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It’s All Headshots In Halo 2600
Sort of a cross between Adventure and Berzerk is “Halo 2600” by Ed Fries, a clever little timewaster that riffs on the tropes of Atari 2600 game design, especially the snicker-inducing bleep-bloop Halo Theme in the intro. Controls are arrows to move and space to shoot – but you need to pick up the gun,…
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Bungie Plans Serious Penalties For Reach Ragequitters
If you’re one of those who dashboards out of multiplayer after getting backstabbed or headshot three times, take note: Bungie told Xbox 360 Achievements that it wants to remove ragequitters from the population so they won’t ruin everyone else’s fun. Brian Jarrard, the Bungie community director, said the measures will be “one of the new…
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Bungie Has Flair For Original Halo PC Gamers
PC gamers who’ve kicked it old-school with Halo: Combat Evolved will get a nice piece of flair for their armor in Halo: Reach, according to plans Bungie’s made to reward loyal gamers. How it’ll be awarded, more or less, is that those who have authenticated a key for Halo: Combat Evolved on a Bungie server…
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Halo: Reach Reveals Its Achievements
Bungie’s latest Weekly Update delivered the achievement art, and conditions, for Halo: Reach, rolling it out in a way that lets you look at the pretty badges without spoilering any campaign details. That poster is all of the game’s 49 achievements. Below, you’ll find the conditions for winning them, according to their number on the…
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A Sneak Peek at Halo: Reach’s Achievements
Bungie’s latest update features the icon art for all 49 achievements in Halo: Reach, but didn’t name or provide the GamerScore payout for all of them. Still, here’s what we do know: Five named achievements, with their conditions: • A Monument to All Your Sins – Complete each Campaign Mission on Legendary – alone. •…
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Shooting (Among the) Stars in Halo: Reach
Teased in Microsoft’s E3 keynote, seen by yours truly and played by Totilo, here’s a solid minute of gameplay in Halo: Reach‘s space combat sequence that GameTrailers just threw up on its site. Wait, that didn’t come out right. Eh, what I meant to say is, GT, got its hands on something you’ll probably want…
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Microsoft Is Hiring For The Next Halo Game
While Halo: Reach is Bungie’s last hurrah in the Halo universe, Microsoft’s 343 Industries is keeping the dream alive, with fifteen new positions opening today for qualified individuals seeking to “be part of the awesome.” The 343 Industries jobs page at Microsoft updated today with fifteen new positions on top of the nine that were…
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Bungie Briefly Considered a Halo 4 with Master Chief
Bungie’s writers considered extending the saga of Master Chief beyond Halo 3 – whose ending certainly left an opening for it – before settling on the prequel story of the Fall of Reach, the studio’s community manager said. It’s hardly a shock; when last seen, Master Chief was entering cryonic sleep on a ship adrift…
By Owen Good
