Halo Waypoint split into Intel, Career

By Robert Purchese Published 20 October, 2009

Microsoft details Xbox Live destination.

Upcoming Xbox Live destination Halo Waypoint will be broken in two sections, one focusing on Intel and the other on Career.

Intel is the central point for all Halo content, according to Jason Pace, creative director. Here be videos, articles, fiction, screenshots, tips/tricks and more. There will be "exclusive content you won't be able to get anywhere else", such as the Halo Legends animated series, said Pace during a video presentation (caught by Joystiq).

Waypoint will offer new content "every day", some of which will come from the community as well as Microsoft.

Career is the part that tracks member progress across multiple Halo games which, at launch, will be Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo Wars and all the associated DLC.

Career converts Achievements into an overall ranking and recognition system, which is broken into milestones and rewards. Milestones are based on total Halo gamerscore, whereas awards are given for groups of related Halo 3 Achievements. The Vehicle Specialist award is given for a earning a minimum number of vehicle-related Achievements, for instance - and will improve in tier as you earn more.

"Keep an eye on your career: we're just beginning with Waypoint and there's a lot more to come," concluded Pace.

Halo Waypoint will be added to the Games on Demand section of Xbox Live from 5th November - Bonfire Night. Silver members will have access for "a limited time after launch". Take a look at the video overview over on EGTV for more details on what to expect from the service.

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  • darkmorgado #1 2 years ago

    So you get achievements for getting achievements? Is there any material benefit to it?

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #2 2 years ago

    I likes me some Halo so this sounds pretty good.

  • Dark_Stranger #3 2 years ago

    pointless!

  • Razorus #4 2 years ago

    Yay, and it's available on my birthday.
    I know that means absolutely nothing to you guys cos everyone's gonna get Waypoint at the same time but still...

  • Apostle #5 2 years ago

    Hmm, franchise games linking together earning a super-achievement. Can see this happening with CoD games, Bad Company etc. Seems like MS have been thinking how to improve the achievement system and give it even more depth. Possibly.

  • TOOTR #6 2 years ago

    Will this replace the awesome bungie.net career stats or complement that website?

  • KujiGhost #7 2 years ago

    At last, my shitty K/D ratio will be vindicated by recognition of my Wheelman skillz!

  • Quint2020 #8 2 years ago

    I love the Halo franchise and even I think this sounds pointless...

  • miiiguel #9 2 years ago

    "pointless!"

    self awareness post?

    Anyhow, what has a point in video-games then? What's the point? Not to sound too harsh but you might (not) want to think about that. Either way, "not of my interrest" might make more sense to anyone who's into video-games which are kinda *all of them!* pointless anyway.
    Edited by 1 at 20/10/09 @ 11:31

  • Dark_Stranger #10 2 years ago

    "self awareness post? " nope, just not a stat whore.

  • Natversion1 #11 2 years ago

    Looking forward to Halo Legends

  • RedSparrows #12 2 years ago

    If it only takes into account achievements in the Career page, that's silly. Achievements are so much easier to get than good stats.

  • Ace_McCloud #13 2 years ago

    Sounds really well thought out. Look forward to it. Like bungie.net and like the idea of being able to check my progress on Halo with all the luxuries consoles provide.

  • Quint2020 #14 2 years ago

    It just seems a little superfluous in my opinion, what with all the stats on Bungie.net, ok so it gives you information on any new Halo based media (games or otherwise) but surely the internet tells us all that anyway...

    EDIT: But thanks for the arm chair psychiatry/English language lesson miiiguel.
    Edited by 1 at 20/10/09 @ 13:40

  • Malek86 #15 2 years ago

    I fail to see the usefulness of this.

    Can't MS just do a 360 port of Halo 1, so I can play it again thorugh VGA?

  • Beano #16 2 years ago

    "I fail to see the usefulness of this. "

    Join the party - seems pretty useless to me. But I guess we have to be Halo fanboys to see the greatness in it. I "just" like Halo which apparently is not enough :)
    Edited by 1 at 20/10/09 @ 14:49

  • Malek86 #17 2 years ago

    Personally I didn't like Halo 2, which may be why I didn't bother buying 3. But H1 was pretty awesome, and one of my favorite shooters - not just console shooters, mind you, but also PC ones.

    And of course it has to NOT work with VGA on 360. Darn.

  • RedSparrows #18 2 years ago

    I don't think Bungie.net is viewable through this. I may be wrong.

    But that would be the best thing.

    OR, HINT HINT, make it viewable via the game, like Killzone 2. You don't need a console browser to do it, surely.

  • Machiavellian #19 2 years ago

    Waypoint is MS and their new studio project. It's basically going to replace Bungie.net for Halo since Bungie is moving on to new things after Reach. What Waypoint does is provide you with all Halo material in one place. Yes, you could get the info from the Net but why bother when it will be available for you in one place and easily obtainable. For the Halo community I can see this as being a very good place to see your achievement for all things Halo.

    MS should just purchase Bungie.net Halo stats for Waypoint because it is something that is very well done.

  • YourMessageHere #20 2 years ago

    On one hand - this seems like nothing but a glorified website designed for 360 (what is a "destination", anyway?), and all this masturbatory achievement and ranking stuff isn't remotely useful. On the other, although I'm not a Halo fan, I find myself admiring the degree to which Bungie et al have expanded the Halo universe, and some sort of centralised hub for all that on its native platform is sensible, and the achievement stuff may be masturbatory in nature but, not unlike actual masturbation, it seems very popular despite being utterly futile.