Tag Archives: halo

Thu, Dec 08, 2011 | 23:54 GMT

Halo Waypoint, ATLAS real-time map app headed to mobiles

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An official Halo Waypoint app, showing Halo: Reach stats, service records and custom challenges, is set to launch alongside an map strategy app called ATLAS.

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Fri, Dec 02, 2011 | 21:15 GMT

Master Chief to look a bit different in Halo 4, Cortana in danger once again

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Details on Master Chief and Cortana in Halo 4 have been revealed through the latest issue of Xbox World.

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Tue, Nov 15, 2011 | 15:32 GMT

Lewis: The “anticipation and excitement” for original Xbox was “enormous”

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Chris Lewis, Microsoft’s European vice president of interactive entertainment, has said when Xbox was first released 10 years ago, the firm had “a vision” for what the connected world of online gaming “would mean in the future.”

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Tue, Nov 15, 2011 | 18:52 GMT

Reaching Double: Original Xbox, Halo turn 10 in US

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Today, Microsoft celebrates a decade in the console industry, with November 15 marking ten years since the introduction of the original Xbox and the series that would later flagship the entire Xbox initiative: Halo.

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Wed, Nov 09, 2011 | 05:30 GMT

Wednesday Shorts – Glorious Halo, Super Altair, Delicious PR Guff

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Let’s make this quick. I gotta go brush my pimp suit ahead of a Saints Row party this evening.

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Thu, Oct 20, 2011 | 02:13 BST

PSA: Bungie Mobile app now available for Android

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A quick heads up for those among us who simply must know at any given moment precisely how their Halo stats stack up against their friends’ efforts – Bungie’s app for that precise purpose is even now available on the Android Marketplace.

The app syncs with your Bungie.net and Xbox Live profiles. An iOS version is also available.

Thanks, Shack.

Wed, Oct 19, 2011 | 23:12 BST

Xbox father: Halo’s success “almost a curse”

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Halo’s strong association with Xbox has been a threat to the franchise, Xbox hardware developer and one-time Microsoft Games Studio boss Ed Fries.

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Thu, Oct 06, 2011 | 10:33 BST

Report – Halo movie planned for 2012, Spielberg involved

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A Halo movie with the involvement of Steven Spielberg is set for a release in 2012, according to a French press kit for the latest Halo book, Cryptum,

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Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 14:53 BST

Turn 10 explain why you can’t drive the Warthog in Forza 4

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Turn 10′s Creative Director Dan Greenwalt has gone on the record explaing why you can look at a very pretty version of Halo’s Warthog in Forza Motorsport 4 but not actually drive it.

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Wed, Sep 14, 2011 | 19:10 BST

Microsoft shows Forza 4, announces DC2 tracks and Happy Wars at TGS 2011

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Microsoft has sent out information detailing what it showed during TGS 2011 today, and while you already know about Breakneck, a remake of the classic Halo 2 map Headlong for Halo: CE Anniversary, other goodies were revealed as well.

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Wed, Sep 14, 2011 | 17:58 BST

Halo: CE Anniversary adds Headlong classic map to multiplayer

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343 Industries has announced Breakneck, a remake of the classic Halo 2 map Headlong, will be included in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

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Thu, Sep 08, 2011 | 01:01 BST

Halo-related Mission Icefly ARG kicks back into action

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Mission IceFly, the ARG which made headlines in late June and is strongly suspected to bear some relation to Halo 4, is back.

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Tue, Sep 06, 2011 | 08:03 BST

Tuesday Shorts – Crysis tease, Angry Birds PSN update, Uwe Boll back again

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A sombre shorts today.

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Sat, Sep 03, 2011 | 18:01 BST

The making of McFarlane’s Halo toys

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Get a glimpse behind the scenes at McFarlane Toys to see how Halo figures are constructed.
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Wed, Aug 31, 2011 | 16:45 BST

Halo mini-book available exclusively through pre-order at GAME

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Microsoft and Titan Publishing will include a mini-book with pre-orders of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary through retailer GAME, according to an announcement.

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Fri, Aug 26, 2011 | 18:22 BST

Halo Fest details 3D, maps for Halo: Anniversary, updates to Reach

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343 Industries has kicked off PAX Prime and Halo Fest with map details for Halo: Anniversary.

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Thu, Aug 04, 2011 | 12:11 BST

“If we lose our way with Halo, we lose our way with Xbox,” says Spencer

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Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has admitted that the Xbox platform would lose its way if the same happened with the Halo IP.

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Sun, Jul 24, 2011 | 00:13 BST

New E3 demo video walkthrough for Halo CE Anniversary released

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343 Industries and Microsoft released a new video walkthrough of the E3 demo for Halo CE Anniversary during Comic-Con. In it, executive producer Dan Ayoub discusses Classic Mode which will allow players to switch between classic Halo CE visuals and updated graphics. It looks pretty easy to do, and you will notice quite a difference between the original graphics and the updates ones. You can watch the video below, courtesy of Machinima. Hale CE Anniversary is out on November 15, and pre-orders will net you a Grunt Funeral Skull. A video for it is also posted below, just in case you haven’t seen it yet.

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Mon, Jul 11, 2011 | 22:48 BST

Microsoft: “We lost our way” with latest Halo releases

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Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer has said, in a frank admission, that the company “lost our way” over recent releases in the Halo IP, such as ODST and Reach.

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Sat, Jul 09, 2011 | 22:19 BST

Bungie posts letter thanking fans for 20 years of support

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Bungie has thanked fans in a thump-in-the-throat open letter on its official website for making Bungie Day, and the firm’s 20th anniversary a success.

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