Halo

We’ll Be Playing Halo On Xbox One Come December 24, Sort Of

So it’s not what immediately comes to mind when you think of the Halo franchise. Spartan Assault is stillas close as you can get to playing Halowithout a first person view, and it’s the first Halo coming to the Xbox One. just in time for Christmas. Featuring more than 30 missions that bridge the gap…

Halo 4 Blooper Reel Is Worth Watching Just For Creepy Cortana

The people behind Halo 4 just released this blooper reel. It’s creepy, kinda funny, and worth watching just for Creepy Cortana, which is apparently based off a 343 designer’s face Watch right here:

No, China, Master Chief’s Battle Suit Is Not Real

The U.S. military is working on new “smart armour.” And state-controlled China Central Television recently covered the gear by passing off fan-made Halo battlewear as U.S. military concepts. This is not a joke. The program was New Defence Observations, a military show (read: propaganda), on Channel 7. On the October 19 episode, which is recently…

Halo: Spartan Assault is Coming to Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Halo: Spartan Assault—the top-down, twin-stick shooter released over the summer for Windows 8 PCs and mobile devices—is coming to the Xbox 360 and Xbox One by the holidays, Microsoft said this morning. The game on consoles will feature a new online co-op mode, and new missions showcasing the mode. The Flood will also be an…

New High-Tech US Army Helmet Takes A Cue From Video Games

I know it’s probably overkill, but I have been looking for some quality paintball masks…

Halo‘s Half-Assed ‘Mister Chief’ Immortalized as an Xbox Live Avatar

Mister Chief came to us nearly 10 years ago, filling in for a Halo 2 promotional poster on the good ol’ Bungie Weekly Update. “A terrible idea that snowballed out of control,” says his creator. Now Mister Chief’s perpetually constipated, teeth-gritting expression finds its way to an Xbox Live avatar costume. Mister C. is the…

Bungie Don’t Sound Too Bummed Neill Blomkamp Never Made Halo

Before Neil Blomkamp was given the chance to develop District 9, he was attached the Halo movie, a movie that eventually fizzled and died over budgetary concerns. As gamers, watching District 9 was a strange experience. We were given the chance to watch this new, dazzlingly original thing, but in the back of our minds…

Napoleon Dynamite Doesn’t Need An Appointment To See Bungie

Famous people tend to get away with things normal folks can’t. If you were to simply turn up on the doorstep of your favourite video game developer, knock on the door and ask to come in, your chances of getting past the receptionist would be slim to none. But if you’re Jon Heder, the guy…

Fancy Halo Gun Dragged Out Of Game, Into Real World

It’s perhaps Halo’s most impractical and “unrealistic” (relative term!) weapon, but also one of its most iconic: the Needler, pointy purple death-dealer of the Covenant. A weapon which, for one show only, is making an appearance in the real world, courtesy of Volpin Props. Volpin’s Harrison Krix put the thing together, giving it not just…

Stop The Presses: I Think The Next Halo Game Will Be Called Halo 5

Everyone, you won’t believe this. This may come as a shock. I’d like you all to be sitting before I deliver this news: it looks as though the next Halo game is going to be called ‘Halo 5′. I know, crazy right. Halo 5 follows Halo 4, which followed Halo 3, which followed Halo 2,…

The Best Halo 4 Players in the World Are Competing This Weekend at PAX

The battle for supremacy in Halo 4 that kicked off at the Rooster Teeth Expo earlier this month and continued at Gamescom will conclude at PAX Prime this weekend. The Halo 4 Global Championship Finals began yesterday at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, and they continue today. Tomorrow’s finale will be live streamed from 4 to…

This Isn’t Cosplay, It’s An Action Figure

We know, threeA make good Halo figures, but damn, these two new ones are just pushing the envelope. The envelope marked “Exquisite Giant Halo Figures”. The two latest figures from the Hong Kong toy company are again from Halo Reach, this time of Emile and the Spartan Mk V EVA. Both figures stand 13.5 inches…

Announcers Rule. We Don’t Appreciate Them Enough.

Alert! First blood. Double kill. Triple Kill. Mega Kill. Overkill. …Executed. Game over. They might set the tone of the game, they might always remember to direct you to the objective, heck, they might even feed your ego by lauding every minor triumph you have while playing a multiplayer game, but man, announcers—those disembodied voices…

Watch Master Chief Tell His Life Story Through A Series Of Drawings

“Draw My Life” videos have become increasingly popular on YouTube. So popular that fictional characters are picking up dry erase markers to summarize their lives for you. We’ve seen Zelda’s version up on Machinima, now here’s Master Chief.

It’s A Real Gun. A Real Halo-Themed Gun, That Is.

This is nothing like those branded Halo bullets we covered a while back: ucfnate‘s Halo Beretta M9A1 is custom. While I’m not into real-life guns myself, dang if this isn’t well-made.Not only are the grips UNSC, but they also glow in the dark. The grips cost 120 dollars, and they were made by DS Grips.…

The Legend Of Cortana: She’s been damsel and savior, commander and follower, and she was a part of the Halo series before the first game even began. Check out this great (spoiler-filled) feature over at Edge Online about the humanity—and inhumanity—of Cortana.

Fans Are Making A New Halo Game. For The PC.

It’s been forever since a Halo game was released on the PC. Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo Reach and Halo 4 have all come and gone, without a PC version in sight. So it’s clear that if fans of the series want a game on their personal computers, they’re going to have to make it…

Yup, These Are The Types of People You Meet In Online Games

Once you log enough hours into a multiplayer game, you start noticing patterns. Things people like to do in games, sure—but also what kinds of people you’re likely to find in any given game. This image by CANADIENxBOSS summarizes everyone from Halo and Minecraft and just about every game in-between perfectly. Click on “expand” to…

Finally: The Next Big Halo Tournament. Watch It Live, Right Here.

This weekend, we are finally seeing a strong return of eSports in the competitive Halo scene. Since Major League Gaming ceased operations of Halo events on their pro circuit, we haven’t seen a major tournament for the series in quite some time. Thanks to 343 Industries and the Arena Gaming League, all that changes in…

Forward Unto Dawn—the live-action episodic Halo 4 webseries that premiered last year—got nominated for an Emmy Award. It’s for Outstanding Main Title Design, yeah, but that statue still looks real nice on your mantle.