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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

Reviews

Halo 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

There Are At Least 4,294 People Playing Halo 4 Multiplayer Right Now, Three Days Before Launch

We’re up to 4,294 people playing Halo 4 online right now-at least. We can’t co-op, but we do have the breakdowns for competitive multiplayer and the story based Spartan Ops. Yesterday, there were at least 495 people playing the game online. This is a nine-fold increase. Halo 4 will be officially released on November 6.…

By Stephen Totilo Published November 3, 2012

Halo 4 Reviewers All Glad That The Fight’s Not Finished Yet

Players jumped in by the millions to finish the fight in Halo 3, back in 2007. And yet, like many a franchise before it, the one-time trilogy of Halo games finds itself with a new fourth sibling, years later. This year, the old franchise-Halo first launched in 2001-found itself in new hands, no longer developed…

By Kate Cox Published November 2, 2012

There Are 489 People Playing Competitive Halo 4 Multiplayer Right Now, Up From 145 Yesterday

There are 495 people playing Halo 4‘s multiplayer, if you count the cooperate Spartan Ops mode. That’s over three times more than the amount of people that were playing just yesterday, and the game still has four more days before its November 6 release. Maybe more people are logging on as the weekend nears? Power…

By Tina Amini Published November 2, 2012

Now THIS is the Halo 4 Unboxing You’ve Been Waiting For

Now THIS is the Halo 4 Unboxing You’ve Been Waiting For [youtube.com]

Kotaku Published November 2, 2012

Four Minutes of Halo 4’s Multiplayer Madness

I’m so busy with the game’s singleplayer campaign I haven’t even touched Halo 4’s multiplayer yet. Which is a shame, because I’m sure it’s a blast turning those terrific new guns (and most of them are super satisfying) on actual humans. Halo 4 – First Ever Montage: “In with the New” [Bravo]

By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2012

Beat Halo 4 and Take $25 Off Your American Express Bill

Finishing Halo 4 will give you cash back on your credit card. And it’s not like it’s some $1.52 bullshit you get back from Discover either, it’s $25 off (or £25 in the UK) your American Express bill, provided you link the thing through a promo site. Linking your card and collecting the “Wake Up,…

By Owen Good Published November 1, 2012

The Ten-Year Evolution of Halo’s Master Chief

It’s been over ten years since the first Halo game was released, and even longer since we first laid eyes on the Master Chief. A lot has changed since then. Like, ten years of combat has literally sucked all the colour out of him. More seriously, I’m slowly coming around to appreciate his armour in…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2012

Reviews

How It Feels To Review Halo 4 On Microsoft’s Turf

When I’ve got a game to review, you’ll often find me in my tiny studio apartment, sprawled out on my bed with controller in hand and laptop to my side for note-taking. I’ll take breaks here and there to flesh out thoughts or grab some food. The most recent game I reviewed was Halo 4.…

By Tina Amini Published November 1, 2012

There Are 145 People Playing Competitive Halo 4 Multiplayer Right Now

Call it the calm before the storm. (And the calm after the Superstorm.) Only 145 people are playing competitive games of Halo 4 online right now-a fraction of the number that will be playing next week. Microsoft’s sci-fi shooter leaked on the Internet a while ago. A great deal of people have pirated and started…

By Jason Schreier Published November 1, 2012

Read the World’s Most Delicious Review of Halo 4: King of the Hill Fueled By Mountain Dew

By Stephen Totilo Published October 31, 2012

This Halo iPhone Game Feels Like A Parody Of Itself

There are tacky advertisements. And then there’s Halo 4: King of the Hill Fueled by Mountain Dew (actual name), a new promotional iOS game that asks you to go to the store and scan in bags of Doritos and bottles of Mountain Dew in order to play. Let me repeat that. You have to scan…

By Jason Schreier Published October 31, 2012

Minecraft Dethrones Call of Duty as the Xbox 360’s Most-Played Game

Death, taxes and a shooter atop the chart of Xbox Live’s top activity. Since Major Nelson has publicized the numbers, the most popular game on Xbox Live—this is according to unique users playing the game while logging into the service, not just those playing multiplayer—has always been a shooter. Gears of War. Halo. And, for…

By Owen Good Published October 28, 2012

Last Night’s Jeopardy Contestants Sure Did Not Know Much About Video Games

I’ll take, “Things I don’t know the first thing about” for a thousand, Alex. On Friday’s Jeopardy, the Final Jeopardy written question was: “The villains in this game were inspired by the swine flu epidemic scare.” The three contestants’ guesses were… not close to the actual right answer. You can see it go down in…

By Kirk Hamilton Published October 27, 2012

Someone Put Portal‘s Wheatley In Halo And Now I Can’t Stop Laughing

Cortana bickering with Wheatley: think about it. The two are strong personalities in their own rights, but put together they make for some hilarious banter. I would never have imagined Wheatley’s deadpan humor to work so well under the seriousness of Halo‘s plotline, but apparently Toadking07 did and I’m all the happier for it. Wheatley…

By Tina Amini Published October 24, 2012

Check Out Halo 4’s New “Gameplay” Launch Trailer

Putting aside the fancy live-action stuff for a day, Microsoft tonight released this “gameplay” launch trailer for Halo 4. As pretty as it looks, “In-game cinematics interspersed with brief staged moments of gameplay from a third-person perspective” might have been a more accurate title. Though, admittedly, a little less snappy.

By Luke Plunkett Published October 23, 2012

We Just Unboxed $500 Worth of Halo 4 Stuff to Help You Decide If It’s Worth It

We got Halo 4 in the office today. The $100 Limited Edition… plus the $400 special edition 320GB Xbox 360 that comes with the game packed in. So what’s the deal with these things? We put our unboxing committee on the case. The console is partially see-through, makes Halo 4 sounds and has cool blue…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 22, 2012