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Halo Wars Review: A Fistful of Spartans

Halo has been safely nesting in the loving hands of Bungie for more than seven years. And it’s excelled as a first-person shooter, proving finally that you can make a great shooter on a console. In Halo Wars, gamers return to the beloved Xbox franchise to explore its early days in a real-time strategy title…

By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009

Toy Fair 2009: Sgt. Johnson, WoW & LittleBigPlanet

Open up! Time for more game-related goodies from the showroom floor of the US Toy Fair. We’ve already seen a bunch of stuff, but tonight, we’re going to see a bunch more. HALO – We’re up to series six of McFarlane’s Halo figure range, and for series six, we get a number of new figures.…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2009

Toy Fair 2009: Dante’s Inferno, Gears Of War & More

The New York Toy Fair kicked off over the weekend. And video games being big business and all, there were loads of new gaming figures on show. Loads. DANTE’S INFERNO – First up, though (and these are all courtesy of Toy News International), we’ll start with perhaps the most interesting figure of the weekend. Which…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2009

Halo Wars Figures Receive Reinforcements

Kicking the pre-release marketing for Halo Wars into top gear, a second series of Halo Wars action figures have today been announced by McFarlane and Microsoft. Unlike the first series, these figures look a little more relevant to the units and events of the game, with one series featuring the UNSC FLame-Thrower Marine and another…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2009

If Halo Played Like Final Fantasy, It Would Look Like This

Ever wonder what Halo would look like if it swapped out the fast-paced shooter thing for the turn-based JRPG thing? Me neither. Somebody did, though, otherwise we wouldn’t have this clip. At 5:05, it’s far too long, but you only need to watch the first 30-40 seconds to catch the gist of it.

By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2009

All of Halo 3’s Maps Included in ODST

Bungie’s cleared up “an oft-asked, but pertinent question” regarding multiplayer content on Halo 3: ODST. Specifically, yes, it will have all 24 Halo 3 maps. Quoth Bungie: Just some minor housekeeping this week. We wanted to address an oft-asked, but pertinent question about the Halo 3 Multiplayer content that will ship with Halo 3: ODST…

By Owen Good Published February 7, 2009

Halo MEGA Bloks Have Us Wishing For Halo LEGO Instead

MEGA Bloks are kinda like LEGO in the way a Daewoo is kinda like a Mercedes. Ah well! MEGA Bloks got the license to produce little Halo toys and LEGO did not. So we have to move on, forget what could have been. As we said when the line was announced, MEGA Bloks are renowned…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2009

Bungie Says Goodbye To Halo 3

There’s a map pack for Halo 3 coming soon, and after that, there’s a singleplayer expansion, but after that? Is there anything more planned? Probably not, as Bungie are saying “goodbye” to the game. Chatting with IGN, Bungie’s Brian Jarrard says: Overall though, we are viewing the ODST campaign and the included multiplayer maps as…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2009

Eric Nylund Writes Something Unrelated To Halo

Tor Books announced today that they’d be publishing an original novel from Halo and Gears of War writer/story consultant Eric Nylund. Mortal Coils is the first book in a planned five-book series. I’m to understand Nylund did in fact write books before he adapted the Halo series — but this is the author’s first original…

By AJ Glasser Published February 3, 2009

The History Of The Halo MMO, And Ensemble’s Other Cancelled Projects

While Ensemble Studios – recently shuttered by owners Microsoft – were busy stowing their gear and shutting down operations, Gamasutra thought it’d be an idea to go ask a few more questions about the Halo MMO. What they found was that the game has a long, long history. Indeed, it began before Halo, as a…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2009

This Guy Has Driven A Real, Working Warthog

New Zealand’s WETA made a real Warthog for Neil Blomkamp’s Halo movie pitch. The movie never went anywhere. But the Warthog? It’s still around, still being driven by grown men dressed as Halo marines. OXM’s Alistair Wallis, for example, just got to drive the real Warthog. Oh, but first, he had to get into real…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2009

Take A Closer Look At Halo 3’s Mythic Map Pack

The official Austrian Xbox blog has posted a few screenshots of Halo 3‘s Mythic Map Pack, along with – for the first time – some names and descriptions to go along with them. The first map – Sandbox – has a variety of vehicles at your disposal, as well as allowing extensive modification via Forge.…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2009

Watch/Pity The Participants In The Halo Wedding

As a man on the cusp of marriage himself, I’ve got a few ideas on the kind of wedding I want. A Halo one, I don’t want. But I do enjoy watching them. Watching them and saying, out loud, “thank Christ that’s not me“. Click to view

By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2009

MLG Giving Out 25 Halo Wars Early Demo Invites

Major League Gaming got 25 invitations from Microsoft that give early access to the Halo Wars demo, and is holding a drawing to see who gets ’em. Winners can play it a week early. The demo goes out Feb. 5; these codes will get you in on Jan. 29. MLG’s asking entrants to just post…

By Owen Good Published January 25, 2009

How To Throw a Gamer Party

Believe it or not, you can play games with other people. Like people in the same room as you. All it takes to throw a party centered on the greatest thing in entertainment since Pictionary is a bit of effort and a little planning. Before The Party: Day Before – Pick out what games to…

By AJ Glasser Published January 19, 2009

There Are 25 Million Copies Of Halo In The Wild

Yup, more from Robbie Bach’s supporting role during yesterday’s Microsoft CES keynote. While rappin’, he announced that since the release of the first Halo, over 25 million games in the series have been sold. That’s across all three games across both platforms, so we’re looking at an average of five million sales for each. Impressive!…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2009

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Gore Verbinski Making BioShock Movie

“Of all the games out there, I think Bioshock is the one that’s the most engaging."

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 8, 2008