Halo Waypoint, the soon to be hub for anything and everything Halo-related, is officially coming to Xbox Live on November 5th. Produced by 343 Industries, it is expected to feature newsy bits along with a spattering of community-generated content as well. This new dashboard destination is also planning on the introduction of a brand new career system which will span multiple Halo titles, at launch including Halo 3: ODST, Halo 3, and Halo Wars. This video, Welcome To Halo Waypoint, gives a guided walkthrough of the basic interface and a few of the features soon to be available to Gold-subscribing Halo fanatics everywhere. Interested? Not interested? Still on the fence? Sound off in the comments!
Posted by Xerone on October 19, 2009 at 1:17 pm
So they’re just enticing me more to get Halo achievements…
Posted by sleepingdragon80 on October 22, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Dont have to try to hard to get me to get more :)
Posted by CrazyKinux on October 19, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Sweet looking service they’re building there!
Posted by Kraken on October 19, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I’m definitely interested in this, even though I only have Halo 2 and 3.
Posted by XMixMasterX on October 19, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Awesome.. but I still don’t know what to think.
Does M$ really think they can emulate the Bungie community? What kind of user-submitted content would be a replacement for Louis Wu and the B.net front page?
I think the community has most of this stuff down without a Waypoint to get us there…
Posted by Kensai111 on October 19, 2009 at 1:34 pm
In a sense this is run by Bungie, a majority of the Halo Waypoint crew is 343.
Cheers,
Kensai
Posted by bs angel on October 19, 2009 at 1:36 pm
343 is Microsoft, not Bungie. There is a big difference between the two in my eyes.
Posted by xLAS3RP01NT3Rx on October 19, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Oh yes, Huge difference.
Posted by IcyTreats on October 20, 2009 at 5:14 am
i agree. they’re probably just going to milk the series till 2010 :’(
Posted by JohnKiller118 on October 20, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Yeah. One’s awesome, and the other steals other people’s creations to make a profit.
Posted by Ben Of Bodom UK on October 19, 2009 at 1:29 pm
This thing’s free right? It’s gonna be like part of the dashboard or something?
Posted by bs angel on October 19, 2009 at 1:37 pm
It’s going to be free to Gold subscribers (with silver accounts getting a peak when it launches) and it will be on the dashboard somewhere, yes. Where exactly though, I have no clue! :)
Posted by Xerone on October 19, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I really hope it doesn’t clutter the dash up more than it is. My dash seems to be so cluttered, sometimes it takes a while to get somewhere. I wish I could have a custom one set up.
I’d have – Netflix – Profile – Settings
It’d be so nice…
Posted by Poopie McGhee on October 19, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Man, that custom Idea would be nice…
Posted by Shirdel7221 on October 20, 2009 at 1:21 am
No, because only America has Netflix. What about the Rest of The World Damnit?
Posted by James on October 20, 2009 at 10:59 am
Custom dashboards should be in next update tbf
esp if there is twitter and facebook coming its gunna get too busy, i find it a bit tough to find stuff since the nxe, the old dashboard made more sense!
You know what would be real nice though, a web browser!
Posted by Marksman on November 4, 2009 at 2:36 am
@Shirdel
You’re right. I’m Australian, and we don’t get Netflix. ‘S’not Fair!
Posted by ElusiveEagle on October 19, 2009 at 1:44 pm
It will be located in the “Games Marketplace > Games on Demand” section, as said in the video.
Posted by bs angel on October 19, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Oh great Elusive, way to show everybody I totally wasn’t paying attention!! :chair:
Posted by Ben Of Bodom UK on October 19, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Cool thanks Angel!
Posted by SoC BrownSound on October 19, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Now that’s awesome!
Posted by KalamariKidd on October 19, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Hmm, I wonder if Waypoint is giving us a glimpse of some of the features and elements that Reach might have.
Posted by Xerone on October 19, 2009 at 1:42 pm
I’m really really looking forward to Reach. ^_^ If it does, I’ll be right on that!
Posted by xLAS3RP01NT3Rx on October 19, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I highly doubt Bungie’s gonna tell Microsoft about their new best game evar.
Posted by BSlaughts on October 20, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Does anyone know when the reach multiplayer beta comes out…iv went to the website listed on my ODST pre order flyer thing but i cant seem to find it…
Posted by angerhrr on October 22, 2009 at 12:04 am
The Reach Beta didn’t come packaged with the game as it hasn’t been created yet. The Beta will be accessible from the Halo ODST Extra’s menu next year.
Posted by pittofdoom on October 19, 2009 at 1:59 pm
This looks pretty awesome. If only I had XBL…
Posted by Mizzy on October 19, 2009 at 2:18 pm
If only it mentioned a rough estimate as to when the darn thing is going to be released!
Posted by Xerone on October 19, 2009 at 2:55 pm
I think it is November 5th…
Posted by Shirdel7221 on October 20, 2009 at 1:22 am
Or Guy Fawke’s Night in the UK.
Posted by xLAS3RP01NT3Rx on October 19, 2009 at 3:14 pm
This looks really cool.
All they need to add are voice chat rooms.
Posted by Marksman on November 4, 2009 at 2:38 am
…And crack labs.
…Wait, forget I said that!
Posted by Crazeye0 on October 19, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Not looking forward to this.
If I want user submitted content I’d check out Bungie.Net or Forgehub or somewhere like that. If I wanted Halo news I’d check the weekly updates.
I just feel this entire service sounds pointless. If it’s only available through MS Points then Its probably so microsoft can has your money. The content might not be aailable anywhere else, that is, until people manage to get it on Youtube or somewhere. Unless I hear anything good about it when it actualy comes out then I probably wont get it.
Posted by xLAS3RP01NT3Rx on October 19, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Its free as far as I know.
Bungie.net and Forgehub aren’t going anywhere either.
This is just an organized Halo Universe Service Record.
Nothing else is changing.
Posted by Weezey31 on October 19, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I’m guessing the Halo Legends sections is going to be streaming on demand? It would be good if they made it free because then I would watch it, but it is MS so nothing is ever free. : (
Posted by PikminGod on October 19, 2009 at 6:23 pm
i think this is a test thing, and soon enough every franchise will start boasting their own “Waypoint” system…somethings like the “Guitar Hero Studio” or the “Modern Warfare FOB” and they will start costing money too. They talk about expanding Waypoint, but what they don’t mention is that these expansions will probably cost monies. They get you hooked with the freeness but make you pay for the lickies and chewies… that said, my Avatar is currently sporting some ODST armor…i know, i suck.
Posted by Marksman on November 4, 2009 at 2:40 am
How do you get the Avatar Awards? I’ve done some of the needed achievements, but I haven’t got the corresponding armour. Sadface.
Posted by tyalka93 on October 19, 2009 at 6:45 pm
They just had to throw in the Gold only bit, didn’t they?
Posted by HellCat on October 20, 2009 at 12:08 am
then get it
Posted by SonofMacPhisto on October 19, 2009 at 7:00 pm
This looks real sharp. I’m excited to see it in action! :D
Posted by undercoverduck on October 19, 2009 at 9:43 pm
So is this a US only thing? or something the rest of the world can enjoy(it may or may not be enjoyable). cos here in Aus we always seem to get left out of a lot of things.
Posted by bs angel on October 19, 2009 at 11:11 pm
The only thing I could find in the press release is the phrase “fans around the world”. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that it’s not a region-specific thing.
Posted by Shirdel7221 on October 20, 2009 at 1:24 am
Even though you do live in America XD.
If Halo Waypoint is America-Only, I would gladly trade it for X360’s UK-Only Twitter.
Posted by IcyTreats on October 20, 2009 at 5:17 am
I’m in Saudi Arabia, I dont get anything.. (but the satisfaction of knowing that single light on the h3 world players map is me!)
Posted by bs angel on October 20, 2009 at 9:56 am
I’ve always wondered who that person was!!
Posted by Marksman on November 4, 2009 at 2:42 am
“cos here in Aus we always seem to get left out of a lot of things.”
*cough*Netflix*cough**cough**splutter*
Posted by Scott on October 20, 2009 at 6:48 am
I cant wait it looks really cool. Just one more thing to help me get my Halo fix! haha
Posted by DethPwn on October 20, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I would say something about Halo turning into Star Wars, but I’m too busy watchiong a Borderlands trailer in the other tab.
Posted by Poopie McGhee on October 20, 2009 at 8:23 pm
I just peeled myself off my chair from playing that… (It’s F’ing Awesome)
Posted by Cardo on October 20, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Seems like an advertising mechanism disguised as an achievment tracker. Might be a little entertaining but for the most part I’m disappointed.
I hate how when I sign in the dashboard I’m auto-directed to the line with the advertisements, rather than My Xbox..
Posted by HellCat on October 20, 2009 at 11:03 pm
agreed
Posted by Marksman on November 4, 2009 at 2:43 am
F@$#ing spotlight.
…Btw, is swearing acceptable here, or should I use crappy censors^?
Posted by bs angel on November 4, 2009 at 2:50 am
Definitely censors. Like this:
Fuckin* spotlight.
See, it’s so easy!
Posted by Marksman on November 4, 2009 at 2:58 am
Yay!
Fuc* the Fuckin* Censors! XDXDXD
Posted by Poopie McGhee on November 5, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Tee-Hee
Posted by DTA MoonDawg on October 21, 2009 at 1:56 pm
It looks pretty cool I think… I love the little medal award idea, but the fact that this isn’t being made by all of the Bungie crew has me a little undecided.
Is Bungie helping at ALL with this?