Halo

3D-Printed Minecraft Castle

MrHox shared this 3D-printed Minecraft castle. Read on to see more photos, as well as photos of a 3D-printed ODST soldier and The One Ring. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

By John Struan Published April 30, 2014

The Evolution Of Halo’s Cortana

The evolution of Cortana. Click through for her most recent form and her appearance in Halo: Reach. Via R/Gaming UPDATE: Here’s an updated image: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

By John Struan Published April 30, 2014

These Are the TV Shows That Microsoft Is Creating for Xbox

Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers. Legendary soccer players. The guys who make Robot Chicken. These are the people that Microsoft’s throwing money at to help them make TV shows. Despite the fact that their plans to create all-new filmed entertainment have long been rumored and confirmed, it’s kind of weird to think that the same company that…

By Evan Narcisse Published April 28, 2014

New Tomb Raider, Mass Effect, And Halo Comics

Lara Croft headlines today’s selection of brand new Dark Horse solicitations for July 2014. (One of the covers below might qualify as NSFW.) Tom Raider #6 cover by Dan Scott. Halo: Escalation #8 cover by Anthony Palumbo. Mass Effect: Foundation #13 cover by Benjamin Carre. Terminator: Enemy of My Enemy #6 cover by Wes Dzioba.…

By John Struan Published April 17, 2014

Halo Theme’s Composer Fired, Says Move Was “Without Cause”

Marty O’Donnell, Bungie’s in-house composer and the man responsible for Halo’s iconic theme song, says he has been “terminated…without cause” by the studio. We’re contacting Bungie for comment, and will update if we hear back. O’Donnell was one of the last employees still working at Bungie from its days prior to Microsoft’s purchase of the…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2014

Microsoft’s Big Plans for Xbox TV

Remember the Xbox One reveal? There was a lot of talk about TV, wasn’t there? Now Microsoft’s new console is out and all that TV-centric chatter has died down. But there’s a lot of work happening to produce and deliver original shows directly to Xbox users. Microsoft clearly wants Xbox Live to become the next…

By Evan Narcisse Published April 7, 2014

A Halo Movie Is Getting Made (Sort Of)

Microsoft just announced a Halo “digital feature project”. Ridley Scott and David Zucker (Naked Gun, Scary Movie) are involved as executive producers, while Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (who has directed some episodes of Heroes and Battlestar) will direct. This isn’t a BIG movie, in the sense that this won’t go to theatres in the summer and cost…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2014

Lego Warthog

Lego Warthog by Legohaulic. Below, a few more of his recent creations, including Blade Runner’s Chinatown: He has many more on display at Flickr, and accepts commissions.

By John Struan Published March 31, 2014

The Assassin’s Creed character design even works well in the world of Halo

Assassin’s Creed + Halo

By John Struan Published March 31, 2014

Thirteen Years Of Halo Nostalgia In Six Perfect Posters

Deviant Artist and Halo fan Scourge07 combined his penchant for art with his passion for Bungie shooters to create a series of wonderful minimalist posters, one for each game in the series. Well, each core game at least. I do not see a Halo Wars entry, nor do I see one for Spartan Assault, the…

By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2014

Wacky Titanfall News Report Has Halo, Call of Duty Shooting Each Other

Look, we can’t say that Next Media Animation’s segment on today’s hot release actually, y’know, makes sense, as far what the moving images signify. But it’s fun to watch. And, hey, it’s Francis! Think he knows he’s in this? The best part of NMA’s take on Titanfall has to be its terrible approximation of the…

By Evan Narcisse Published March 11, 2014

Cortana has a Different Look on the Windows Phone

Cortana, the digital consigliere coming to Windows Phone 8.1, won’t be represented by the light blue apparition of a woman. Cortana will, appropriately enough, be a halo. It, uh, she? will be represented by a blue ring that animates whenever she’s speaking or thinking, says The Verge, citing sources inside Microsoft and providing some screenshots…

By Owen Good Published March 3, 2014

Culture

Halo, Destiny Artist Sure Knows How To Draw Cool Stuff

So, Isaac Hannaford is an artist who was featuredhere before this concept art feature even had a name. So we’re about overdue for a second, proper look at his work. As Lead Concept Artist at Destiny and former Halo developers Bungie, Hanneford is the man in charge of shaping the studio’s output. Which is one…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2014

He Made Halo‘s Energy Sword, and It Looks Really Awkward to Use

Master Chief makes it look easy, doesn’t he? But, it turns out that wielding the famous bladed Covenant weapon from the Xbox sci-fi FPS isn’t all that graceful. Watch yourself, dude. You ain’t no Spartan! In the latest segment of the Man At Arms webseries, Tony Swatton and crew craft one of a video game…

By Evan Narcisse Published February 10, 2014

LEGO Spaceship Is Seven Feet Long, Took Four Years To Build

The UNSC Spirit Of Fire, a ship from the Halo series, would be 2.5km long if it were a real thing. But it’s not. So all we’ve got instead is this “tiny” model. Mark Kelso spent four years building this monstrosity, which is based off 3D models and had the insane goal of not just…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2014

Huge Image Gives a Little Peek Into the Next Halo

All-new console. All-new Halo. And, according to this 343 Industries update, this is a look at an all-new slice of the Halo-verse. Loads of detail in there, eh?

By Evan Narcisse Published January 10, 2014

Culture

The Man Who Helped Change The Look Of Halo

It’s not often that video game artists make the headlines, but Kenneth Scott made a few this week when he left his post as art director at 343 studios. That’s kind of a big deal for fans because he was in charge of shaping the series’ visual identity. It’s far from terrible news – his…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2014

The “Next Halo Journey” Begins This Year, Says Microsoft

Folks got concerned when the word “Halo” wasn’t on a list of upcoming games in an official Microsoft Xbox One update. Fret not, Master Chief lovers, you’ll get your Spartan on this year, according to an Microsoft representative. In a post that stated the Redmond-based tech giant sold more than three million Xbox Ones last…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 6, 2014

The First Halo Game On Xbox One Looks A Little Different

Halo: Spartan Assault was originally banishedto Windows 8 devices, but now that there’s a shiny new Xbox on the market, it’s available on Xbox One. So just in time for Christmas, I bring you a look at how the game plays on Xbox One. We liked the original game, and the new version of Spartan…

By Steve Marinconz Published December 23, 2013

The Halo-on-Atari-2600 Game is Going Into the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian American Art Museum yesterday acquired two games for its permanent collection. One of them seems right at home—Flower, the independent title almost universally praised by critics for its artistic flourishes. The other is, basically, Halo if it was made for the Atari 2600. Halo 2600 by Ed Fries (a former Microsoft games publishing…

By Owen Good Published December 18, 2013