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A Very Animated Look At Halo 4
This clip, seemingly done for Spartan Ops, was done by Planet Jump animation studio for the launch of Halo 4 last year. Part-animated clip, part-motion comic, its got an anime style and helps explain, at least partially, why the Covenant are hanging around the game. Better than the game manages, anyway. The short was directed…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2013 -
Bungie Replaces a Defective Disc It Didn’t Manufacture of a Game It Didn’t Make
The secret to good customer service is not necessarily that the customer is always right. It’s in pretending he is always right. While, of course, pointing out he may, in fact, be wrong. Politely. Here, Bungie takes one for the Halo team, despite the fact it parted ways in 2011 with the franchise it created.…
By Owen Good Published January 27, 2013 -
Bungie Uses Halo Helmet To Cheer Up Sick Child
Two weeks ago, Redditor fiscal_ asked if anyone knew how to get in touch with Bungie, the creators of Halo. His son, a big Halo fan, had just received a liver transplant, and fiscal_ wanted to cheer him up with some sort of Halo-themed gift. It worked. Yesterday, fiscal_ came back to the Halo Reddit…
By Jason Schreier Published January 21, 2013 -
In Defense of the Camper
They hide in the shadows, in the corners. They’re waiting with a high power weapon out, waiting for you. The plan is to gun you down before you have a chance to react. I’m talking about the most hated player in a game, next to a cheater: the camper. Campers play multiplayer games, typically shooters,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 17, 2013 -
Halo 2‘s PC Multiplayer Shuts Off Feb. 15
With the population peaking “consistently at approximately 20 players or less,” Halo 2‘s PC multiplayer has been given one month to live. 343 Industries yesterday said the servers will be turned off on Feb. 15. If you remember the last time something like this happened, in 2010, as Microsoft was retiring support for the original…
By Owen Good Published January 17, 2013 -
Microsoft Has A New, Real Warthog To Drive Around In
A few years back, Microsoft had special effects wizards WETA build a replica Warthog vehicle from the Halo universe. It was awesome, but with the ol’ jalopy undergoing a subtle redesign for 343’s new Halo games, I guess they needed a new one. So they had a new one built. Aria Group, who make replica…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2013 -
Samus Aran Kisses Master Chief in the Video Game Crossover of One Man’s Dreams
Face it: we’re never going to get a game where Thor, Optimus Prime, Boba Fett and Commander Shepard team up to save all of reality. But deviantart user lonefirewarrior has given us the next best thing. Using Garry’s Mod, Photoshop and a whole lot of patience, deviantart user lonefirewarrior has created Vindication, a multi-franchise mash-up…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 16, 2013 -
Dead Island Shouldn’t Be The Only Game That Comes With A Severed Torso Statue
By now you’ve probably seen the ridiculous bikini-clad severed torso that publisher Deep Silver is packaging with the European/Australian special edition of zombie action-RPG Dead Island: Riptide It is gross and awful—to the point where Deep Silver just issued an apology for the statue—but hey, why let them have all the fun? We’ve put together…
By Jason Schreier Published January 15, 2013 -
You Can Ride On The Back of An Enemy Mongoose In Halo 4 And Other Myths Confirmed
Defend the House keeps it coming with new Halo 4 myths confirmed and/or busted. My particular favorite in this latest episode is that you can ride on the back on an enemy mongoose vehicle. Sort of. If you try to jump on the back when an enemy is at the wheel, it will shock you…
By Tina Amini Published January 14, 2013 -
Culture
Sorry Joker, This Guy Knows EDI Better Than You
Kolby Jukes, formerly of BioWare, is now a Senior Character Artist at 343 Studios, where he got to build the 3D models of Halo 4’s villain, Didact, in excruciating detail. While at BioWare he worked on Mass Effect 2 & 3, building the game models for some of the series’ biggest characters, and before that,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2013 -
This Is What Happens When Your Killstreak Is Too High In Halo 4
Hearing the announcer in a first-person shooter boom a proud “killing spree” is standard fare. But what happens when your killstreak is so damn high that the announcer himself can barely keep up with you? TheWarpZone and an Anthony Burch (from Gearbox) look alike have that answer for you. And now I can’t stop laughing.
By Tina Amini Published January 10, 2013 -
This Is One Of The Best Spartan Cosplays I’ve Seen Recently
According to DerpWY, the owner of this smooth-looking custom Spartan Armor set, it takes at least two months of non-stop work and 5-700 bucks to build something as good-looking and detailed as his creation. Should you decide to get into it, you might want to dig through this massive manual of the Halo Costuming Community.…
By Gergo Vas Published January 10, 2013 -
The Walking Dead Guys Would Love To Do A Halo, Half-Life Series
Fresh off their success with The Walking Dead series, as well as experience with half a dozen other properties that belong to someone else, developers Telltale have told Red Bull (the website of… the drink) what their dream projects are. And they’re about the same as anyone else’s dream projects. “Coming from LucasArts we always…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2013 -
Microsoft Cracks Down On Unauthorized Halo-Branded Bullets
Any serious gamer who was watching the Discovery Channel’s “Dual Survival” show earlier this week may have recognized the logo that appeared on a box of bullets that were briefly featured in the episode. The box had the words “Halo-Point” on it, written in the font used for Halo, the phenomenally popular M-rated Xbox and…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 4, 2013 -
Misunderstood Bro Culture And Their Obnoxious First Person Shooter YouTube Videos
You press play. A homemade logo or two pop up—maybe a clan, or a made-up studio. You notice the name of the player—tons of X’s, maybe a 420 reference, and the rest seems incomprehensible. That’s when the top 40 song begins. Then, it happens: a man dies. Cause of death? Headshot, intentionally timed to connect…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 2, 2013 -
Here Are Some Halo 4 Multiplayer Tricks You Might Not Have Known About
A new episode of Halo 4 Mythbusters by defendthehouse brings with it a bunch of new tricks you can use on unsuspecting players. You might’ve stumbled on some of these yourself through frequent play and experimentation. That’s the beauty of multiplayer games. But the video above should still add to your arsenal of killing techniques.
By Tina Amini Published December 31, 2012 -
How To Sneak Behind The Wheel Of A Pelican Dropship In Halo 4
Ever since I crash-landed in one in Halo: Combat Evolved, I’ve had a soft spot for those big ol’ UNSC Pelican dropships. As it turns out, it’s possible for three players to team up in the campaign level “Reclaimer” and hop behind the wheel of one, despite the fact that the story doesn’t call for…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 28, 2012 -
These Halo 4 Armor Abilities Didn’t Make The Cut
What didn’t make it into the latest Halo? According to the video above by TheHaloCouncil, which shows stuff found in the code of Halo 4, at least two armor abilities. These would be the “hacker” and “teleport” abilities. The former can undo the armor ability of your targeted victim. Say you deploy your hardlight shield:…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 28, 2012 -
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Halo & Aliens Are A Lot Closer Than You Think
I’ve lost count of the actual number of times Aliens have been pitted against someone in a comic. It’s surely enough that it doesn’t matter any more, and we can just throw them in the ring against anyone. I mean, if they can fight Batman and Robocop, then surely Master Chief—who fights in space for…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 28, 2012 -
A LEGO Cortana That Actually Shimmers Like A Hologram
OK, if we’re going to be honest, at face value, this LEGO depiction of Halo star Cortana doesn’t look that great. It’s “2D”, and in places looks more like ASCII art than a portrait. But there’s a reason for that. This isn’t supposed to resemble Cortana’s 3D model in the games. It’s meant to resemble…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 27, 2012