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When Halo 4 was teased at this year’s E3, it was rumoured to become a launch title for Microsoft’s next console. It was given a little credence with the announcement of Halo Anniversary, an HD remake of the 10 year old game that reignited console gamers’ passion for first-person shooters. It would make complete sense for the next numbered game in the seminal series to grace Microsoft’s as-yet-unannounced next-gen ... [»]
And they say that video games will turn anyone with a gun into a dangerous lunatic. An employee from the house of Halo recently proved otherwise, after he became involved in a shooting incident.Bungie IT department member Jeff Fletcher was on his way to the bank in Seattle last week, when he noticed two men who had begun to shoot at one another.
Fletcher, who happened to be a former security guard, and whose father also served on the ... [»]
I don’t know about you guys, but most documentaries suck lately. Whether its Michael Moore wobbling his fatass around while pretending to be sincere, or some sort of wacky conspiracy short film that tries to present made up statistics as hard evidence, most documentaries just aren’t worth the effort to watch nowadays. Except for this hour long film on the history of Bungie ... [»]
Back in April, Bungie executives trademarked the name Aerospace for the developer, leading many to believe that it was the name of the next game from the makers of the Halo franchise. Now, ... [»]
I’m a newly converted fan of Bungie’s work. I’ve never really been much of a Halo adherent – but ODST and Reach have shown me the error of my ways. that said, I was pretty excited when Bungie, famed Halo developers, announced their independence from Microsoft, and with it, severed ties to the Halo franchise. Why would I be excited?Mostly to see what they’d ... [»]
Those rumours of a HD remake of revolutionary console FPS Halo : Combat Evolved are beginning to gain some credence. According to Joystiq, the game will be smacking retail upside the head with a plasma sword on November 15 this year, 10 years to the day after the legendary shooter graced the original Xbox.It’s believed to be under development by Saber Interactive, the ... [»]
Xbox’s Major Nelson has released lists of the most popular games on Xbox Live – boxed retail, XBLA and Indie titles. Their place in the charts is calculated using some sort of odd numerical alchemy based on their first week of availability, so it doesn’t take slow burning hits in to account. It also only considers games released in 2010, which is why games like Modern Warfare and Gears of War are ... [»]
Remember the colossal advertising campaign that Microsoft pushed for the launch of Halo 3? For months before the game released Master Chief was everywhere. He was even in a really impressive set of diorama-themed trailers. Remember those? They were actually incredibly eerie and very well done. The camera panned slowly through an expansive scene of a Halo battle, ... [»]
An anonymous user on the Game Trailer forums has posted up a series of screenshots which he claims are from Bungies next title.The graphics are in a really early stage and all we can see is that it’s going to be another shooter and apparently it’s going to be set in the nearish future and ... [»]
Some people have way, way too much time. This is evidenced to perfection in the following video. You’ll get to see the fruits of Halo Forge engineer “ACarnage 51’s†month of labour. A ridiculously impressive videogame Rube Goldberg Machine – a deliberately over-engineered machine that performs a very simple task in an overly-complex ... [»]
Hold onto your butts, because I’m not kidding when I say these stats are “insaneâ€. They make Britney Spears look like a member of MENSA . Seriously.Halo: Reach (Bungie’s last “HOO-RAH!†in the Halo universe) has already proven popular; we knew that last week when unit sales for the USA alone were pegged ... [»]
Why? Well, because they’re dirty cheaters and totally deserve sweet retribution from Bungie. A couple of days ago it was reported that Halo: Reach players had found an exploit that allowed them to harvest loads of credits.Reach features Challenges that alter from time to time. Completing the Challenges rewards players with ... [»]
Either this DLC announcement is being extra sneaky, or we’re into speculating way too much. Somebody whose mutant ability is a keen eye for detail spotted the above screenshot on Bungie’s website and promptly told gaming news sites (he didn’t tell us though so I think we feel offended... Geoff? Gavin? ... [»]
The Halo franchise has always gone hand in hand with Microsoft's Xbox brand. The first in the series boosted the Xbox from a new contender to a must-have, while the second Halo helped Microsoft launch the Xbox live service with ease.
It's a no-brainer then that Bungie's swan song as a first party developer for Microsoft would be ... [»]
Last week, Nick sort of let you know that Halo: Reach generated $200 000 000 in launch day sales. Today, we’ve got more incredible Halo Reach stats for you. Developer Bungie has revealed that Halo: Reach players have collectively have played the game’s campaign for more than 1000 years. That’s a lot of pew ... [»]