First Halo Waypoint programming revealed -- Joystiq

First Halo Waypoint programming revealed

by JC Fletcher { Nov 3rd 2009 at 9:20AM }

Even if you're not in the Halo Waypoint preview, you can get an early look at what's going to be available when it launches for real on Thursday, November 5, thanks to a weekly schedule we received from 343 Industries. By Thursday's launch, you'll already be able to watch a "Spotlight on Louis Wu" and a "Halo in Five Minutes" presentation, as well as page through some Firefight screens from the community.

Other content up this week: "Welcome to Waypoint," which serves as an introduction and overview to the service, some Firefight strategy from Prima, and, on Saturday, a full episode of Halo Legends called "The Babysitter." See the full schedule after the break.

Gallery: Halo Waypoint

Monday:

Spotlight on Louis Wu

Tuesday:

Halo in Five MInutes (IGN)

Wednesday:

Halo 3 ODST Firefight Community Screenshots

Thursday:

Intro to Halo Legends, plus "The Babysitter" trailer
Welcome to Waypoint

Friday:

Top Ten Firefight Tactics (Prima Strategy)

Saturday:

Halo Legends: "The Babysitter" (available Saturday only)

Sunday

Inside the Fiction: Featuring Say My Name and the NMPD Pelican from Halo 3: ODST.

Tags: 343-industries, bungie, halo, halo-legends, halo-waypoint, microsoft, xbox-live

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 3rd 2009 9:25AM

They call it...Halo.

KingOfGods @ Nov 3rd 2009 9:26AM

I like that they added Avatar awards

Rhamsey @ Nov 3rd 2009 10:00AM

Agreed, also, anyone want to help me get the endure achievement? Only one I'm missing, and not having one of them is driving me crazy.

baby sea tuna @ Nov 3rd 2009 10:07AM

How do you get it?

The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Nov 3rd 2009 10:19AM

ill help you rhamsey if you help me with Deja Vu. Gamertag's Mandalorian63. And Tuna, endure is the vidmaster achievement for surviving until the 5th set on heroic in firefight.

Nebenator @ Nov 3rd 2009 10:30AM

I'm going for both, add me: The Nebenator

baby sea tuna @ Nov 3rd 2009 10:40AM

Yikes. I'll try it but I make no promises.

GT: brother seamus (two words)

The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Nov 3rd 2009 11:15AM

who's midnight mask? I accepted them but they havent replied when I asked who they are

sleepydumbdude @ Nov 3rd 2009 11:29AM

Same here I just need to complete the vid achievement on odst to get the last one.

Chromekreeper @ Nov 3rd 2009 9:27AM

this is so awesome it could even kick chuck norris's ass

LegendaryRedass @ Nov 3rd 2009 10:07AM

Whoa whoa whoa, let's not get crazy here.

BIGGEN (LIVE-PSN: BIGGEN1103) @ Nov 3rd 2009 9:30AM

it is pretty cool. i synced it up with my cheevos and all these avatar items started going "kaplook." it was satisfying to get something for playing these games i really don't even like that much. lol

-Vexx- @ Nov 3rd 2009 9:31AM

.......Ok?

Scruss @ Nov 3rd 2009 9:35AM

I got into this a few days ago, I wasn't impressed. I know that not all content has been added, but still. There isn't anything in waypoint that you can't view via your guide button or the games section.

BIGGEN (LIVE-PSN: BIGGEN1103) @ Nov 3rd 2009 12:19PM

i still have people on my friend list who play all halo, all the time. some halo 2 players still. i think this is for them quite honestly. i don't know how they play these games that much, but to each their own i guess.

whylekat @ Nov 3rd 2009 9:37AM

I love halo and all the games it has produced. But I can pretty much gaurentee I'm never going to use this Waypoint at all.

WINterfang ( Now with the power to piss you off ) @ Nov 3rd 2009 2:28PM

wanna bet?

whylekat @ Nov 3rd 2009 3:45PM

Well sure! I've always considered myself a gamblin' man.. What's on the table?

DiamondXP @ Nov 3rd 2009 9:49AM

I think that the Halo Waypoint is awesome got a slew of Avatar goodies just for playing in the past and hitting some milestones. Very Cool! My Fav is the 343 Guilty Spark accessory.

Dave @ Nov 3rd 2009 10:07AM

Got to check this out with the Dashboard Preview. Went in just to check it out...wasn't really all that interested. The Avatar Rewards caught my eye right away, and they're actually pretty nice. Especially cool to have the Guilty Spark Accessory to fly around my Avatar (just because I know no one else in my friends list has it...lol).

It's a brilliant piece of marketing, imo. Every acheivement whore is going to be checking this out trying to figure out what they're missing to get these extra ranks. It's making me want to go back and play through some of these campaigns to pick up the few I'm missing to grab some new rewards.

Looking forward to seeing if Legends is as entertaining as it could be. That's honestly the only thing I've seen so far that would make me keep coming back (once I finish my rewards of course).

Mazrael @ Nov 3rd 2009 10:08AM

Not tried it yet, though I have the facebook/Last.FM preview on my other 360.. don't want to download til it goes live, to keep all my drm on my new machine (I already shifted it all)

baby sea tuna @ Nov 3rd 2009 10:10AM

I'm hoping this is what it will take to finally get me back into Halo Wars. I liked it and all but it came out around the same time as RE5 and I got hella addicted to that and completely neglected to finish HW. Now if I could only remember how to play it...