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Halo: Reach Campaign Eyes-On: Skyrockets in Flight

One of the more intriguing reveals of Microsoft’s E3 press conference was a brief glimpse of a spacefighter combat level in the upcoming Halo: Reach. The Bungie team gave a longer look at it during a closed-doors demonstration later. There will be only one spaceflight mission in the game, said Bungie’s Eric Osborne. What we…

By Owen Good Published June 19, 2010

If Halo: Reach Was 3D, It Would Look, Well, Like This

Killzone 3 is in 3D. Xbox counterpart Halo: Reach is not. But if it was? It’d look a little something like this. This clip is a fan-made job, taking some of Reach’s 3D screenshots (like, the rotating 3D kind) and making them..the other 3D. Like, the “has depth in front of your face” kind. God,…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010

Guess Who Hated “Combat Evolved”?

The title of the original Halo game is “Halo: Combat Evolved”. That’s not the title that the game’s developer wanted. Bungie wanted the game to be simply called “Halo”. Microsoft, who published the game, pushed the “Combat Evolved” subtitle onto the game. “Oh, man… the subtitle,” Halo designer Jaime Griesemer told Edge Magazine. “At the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010

Master Chief Is Real, Takes Nice Pictures

Cosplay nut Gixxer85, from Malaysia, doesn’t just like dressing up as Master Chief, he likes having people – professional people – take his photo while doing so. Taking to an abandoned office building with his custom-built Spartan suit and custom-built weapons, Gixxer85 certainly looks the part. Without seeing him run around sticking grenades on things…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2010

The Real Halo Rifle That Shoots Nerf Darts

This guy has built himself a replica Halo Assault Rifle that not only looks good as a replica Halo Assault Rifle, it’s also a fully-functioning Nerf gun Moz, from Halo cosplay community the 405th, took a cheap “dollar store” plastic weapon, a Nerf gun and tore both apart. After a paint job, mechanical tinkering and…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2010

Halo Reach Dropping In September

September 14 is Halo Reach launch day worldwide (except in Japan), according to an Associated Press report. Reach just enjoyed a popular and now-completed multiplayer beta. The game is Halo creator Bungie Studios’ last Halo project and likely one of the biggest Xbox 360 games of the fall. Future Halo projects are being developed under…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 24, 2010

Halo: Eurotrash

The fight is finished. Humanity is saved, the Covenant dispatched to the far reaches of the universe. What’s left for Master Chief, now he’s hurtling alone through space? Why, pop music, of course. German pop music. Look, Germany, as a nation, you build a lot of great stuff! Cars, trains, weapons, watches, video games, elevators,…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 19, 2010

You Just Got An Extra Day To Play Halo: Reach

While originally scheduled to end tomorrow – May 19 – Bungie has decided to keep the Halo: Reach beta open a little longer. “Our official plans as of now are to turn off the Reach beta on Thursday, 5/20 at 10AM PDT”, Bungie’s Brian Jarrard told Joystiq. Since an exact time for the beta’s shutdown…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 19, 2010

This Spartan’s Greatest Challenge

As seen by reader Chris. Thanks!

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2010

EA Also Hopeful Of A Deal With Halo Creators

Halo creators Bungie may have signed a publishing deal with Activision, but let’s not forget, there’s always the possibility they can sign with rivals Electronic Arts as well. Remember: Bungie’s deal with Activision is for a single piece of intellectual property. With Bungie being a massive studio, however, there remains the distinct possibility it could…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2010

Video Games Aren’t Killing Laser Tag, They Can Coexist

As a 25-year player of Laser Tag and a manager of the busiest Laser Tag arena on the planet, I took some exception to the idea that Laser Tag is obsolete as entertainment because it’s not convenient Far from dying away, our center has seen a grand resurgence in a tough economy. We’re up around…

Jason Bock Published May 15, 2010

Bring Me The Head Of Master Chief

Master Chief is a big man, but he wasn’t always big. He was once a boy, called John! And when John was a boy – no, a baby – then maybe these Halo helmets would have fit him. Special effects house WETA, who at one stage were signed up to do the Peter Jackson Halo…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2010

Hell is other players

Part of the reason games make such an interesting topic is because they are so multi-faceted. You can talk about a game as an abstract design, as an individual experience, as a part of a broader culture, as an economic product, as a technical showpiece and many other things besides. Sometimes it’s not about a…

By Lauren Orsini Published May 12, 2010

Gender Benders: The Goddess Of War, Master Chiefette & Dude Raider

Seeing as much of what we associate with a famous game character is related to their gender, how would you feel if, say, Lara Croft was a dude? Or Luigi a plumbette? You can face that bizarro scenario in these pics by David Stonecipher, the same guy who brought us the “game characters with beards”…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2010

These Halo: Reach Problems Are Being Fixed

While the Halo: Reach beta is largely a blast, not everything is perfect. Thankfully Bungie knows this, and is letting us know the things that will be fixed by the time the final game rolls around. Things like FLAG TAKEN…FLAG DROPPED…FLAG TAKEN…etc etc. It’s annoying as hell, but has “already been fixed for fall”. So…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2010

The Last Man to Play Halo 2 on Xbox Live

He is Apache N4SIR. Nearly a month after Microsoft shut down the original Xbox Live, he was one of the Noble 14 who kept their connections running. Their numbers slowly dwindled, and today, he was the last Spartan standing. At 4 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, Agent Windex and Apache N4SIR were the last ones left…

By Owen Good Published May 10, 2010

This Week In Comics

I don’t read many Wolverine comics. My leeriness of Marvel’s most famous X-Man is equal to my apprehension for video game’s Tony Hawk: Great in the past, but so over-exposed that maybe there’s no new greatness to come? Wolverine’s done it all, hasn’t he? He’s fought everyone. He’s healed from every kind of wound inflicted…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 7, 2010

The Top 50 Video Game Franchises Of All Time, Voted By Gamers

The 2010 Guinness Book of World Records Gamer’s Edition features a list of the Top 50 video game series as voted by the gaming public. Which series came out on top between The Legend of Zelda, Call of Duty, and Halo? Instead of opting to go with game review scores or a board of experts,…

By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2010

Bungie’s Favorite Halo Reach Playbacks

We’ve shown you some glitches, some really bad gameplay and some amazing screenshots, but here are some of Bungie’s favorite gameplay moments from the Halo Reach Beta. Jet Pack Ninja Headbangers Ninja Roof Stick

By Brian Crecente Published May 6, 2010

Halo: Reach Beta Goes “Free”, Has Over 1 Million Players

From May 14 to May 17, even those putrid, free-loading Silver Xbox Live subscribers will be able to get in on the Halo: Reach beta, Bungie throwing open the gates to both classes for a weekend of jetpack festivities. There is a catch, of course: you still need to have a copy of Halo: ODST…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2010