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How Halo ODST’s Firefight Isn’t Like Gears of War
The new Firefight mode in Halo 3 ODST may seem like nothing more than Bungie’s version of Gears of War’s Horde mode, but the dots in the top left corner… they are what’s different. In Halo 3 ODST, the new Firefight mode will allow four players to fight against waves of Covenant enemies. Levels are…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 2, 2009 -
Rumor: Next Halo Game is “Halo: Reach”?
Yesterday we got dropped that image of a Bungie forums search menu, which tipped something called “Halo: Reach.” Such things are easily faked, and I couldn’t run it down. Well, now someone’s found a cache of since-deleted Bungie forum posts on this subject. As you can see, for a brief time there was a forum…
By Owen Good Published May 31, 2009 -
Microsoft Shooting For A 300,000 Player Online Game?
Yeah, you read that right. 300,000 players. A job listing issued by Microsoft’s says exactly that, indicating that the game will be for the 360 and that it will be in “real-time”. The job is specifically looking for somebody who is “an experienced server developer to help develop our server architecture. We are building an…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2009 -
Halo Remote-Control Vehicles Hopefully Won’t Explode So Easily
NKOK will be releasing later in the year a series of three remote-controlled vehicles based on those found in Bungie’s Halo 3. One is a Mongoose, one is a Warthog, and the last…a Hornet. Yes, the nimble little UNSC flier is the most expensive of the three (at $39), and also seemingly the most popular,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009 -
Army Envisions Future with Master Chief-ified Soldiers
Or, maybe they’re Mass Effect-ified. But the U.S. Army’s concept for a soldier in the year 2030 definitely looks video game-ified – especially with its strength-enhancing exoskeleton and … combat drugs? Maybe it’s Helghast-ified? The “Future Soldier 2030” being planned at the Army’s Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass., is the subject of much oohing-and-ahhhing…
By Owen Good Published May 24, 2009 -
If New York Was A Halo, It Would Look Like This
This picture of Manhattan, by graphic designers Jack Schulze and Matt Webb, shows what the island would look like rolled up over the horizon. Looks familiar, doesn’t it? That’s because the work, called “Here & There”, was partly inspired by Halo (which, it must be noted, was in turn influenced by the work of Larry…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2009 -
Marge Simpson Enjoys Her First Teabagging In Halo
The twentieth season of Matt Groening’s The Simpsons introduces the corpse-desecrating act of “teabagging” to the stalwart Simpsons fan in a not-so-subtle nod to Bungie’s Halo 2, complete with mostly accurate Xbox controllers. That near-accuracy may lead some to speculate that the grinding of one’s digital undercarriage on the armored cadaver of a fallen foe…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 5, 2009 -
New Halo Project To Span Console, Web & Mobile
The future of the Halo franchise may not be as straight-forward as you’d imagine, if a Microsoft job advertisement is anything to go by. The listing – for a software development engineer – suggests that Microsoft are working on a Halo project that transcends the idea of a single platform or genre, and suggests they…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2009 -
Is this the Video Game Mount Rushmore?
Pwn or Die have come up with a good bar argument: The four faces on a hypothetical Mount Rushmore of video gaming. The four they’ve chosen are good, but are they the best choices? As you can see in the pic, the selections are Master Chief, Mario, Lara Croft and Sonic the Hedgehog. Lara is…
By Owen Good Published April 12, 2009 -
Halo Encyclopedia Shoots For Bookshelves This Fall
Halo fans with a thirst for referential material will be queuing up for the Barnes & Noble midnight launch of the Halo Encyclopedia, which has been announced for a fourth quarter release at book stores. DK Publishing, fine reference book publisher of things all things useful, historical, mundane and incredibly nerdy, will pack 350-plus pages…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2009 -
Exclusive Grifball Spartan Plays Ball At Comic-Con
Halo fans making the trek to San Diego for this year’s Comic-Con might want to earmark an extra Jackson, as McFarlane Toys will be bringing an exclusive Grifball Spartan action figure to the show. Seen here in Recon armor and in a lovely “safety orange” paint scheme — no batteries required — the Grifball Spartan…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2009 -
Greg Bear Penning Halo Forerunner Trilogy
Noted science fiction author Greg Bear takes a stab at the earliest days of the Halo universe with The Forerunner Trilogy, traveling 100,000 years into the series’ past. A mysterious ancient race worshiped by the Covenant as gods, the Forerunners wiped themselves off the face of the universe to help stem the tide of the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 6, 2009 -
The Race is Not to the Swiftest Spartan
This is a cool photo, but some realities quickly set in. Like what the inside of a Spartan helmet smells like after a 10K race. Granted, this guy is in much better shape, but I sound like Fatty McGee after a mile and a half with nothing obstructing my breathing. Elite runners need ventilation, too,…
By Owen Good Published April 5, 2009 -
YouTube Fan Tops Halo Song Spoof
Couple weeks back, Jude Kelley and Dan Amrich (he of OXM) recorded “Halo (All I Play-Oh),” a virtuoso spoof of “Snow (Hey-Oh)” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Now someone’s matched the lyrics to footage. That’s a ton of work, considering Usethefork (the YouTuber who created this) had no video output and was setting up…
By Owen Good Published March 29, 2009 -
There Will Be More Halo 3 Content From Bungie
Last month, Bungie said a teary farewell to Halo 3. Or so we thought. Instead, it was just a teary…something else, because Bungie have no intentions of leaving the best-selling game behind. Speaking with IGN at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Bungie’s Allen Murray has said “Halo 3 took two and a half…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009 -
Bungie’s Hiring And Here’s How They’ll Own You
Bungie producer Allen Murray won’t say a word about how the studio’s new project is going — but he will tell you how they’re getting it done. Murray first joined the team at the tail end of Halo 2‘s development. He described it as a “big disaster.” Everyone who’s ever worked in production knows that…
By AJ Glasser Published March 25, 2009 -
Microsoft Settles Its $90 Million Halo Suit
Someone at sue-happy company PalTalk just got paid. Microsoft has settled with the company that filed suit against the Xbox 360 maker over patent infringement claims related to Halo multiplayer. Make it rain, PalTalk! PalTalk hit Microsoft with a suit over a pair of patents in 2006, claiming that the multiplayer tech that powered some…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 13, 2009 -
Microsoft Sued For $90 Million Over Halo Patent Infringement Claim
New York based PalTalk Holdings filed suit against Microsoft over two years ago, claiming that the company violated two patents with its Xbox Live service, singling out the multiplayer infrastructure of its Halo games. PalTalk wants $90 million from Microsoft, a case which went to trial in Texas this week, according to a report from…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2009 -
Another, Better Halo Transformer
Yes, we’ve seen one of these before. It was an admirable job, but lacking in its vehicle mode. This one is a big improvement, as it’s a Master Chief transforming into a Warthog. It is, of course, a custom job, cobbled together with parts from a McFarlane Master Chief and Actionclix Warthog then built atop…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2009
