds
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Podtacular 823: The Only Thing Constant Is Change

Patches made in Season 2 for Halo Infinite left a lot of players frustrated over some quality of life changes 343 implemented. After the community outcry, a few items have been restored to their pre-patch state, namely the Tank Canon … Continue reading →
5/29/202239 minutes, 36 seconds
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Podtacular 822: Last Tower Standing

Over the last week, we got plenty of hands on time with Last Spartan Standing introduced in Season 2 and, while it may not be everyone’s favorite game mode, it’s a fresh addition to the matchmaking experience. 343 has heard … Continue reading →
5/22/20221 hour, 27 minutes, 37 seconds
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Podtacular 821: Speed Crawling

Season 2 of Halo Infinite’s multiplayer is out and with it, new narrative beats, battle pass, maps, modes and controversial updates to the campaign. This one’s short so we could play the new maps and modes, which we’ll have more … Continue reading →
5/7/202241 minutes, 29 seconds