Welcome to Waypoint

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  • Posted Oct 19, 2009

Jason Pace gives us the scoop on Waypoint. This is the new home for Halo fans on Xbox Live!

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61 Comments

  • athenian29

    Posted Dec 15, 2009 3:18 pm PT

    @Omaciel

    It's free. The only payment needed is for Xbox LIVE Gold, which is about $40 a year if you can find it from the right place.

  • athenian29

    Posted Dec 15, 2009 3:17 pm PT

    Very nice. This is a great frontend tool for Halo fans - they're lucky to have this kind of tool.

    'Course, what would be even better is if they let you run Halo games straight from Waypoint if you own a copy and the right disc is in.

  • acer_062

    Posted Dec 14, 2009 3:03 am PT

    Nice little front-end. I like it!!!

  • WizengamotX

    Posted Dec 14, 2009 12:25 am PT

    This intruiges me.

  • kawileeh

    Posted Dec 13, 2009 8:38 pm PT

    cant wait!!!!!

  • Trollbane

    Posted Dec 13, 2009 3:06 pm PT

    I had forgotten that Halo Wars even existed...

  • penguins227

    Posted Dec 13, 2009 1:17 pm PT

    I wish they could have this awesome stuff for PSN.

  • ryan-777

    Posted Nov 28, 2009 10:57 am PT

    All halo games rock! except halo wars....

  • Chilla55

    Posted Nov 25, 2009 6:52 am PT

    Its for halo fans if your not interested dont post a comment, its as easy as that. Great idea!

  • falloutguy318

    Posted Nov 20, 2009 7:55 pm PT

    Its free, worth the 140 mb

  • hightower1000

    Posted Nov 20, 2009 11:36 am PT

    Great for people that are deep into Halo

  • MajinThurp

    Posted Nov 19, 2009 5:16 pm PT

    im with you

  • Omaciel

    Posted Nov 16, 2009 12:52 pm PT

    WAT A WASTE OF MONEY

  • georgeorjose

    Posted Nov 13, 2009 10:22 pm PT

    looks interesting

  • altairistheking

    Posted Nov 10, 2009 1:43 pm PT

    This should be awesome.

  • mikayboy26

    Posted Nov 8, 2009 9:49 pm PT

    looks gud but my halo wars broke ahhah but i still got halo 3

  • yucatronixxx

    Posted Nov 8, 2009 1:32 pm PT

    thats freaking brilliant love it

  • mikel222222

    Posted Nov 7, 2009 8:24 am PT

    This is a pretty great idea, thats free. Job well done, but PLEASE add some matchmaking on odst Firefight! that game would be so much better with it!

  • jetfreakist

    Posted Nov 3, 2009 12:15 am PT

    good

  • PSgamer99

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 7:06 pm PT

    dont let my name fool you, i only had a PS3 first.
    I have both consoles now. what ive come to realize is that they both have positive and negative things and for the most part, they balance out. The PS3 has had price-cuts before this, so check your sources. While i agree that Halo is an amazing franchise, the PS3 has some of its own great games too. they both have exciting games coming out (ie Splinter Cell:Conviction, God of War 3) and i think, play all games equally well, though i prefer FPS on 360 due to analog stick positions, and fighters on PS3 due to the better D-Pad. As for this waypoint thing, I'm not too excited. Halo videos & stuff i watch on websites like this, and i never bought halo wars because i dont think RTS's belong in this series.

  • StingrayA

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 4:21 pm PT

    gotta love the ps3, only just got a price cut after so many years, the useless home, the fact the controller is nowhere near as good for first person shooters as the xbox 360 controller. If you don't like halo, which is fast becoming one of the biggest brands in the world, stay off here and keep your comments to yourself.

  • speed2fast posted Oct 31, 2009 5:32 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    speed2fast

    Posted Oct 31, 2009 5:32 pm PT (hide)

    halo is garbage ps3 rules halo is so old!!! Omg aliens r takin over!!!! thats so creative eh?

  • Nignarv3

    Posted Oct 31, 2009 11:03 am PT

    I think this looks great. Why would you hate free add on content? If you aren't a halo fan, and don't play halo, then why do you care? I realize stat tracking isn't for everyone. Myself, I don't care much about rank or experience simply because a good rank can be achieved simply by putting in plenty of hours. I really like the idea of linking achievements and other experiences across the entire franchise.

  • westernomelette

    Posted Oct 29, 2009 3:22 am PT

    halo waypoint, thanks, but no thanks

  • PixelAddict

    Posted Oct 26, 2009 6:16 pm PT

    @DJ_Magneto

    Nah, I never saw hate in your eyes. You offer good insights and you're right - bungie.net does the same thing. All the good ones such as Bungie, Treyarch and Infinity ward add more content for free that provides value. Value that was never asked for. Recordable video replays and service records are another example.

    The haters? Well they.. for some.. reason.. um.. well -- they just hate free added content. Illogical as it may seem. Perhaps they spent not enough time on the boob?

  • stobobros1

    Posted Oct 25, 2009 6:08 pm PT

    I have a feeling this is only the first game to have it's own page of this kind on xbl. I figure COD, Gears and other big multi-p games will be next especially forza and gears etc that are ms games. Basically any game with stat tracking on the dev. website could do this pretty fast. How many will do it depends on what ms is going to charge them for the real estate. As for cost to us, I'm sure it will be free. If they were going to charge they would let anyone buy it, not just gold members.

  • pvspartan36

    Posted Oct 25, 2009 9:44 am PT

    That actually looks pretty cool.

  • BreakingSpecter

    Posted Oct 25, 2009 5:49 am PT

    looks interesting

  • DJ_Magneto

    Posted Oct 24, 2009 10:50 am PT

    @PixelAddict

    Bungie.net has all of that info too. Everything you mentioned. Level progression, kills, kills by gun, accuracy, heat maps that track all the locations of your kills and deaths on every map. I know this is nothing new. The Waypoint channel is just another outlet for this type of info in addition to other achievments directly on the console.

    And FYI, I'm no hater. I have COD too.

  • PixelAddict

    Posted Oct 24, 2009 7:30 am PT

    @DJ_Magneto

    Call of Duty already has that tracking feature (overall level progression, kills, kills by gun, accuracy, etc etc) which also has information/content. Tracks by specific map and shows where your kills were on each and every map (and therefore it is every game).

    So... any haters just realize this is not a new thing. Go to www.callofduty.com and see for yourself. This is a good thing (for those who care).

  • PixelAddict

    Posted Oct 24, 2009 7:26 am PT

    I can't see how there would be a cost associated with this... there is a mention it will be "available" after the November patch, but no mention of cost. It would be in their best interest to have it free. The more motivated a gamer is to achieve, the more replay, the more likely to buy add'l DLC or the next game.

    So if it's free, then maybe it is worth your money.

  • supergamer514

    Posted Oct 24, 2009 5:55 am PT

    not worth my money.

  • ssj4jaksta

    Posted Oct 23, 2009 4:37 pm PT

    if this is free then i say it's an awesome addition.

  • Lordofdam

    Posted Oct 22, 2009 7:09 pm PT

    looks good

  • Avian005

    Posted Oct 22, 2009 4:50 pm PT

    Looking good! Hopefully its worthwhile, even though it won't cost anything.

    @DJ Magneto
    Very well said.

  • scrawya

    Posted Oct 22, 2009 9:22 am PT

    this better be free, if not its pointless.

  • mrzshahrukh

    Posted Oct 22, 2009 6:34 am PT

    smells good

  • slim_32

    Posted Oct 21, 2009 7:35 pm PT

    Ummm, what the f*** is this s***???

  • freeweed

    Posted Oct 20, 2009 10:23 pm PT

    How do you access this on Live?

    Btw, Can someone please tell me how to browse other people's uploaded Forge/Videos/Screenshot stuff?

  • ocdog45

    Posted Oct 20, 2009 1:20 pm PT

    yawn!

  • dartheggs973

    Posted Oct 20, 2009 10:49 am PT

    @DJ_Magneto

    Very well said. And I think this is a very good idea. I honestly bet there are a ton of Halo fans that will love this including me. And about people liking one with all of the Call of Duty games? Well I would be on the top of that list in the love section. So pretty much...

  • wiseoldfart

    Posted Oct 20, 2009 9:44 am PT

    or some cheats for old people

  • wiseoldfart

    Posted Oct 20, 2009 9:43 am PT

    too slow for multiplayer, just single action

  • brian_13un

    Posted Oct 20, 2009 6:40 am PT

    Great ^^

  • HALO_3_R3CON

    Posted Oct 20, 2009 4:20 am PT

    Awesome!

  • TheHappyCamper

    Posted Oct 20, 2009 1:03 am PT

    Im seeing the "Is there a point to it?" question popping up quite a bit already. The Intel section seems to have a lot of content in it. As for the Career section: Id say how much it matters to players will vary greatly depending on how much stock they put into achievments. Looks like if you dont care about achievements overly much, career section will be a wash.

  • blasterchief posted Oct 19, 2009 10:54 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    blasterchief

    Posted Oct 19, 2009 10:54 pm PT (hide)

    Pointless.

  • GrizzlyChips

    Posted Oct 19, 2009 10:21 pm PT

    Gosh, now I gotta go get my Halo Wars back.

  • mwa3

    Posted Oct 19, 2009 9:49 pm PT

    @DJ_Magneto

    Well said.

  • DJ_Magneto

    Posted Oct 19, 2009 9:36 pm PT

    Again, this isn't Bungie, this is 343 Industries. And why do people treat Halo as if it's the only franchise that is being "milked"? There are only 5 Halo games counting ODST with Reach on the way to make 6. How many Final Fantasy games are there? How many Mario games? Resident Evil? Call of Duty? The video game industry is based on sequels, so don't treat Halo as if they're the only ones guilty of this. Would people be so upset if Infinity Ward created a Call of Duty channel to track their COD achievements? I have a feeling that a lot of the people who condemn the Halo franchise would be all for an idea like that.

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