Halo

The Failed Gaming Projects of This Year’s Hottest Filmmakers

Zack Snyder. Guillermo Del Toro. Gore Verbinski. Michael Bay. Peter Jackson. These are just some of the top filmmakers in the world who have tried to make video games—who have said that they’ve got ideas that’d be great to play—yet who’ve mostly failed in the realm of PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo. What follows is…

A new bundle of DLC—the Champions Bundle—is coming to Halo 4 on Aug. 20, 343 said today at the Rooster Teeth Expo. It costs 800 Microsoft Points, and will introduce a new armor pack, a skin pack, and a new game type called Ricochet.

Today is Bungie Day, making this the perfect time for reclusive founder Jason Jones to give his first proper interview in 11 years. The first of a three-part sitdown with IGN discusses the infamous potency of the pistol in Halo: Combat Evolved.

The Visual Evolution of the Halo Series This Generation

We’re nearing the end of this console generation—which makes it easy to reminisce about where this generation has taken us. In the graphical department, it’s hard to deny how far we’ve come. Look no further than the Halo franchise, which has had multiple iterations this generation, to see evidence of a visual leap in the…

Microsoft Sends a Halo Warthog to the Seattle Pride Parade

Is it cool that Microsoft turned out for the Seattle Pride Parade? Sure, but some support of diversity is a basic expectation of such a major employer. Now, what is cool is the fact Microsoft rolled in the Seattle Pride Parade with a Warthog and Master Chief. The folks in blue are wearing pride-themed T-shirts…

Sorry, Team Deathmatch. You’re Not As Good As Other Modes.

Slayer. Deathmatch. Arena. Free-for-all. The mode has many names, but your aim stays the same: kill everyone, as many times as possible. Maybe there’s a time limit or a kill limit, but it usually comes down to some variation of “the person or team with the most kills wins.” Simple, seductive…and kind of mindless. Now,…

Halo Coming To Xbox One In Some Form

Surprise? Halo will eventually come to the Xbox One. It’ll run at 60 FPS, which is a first. And if the footage we’ve been shown so far is accurate, it kind of looks like a gritty Journey. We don’t really know specifics yet, though.

The Next Halo Game Is on Mobile and PC

Hello. It’s 2013. That’s why the next Halo game runs on tablets, has microtransactions and touch controls. It’s a top-down dual-(virtual)-analog shooter. It’s canon, nestling between Halo 3 and Halo 4 It’s all combat chopped into short missions, replete with the mix of shooting, grenade-throwing, melee and equipment that’s been part of the franchise since…

Are Game (Sniper Rifles) Art?

Bill Doran makes replica video game weapons so good that were they not recreations of things that didn’t actually exist, you’d swear they were the real thing. His latest work is this enormous Halo sniper rifle, which, yeah, looks so much like something Master Chief would actually use it’s hard to believe it’s actually just…

Halo Music Video Catapults You Into The Middle Of a Spartan Firefight

This Halo insipred and -themed music video easily wins “the most Spartan costumes featured in a clip ever trophy,” as a whole division of Spartans get into an intense firefight in an odd, but awesome setting with a piano in the centre. A pretty large-scale video for William Joseph and Lindsey Stirling’s song—, must have…

Halo: Reach Sure Was Pretty Before The Covenant Blew Everything Up

Alex Chin Yu Chu is a Taiwanese-born concept artist living in the US who has worked for companies like Bungie, Firaxis, LEGO and Eidos. In that time he’s lent his talents to the production of Halo:Reach, Destiny, XCOM and Tomb Raider Anniversary. You can see more of Alex’s work at his personal site and CGHub…

Halo’s Forerunner Architecture Is Some Heavy S**t

Their name alone speaks volumes about what their architecture embodies: the way they see themselves, the image they want to present to others. Forerunners. A group of individuals that comes along before others, setting the stage for their existence. They named themselves this, with all the vanity in the world. Forerunners. This seems like a…

Steven Spielberg is Making a Halo TV Series for Xbox One

Steven Spielberg will collaborate with 343 Industries on an exclusive Halo television series to be brought to Xbox One. Last year, Halo published an acclaimed TV series, “Forward Unto Dawn.” Bungie, the series’ original creators, have moved on to making another science-fiction game, Destiny, which is confirmed for Xbox One as well as PlayStation 4,…

The Most Amazing Video Game Title Screens

We did a gallery on the most awesome continue screens a few weeks ago, so it’s only fair that we give their complement—start menus and title screens—the same treatment. Starting off at the top there is Xenoblade Chronicles, one of the best title screen experiences, especially when you’ve got the music on. But let’s continue…

Halo Wedding Ring Ends In Tense Warthog Escape

Reader Mike is getting married next year (congratulations, Mike!), and he is one organised man. He’s already got his wedding ring picked out. You might like it. He took his idea to custom ring joint Boone, who through the magic of lasers were able to put a detailed recreation of Halo’s original…Halo on both the…

This Is The World’s Most Fabulous Halo Action Figure

It’s large, detailed and expensive as only a threeA figure could be, but then, Halo is a series that’s long deserved this kind of top-shelf action figure. Though “action figure” kind of sells this thing short. Recreating Halo Reach’s Carter down to the tiniest detail (look at those fingers), this thing will cost $220 when…

District 9’s Director Would Still Love To Make A Halo Film, But…

Hollywood director Neill Blomkamp was, back in the day, down to make a Halo movie. He even made a fantastic short, above, showing how it could be done. Sadly, it was not to be, and the South African went on to direct first the fantastic District 9, and nowthe looking-fantastic Elysium Speaking with IGN, though,…

Play Halo‘s Atari 2600 ‘Port’ With This Cartridge Now On Sale

Almost three years ago, Ed Fries—a Microsoft executive instrumental in acquiring Bungie and making Halo the definitive Xbox series—created Halo 2600, a flash game demake that imagined the game on an old Atari VCS. Now, AtariAge.com is putting the game’s ROM on a proper cartridge, with period box and label art and an instruction manual.…

The Great Video Game Medley Packs All Your Favourite* Theme Songs Into One Track

Sarah Schachner is a composer and musician who has not only worked in Hollywood on movies like Expendables 2 and the upcoming Iron Man 3, she’s also worked on games like Modern Warfare 3 and Far Cry 3. In this clip, she mashes the themes to Skyrim, Modern Warfare 2 and Halo into one track…

Five Things That Make For A Good Power Weapon

Competition demands dominion. Dominion begets power. And, if you’re serious about keeping that power, chances are power weapons come into the picture. Power weapons are tools that allow us to deal immense damage. Think stuff like sniper rifles, or even vehicles like tanks. These can dictate the entire flow of the match, so it’s not…