Halo

Halo 5‘s Awesome New Multiplayer Mode Is Working Well On Launch Day 

Halo 5’s new Warzone multiplayer mode wouldn’t be nearly as exciting if it suffered from the sort of connection issues that plagued The Master Chief Collection months after launch. So far, so good. Earlier this week Stephen Totilo posted his early impressions of Halo 5: Guardians, subtitled “Mediocre Campaign, Promising Multiplayer.” The “promising multiplayer” bit…

Halo 5 Day Zero Impressions: Mediocre Campaign, Promising Multiplayer

Halo 5 is beautiful, at times a lot of fun, and at times disappointing. It’s also not yet officially released and is dependent on its multiplayer working well on a large scale. So we’re holding off on a review until well after the game’s October 27 launch. For now, some impressions of one of the…

Modded Halo 5 Xbox One Covers Itself in Battle Armor

In honor of Halo 5: Guardians’ impending release, Vadu Amka, Belgian purveyor of excellent custom consoles, has crafted a Halo-themed Xbox One—his first current-gen console mod, in fact. The console box, which is covered in a battered-looking metally design, will actually be given away at a local launch event for Halo 5. Says Amka: In…

How Halo And Destiny’s Composer Got Fired From Bungie

In April of 2014 Martin “Marty” O’Donnell, then Bungie’s audio director, was fired from the company “without cause.” A court ruling issued last week in a case between the composer and his former employer sheds light on the events leading up to his termination and the hand Activision played in souring their relationship. What seemed…

Here’s Halo 5’s Intro

This is Halo 5’s intro. It’s…expensive. And Fillion-y.

Halo Menu And Chill

Here are the two things I like about this website. One, it’s called halome.nu. Two, all it does is loop the epic/chanty menu screen music from the Bungie and 343’s Halo games. The site says “Have you ever left a Halo title running on your TV, just to listen to and watch the main menu?”…

I’m a Bit Worried About Halo 5’s Campaign

You can always rely on the Halo series to have great music, and even though it was a piece from the original game, hearing it kick in as Master Chief and the other three members of Blue Team hurtled through space towards a Covenant-infested ship in Halo 5 did make me go all gooey inside.…

Two Of Halo‘s Best Levels, Now With Dinosaurs

The first Halo was chock full of memorable levels. Know what would’ve made them even more memorable? Goddamn dinosaurs. Modder Spartan464748 decided to turn that weirdly specific fever dream into a reality, creating gorgeous renditions of Halo: Combat Evolved’s second and fourth levels—“Halo” and “The Silent Cartographer”, respectively—in Ark: Survival Evolved. Lots of evolution going…

Halo: The Tiny Chief Collection

Back in 2012, we featured the art of Michael Pedro, who had worked on Halo 4. In the three years since, he’s been busy. Having then moved onto the Master Chief Collection, he’s got way more art to show off, both from Halo and other stuff. You can see more of Pedro’s work at his…

Witcher 3 Injury Is Definitely Not Serious, Nope

On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have Witcher 3 arm injuries, Rocket League saves, Halo killing sprees and a very special Splatoon memorial. Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Witcher…

Players Spent Over Two Years Trying To Push Halo Reach AI To Its Limit

In 2011, hardcore fans started a video series chronicling tricks and glitches possible during the Halo: Reach campaign. Today, that series draws to a close with a new, over-the-top conclusion that tests how far Halo’s artificial intelligence can go. “The tricks in this video cumulatively took over 150+ hours to complete,” Termacious Trickocity, the group…

Three Very Different Upcoming Games That Impressed Me In Los Angeles

As I look over my notes from the big E3 show in L.A. earlier this month, three games stand out that I wanted to be sure to praise. I’m eager to play more of all of them. Chibi Robo: Zip Lash This one is for the Nintendo 3DS and comes out in early October. It’s…

Pretty Sure Batman Just Killed This Guy

On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have a Batman crushing, a drunk Batmobile, Destiny double kills, last-second finishes and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. iRacing – Mazda…

Conan Plays Halo 5 Against Silicon Valley Cast, Fails Gloriously

Somebody should have warned Conan O’Brien about the gaming force that is Silicon Valley’s Thomas “Middletwitch” Middleditch. The talk show host never stood a chance. I don’t know about TJ Miller or Zach Woods, but Middleditch can regularly be foundon Twitch showing off his skills on just about every sort of game imaginable, from strategy-intensive…

Even Halo‘s Scaling Back On Split-Screen

One of Halo’s staples has been the ability to play the game’s campaign in split-screen with a friend. Halo 5 won’t have that feature, in favor of maintaining a solid 60 frames-per-second. It’s one of many small details we’ve learned about the latest Halo game in the last few days. Halo franchise development director Frank…

Halo: ODST is now dropping in for owners of the Master Chief Collection Players who purchased and played the Xbox One collection before December 19 of last year are starting to get their codes for the remastered ODST campaign. Folks falling outside of that window will be able to purchase the campaign separately for $4.99“soon.”

The Witcher 3‘s Horses Need To Get It Together

On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have weird horses, weird soldiers, defuses, close finishes and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. CS:GO – 10 Second Defuse! – (Zoo)Davisx3m…

Halo vs Call Of Duty Battle Escalates Quickly

This is great. This video—which introduces just about every explosion, tribute and gag you could think of between the two blockbuster series—was made by the same team behindthat impressive NERF gunfight from last year. In case you were wondering where you’d seen this particular brand of hyper-excited Australian screen violence before.

Poor Halo Player Gets Lured Into A Six Man Teabagging Trap

…ouch. I’ve played a ton of multiplayer shooters over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen griefing like this clip from Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Condolences, blue player. Red team/Rauppy are huge jerks!

New Halo Toys Are Very, Very Cool

There have been hundreds of Halo figures released over the last ten years, but despite advances in technology (allowing for greater detail and “realism”), they haven’t changed that much. Not until these interesting new figures from Kotobukiya, anyway. They’re called Halo Spartan Techsuits, and the idea is that instead of coming as a finalised, completed…