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Halo 3 Still Being Played, By The Truckload, Every Day
We’ve noticed. Many of you are sick to death of Halo. To a certain extent that’s understandable, but then, sometimes you have to applaud the efforts of a game that, two years on from release, is still so damn popular. How popular? According to Bungie, on average, every single day, there are over 1,000,000 unique…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009 -
Two Minutes of Risk: Halo Wars GameBoardplay
The Halo franchise’s real-time simulator is getting ported into the seminal analog turn-based strategy game RISK, that we knew. This video shows the three factions, three modes of play, and player pieces included in Risk: Halo Wars Collector’s Edition. The vaguely Europe-y map features 42 territories to conquer. Oh look, “Command Room” features “achievements”! The…
By Owen Good Published August 12, 2009 -
Microsoft: Halo Movie Still “On Hold”
There was an enjoyable rumour posted over the weekend that a Mr. Steven Spielberg was currently in talks to produce the Halo movie. A movie Microsoft will only say is “on hold”. Responding to questions we had over the Spielberg rumour (and indeed the future of the movie itself), a Microsoft spokesperson told Kotaku: We’re…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2009 -
Video Game Quintet Captures The Essence Of Pong
We’ve seen video game musical performances in the past, but none that have managed to convey the underlying sense of despair so prevalent in Pong as this particular quintet. Ash Ketchum and Link, otherwise known as ArachnidianDream and Lennart Jansson, arraigned music from Mario, Kirby, Tetris, Zelda, Pokemon, Halo, and yes…Pong, for Seattle’s Marrowstone in…
By Mike Fahey Published August 10, 2009 -
G.I. Joe Screenwriter On Halo, Spy Hunter Movies
Australian-born Hollywood scribe Stuart Beattie (G.I. Joe, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) loves video games. He even loves writing movie script versions of them. While the Halo flick seemed dead in the water, Beattie went on about how Halo was “our generation’s Star Wars” and even wrote a spec screenplay…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2009 -
Steven Spielberg To Produce Halo Movie?
According to sources speaking with film site IESB, talent agency CAA and “studio executives,” Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg is in talks to oversee the production of a new Halo movie. IESB say Spielberg has been “blown away” by Stuart Beattie’s screenplay, which as we know deals with a kid called John. Oh, and some aliens…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2009 -
Famed Anime Director Learned About Halo From His Wife
Production I.G.’s Shinji Aramaki was introduced introduced to the Halo franchise by someone near and dear to his heart: His better half. “I’ve always been a fan of video games, and my wife told me that Halo 3 is the best game on the 360,” Aramaki stated in the most recent Famitsu. “I just sort…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2009 -
Ex-Halo Movie Director: It Would Be “Difficult To Revisit Halo” Film
Neill Blomkamp was set to have his directing career start strong with a film adaptation of Bungie’s Halo. That movie is dead—but not for a lack of trying on Blomkamp’s part, who worked tirelessly on it for months. Blomkamp tells MTV that he “spent five months working on it, like, 24 hours a day” only…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009 -
Visit A Real Halo Warthog On Sydney Harbour
I realise visiting Sydney Harbour may not be feasible for most of you, but on the off chance it is, you should swing by Cockatoo Island and check out the real, working Halo Warthog that’ll be sitting there this weekend. It’s the same Warthog that featured in Neil Blomkamp’s ill-fated Halo short film, and was…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2009 -
Even Master Chief Mows The Yard
As Seen on WinterWolfStudios via 4chan via That Girl’s Site.
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 5, 2009 -
Halo? More Like Claylo, Amiright?
Guy called Antithesis has blended a childhood pastime with an adult interest and come up with this impressive – no, adorable – range of Halo figures, each sculpted from stringy bits of clay. You can check out these, as well as keep up to date on promised future models, by visiting his website below. [Primordial…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 31, 2009 -
All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased from Xbox Live
All Halo Wars leaderboard data – and by this, “all” means “everything” – disappeared from Xbox Live today, says Major Nelson, meaning braggin’ rights have been reset to launch day status. “Human error” is blamed. It covers singleplayer. It covers multiplayer. It covers Trueskill leaderboards. It covers all matchmaking data. Gone. Says the Major: This…
By Owen Good Published July 30, 2009 -
Halo Waypoint Team: Gearbox Not Working On Halo
There have been lots of assumptions that Borderlands and Brothers In Arms developer Gearbox Software was hard at work on a Halo game for Microsoft. That’s partly based on things Gearbox has said, partly on things it didn’t say. Microsoft has put the kibosh on that speculation, via the Halo Waypoint Twitter account today. “For…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 30, 2009 -
Halo Talk Abruptly Ends Gearbox Interview
Gearbox’s top dog, Randy Pitchford, talked about Borderlands and whatnot for five minutes, then someone asked about rumors of Halo 4 and Pitchford’s reaction was enough to freak the PR-mans. Borderlands forms the crux of the chat, then comes a curveball question to the CEO at 5:09 of this video – “Oh, we nearly forgot!…
By Owen Good Published July 28, 2009 -
Peter Jackson: Halo Game “No Longer Happening”
At Comic-Con last week, Lord of the Rings director and never-to-be Halo movie producer Peter Jackson told Joystiq he was no longer making a Halo game. The Jackson project had been announced in September 2006 but never a screenshot nor gameplay detail was released in the three years since. The proposed Halo movie which Jackson…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2009 -
But, What Is The Ghost In The Shell Director Doing?
Originally when Halo Legends, the series of anime shorts, was announced, the role of Ghost In The Shell director Mamoru Oshii was unknown. To clarify, Oshii will be the creative director for Halo Legends. He will not be directing either of the two Projection I.G. episodes, but Appleseed director Shinji Aramaki will be. Oshii is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2009 -
Would-Be Halo Director Now “Probably Wouldn’t Do” Halo Film
In 2006, it was announced that a then 26-year-old South African filmmaker named Neill Blomkamp would be directing a feature film version of Halo produced by Peter Jackson. Blomkamp provided a taste of the Halo cinematic experience. But the film fell through, and Blomkamp busied himself with other projects, namely his upcoming feature film debut,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2009 -
Bethesda Guy: Here’s Who Can Afford Bungie’s Non-Halo IP
Ashley Cheng, the production director at Bethesda Game Studios, posted on his personal blog a back-of-the-envelope guess at which publishers might take up Bungie’s next, non-Halo game. Hint, one of the candidates rhymes with “Shmesmesda.” Based on recent reports, Cheng says, “Bungie only owes Microsoft two more games and they’re done. Halo ODST and Reach…
By Owen Good Published July 27, 2009 -
Halo: Legends Posters Will Change The Way You Think About Halo
The upcoming anime series, Halo: Legends, will be a little…different to what you normally expect from the franchise. That’s what happens when you get people from Japan to work on it. But are you prepared for just how different? These are some posters for the project from each of the studios working on it. Some…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2009 -
Bungie Says It’s ‘Close’ to Signing New IP Deal
Earlier this week, Bungie’s Lars Bakken strongly implied that Halo: Reach would be the last Bungie-made Halo title. Bakken now suggests that the studio is close to getting a publisher for its new, non-Halo IP. Says Bakken to Eurogamer: I think internally we’ll know sometime soon. I don’t handle these things, but I’d imagine we’re…
By Owen Good Published July 26, 2009