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Microsoft’s E3 2011 Website Outs Halo 4 and More

Microsoft’s E3 2011 briefing isn’t until 9:30 AM Pacific. Someone forgot to tell the Xbox.com guys that, because for a brief moment around 9:30AM Eastern, fans caught a glimpse of Halo 4 Dance Central 2, Halo 4, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Kinect Star Wars, and more appeared in name only this morning, the links attached…

By Mike Fahey Published June 6, 2011

Check Out Square Enix’s Sleek and Sexy Master Chief Makeover

Square Enix Products has produced some lovely action figures in its Halo: Reach Play Arts Kai series. Now the company commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Halo franchise with a re-envisioned version of Master Chief and a stunning Spartan Mark V. Part of the new Halo: Combat Evolved Play Arts Kai series, the new Master…

By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2011

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Before They Were Famous: Bungie

Today is the first in a new “Before They Were Famous” series here on Total Recall, where we look at the games some of the world’s biggest developers worked on before they became some of the world’s biggest developers. First up is Bungie, creators of the Halo series. While most got their introduction to Bungie…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2011

The Modern War Gear Solid Saga Continues with the Introduction of… Cardboard Gear!?!

The ultimate paramilitary crossover continues in the fifth(!) chapter of Modern War Gear Solid, which has already merged the worlds of Metal Gear Solid, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Halo into one ridiculously amusing soup. In the latest (and final?) episode, things reach even more ludicrous heights as Ghost battles Kotickovitch, Snake evolves the…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2011

A Look Inside The Art of Building The Halo Universe

With the ten year anniversary of the release of the original Xbox shooter Halo looming, Titan Books is preparing to publish a collection of art from the series. We asked the publisher to send us a few examples of what people will find inside Halo: The Great Journey: The Art of Building Worlds. The book…

By Brian Crecente Published May 10, 2011

Don’t Expect To See Bungie’s Next Project At E3 2011

Halo and Marathon fans looking forward to Bungie’s all-new universe can set aside their hype and hope until sometime after E3 2011. Bungie and publisher Activision have both said the developer will not have an official presence at this year’s E3 show which is just weeks away. [Bungie.net]

By Michael McWhertor Published May 9, 2011

This LEGO Master Chief Is so Big He Has a Human Inside Him

For the past six months, Ben Caulkins has been building a Master Chief suit. Which, you know, lots of people do. So why’s Ben’s so special? Because, even though it’s full-size and entirely wearable, it’s made out of LEGO. We showed you an in-progress shot of this suit around Christmas, when it was a helmet…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 9, 2011

Stephen Colbert Joins Noble Team (Well, Not Really)

After Stephen Colbert joked this week that Master Chief must have been one of the members of SEAL Team Six, which took out Osama bin Laden, Bungie dusted off that image, which it had whipped up a while back in an attempt to get a mention on the show. For those who might think this…

By Owen Good Published May 8, 2011

We Knew Samus Was a Girl, but Master Chief? Black Mage?

This clip from The Game Station is pretty great. Once it’s wearing out its welcome taking the piss out of secret game gender reveals, it turns into a never-ending shampoo commercial and gets funny all over again.

By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2011

This Year’s PAX Prime Is Also One Big Halo Fest

The annual Penny Arcade Expo, the one that takes place in Seattle, will also be home to a Microsoft-sponsored festival geared for the Halo fan. The appropriately named Halo Fest, Microsoft says, is “the largest and most expansive live Halo experience ever.” Halo Fest will run alongside PAX Prime 2011, from Friday, August 26 to…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 3, 2011

Jesus Cares Not For Your Console Exclusive Arguments

Today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku comes courtesy of revered commenter JesusChrist, who believes the “more upcoming exclusives” argument to determine which is the superior console is not a valid one . Let us pray. Why do people need to use the “more upcoming exclusives” argument when debating why their console is better? Have we forgotten that…

By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2011

Master Chief is Back from Deep Space, and He Looks Great

In this week’s round-up of the best in costume play, we’ve got the star of the Halo series on the loose, a Queen (not a Princess!) from The Legend of Zelda and everyone’s favourite transgender fighting game character. There’s also someone dressed up as Lara Croft (do we go a week without someone paying tribute…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2011

Cliffy B Implies No Master Chief/Gears Crossover Because Microsoft is ‘Kind of Squeamish’

Epic Games characters have appeared into other games before – Lost Planet 2, for example. The studio’s willing to consider any reasonable tie-in with its own games, too, so you’re not the first to wonder how awesome it’d be to have a Master Chief skin in Gears of War The problem, as Epic Games design…

By Owen Good Published April 29, 2011

Master Chief Is…An Australian boy in Tiny Shorts

Following on from his awesome Metroid piece, called “Lucy”, Aussie artist Ben Guy comes through with “Hank”, the latest in his series of “big helmets on little kids” series of paintings under the banner “Helm”. Hank by Ben Guy

By Luke Plunkett Published April 28, 2011

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When Halo was on the Mac, and was a Totally Different Game

It seems an age since the world first saw Halo. It was the 20th century. Back when it was introduced by…Steve Jobs. And was a…third-person shooter. The series has come a long way since then, but sometimes it’s fun to look back. At blocky space marines and a major game being announced in Comic Sans…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2011

The Newest Mass Effect Saga Ends, A Familiar Halo One Begins Anew

Wednesday is new comics day in North America. As always, I have recommendations. Plus, this week, there is a pile of interesting video-game-themed comics. Comics You Should Consider Buying (from comics shops) Dark Horse Presents Vol 2, No. 1 The official summary should convince you: “The legendary, premiere anthology is back! The 80-page spectacular, Dark…

By Stephen Totilo Published April 20, 2011

The Real Voice Of Halo Is Not Who You’d Expect

This is veteran actor Jeff Steitzer. He’s done Broadway. Law & Order. Oh, and if you’ve ever played Halo, chances are you’ve heard his voice more than Master Chief’s, Sgt. Johnson’s and Cortana’s combined. Why? Because he’s the voice of the game’s multiplayer announcer, meaning any time you’ve heard a gravelly, distant voice grunt “DOUBLE…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2011

It’s Master Chief vs Samus In A 16-Bit Battle To The Death

The long-in-development Card Sagas Wars, a super-deformed fighting game based on the MUGEN engine, is a place where fighting game dreams come true. In this case, for those who have dreamed of seeing Master Chief take on Samus, Raving Rabbids and…Tingle? MUGEN is a free 2D fighting game engine (and originally a customisable 2D fighting…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011

The Biggest Fan Movie Build Up Ever

As early as 2008, there were rumblings of an ambitious UK-based Halo fan film. The following year, the film’s director, Pete Cooper, revealed he planned to raise £30,000 (US$48,000) for the picture, dubbed Halo: Operation Chastity. That’s low budget, but still five times what Robert Rodriguez needed to make El Mariachi It’s 2011, and there…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2011

Halo: Dawn Is The Fan Fiction That Didn’t Result In A Job

A few months back, Kotaku reader Jon applied for a job at Microsoft’s Halo arm, 343 Industries, for a cinematics editing gig. In an attempt to stand out from the other applicants, he created a Halo-based machinima. This is it. “The story tells of the war between the UNSC and the Insurrection, and the genesis…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2011