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You Must Watch This Amazing Marching Band Perform Video Game Music

Featuring music from Zelda, Halo, and quite a few other games, this performance by The Ohio State University’s marching band is something that must be seen. Just wait til you get to the horse. (Thanks to everyone who sent this in!)

By Jason Schreier Published October 7, 2012

Yup, the Flood Will Look Really Gross in Halo 4

We’ve already seen how the creepy cosmic symbiotes from the Halo games will come back in 343 Industries’ upcoming release. These new screenshots offer added detail as to how they engage with Spartan soldiers in Halo 4‘s multiplayer Flood mode. Previous visual interpretations of the Flood never really gave me the shivers but this new…

By Evan Narcisse Published October 4, 2012

Halo 4’s Action Figures Are Looking Blue

Much like the game’s new guns, many of the new Halo game’s action figures have also ditched the trademark purple. For orange, yes, but also for a whole lot of blue I took a look at the first series of Halo 4 figures from McFarlane a few weeks back, but the second wave is due…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2012

The New Mech In Halo 4 Can Teabag The Opposition. Of Course.

Meet the Mantis, a new a vehicle/mech in Halo 4. Your best Spartan soldier can get in it, step on enemies and, when he or she has them down, commence with the teabagging (you know, the, uh, victory crouches). It’s all in the official trailer. This is Microsoft knowing its Halo audience. HALO 4: MANTIS…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 1, 2012

Xbox Live Wants You to Be a Better Citizen So It’s Giving You an Avatar Costume if You Watch the Presidential Debates

As someone who gets hit all the time with the “HEY I COME HERE FOR GAMES NOT POLITICS SO KEEP THAT TO YOURSELF,” comments, I’m going to straight-up be a hypocrite and say to Xbox Live that, hey, I come here for games and not politics and so keep all this presidential election coverage off…

By Owen Good Published September 29, 2012

Halo 4’s New Guns Aren’t Purple, They’re Orange!

Halo 4 has new bad guys, and those new bad guys have new guns. Here are those new guns in action. I’m still unsure whether Halo 4’s marketing is just lying to us, or whether 343 has performed some kind of dark magic on the Xbox 360. Those are the only two explanations as to…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 26, 2012

The Flood Return In Halo 4

Halo Waypoint released a massive amount of new Halo 4 screenshots for us to feast our eyes on. These include campaign shots (beware that spoilers might follow in several of those in reference to the Dawn and Infinity missions), multiplayer mode War Games and cooperative mode Spartan Ops. War Games includes a Flood “simulation,” where…

By Tina Amini Published September 26, 2012

From Mass Effect to Metal Gear, This is a Symphony in Plastic

Square Enix doesn’t just make video games. It also makes figures. And it doesn’t only make Final Fantasy figures, it makes figures from numerous other games. Square Enix’s Play Arts Kai line features a whole slew of characters from games like Street Fighter, Tekken, Medal of Honor, Metal Gear, Halo, and Dead Space as well…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2012

Halo 4 Looks Like a Big Leap Forward for Master Chief

I always felt like Microsoft’s mega-hit Halo franchise let me travel, taking me to thrilling, never-before-seen vistas at crucial moments. Adventure-as-travel is a standard conceit within genre fiction but the imposing beauty of Combat Evolved‘s battlegrounds, the horror of various Flood-infested environments and shock of a ravaged, futuristic Earth stood out as high points on…

By Evan Narcisse Published September 21, 2012

Lots of Fresh Halo 4 Footage For You To Watch

Today’s sort of a Halo 4 news day, as Microsoft unleashes the press to talk a lot more about November’s big, exclusive Xbox 360 first-person-shooter. The fresh looks began with last night’s episode of GTTV. The episode is embedded below. Here are the times you want to jump to in order to see the good…

By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2012

Some Halo 4 Campaign Screens to Start Your Friday

We’ll have more on Halo 4‘s campaign mode later in the day, but for now, here’s a collection of screenshots from the game, some in first-person, others not, all of them looking very purple Good to see 343 have at least stayed faithful to that particular aspect of the Bungie legacy.

By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2012

Check Out Clips From The Entire Halo 4 Soundtrack Right Now

Thanks to the magic of iTunes, Halo fans can now get a substantial taste of Neil Davidge’s music for the upcoming Halo 4. The soundtrack has been listed for preorder on the British store, and you can listen to short samples of each of the 15 tracks. I’ve been looking forward to hearing the soundtrack…

By Kirk Hamilton Published September 20, 2012

There’s a New Halo 4 Trailer Today, Too

For those who like their gaming media and news a little less Japanese in origins today, here. A new trailer for Halo 4, showing off all the guns and weaponry that the Covenant – who you’re still fighting, in some small way – are packing in the game.

By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2012

Say Hello to the Cutest Master Chief

This shot of the world’s cutest Halo cos-player popped up on IGN Deutschland’s Facebook feed last night. It was making the rounds at least a few weeks before that. Origin unknown, but too adorable not to share. UPDATE: Origin discovered! This photo was taken by Will Christiansen of Halo 4 studio 343 Industries. Check out…

By Stephen Totilo Published September 19, 2012

Japanese Halo Fan Cosplays as Master Chief, Climbs Mt. Fuji (In Protest!)

Japanese Halo fans are pissed. For a decade, the roles of Master Chief and Cortana have been voiced by Atsuki Tani and Akiko Koike, but for Halo 4, the pair have been replaced by Rikiya Koyama and Ayumi Fujimura. Changing the voice of a man with no face is pretty drastic, so you can understand…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2012

Take a Good Look at the New Enemies of Halo 4

Looking at this 10 minute video from 343 Industries, makers of the upcoming Halo 4, it’s clear that the mark of Forerunner technology is in something like a break action shotgun that, like, actually breaks apart and re-forms as it is reloaded. You see the same kind of telekinetic influence in other concepts of the…

By Owen Good Published September 12, 2012

Here’s To Looking Good in Halo Battle Armor

The world is getting a new Halo game this year, Halo 4. That’s pretty exciting, I reckon! Many gamers love Halo, but some don’t just stop at playing the games. They love dressing up in Halo combat gear. And why wouldn’t they? Here’s a sampling of some—certainly not all—of the finest Halo armor cosplays the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 12, 2012

Why Did Resistance Never Get As Big As Halo? Maybe It Changed Too Much.

Resistance started out as a Halo clone. It was to be Sony’s answer to Microsoft, the PlayStation’s own sci-fi shooter and killer app. It was to sell millions and earn its own base of rabid fans. That never happened. While Resistance did okay, it never quite became the blockbuster Sony and developer Insomniac were hoping…

By Jason Schreier Published September 11, 2012

Maybe Zynga’s Not Such a Bad Place To Work After All…

Zynga, the home to games like Farmville, doesn’t seem to be the greatest place on Earth to work. It’s not entirely awful, though. Here’s a new multiplayer gaming setup built into the company’s cafeteria. That’s sixteen screens. Is it enough to make me want to work there? Hell no. Is it enough to make me…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2012

This Amazing Harmonica Player Gets The Halo Composer’s Endorsement

It’s always fun to hear composers talk about their favorite musicians. This past weekend at PAX, I sat down with a group of the biggest names in AAA video game music to talk about all things musical and video games. Fresh from their panel at PAX, I chatted with Dragon Age composer Inon Zur, Assassin’s…

By Kirk Hamilton Published September 6, 2012