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Why The Halo MMO Was Cancelled

A few years ago, Microsoft-owned Ensemble Studios, the team behind Age of Empires, was working on a Halo massively-multiplayer online game, code-named Titan. That project ended up a bust, and was cancelled by Microsoft. Here’s why. “We had all this incredible talent, we had the right people, the right passion, we had a phenomenally successful…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2010

Sci-Fi Author: Halo Full of “Bull**** Archetypal Characters”

You might like Halo. You might not. Crysis 2 lead writer and sci-fi novelist Richard Morgan says he doesn’t like Halo at all “I don’t like the Halo series at all,” says Morgan, best known for his dystopian novel Altered Carbon. “Okay Halo is not actually bad, it’s just, you know, average.” Average? Do explain!…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 12, 2010

Microsoft Hasn’t Given Up On The Halo Movie

Once upon a time, Microsoft was going to make a big budget Hollywood version of the Halo franchise. Until it spectacularly fell apart. That doesn’t mean it won’t ever happen, says the company. Back in 2005, a film version of Halo was first penned by Alex Garland, writer of The Beach novel and 28 Days…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2010

Halo Reach’s Gun Porn (And Vehicle Porn, Too)

Halo creators Bungie love guns. Love big, bulky space vehicles,too. Love ’em so much they’ve released a ton of renders showing how both will appear in the upcoming Halo: Reach. Alongside those mechanical moneyshots we’ve also included some older shots of the game’s cast of Spartans, Covenant and cannon fodder Marines. Halo Reach’s beta kicks…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2010

Halo Fans In For “Something Big” This Week, Bungie Teases

A “mysterious image,” as seen on the official Bungie Twitter today, with “word that something big is dropping this week.” A dangerous tease to make so close to April Fools Day.

By Michael McWhertor Published March 30, 2010

New Halo Toys Feature Retro Master Chief, Cannon Fodder

McFarlane toys has released images of their eights series of Halo action figures, due in June. Continuing a pleasant trend, some are all-new figures, including ones from Halo: ODST. The Halo 3 expansion’s Captain Dare and Buck are both present, the latter looking eerily like a gun-toting David Duchovny. Also featured is a Halo 2…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2010

Halo Creators Have Been Hitting The Mountain Dew

It’s understandable that game creators hold their franchises dear, and think the world of them. But Bungie’s hopes for the upcoming Halo: Reach might be going a little too far. Speaking with Industrygamers, Bungie’s Brian Jarrard has revealed he has some high hopes for the latest Halo game. High hopes indeed “Are there more stories…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2010

When Halo Meets Gundam: The Master Chief Zaku

Model hobbyist and Gundam fan Angelo Guibone’s custom Master Chief Zaku crossover not only appeals to two camps, its will probably appear in a proposal for Microsoft Tecmo Koei’s Halo: Dynasty Warriors: Gundam: Combat Evolved at some point. In more serious matters—this hasn’t happened yet? I see more than one Master Chief custom Transformer out…

By Michael McWhertor Published March 22, 2010

What Are Halo Creators Making With ‘Bungie Aerospace’?

Halo creators Bungie are cooking up something new, something that, despite its new name, may not actually follow in the trail blazed by id Software’s John Carmack and involve shooting rockets into space. So what is Bungie Aerospace? Well, it’s not much more than a trademark spotted by Attack of the Fanboy while many of…

By Michael McWhertor Published March 15, 2010

Bungie Promises Teabagging Support for Halo: Reach

In its current alpha state, the camera for Halo: Reach immediately flies back to the deceased’s respawn location, rather than lingering while his victorious assailant squats over his face. A bug fix has been submitted. Yes, really. Bungie acknowledged the flaw in its weekly update on Friday. Here it is: Title: Teabagging / humiliation moves…

By Owen Good Published March 8, 2010

This Week In Comics

The “This Week In Comics” effort here at Kotaku weathers a rough February. But here’s a second installment (late!), showcasing a couple of gaming comic books, a couple of others, in shops in the U.S., this week. Mega Man Megamix Vol.1 Written and drawn by Hitoshi Ariga. Summary Via Udon Entertainment: Written and drawn by…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 26, 2010

Bungie May Return To Halo, One Day

Having developed four Halo titles to date, Halo Reach will be Bungie’s last game in the series for the foreseeable future. But is it their last game ever in the series? Never say never. “You know, it might be premature to say we’ll never ever, ever make a Halo game again” Bungie’s Brian Jarrard told…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2010

When A Spartan Loves A Stormtrooper

They say Stormtroopers can’t hit the broad side of a barn, but there’s one that can hit the hardest target of all – the cold heart of a Halo Spartan. When you’re a crack commando encased in battle armor, it doesn’t matter if you spend all day fighting The Covenant or the Rebel Alliance. You…

By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2010

There Were Video Game Bobbleheads In Here Somewhere

Somewhere in the crowd of Funko’s Wacky Wobbler bobbleheads (and lamps) at Toy Fair 2010 were familiar gaming faces. Sonic is a prototype. Also new for 2010 are the Lord of the Rings and Star Wars ones. No shaking, please.

By Stephen Totilo Published February 17, 2010

Come Chat with Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg on Kotaku Talk Radio Today

Join us live today on CBS Radio for our latest episode of Kotaku Talk Radio with the Xbox 360’s director of product management. Hot off his appearance at last week’s big Xbox 360 showcase event in San Francisco, Aaron Greenberg joins us live to chat about the console, gaming in general and to take your…

By Brian Crecente Published February 17, 2010

Halo Legends Hits Blu-ray, DVD Today… Who’s Getting It?

Microsoft’s foray into the animated adventures of Halo is now officially available at your local retailer of fine DVDs and Blu-rays, offering Master Chief fans seven short films based on the popular Xbox shooter. Anyone getting it? If you have plans to do so, Halo Legends should be available now in physical format on DVD…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 16, 2010

Halo: The Mega Bloks Toys

The Master Chief posing at Toy Fair was made up of about 500,000 Mega Bloks, a representative for the company behind the Lego-like toys told me yesterday. Behind him was Iron Man. Behind that, new Halo Mega Bloks toys. The first images below are of Master Chief and Iron Man outside the booth. The others…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 16, 2010

Beyond Halo, Marathon, Myth, Oni, What’s Next For Bungie

As Bungie works to finish up what they say will be the best Halo game ever produced they’re also hard at work at something else, their first non-Halo game in more than ten years. “For all intents and purposes this will be Bungie’s final Halo game,” said Brian Jarrard, Bungie’s community director. “I don’t think…

By Brian Crecente Published February 16, 2010

Halo Reach, Reaches For the Stars

We see a desert plain, distant mountains and a sky so light blue it’s almost white. The ground too fades to white, from a dusty light brown. In the distance there are mountains and what appears to be mining equipment. Everything we see is real terrain. That means if you drive, walk or fly long…

By Brian Crecente Published February 15, 2010

Married By Master Chief, One Year Later

A year ago, I attended a Halo wedding. It was in Orlando. The bride entered to a live rendition of the Halo 3 menu music. A man dressed as Master Chief married bride and groom. Here’s what happened next. A year past their wedding, Desirai Labrada and John Henry have become an inspiration to the…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2010