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Halo has really evolved over the years. From the humble origin of first person shooter, the franchise has become the flagship for the Xbox 360 gaming console and has already spawned a host of other merchandise, from action figures to novels. And with Halo themed games not ready for release for another six ... |
8 October 2008
05:33 GMT |
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The Halo franchise is very important to Microsoft. That being said, with the last title from Master Chief's saga Halo 3 having been launched a year ago and having set new records in terms of sales and popularity, the Redmond based company couldn't leave this series of games to rest. It is already developing... |
2 October 2008
03:28 GMT |
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Microsoft has decided to close down Ensemble Studios and, although this piece of news is a bit old now, we have just received an official statement from Bruce Shelley, the boss of Ensemble, via the studio's blog. Even if a lot of people frowned upon Microsoft's decision of closing the studio that was respon... |
23 September 2008
03:26 GMT |
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Halo was a great game for Microsoft; it single-handedly sold the original Xbox and marked the beginning of a great franchise for the console. It made Xbox Live popular and convinced Microsoft to acquire the studio which, until then, developed games for Macintosh. It became known as the Xbox's best game, with th... |
18 September 2008
09:40 GMT |
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Microsoft has released a statement detailing the fact that the developer Ensemble Studios, which is wholly owned by the software company, would be closed down after it finishes work on Halo Wars, the real time strategy that pits the UNSC against the Covenant troops.Ensemble was founded way back in 1995 and it is head... |
10 September 2008
04:09 GMT |
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Halo rumors are always nice especially because there's a huge number of fans of the franchise that can't wait to hear something interesting about the Halo universe and the new games set in it. For the moment, we know that there's only one game related to the multi million selling first person shooter w... |
28 August 2008
06:59 GMT |
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With E3 criticized for not being the show that it should be, some videogaming industry companies are looking to other events as places where they can announce their most interesting projects. Microsoft has recently held its Gamefest 2008 conference and now it's talking about the future of the Halo franchise at C... |
28 July 2008
19:31 GMT |
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Rumors were ragging before E3 that Bungie was about to release some information regarding an upcoming project. Gamespot even said it had reliable insider information that detailed a new game in the Halo franchise which focused on squad based action and not on Master Chief. But Monday, the Microsoft press conference c... |
17 July 2008
19:51 GMT |
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Since the release of Halo 3 gamers everywhere have been speculating on the future of the series. The most part of this speculation has been based, so far, on the closing credits shown on the Legendary difficulty level. They show remnants of the ship carrying Master Chief as it orbited a new world, confirmed to be nei... |
14 July 2008
10:15 GMT |
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With Bungie taunting us about a big announcement coming out at the E3 trade show, we might just be around to see a new first person shooter set in the Halo universe. But, for now, the only confirmed game that uses the background of the franchise is Halo Wars, the real time strategy title that is developed by Ensemble... |
10 July 2008
18:16 GMT |
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With Halo 3 launched and out of the way, the only interesting thing on the planet for Halo fans is how development on Halo Wars, the real time strategy title coming from Ensemble Studios and Microsoft, is going. It seems that all is well and the game is shaping up nicely.The latest issue of GamePro has some details r... |
11 June 2008
09:39 GMT |
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Frank O'Connor, who has served as content manager for Halo developer Bungie Studios, is saying that he is leaving the company to join Microsoft, the company that published Halo and was the owner of Bungie.As part of a Weekly Update posted on Bungie's site, O'Connor has stated his reasons for the move. ... |
21 May 2008
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Immediately before the release of Halo 3, the (apparently) last game in Master Chief's interplanetary saga, rumors began to surface that the Halo universe would be used as support for a real time strategy title set years before the events of the original Halo, as the Covenant and the Earth forces are engaged in ... |
8 May 2008
05:55 GMT |
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I thought there was a trend for first person shooters based on real time strategies to be made, but it seems that things work the other way around, too. At least when it comes to the beloved Halo who is going to get a new game, a RTS called Halo Wars (like you didn't know that already!) developed by Bungie and E... |
31 January 2008
03:59 GMT |
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Just a little while ago we finished talking about Silicon Knights' lawsuit filed against Epic, for not complying with the terms of the two companies' agreement over the Unreal Engine 3 used in SK's Too Human for the PS3. Now, a piece up on GameDaily.biz has some details on why SK decided not to show an... |
20 July 2007
05:07 GMT |
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Ever since the gamers worldwide found out that Halo Wars was in the works, a lot of talk began on how the Halo universe will look like in an RTS, how an RTS would play on the Xbox 360 and so on. Since Ensemble started work on it, few details have been revealed, but luckily, this time around Halo and RTS fans have som... |
17 July 2007
05:56 GMT |
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Last time I checked, everyone was all over Halo 3 and Halo 2 Vista, like Halo Wars didn't even exist anymore. Luckily, an official E3 fact sheet is out for the game and while it also contains previously known information, gaming site Evil Avatar has put up a list of "10 things you may or may not know about Halo ... |
16 July 2007
04:59 GMT |
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Rumors about the release of Bungie's highly anticipated FPS have finally been confirmed. Up until now, all signs indicated a September launch and today, Peter Moore, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business has made it official: Halo 3 will be released on September 25. Euro... |
16 May 2007
05:13 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 exclusive RTS from Ensemble Studios, is something anyone barely hears about anymore. Since Ensemble took on Halo, to make the RTS version of Bungie's series, the only taste anyone has had of Halo Wars game, was a cinematic trailer released at X06 last fall. Since then, no screenshots, no videos, no ... |
2 March 2007
09:59 GMT |
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