Tag Archives: halo
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 | 18:01 BST
The making of McFarlane’s Halo toys
Get a glimpse behind the scenes at McFarlane Toys to see how Halo figures are constructed.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: 343 industries, bungie, halo, Halo Toys, Halo: Reach, McFarlane Toys
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 | 16:45 BST
Halo mini-book available exclusively through pre-order at GAME
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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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, game, gamestation, halo, Halo CE, Halo: Anniversary, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 | 18:22 BST
Halo Fest details 3D, maps for Halo: Anniversary, updates to Reach
343 Industries has kicked off PAX Prime and Halo Fest with map details for Halo: Anniversary.
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Posted in: Microsoft, PAX 2011, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, 3d, halo, Halo Fest, Halo: Anniversary, halo: combat evolved, Halo: Reach
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 | 12:11 BST
“If we lose our way with Halo, we lose our way with Xbox,” says Spencer
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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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: halo, Microsoft Game Studios, Phil Spencer
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 | 00:13 BST
New E3 demo video walkthrough for Halo CE Anniversary released
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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Posted in: Comic Con 2011, Microsoft, Shooter, Videos, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, halo, Halo 1, Halo CE Anniversary, halo: combat evolved
Mon, Jul 11, 2011 | 22:48 BST
Microsoft: “We lost our way” with latest Halo releases
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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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, halo, halo 4, Phil Spencer
Sat, Jul 09, 2011 | 22:19 BST
Bungie posts letter thanking fans for 20 years of support
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.
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 | 12:00 BST
Microsoft has “great optimism” for post-Bungie Halo
Microsoft corporate VP of its interactive business, Dennis Durkin, has said the company feels “great” in regards to the post-Bungie future of Halo.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, Dennis Durkin, halo, halo 4, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 | 10:05 BST
Spencer: MS not looking to turn Halo into annualised franchise
Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer has said the company isn’t looking to turn Halo into an annualised franchise despite the release of several Halo games in the past couple of years and in the future.
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Posted in: E3 2011, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, bungie, halo, halo 4, Phil Spencer
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 05:32 BST
Halo Anniversary to run two engines side by side
Halo Anniversary will allow players to switch back and forth between classic and updated graphics in real time, because the game is essentially running two engines simultaneously.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox, Xbox 360
Tags: 343, 343 industries, Dan Ayoub, frank o'connor, halo, Halo: Anniversary, halo: combat evolved, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Saber, saber interactive
Mon, Jun 06, 2011 | 12:49 BST
Report – New Halo and Fable, Wake, Dance Central 2 on show from MS at E3 [Update]
Update: It’s actually fake. Welcome to E3 everyone.
Kotaku‘s reporting a massive list of titles that Microsoft is showing at E3, including a new Halo, Dance Central 2 and more.
Tue, May 24, 2011 | 20:08 BST
Microsoft teases E3 presser details
Microsoft has sent out its press invites for E3, and along with the invitation came some nifty stickers teasing possible games to be shown at the conference.
Tue, May 03, 2011 | 08:05 BST
343 Industries claims Halo growth is “organic”
Somewhere within the past ten years, the Halo franchise transcended mere video games. You can encounter Master Chief within the pages of comic books or best-seller novels, soft toys and scale figurines, t-shirts and animations. According to 343 Industries franchise development director Frank O’Connor, this transition has all been organic, and it’s still growing.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, bungie, halo, Halo: Reach
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 | 23:43 BST
Bungie composer: Leaving Master Chief behind “bittersweet”
Bungie’s composer has said the studio’s renouncement of Master Chief and Halo has been liberating – and a little frightening.
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 | 15:52 GMT
Thursday shorts – the sequel: Tanks, Divinity II, SWG, KZ3 contest
The first bifurcation of shorts is here. Read the follow-up below. The only thing better, would be triplets.
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 20:45 GMT
Microsoft: More Fable, Halo, Gears, Forza on the way, surprises due at E3
Bet you didn’t see this coming – Microsoft is to make more Fable, more Halo, more Forza and more Gears of War.
Mon, Feb 28, 2011 | 13:49 GMT
Core Halo experiences will be kept “close to home,” says 343
343 Industries head Frankie O’Connor has said that main Halo “experiences” will kept internal, apparently killing off any rumour of Saber Interactive developing Combat Evolved HD.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, Frankie O'Connor, halo, Halo: Combat Evolved HD, saber interactive
Fri, Feb 04, 2011 | 15:08 GMT
Report – First Halo re-releasing on November 15
It looks as though the rumored Halo: Combat Evolved remake is indeed headed for release, presuming inside sources are correct.
Thu, Feb 03, 2011 | 05:22 GMT
343: Halo finished with side stories, but no new game to announce “right now”
Aw man, no “Master Chief is Missing/Frozen” edutainment spin-offs starring Arbiter? Well, there goes our smile.
Square – Activison’s “gotta be crazy,” for giving up True Crime: Hong Kong