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Halo Waypoint Further Detailed By Microsoft
Microsoft’s announcement of Halo Waypoint, the Halo “destination” coming to Xbox Live this Fall, was light on details, overshadowed by the reveal of the Halo Legends anime series. Fortunately, 343 Industries’ Frank O’Connor was at Comic-Con to clear things up. Waypoint will offer Halo enthusiasts access to audio and video content in addition to community…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 25, 2009 -
Halo: Reach Will (Probably) Be Bungie’s Last Halo Game
Since the company came together in 1991, Bungie have worked on five Halo games: Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach. Will they ever do a sixth? Probably not. In an interview with CVG, Bungie senior designer Lars Bakken has said in response to the “this the last Bungie Halo?”…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2009 -
Ecko Release The Ugliest Halo Shirts In The Known Universe
There are people who do video game t-shirts the right way. People like Meat Bun, and King of Games. Then there are people who do video game shirts the wrong way. Like Hot Topic, and Mark Ecko. Just take a look at Ecko’s new range of Halo shirts, featuring six designs that you would expect…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2009 -
Halo Legends Anime Debut Trailer
We’ve seen the screenshots. Now, let’s see the Halo Legends anime in motion. Microsoft is teaming with five production houses for a series of seven separate short films called Halo Legends. The creative director overseeing the production is Shinji Aramaki, director of Appleseed and Appleseed Ex Machina. The shorts will be available on DVD and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 24, 2009 -
Halo Waypoint Becomes Destination For Halo Fans This Fall
Microsoft has more than just Halo 3 ODST to whip the Halo fanbase into a lather this fall. It’s also launching the Halo Waypoint on Xbox Live, a “destination” for fans of Bungie’s space marine creation. Halo Waypoint will give fans their first peek at the Halo Legends anime series of shorts, with “select” episodes…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 23, 2009 -
Microsoft’s Halo Division Is Called 343 Industries [Update]
Forget suggesting that “343 Industries” was the name of some Halo-related studio at Microsoft. It’s a fact, with the group officially revealing themselves as part of the Halo anime announcement. Interestingly, 343 are described as a “division” of Microsoft, not a development studio. Which makes sense, since having spoken with 343’s creative director, former Bungie…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 23, 2009 -
Details About Halo Anime
Microsoft is teaming with five production houses for a series of seven short films called Halo Legends, reports the Los Angeles Times. The five production houses are some of the biggest names in the industry: Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio4 C, and Toei Animation. The creative director overseeing the production is Shinji Aramaki, director…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 23, 2009 -
Is “343 Industries” Microsoft’s Halo Studio?
Ever since Bungie and Microsoft parted ways, Microsoft have been gearing up to produce more Halo games internally. Could those efforts now have been given a name? Superannuation points us towards a trademark Microsoft have filed for use with “”computer programs, namely, game software for use on computers and video”. It’s called “343 Industries“. So…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009 -
Your Comments Fuel Gay Gaming Conference
Physically, you may not have been at EA Redwood Shores this weekend. But if you commented on to Justin Cole’s op-ed column to Kotaku, you were there in spirit. Cole used commenters’ responses to his post, The Impact of Homophobia in Virtual Communities, to drive discussion among panelists Caryl Shaw (Senior Producer at EA’s Maxis),…
By AJ Glasser Published July 20, 2009 -
Ten Years Ago: “Halo is the Name of This Game.”
In 1999, Bungie was probably the best-known studio developing specifically for Macintosh, having delivered titles like Marathon, Myth, and Pathways Into Darkness. At Macworld 1999, Steve Jobs introduced the studio’s next big Mac exclusive: Halo. Within a year, Bungie would be bought out by Microsoft and Halo would become a launch title that, more than…
By Owen Good Published July 19, 2009 -
Screenwriter Believes Halo Is “Our Generation’s Star Wars”
Stuart Beattie, responsible for big screen adaptations of Pirates of the Caribbean and G.I. Joe, is a big Halo fan, having “read every book, played every game, every graphic novel.” Proof? His unsolicited Halo: Fall of Reach screenplay from 2007. With the Peter Jackson produced Halo film said to be “entirely dead” by the man…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 17, 2009 -
Gearbox Honcho Wants Something Different From Halo Developer
Randy Pitchford, the outspoken boss of developer Gearbox, has something to say about Halo developer Bungie. Not just Bungie, he also has something to say about Modern Warfare developer Infinity War. “I keep waiting to hear what Bungie is going to do that’s not Halo,” Pitchford told game site VideoGamer.com. “Those guys are amazing, right?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 23, 2009 -
This Is Not A Halo 3 Screenshot
This looks like a screengrab from Halo 3’s Valhalla multiplayer map. But it’s not. It is, if you take a closer look, actually a fully-functional PC desktop. The radar monitors your outside temperature. The player indicators are links. The grenade icons launch programs. The ammo counters in the top-right show your unread emails and rss…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2009 -
Halo+ Kingdom Hearts + Metroid
Welcome to Toybox! We’ve decided to centralise most of our toy/action figure/adult collectible news into a single feature, which we’ll be running every week or two. This week, we’ve got Kingdom Hearts, a stunning custom Metroid statue and a Halo Mongoose. Halo Mongoose Due out in October, the Mongoose is built to accommodate McFarlane’s line…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009 -
Video Games Live Has Its Own MP3 Player
The Video Games Live concert tour kicks their merchandising up a notch with this new VGL-branded VIVO MP3 player, loaded with unreleased recordings from Kingdom Hearts, Halo, and more. The 2GB MP3 player is now available for sale at the Video Games Live online store, and will also be making appearances at the merchandising tables…
By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2009 -
Halo 3: ODST Firefight Preview: OUHave12
Halo: ODST returns players to the universe of Halo without its central character. Can Halo be fun without the Master Chief? While I haven’t had a chance to play any of the campaign yet, ODST’s new multiplayer mode, Firefight, was at E3 for some heavy play testing. What Is It? The enigmatically renamed Halo 3:…
By Brian Crecente Published June 9, 2009 -
Halo: Reach Is The Wild Bunch, Only With Spartans?
We know nothing about Halo: Reach other than the fact it’s a new Halo game, and that it’s due sometime next year. So in the absence of facts, then, let’s speculate! While the game’s trailer lets us know the obvious things – it’ll deal with the Covenant’s attack on the human colony of Reach –…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2009