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CultureOdds and EndsThe House On Blue Lick Road’s 3D Tour Has Been Preserved In VR
For most of this week, one of the strangest delights on the internet has been a 3D tour of a house that’s for sale in Kentucky. The home, on Louisville’s Blue Lick Road, was for want of a better term, weird. From the boxes of energy drinks stacked in the kitchen to the Halo action figure…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2020 -
CultureHalo Infinite Loses Another Director
Master Chief has always had a penchant for bumpy landings, but over the years he’s mostly kept that confined to events inside games. Halo Infinite, however, has weathered a last-minute delay and, now, the loss of two directors en route to putting down wheels. According to a report from Bloomberg, Chris Lee, the 343 Industries…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 28, 2020 -
CultureMaster Chief Collection Is Getting Upgraded To Play At 120 FPS On Xbox Series X/S
Halo fans on console will finally get to see Master Chief at double the frames per second when Halo: The Master Chief Collection gets upgraded for Xbox Series X and S on November 17. Microsoft announced the news on Twitter today, stating that the next-gen optimized version of the collection would play at 120 FPS…
By Ethan Gach Published October 20, 2020 -
CultureTotal RecallHalo 3: ODST Is Back, So Let’s Remember One Of The Greatest Video Game Trailers Of All Time
Halo 3: ODST is out on Steam today, a fresh addition to the Master Chief Collection, letting a whole new generation of players take part in one of the defining games of the series’ golden age. But today, I don’t want to look forwards, I want to look back, to the game’s 2009 release. When…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 22, 2020 -
CultureHalo 3: ODST Comes To PC September 22
Halo 3: ODST comes to PC as part of the Master Chief Collection on September 22. PC players will finally get their chance to guide a group of orbital drop shock troopers through the streets of New Mombassa while listening to Nathan Fillion talk. Halo 3: ODST’s release means Halo PC fans are only waiting…
By Mike Fahey Published September 14, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsHalo Fan Builds 25,000-Brick Frigate Out Of LEGO
Steve Witt has spent the last five years building a Paris-class UNSC heavy frigate from Halo that is over seven feet long That’s over two metres! And it weighs 112lbs, or 51kgs! Here’s a shot of Steve working on it for scale. Steve’s a friend of the wonderful Brothers Brick, who have a full interview…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsHalo 3 Mod Turns Everybody Into Rats
Halo 3 has a rat. It looks like what would happen if you genetically modified a potato to give it legs. So of course, the rat is beloved by the Halo community. Now, thanks to the magic of modding, you can play Halo 3 as the Halo 3 rat. Originally just a background prop in…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 3, 2020 -
CultureReport: Microsoft Appoints Halo Veteran To Get Infinite “Back on Track” [Update]
After a disappointing gameplay reveal—it’s hard making blockbuster games from home!—Halo Infinite has been pushed back to 2021. It’s also now getting some outside help, with a report that Microsoft is parachuting Halo veteran Joseph Staten in to help with development. As Bloomberg report, Staten—one of the main writers on earlier Halo games at Bungie,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Halo Delayed, Winners!
Last week, after we all learned that Halo Infinite was delayed until 2021, I realized that poor Master Chief would need something to do while he waits for them to finish making his big game. So I asked you all for help. Our winning image this week comes from TheWorldof who decided to just show…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 22, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Halo Delayed
Halo Infinite has been delayed until next year. This is most likely for the best, as it seemed like it needed some more time in the oven. But it does mean the Master Chief will have a lot more free time on his hands. So, let’s help the big guy out. Your challenge this week:…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 16, 2020 -
CultureHalo Infinite Delayed To 2021
343 Industries has announced that Halo Infinite will launch in 2021, missing its original “holiday 2020″ release window. “The decision to shift our release is the result of multiple factors that have contributed to development challenges, including the ongoing COVID-related impacts affecting us all this year,” studio head Chris Lee explained via Twitter. “I want…
By Ian Walker Published August 11, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Next-Gen Brute, Winners!
Whoops! Due to a communication and planning error, I accidentally left you all without winners for a week. I hope you survived this week of suspense and chaos! Our winning image this week comes from Neuroplastique who lets this sad brute have some ice cream. How nice. A lot of great entries this week. This…
By Zack Zwiezen Published August 8, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsHalo Infinite, Only On The N64
Last month Microsoft showed off a ton of footage from the upcoming Halo Infinite, featuring a crash landing and a very upset pilot. They looked OK in high definition, but there’s something about them that looks even better imagined as an N64 game. This video by Hoolopee does exactly what it suggests, recreating 1:42 of…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryHalo: The Master Chief Collection Is So Fun Right Now
I’ve played Halo: The Master Chief Collection off and on—more off than on—since it released in 2014. The serious connectivity issues that persisted well past launch were one thing, but the game also hit that fun wall all first-person shooters hit. Sometimes it takes months or years, but the run-of-the-mill players always abandon ship for…
By Ari Notis Published July 27, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Next-Gen Brute
We got to see some gameplay from that new Halo game coming out later this year. It didn’t look…amazing. But it did give us a next-gen Brute. And he looks sad. Let’s get him out of Halo Infinite and let him explore other worlds! Your challenge this week: Add this new Brute to other games,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 26, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsHalo Infinite Looks To The Past To Bring The Series Into The Present
Everyone remembers their first big Halo moment. For some, it might’ve been crash-landing on a strange, ring-shaped alien world. For others, maybe it was the slow discovery of an all-consuming, nightmarish parasite. Or the realization that said ring-shaped alien world wasn’t actually a world but an interstellar superweapon designed to purge all sentience from the…
By Ari Notis Published July 23, 2020 -
CultureHere’s Halo Infinite Gameplay, Including The New Grappling Hook
Microsoft kicked off today’s games showcase with a first look at gameplay of Halo Infinite. The assault rifle is back in all its glory. There’s a big map. Everything looks very pretty. And, oh, yeah, there’s a sweet grappling hook. See it all for yourself: The grappling hook is a brand-new tool in 117’s arsenal,…
By Ari Notis Published July 23, 2020 -
CultureHere’s Where To Watch Today’s Xbox Series X Showcase
To Infinite, and beyond! Today, Microsoft is hosting an hour-long showcase. According to Xbox’s Aaron Greenberg, the event will laser-focus on upcoming games for Xbox platforms. That means we likely won’t get any hard info about the Xbox Series X price or release date. But hey, at least we get to see what Master Chief’s…
By Ari Notis Published July 23, 2020 -
CultureHalo 3 Comes To PC July 14
Eyes up, space marines: 13 years after it landed on console, Halo 3 is finally coming to PC. As announced by the official Halo Twitter account, it’ll be available next Tuesday as the next installment of Halo: The Master Chief Collection Halo 3 is the capstone of the original Halo trilogy. The second game, if…
By Ari Notis Published July 7, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsDisintegration Tries Mixing RTS With FPS, Succeeds At Neither
Disintegration has a weird setup. You are a hotshot pilot who is also a robot with a human brain. You ride a hoverbike and command a squad of similar robots with human brains. The idea is to mix real-time strategy mechanics and first-person shooting. After playing a few hours of the game’s campaign I’m not…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 10, 2020