Posts Tagged ‘Halo’

Live action Web series on Machinima to pave the way for Halo 4

Live action Web series on Machinima to pave the way for Halo 4

[via Variety] Machinima and Microsoft are teaming up to bring Halo fans a live action web series in the lead up to Halo 4′s anticipated launch on November 6th. set to be called Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, the web series will play exclusively on the Machinima Network and Halo Waypoint. Microsoft say that the project represents the “largest investment” that the company has put into...

Staff Blog:  Death to Zombies

Staff Blog: Death to Zombies

Zombies seem to be very in-vogue in video games, particularly in recent years, we’ve seen a real glut of living dead titles on the 360, perhaps too many? Dead Rising, Dead Island, Left 4 Dead and countless other games have entertained those who enjoy the thrill of despatching decaying, walking corpses in the messiest ways possible.  But whether the decapitation and dismemberment is taking ...

Halo Mini-book Available Exclusively Through Pre-order

Halo Mini-book Available Exclusively Through Pre-order

Fans who preorder a copy of “Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary” with GAME and gamestation will receive a special edition collector’s booklet based on the art book “Halo: The Art of Building Worlds” from Titan Publishing. The 24 page booklet contains a collection of ground-breaking art from the history of the “Halo” games including concept art, sweeping landscapes from the “Halo”...

GamesCom News: Microsoft lets out Halo: CE Anniversary screens

GamesCom News: Microsoft lets out Halo: CE Anniversary screens

We’ve got our hands on some Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary screenshots, courtesy of Microsoft at GamesCom. Check them out below. Nostalgia can be a good thing. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary | Damnation Gameplay Trailer Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary | Beaver Creek Gameplay Trailer #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top...

Halo: CE Anniversary – Unlock Your Inner Spartan

Halo: CE Anniversary – Unlock Your Inner Spartan

A small, relatively unknown original Xbox title, Halo: CE is marking its 10 year anniversary this November with a HD remake. To celebrate this occasion a pair of pre-order bonuses have been announced. ·         Master Chief Avatar Armour – Heroes never die, and to honour the 10th Anniversary of John 117, you will finally be able to transform your Xbox LIVE Avatar into the iconic her...

Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary HD confirmed to have Kinect support

Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary HD confirmed to have Kinect support

In an interview with Gamespot AU, head of Microsoft Game Studios Phil Spencer confirmed that Halo CE Anniversary will feature Kinect support to an extent. “Core focus for us in our press briefing this year with Kinect, actually came from two sides. Obviously as a first-party, we believe that Kinect will be important to all genres of games. Be it racing games with Forza, combat games like Ryse...

Halo Anniversary to cost £34.99 in the UK

Halo Anniversary to cost £34.99 in the UK

VideoGamer have gotten confirmation from Microsoft that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will sell in the UK at an ERP of £34.99, considerably cheaper than most 360 releases. Due to release on November 15th 2011, the HD re-release of Halo: Combat Evolved will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the long running series, and will be exclusive to Xbox 360.

Bungie’s next game rumoured to be called “Destiny”

Bungie’s next game rumoured to be called “Destiny”

Apparently, Bungie is currently developing an MMOFPS, at least according to Kotaku’s source, who claims to have knowledge of the game’s development. He claimes that the name of Bungie’s first post Halo franchise is to be Destiny. The source claims to be one of 30 non salaried staff that Bungie recently let go. Codenamed “Tiger”, Destiny will apparently run on a brand...

Official Halo Reach Defiant Map Pack screens and video

Official Halo Reach Defiant Map Pack screens and video

March release then? Got it. For fans of Halo reach, the Defiant Map Pack has officially been confirmed for release in March for 800 Microsoft points, and will include all new Achievements worth a total of 150 Gamerscore. Halo Waypoint released the trailer for the DLC Pack, which features 3 maps; Highlands, Condemned and Unearthed. Fight competitively on Condemned, a mangled communications hub hig...

Call of Duty gets the EA parody treatment for Bulletstorm

Call of Duty gets the EA parody treatment for Bulletstorm

When Bulletstorm publisher EA released their Halo parody tv spot, it would be fair to say that not many people took serious notice. In fact, the general consensus was that EA were trying to drum up some hype for their title by taking a thinly veiled potshot at an established shooter. However, EA went one step further, and with it, they had Call of Duty firmly in their sights. Duty Calls, which is...