Halo

Listen to some Halo 5 music, if you’d like. We captured it from the upcoming game’s multiplayer beta, which just started for some Xbox One gamers and will launch wider later this month.

​Halo Is Getting Remade On PC, And It (Still) Looks Pretty

Yeah, there’s a HD remake of Halo on the Xbox, but let’s not forget, Bungie’s classic shooter was also released on the PC. So fans have stepped in to do what Microsoft won’t, and update the game with more contemporary visuals. We first wrote about this mod/overhaul over a yearago (which is transferring the game…

Halo 3 Animation Mod Is The Stupidest/Best Thing To Happen To Chief

Master Chief riding in a Warthog? Usually pretty awesome. A Scarab-skinned Chief riding in a Warthog? Possibly the most ridiculous thing I’ve seen today. YouTuber and Halo gamer Lord Zedd, known for modding and tinkering around with the Halo games, has done a number on Master Chief in Halo 3 in the video above. It…

The Halo Collection Is Getting Better, But Still Not Fixed After A Month

There are tons of updates in development studio 343’s latest patch for the buggy multiplayer modes in the Xbox One’s month-old Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Just how effective those are, however, is a bit hit or miss, according to my and some other players’ experiences. Here’s the full list of fixes, according to 343:…

Hitchhiking Can Be A Headache In GTA V

In today’s Highlight Reel we have some unusual deaths, a few new takes on hitchhiking, and as much perpetual falling as you can handle. 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. Can’t…

Two Weeks Later, Halo Multiplayer Is Still A Mess

Welcome to 2014, where it is apparently unreasonable to buy a video game and expect it to work properly. One of this month’s biggest culprits has been Halo: The Master Chief Collection, a compilation of Halo remakes that’s been infested with bugs since it came out two weeks ago, with the most prominent problems surrounding…

That’s One Way To Kill Someone With A GTA Tank

In today’s Highlight Reel we have some more GTA V moments, some of Far Cry 4‘s deadliest animals, a singing marine and 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. Far Cry…

The Folks Behind Halo Say They’re Fixing Matchmaking Today

As has become something of a tradition in the world of video games, Halo: The Master Chief Collection launched with some serious problems—after it came out last week, players struggled with matchmaking and online play in the collection of Halo ports ad remakes. Today, hopefully, things will get at least a little better. After some…

Someone Remade A Bunch Of Classic Custom Halo 3 Maps In The New Halo

The ability to create and tinker with custom maps in the Halo series was first introduced in Halo 3‘s Forge mode. Players went wild with it, creating all sorts of maps and introducing new gameplay rules to go along with it. Take, for instance, Duck Hunt, where the objective isn’t exactly a team versus team…

Nothing Can Improve The Halo Theme Song… Except Cowboys

It’s one of the most iconic theme songs in video games. It’s been performed by everything from high school bands to world-renowned orchestras. And yet, I feel like something has always been… missing. That thing? Cowboys. Definitely cowboys. Warp Zone‘s cowboy shtick is fun, but this is also a damn good acoustic rendition of Halo‘s…

Master Chief’s Suit Is Made Of…Paper?

Photographer Sid Caesar took these photos of his buddy Phillip Friel wearing his Master Chief suit, and thought we’d like them because the suit is made out of paper Is it still papercraft if it’s life-size and wearable? Maybe it’s cospaper. Yeah, that’ll work.

Here’s How Humanity Could Build Halo‘s Ringworlds

Here’s a scary thought: a creepy, parasitic alien race like the Flood could be out there, waiting for us to stumble upon them. How would we theoretically build one of the gigantic, Flood-killing Halo arrays from the Xbox series of the same name? With super-science, of course. A new video over at Nerdist breaks down…

New Halo Toy Is Crazy Realistic

3A, masters of detailed (and precariously fragile) action figures, are putting out a Master Chief. He looks amazing All that amazement comes at a price, though: he’ll be $240 when he goes on sale on November 20

There’s Actually A Point To Halo‘s Dumbest Achievement

Halo: The Master Chief Collection has a so-called “mystery” achievement, whose description is simply “inscrutable, mysterious.” The way to unlock it might seem totally arbitrary (and kinda lame), but it actually ties into a story from Halo‘s distant past. As seen in videos like this one from OneTickShaka, unlocking the achievement is as simple as…

The Master Chief Collection‘s Multiplayer May Be Getting Better Soon

Been frustrated with the multiplayer matchmaking in Halo: The Master Chief Collection? Microsoft knows it’s a problem and is working to fix it. A big part of the appeal of the Master Chief Collection was getting to experience re-mastered versions of Lockout, Blood Gulch and other classic maps from older Halo games. But finding and…

A Slam Dunk So Powerful It Breaks Reality

This dunk makes Michael Jordan’s Space Jam performance look pretty mundane by comparison. Also, we’ve got an incredible team wipe in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, and 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…

Guy Can’t Stop Laughing At How Buggy The Remastered Halo Games Are

Since the launch of 343’s remastered Halo: The Master Chief Collection, many players have been reporting a laundry list of issues. Some of those, when players can actually connect to the multiplayer servers, include matches with skewed teams. You can see an example of that in the video above, where player Mark Edward Neace Jr,…

All of Halo 2‘s Remastered Cutscenes, In 1080p

One of the major overhauls 343 planned for Halo: The Master Chief Collection was in upgrading Halo 2‘s cutscenes. And Blur Studios, the team responsible for remastering them, did a wonderful job. You can watch them all, back to back, thanks to YouTuber Unyshek – The Halo Professor. If you’re playing through Halo 2 while…

Halo 5’s Multiplayer Is All About Movement

There’s a new trend that seems to be affecting the world of shooters. It’s not enough to simply have powerful guns, challenging levels and enemy formations, and a balanced space to play with others competitively. These days a shooter has to have movement, even a level of grace, to stay competitive. And Halo 5 seems…

The Halo Collection’s Online Multiplayer Isn’t Working Properly

It’s launch day for the Halo: The Master Chief Collection, but players are struggling to get online to play in any of the multiplayer matches. Earlier this morning Microsoft issued an Xbox Live service alert to say that they’re working on the matchmaking problem that many players seem to be having. I tried to hop…