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Halo 4 Gets New Video Presentation for Its Story and Multiplayer

343 Industries, the developer of the upcoming Halo 4 first person shooter, has released a brand new video about the game in which the creative director, Frank O’Connor, talks about the story and the multiplayer. Halo 4 is out this November and you can bet that millions of Xbox 360 owners are looking forward to...

18 May 2012
12:21 GMT

Halo 4 Limited Edition Announced, Includes Lots of Bonuses

Microsoft has unveiled the Halo 4 Limited Edition, which will be released alongside the standard version of the futuristic shooter on November 6 and will sell for $99.99 (around €78). Halo 4 is set to kick off a new trilogy in the universe originally created by Bungie Studios and, from what we’ve seen up ...

18 May 2012
04:10 GMT

343 Industries Has Ten Year Plan for Halo and Master Chief

The next three Halo video games will be launched under the Reclaimer Trilogy name by developer 343 Industries and publisher Microsoft and the team working on the new universe already has the overall story laid out in broad strokes, covering the next ten-year period. Frank O’Connor, who is the franchise develop...

17 May 2012
18:31 GMT

Halo 4 Gets New Screens, Multiplayer Focused

The development team at 343 Industries and publisher Microsoft have put out a new package of screenshots for the upcoming Halo 4, some of them linked to the multiplayer mode that was also officially revealed today. The images are pretty impressive, showing off both core character Master Chief and Cortana and a numbe...

17 May 2012
07:35 GMT

343 Industries Reveals New Enemies for Halo 4

The development team at 343 Industries has confirmed that two enemies mentioned on the back of Halo action figures will be part of the upcoming Halo 4, although it has not offered any clear information on their origin or on their abilities. The Crawler and the Watcher seem to be part of an entirely new species, whic...

15 May 2012
05:53 GMT

The Thursday War Halo Novel Linked to Fourth Game in the Series

Publisher Tor Books has announced that it is planning to launch a new Halo novel, called The Thursday War, which will be launched on October 2 and will be offered both in hardcover form and as an audio book.The book will be written by Karen Traviss, who has previous experience working with the Halo franchise and with...

9 May 2012
13:21 GMT

Halo 4 Gets New Screenshots and Artwork

A brand-new batch of images depicting gameplay and artwork from the upcoming Halo 4 has appeared on the web, this time showing off Master Chief, as well as all sorts of other things, from environments to enemies and multiplayer Spartans. Microsoft kept Halo 4 under a shroud of secrecy for quite a long time, but in t...

23 April 2012
12:21 GMT

Microsoft Financial Demands Scuttled Halo Movie

The much-talked-about Halo movie project has apparently failed because Microsoft, a company well versed in how the video game industry works, has failed to follow the usual business practice of the movie industry in Hollywood. The book Generation Xbox: How Videogames Invaded Hollywood, from Jamie Russell, says that ...

20 April 2012
10:31 GMT

Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter Will Do Voice Work for Halo 4

Joe Dimiero, who is handling public relations for Microsoft, has confirmed that Conan O’Brien and his sidekick Andy Richter, now appearing on Conan on TBS, will actually lend their voices to the upcoming Halo 4. The pair suggested that they would be featured in the game during their show, just as they showed s...

19 April 2012
07:19 GMT

Microsoft Continues Halo 4 Beta Scam Fight

Video game hardware developer and publisher Microsoft has taken over another site that was used to scam players by offering to sell them Halo 4 beta keys. The Halo4Beta.biz website has been acquired by Microsoft after it had lodged a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum, and the company has posted a message...

19 April 2012
05:20 GMT

Halo 4 Officially Out on November 6

After a pretty major rumor yesterday, Microsoft has officially revealed the launch date for Halo 4, as the next iteration in its sci-fi first-person shooter series will come out on November 6, only for the Xbox 360. Halo 4 has been in development for quite some time, with studio 343 Industries trying hard to honor t...

18 April 2012
06:41 GMT

Halo 4 Out on November 6, According to New Report

Microsoft is set to unveil the launch date for its upcoming Halo 4 shooter later today, as sources are already claiming that the game will be released on November 6. Halo 4 has been awaited for quite some time by lots of fans, but not a lot of details have actually been revealed by its publisher, Microsoft, or its d...

17 April 2012
05:23 GMT

Massive Attack Producer, Massive Halo Fan, Feels Pressure from O’Donnell Work

Halo has always been known for its shooter mechanics, but gamers have also appreciated the atmosphere of the franchise, of which music is a crucial part, so the appointment of a new musical director for the upcoming Halo 4 is big news for the fan base. Speaking to Complex, Neil Davidge, who is best known as part of ...

13 April 2012
10:25 GMT

Halo 4 Gets Huge Batch of Screenshots

A huge batch of screenshots with Halo 4 has just been posted by Game Informer magazine, showing off both the protagonist, Master Chief, his trusty sidekick, Cortana, as well as quite a lot of gameplay from the story and the multiplayer modes. We’ve been hearing quite a lot about Halo 4 in the last few days, as...

12 April 2012
05:51 GMT

New Halo 4 Spartan Ops Missions Will Arrive Each Week, Developer Says

343 Industries, the new studio in charge of Microsoft’s Halo franchise, shared some more details about the special Spartan Ops cooperative mode from Halo 4. According to the developer, new missions will be released after the game's launch, which should keep players interested in the experience. Halo 4 is ...

11 April 2012
15:31 GMT

Bungie Drops All Halo Involvement, Reveals Multiplayer Statistics

Video game developer Bungie has announced that it has now transferred all the Halo-related data and multiplayer services and is now saying goodbye to all the fans who have stood by the company while it was working on the shooter series. The post on Bungie.net that says farewell to the fan community reads: “We ...

3 April 2012
03:17 GMT

343 Industries Reveals Multiplayer Concept Art for Warhorse

The development team at 343 Industries has offered fans of the Halo series a brief look at the concept art that is linked to one of the multiplayer maps that will be involved in the upcoming Halo 4.The images show a facility on a gas mining ship that is only half finished and the concept will allow the development te...

2 April 2012
07:41 GMT

Microsoft Wants Game Developers for AAAA Project

Video game hardware developer and publisher Microsoft has apparently created a new category of video game projects, advertising a job opening for an AAAA project, which might signal a title that is being linked to the next hardware platform from the company. The job ad, linked to the position of executive producer, ...

19 March 2012
21:01 GMT

The Story Arc for the New Halo Trilogy Already Outlined, Developer Says

343 Industries, the new studio in charge of the Halo franchise, has confirmed that it’s already outlining the story arc for the trilogy that’s being set up by Halo 4 this fall. The Halo series has been around for over 10 years, as the franchise developed by Bungie managed to keep players entertained with...

15 March 2012
18:31 GMT

Halo 4 Needs to Balance Innovation and Classical Elements

Halo was recently described as being one of the biggest franchises in the world of gaming by executives at Microsoft, and the fourth core game in the series will have to walk a fine line between familiar content and new concepts in order to keep gamers interested. CVG asked Josh Holmes, the creative director at 343 ...

14 March 2012
19:41 GMT

Microsoft Says Halo Is as Big as GTA and Call of Duty

The executives at Microsoft working on the Halo franchise have stated that the return of Halo and Master Chief this fall means that the company has the biggest exclusive series in the history of gaming, which compares favorably with Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto, which manage to compete because they are multiplat...

13 March 2012
18:31 GMT

Halo 4 Will Not Have a Beta Stage

The development team currently working on Halo 4 has made it clear that it has no plans of implementing a multiplayer beta stage for the game, mostly because it would divert significant resources from the development of the core game. The developers at 343 Industries stated, “While we are testing Halo 4 code, ...

9 March 2012
10:10 GMT

First Halo 4 In-Game Screenshots Leaked

Another day, another Halo 4 leak, as this time, after a false teaser trailer, two in-game screenshots from the upcoming title have appeared on the web, supposedly straight from Microsoft’s recent Xbox Spring Showcase event. Halo 4 is set to start a new trilogy for the first person shooter series developed by B...

5 March 2012
07:01 GMT

Halo 4 Will Be Made Great by Microsoft, Says Series Creator

The importance Halo as a franchise holds for Microsoft means that the development team at 343 Industries and the representative of the publisher will put in the effort and the resources in order to make the game experience great. Speaking to Gamespot, Alex Seropian, who is one of the co-founders of Bungie and one of...

29 February 2012
18:31 GMT

Bungie Founder Launches Core Focus Mobile Studio

Alex Seropian, who is one of the co-founders of well-known Halo developer Bungie, has announced that he has set up a new video game development studio, called Industrial Toys. It which will apparently be focused on the development of mobile games that cater to the needs of the hardcore crowd. The stated aims of t...

24 February 2012
09:03 GMT

Halo 4 Developer Explains Master Chief’s New Armor

Halo 4 is set to offer a brand new armor design for its protagonist, Master Chief, so developer 343 Industries has now talked about the reasoning behind these changes and how the Chief will still feel “nimble yet heavy.” Halo 4 is set to appear later this year, with both 343 Industries, its developer, an...

20 February 2012
13:11 GMT

All Halo Data Passes from Bungie to 343 Industries on March 31

Video game developer Bungie, the company that created the idea for the Halo series and was in charge of the first five core games in the series, has announced that it will be handing all data linked to the intellectual property to 343 Industries on March 31 of this year. The transition has been taking place since th...

2 February 2012
13:21 GMT

Microsoft Tries to Take Down Fake Halo 4 Beta Site

Video game hardware maker and publisher Microsoft has initiated the procedure required to take down a website which is using the Halo 4 video game name to attract players. The National Arbitration Forum has received a complaint from Microsoft against Halo4beta.com, which is described as being a fake page, which uses...

30 January 2012
08:31 GMT

Halo 4 Beta Websites Are Fake, Developer Says

343 Industries, the developer of the upcoming Halo 4 shooter, has warned fans of the popular series to avoid any ads or pages that promise them access into the Halo 4 beta stage, as they’re completely fake. The Halo franchise is the most popular series on the Xbox 360, so you can bet that millions of fans are ...

19 January 2012
05:14 GMT

Master Chief and Cortana Will Have New Looks for Halo 4

Both Master Chief and Cortana will have new looks in the upcoming Halo 4, but the developers will make sure that the characters are still recognizable for long time fans of the game universe.Frank O’Connor, who is the leader of development on the Halo franchise at 343 Industries, has told Xbox World that Master...

5 December 2011
18:41 GMT

Halo Series Has a New Approach to Story

Halo is one of the best known franchises in the world of video game and one of the leading developers working on the series says that a new approach has been implemented to make all products linked to it have more significant for future installments.Speaking to Gamasutra as part of a bigger feature interview Frank O&...

16 November 2011
18:01 GMT

Halo 4 Will Not Arrive on Next Gen Consoles

Despite a number of rumors spreading over the Internet it seems that Halo 4 will launch on the Xbox 360 and fans of the series will have to wait for the next installment in the Master Chief powered series in order to see what it can do with a new gaming platform.Writing on popular video game related forum Neogaf Fran...

14 November 2011
11:51 GMT

Watch the New Trailer for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

Developer 343 Industries and publisher Microsoft have put out a moving new trailer linked to the upcoming remake of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, the game which shows us how the original title in the long running series can look and play ten years later.The new video belongs in the long tradition of trailers for ...

14 November 2011
10:47 GMT

Halo Has Become Too Important for Microsoft

Ed Fries, who worked on the development of the Xbox 360 hardware and led the Microsoft Game Studios at one point, spoke to the Official Xbox Magazine in the United Kingdom about how the strong connection between the Microsoft home console and the Halo franchise threatened the series at one point.He said, “In th...

20 October 2011
05:49 GMT

Halo Series Will Never Be Boring

The leader of 343 Industries, which is now in charge of the well known Halo franchise, has said that he believes the developers will never create a boring game for it and that players will never abandon the series.Frank O'Connor, who has previously worked with Bungie on Halo, has said that gamers are smart enoug...

13 October 2011
16:31 GMT

Halo 4 Will Put 343 Industries Under Player Scrutiny

With Bungie now working with Activision Blizzard on an entire new game universe and Halo 4 slated to be launched by the end of 2012 the main executive at the team working on it has said that he expects to face much more criticism if it fails to create a memorable experience.Speaking to the Official Xbox Magazine as p...

6 October 2011
05:47 GMT

Departure of Halo 4 Developer's Creative Director Hasn't Affected Studio

The departure of Ryan Payton, the creative director of 343 Industries, Microsoft's very own studio dedicated to all things related to the Halo franchise, hasn't affected the work it's been doing on the upcoming Halo 4 title, at least according to franchise development director Frank O'Connor.Halo ...

29 September 2011
04:20 GMT

The Essential Visual Guide Is the Perfect Introduction to Halo Universe

343 Industries, the development studio that is now in charge of the Halo franchise, publisher Microsoft and publisher DK have announced that they are working together to launch Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, a new publication that will cover material from the first Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, the ODST sp...

27 September 2011
04:57 GMT

Halo: Anniversary's Halo 4 Terminals Can Be Accessed Only in Remastered Mode

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary edition will be released in November, but already quite a lot of details about it are being revealed by Microsoft, its publisher, and 343 Industries, one of the developers of the title, including brand new information about the special terminals that will provide a richer backstory to...

20 September 2011
14:21 GMT

Anniversary Edition of Halo Will Show How Original Changed Gaming

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition will probably not be one of the best selling hits of the fall launch season but the developers working on the game are sure that long term fans of the franchise will appreciate the new title and the remake will show how much the original changed the gaming world.Dan Ayoub, who...

20 September 2011
05:47 GMT

Halo 4 Will Explore New Sides of Master Chief's Persona

Halo fans will be able to get a re-imagined version of Combat Evolved this fall but the game they are really waiting for is Halo 4, the first main game in the series that will be launched after original developer Bungie left the series.Frank O'Connor, who is the director working on Halo 4 at developer 343 Indust...

6 September 2011
18:51 GMT

Halo Remake Makes Changes to 343 Guilty Spark and The Library

We already know that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is set to offer support for stereoscopic 3D technology but it seems that the developers at 343 Industries and Saber Interactive are also changing some of the graphics of the game in order to improve the overall gameplay experience.Speaking to Gamasutra during PAX ...

30 August 2011
17:41 GMT

Stereoscopic 3D Confirmed for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

The developers working on the remake of Halo: Combat Evolved at 343 Industries have announced that they will be including stereoscopic 3D in the re-release in order to add a new way of looking at the classic game experience for fans. Dan Ayoub, who is the executive producer working on Halo: Combat Evolved Annivers...

29 August 2011
17:51 GMT

Bungie Enters a Dark Phase to Build Anticipation

Any fan of developer Bungie who expected to see the team quickly offer some information that they are working on will have their hopes crushed by a statement from one of the developers, who says that the team will not be talking about their project for some time, mainly in order to create a feeling of anticipation. E...

8 August 2011
18:11 GMT

The Success of Halo Is Connected to That of the Xbox 360

After the launch of Halo: Reach, the last game in the series that original developers Bungie worked on, a lot of fans of the series expected it to go dark for some time before returning under the leadership of the newly formed 343 Industries. But there are two major Halo titles now in development and at least one ...

5 August 2011
18:21 GMT

Bungie Officially Hands Halo Reigns to 343 Industries

Video game developer Bungie has posted an official announcement on their website in which they bid farewell to all the fans of the Halo franchise and express their hope that the franchise will prosper under the watchful eye of Microsoft and the development talent of 343 Industries. The message has been offered jus...

11 July 2011
09:41 GMT

Both Halo 1 HD and Halo 4 Evoke the Original Experience

The upcoming Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary edition and Halo 4 are both going to evoke the original Halo experience, as 343 Industries, the studio in charge of the franchise, is trying to once again bring the series back to its roots. Halo fans were treated at last month's E3 2011 conference with plenty of ...

7 July 2011
05:45 GMT

Halo: Combat Evolved HD Developer Details Halo 4 Story Connections

343 Industries, the developer in charge of Microsoft's Halo franchise, has just detailed how terminals will work in the upcoming Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary edition, and how they will provide key insight into the story of next year's Halo 4. Halo fans have a major reason to pick up the upcoming Halo...

30 June 2011
16:31 GMT

Master Chief's Changed Look in Halo 4 Is Motivated by Story

Next year's Halo 4 will sport a change of look for the main character of the series, Master Chief, which is motivated by the story of the game, as well as the narrative of the upcoming Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition.The legions of Halo fans were truly surprised to hear at E3 2011 that their beloved fra...

23 June 2011
18:01 GMT

Halo 1 HD Has Reach Engine in Multiplayer, Jetpacks and More

The upcoming Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary edition will keep the original Halo experience, but the multiplayer mode will use the Halo: Reach engine, as it allows it to include many things like jetpacks or armor abilities. Halo fans are set to once again explore the original experience that started the iconic fr...

17 June 2011
17:21 GMT


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