This Is Not The Game I Signed Up For
In the game’s 46th hour, I finally got frustrated about a design choice in Hollow Knight. I won’t spoil it in anything but the vaguest terms, but I’m sure anyone who has played enough games can relate.
In Defense Of The Flood, Halo's Most Hated Enemy
Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo called The Library Halo: Combat Evolved’s most notorious level. An entry on Halopedia referred to it as one of the least popular levels in the Halo series. The Library is the hardest level in the game by far, a cruel gauntlet featuring seemingly never-ending waves of Halo’s…
Fans Spent Three Years Remaking Halo's Best Level
Halo's "The Silent Cartographer" level is widely considered to be legendary—that's just how good it is. But at least a few fans thought that they could improve on the level, and they've devoted the last few years to rebuilding The Silent Cartographer from the ground up.
The Guns That Never Made It Into Halo
You've never used these guns or played these levels in any Halo game, and odds are, you never will.
The Unusual Excellence Of Halo's Most Iconic Level
You're playing a shooter. Some Marine stands in front of you, barking out commands. Whatever he's saying doesn't really matter—it translates to little more than "shoot the bad guys!" Eventually, he steps out of the way, you run forward, and you dash through narrow corridors, using a host of weapons that more or less…
Eleven Years Later, Modders Are Still Making The Original Halo Better
Halo: Combat Evolved released in fall 2003 for PC. Bungie has moved on—but the community keeps the game alive through mods. Take SPV3, for example.
Someone Put Portal's Wheatley In Halo And Now I Can't Stop Laughing
Cortana bickering with Wheatley: think about it. The two are strong personalities in their own rights, but put together they make for some hilarious banter.
Lets Watch Classic Halo Map Hang 'Em High in Action Using Halo Reach Graphics and Gameplay
The classic Halo: Combat Evolved multiplayer map Hang Em' High is getting a stunning remake when it returns to players in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
Halo: Anniversary Promises a New Perspective on Old Memories
Here is exactly what was shown of Halo: Anniversary's singleplayer campaign, today at Comic-Con 2011. The demonstration was also given to press at E3 back in June; this is its first public display. It covers the classic level "Silent Cartographer," and showcases the ability to switch between updated high-definition…
Halo: Anniversary will Include New Content, Old Visuals and Updated Girlfriend References
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, the high-definition remake of the landmark Halo: Combat Evolved, will feature new narrative content and on-the-fly switching between its new presentation and the graphic mode of the original.
The Halo Remake's Kinect Support Won't Ruin the Xbox Classic
They won't tell us whether this fall's 10-years-later remake, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will use the Kinect for voice control, gesture control or what, but Microsoft did tell us, today today, that the game's Kinect suport won't compromise the quality of the original game. Here's their official statement: "It's…
Halo's Towering Feat, Accomplished At Last
Seven years ago, in uncertain times fraught with peril, the president challenged this great nation to, by the end of 2011, rocket-jump and safely land a Spartan from one tower to the second on the Halo: Combat Evolved level "Halo." The nation's greatest minds set about to solving and answering this urgent national…
The Original Xbox Controller is Coming Back in an Extremely Limited Way, Only for 'Halo Fest'
Halo studio 343 Industries is offering only the most authentic of Halo: Combat Evolved experiences at this year's Halo Fest, letting players go hands on with the Anniversary remake of the Xbox original with its original controller, the beastly gamepad nicknamed the "Duke."
The Library Will (and Won't) Still Suck in the Halo Remake, Same with the Graphics
The people who are making the 10th-anniversary Halo remake call Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary a "gift to the fans."
Check Out Square Enix's Sleek and Sexy Master Chief Makeover
Square Enix Products has produced some lovely action figures in its Halo: Reach Play Arts Kai series. Now the company commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Halo franchise with a re-envisioned version of Master Chief and a stunning Spartan Mark V.
A Look Inside The Art of Building The Halo Universe
With the ten year anniversary of the release of the original Xbox shooter Halo looming, Titan Books is preparing to publish a collection of art from the series.
New Gears of War 3 Release Date Makes Room For Halo?
Gears of War 3 will be released on September 20, according an Associated Press report. The game used to be scheduled for spring but had been bumped back to fall late last year. At the time, Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games tweeted about a Gears delay to September, but quickly deleted the tweet and changed his…
HD Halo Remake Coming In November?
The rumored HD Xbox 360 remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved will be released on November 15, 10 years after the Xbox classic debuted, Joystiq reports. Series creator Bungie wouldn't be involved. Microsoft hasn't confirmed, though we've asked.
Play Halo's 8-Bit Ancestor Now
What would Halo: Combat Evolved look like if it had been made for the Nintendo Entertainment System? Expert de-maker Eric Ruth answers that question with his own version of Halo, a side-scrolling shooter that looks transported straight from the 80s.
Bungie Has Flair For Original Halo PC Gamers
PC gamers who've kicked it old-school with Halo: Combat Evolved will get a nice piece of flair for their armor in Halo: Reach, according to plans Bungie's made to reward loyal gamers.
