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Duke’s Basketball Opener Features Some Spartan Ops, Too
Duke University’s student body is often stereotyped as carpet-bagging one-percent Yankees, and it’s true that is a powerful constituency at that university. But take it from me, most of the kids I’ve encountered at Cameron Indoor Stadium are harmless math camp counselors, like our geeky friend here who attended the season tipoff in this royal…
By Owen Good Published November 9, 2012 -
Halo’s Story Got You Confused? This Chart Might Help. [Update]
I’ll be honest, Halo’s story confuses the hell out of me. Not the general outline, I get that, but the specifics and history of the universe are presented as a mess for someone who just plays the games and doesn’t get knee-deep in the external fiction. Why am I here? Who’s that guy? When did…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 9, 2012 -
Here’s The Spoiler-Filled Surprise Ending You’ll See If You Beat Halo 4 On ‘Legendary’ Difficulty
Warning: MAJOR spoilers in this post, video, everywhere, just leave. If you’re not up for the task of completing Halo 4‘s campaign on the hardest—aka Legendary—difficulty, or are just too antsy to wait for it, feel free to watch GameFront’s spoilery video above. You get the tiniest, briefest glimpse at the man under the helmet…
By Tina Amini Published November 8, 2012 -
Watch Me Kill A Bunch Of People In Halo 4 Multiplayer
Is Halo 4‘s multiplayer different from what you remember? In some respects—new weapons and armor, call-in ordnance drops, map markers that show where special weapons are located (and when they disappear)—yes, it is different. But it’s also still a really polished game, with fun maps and an enormous amount of customization options for both your…
By Tina Amini Published November 8, 2012 -
Let’s Rank The Halo Games, Best to Worst
Let’s say you’re new to a series. Or are in a position where you’re recommending a series to a friend who’s never played it. Or just feel like debating the finer points of a franchise with a friend, and deciding which of a big gaming franchise is the best Since you can’t play loads of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 8, 2012 -
Kotaku East
In Japan, There’s Halo 4 with Hard Gay
Japanese comedian Hard Gay, who is hardly gay, was roped in by Microsoft Japan to promote Halo 4 at a recent event in Tokyo. While Hard Gay, whose real name is Masaki Sumitani, hit it big in Japan back in 2005, he hasn’t appeared that much on television of late, save for the occasional appearance…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 8, 2012 -
Hey Halo, if You Love Aliens so Much, Why Don’t You Marry it?
Because Halo wears its love for James Cameron’s Aliens on its sleeve (and its legs, and its face), this machinima video splicing the classic sci-fi flick with Halo’s HD remake is about as perfect a union as you’re going to find. If you think you’ve seen it before, you might have! Haliens did almost exactly…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 8, 2012 -
Will You Get Halo 4 on PC? Hahahahaha. No.
In the last ten years, while Microsoft has published all kinds of awesome games on the Xbox 360 (and has lately been quietly publishing XBLA games on the PC), it’s published exactly three of its major shooters. Halo, Halo 2 and the first Gears of War It’s a stupid move, one that seems increasingly stupid…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 8, 2012 -
If You Play 140 Hours Of Halo 4 Multiplayer This Month, Microsoft Will Give You $7.50
So Microsoft is running a new promotion. It’s called the “Halo 4 Combat Tour,” and its purpose is to encourage you to play lots of Halo and buy lots of Halo-related things. “The more you do, the more you get,” Microsoft says. They’ll give you Microsoft Points—Xbox Live’s confusing digital currency—if you play an excessive…
By Jason Schreier Published November 7, 2012 -
See Me Shoot My Friend In The Back Using All Of Halo 4‘s New Guns And Gadgets
Halo 4 released just yesterday, and I’m sure many of you have already picked it up. But for those of you who are wondering what new guns, armor abilities and other gadgets 343’s first take on the Halo franchise is introducing, this video is for you. My dear friend—Mike Rougeau from Complex Magazine (whose review…
By Tina Amini Published November 7, 2012 -
Culture
Halo 4’s Cortana Could Have Looked a Little Crazier
So much of Halo 4, like the rest of the series, is busy. Lots of action, lots of colours, lots of stuff all over the screen. So this concept art from the game is a refreshing break, stripping things back to let us see the game’s enemies and locations on nothing but a field of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2012 -
You’ve Never Heard A Master Chief This Creepy
On November 21, close to seven years after it launched in America, the Xbox 360 will come to Israel for the first time. To celebrate the occasion, Master Chief came out to greet Israelis and introduce the system. Check out this video, shot by YNet reporter Shahar Shushan, for what might be the best Master…
By Jason Schreier Published November 6, 2012 -
Watch Halo 4‘s Promethean Weapons Assemble In Mesmerizing Slow Motion
One of the coolest features of 343’s first Halo title that released today is the disassembling and reassembling Promethean weapons. Not only are these weapons incredibly satisfying to shoot and kill with, but they’re also pretty to look at. Reloading will take the weapon apart momentarily, but the best disassembling/reassembling animations occur when you pick…
By Tina Amini Published November 6, 2012 -
Fox News Says Halo 4 May Keep Gamers From Voting
Never one to back away from humorously uninformed hogwash, Fox News has run a new article suggesting that young voters might skip the polls to spend time playing the newly released Xbox 360 game Halo 4 How have they arrived at this provocative conclusion? Because they talked to some people! Um, experts! A PR guy!…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 6, 2012 -
Some Halo 4 Players Facing Launch Day Server Woes
It’s November 6, and the long-anticipated, well-received Halo 4 is here. For some players, though, it seems the wait to get their shooting on will be a little longer. Players at Halo Waypoint are reporting a variety of server issues. The studio has acknowledged the server issues on twitter and their forums, saying, “We hear…
By Kate Cox Published November 6, 2012 -
This Is The Best New Feature In Halo 4‘s Multiplayer
Ok, perhaps it’s more accurate to say it’s the most “juvenile” new feature in Halo 4, the first-person shooter developed (for the first time in the franchise) by 343 Industries. We already knew that the infamous “victory crouch” would return in the latest Halo title, but perhaps we didn’t expect it to be quite like…
By Tina Amini Published November 6, 2012 -
ReviewsHalo 4: The Kotaku Review
I’ve never seen Halo like this before. Halo 4 is emotional, something I’ve never felt from the franchise quite like this. Sure, invested fans will protest and say that the lore is fascinating and the war struggles moving, but I can safely say I’ve never sat through a Halo campaign quite at the edge of…
By Tina Amini Published November 6, 2012 -
Here’s How To Find Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter in Halo 4
Earlier this spring, Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter goofed around in a Halo 4 voice recording booth, talking about loading crates. The duo are appearing in the game as a special Easter Egg. YouTube user GameFrontDotCom has a quick walkthrough on how to find them and hear their dialogue. You can hear more of their…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 6, 2012 -
The Many Ways Halo 4 Changes The Series’ Competitive Multiplayer
By now, a whole lot of folks have reviewed Halo 4. Our own Tina Amini played it, and liked it quite a bit Most every review has focused on the single player and multiplayer in more or less equal measure. But so, so many people play Halo only for the multiplayer. Surely there’s a review…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 5, 2012