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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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The video game division of Microsoft has announced that it is currently working with developer 343 Industries on the development of Halo 4, a new first-person shooter in the long-running series, with the launch date set for the holiday period of 2012.
As one would expect the Halo 4 will only be available on the Xb... |
7 June 2011
02:40 GMT |
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Epic Games, the developer of the upcoming Gears of War 3 third-person shooter, has revealed through the creator of the series, Cliff Bleszinski, that it approached Microsoft to put the star of its Halo franchise, Master Chief, in the upcoming title.
The Gears of War series is the second most popular Xbox 360 exclu... |
3 May 2011
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The leading composer working on the Halo series when it was under the strong development hand of Bungie has said that it is both liberating and a little frightening to let go of Master Chief as a character and see the series being under the development of new leadership.
Speaking about moving on from the Halo seri... |
13 April 2011
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One of the leading executives of 343 Industries has claimed that the team he is leading is not interested in any minor stories in the Halo universe and that its future plans are linked to creating new and complex fictional stories that are linked to Master Chief.
Frank O'Connor, who is the development directo... |
8 February 2011
16:41 GMT |
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I admit that there's some nostalgia already at work in choosing Halo: Reach as the Best First Person Shooter of the Year, but that's just a small percentage of what makes the latest Spartan-powered adventure a great game.
Both ODST and Halo 3 were more of the same and, while they had the universe and the... |
23 December 2010
18:31 GMT |
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A senior developer working at Bungie, which will move on from the Halo series to work with Activision Blizzard, has stated that the success of their first person shooter series is linked to how the stories were created starting with characters that can make an impact, like Master Chief and his companion Cortana.Joe ... |
11 October 2010
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Halo: Reach is the newest first person shooter from developer Bungie and publisher Microsoft, telling the story of how humanity lost the planet of Reach to the forces of the Covenant and how the actions of a few Spartans influenced the events of the first two games in the series.Halo: Reach is an epic experience, mak... |
28 September 2010
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A movie based on the Halo series of video games is still an interesting proposition for 343 Industries and their parent company Microsoft and details about a project could be appearing in the near future, probably after the launch of Halo: Reach in the middle of September.Frankie O'Connor, who is the leader of 3... |
7 September 2010
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Halo: Reach, the SPARTAN powered videogames which is set to be one of the biggest launched of the fall, is a prequel, showing fans of the series how the universe of the franchise was shaped by the titanic struggle between the United Nations Space Command and the alien Covenant over the planet of Reach. But the pe... |
28 June 2010
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Bungie, the creator of the Halo franchise and the well-known Master Chief character, and Activision Blizzard, the self-described number one online game publisher, have announced they are entering into an agreement for the next 10 years. The latter will be getting the exclusive rights to publish all new Bungie videoga... |
29 April 2010
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Bungie might have made a name for itself with nothing but the Master Chief, and even if it has another installment in the series coming up, the developer doesn't believe that the title should receive a number and join the rest of its productions. The reason is that Bungie doesn't see Reach as part of the Ma... |
27 January 2010
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Modern Warfare 2 from Infinity Ward and Activision will probably be the first person shooter that pops up on most Game of the Year lists and end 2009 as being one of the most award-heavy titles while also having the biggest sales of the year. And, were I a player who spends hours upon hours each week playing multipla... |
23 December 2009
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Recent news has Sam Raimi confirmed as the director of a movie based on World of Warcraft, which has been long in development but has not seen any actual scenes filmed.But as one videogame-based movie gets a director, another loses one, with Neill Blomkamp confirming that he is no longer involved in the creation of t... |
27 July 2009
05:44 GMT |
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Microsoft has announced that Halo Wars, the real time strategy game set in the universe symbolized by Master Chief, is set to get another downloadable content pack. It will be called Historic Battles and will be delivered via Xbox Live for the price of 800 Microsoft Points, which is the equivalent of 10 dollars in re... |
15 July 2009
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Microsoft has announced that all the players who would pre-order Halo 3: ODST, set to be released for the Xbox 360 on September 22 for the price of 39.99 dollars, should get a chance to unlock Sgt. Johnson as a character that can then be used in the Firefight game mode.Johnson is one of the big icons of the Halo seri... |
19 June 2009
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The future has always puzzled humanity and scientists, but it has also proved to be an interesting aspect for the gaming industry, which has seen a lot of its creations take place many years, decades or centuries in the future and also offered some interesting views on how things will be then. But thanks to a recent... |
26 May 2009
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The gaming industry is a pretty tough one, as a lot of gamers have developed a certain type of loyalty to specific franchises and for developers of new titles it is very hard to make them change their mind. But one of the somewhat newer series managed to break that barrier and went on to achieve a cult status unlike ... |
4 March 2009
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Among new games, not a lot of them have impressed fans quite like Halo did. The hit first-person shooter made exclusively for Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360 has taken the world by storm, with its intricate single-player campaign featuring Master Chief and the top-notch multiplayer, which worked seamlessly with th... |
11 February 2009
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A teenager who killed his mother and seriously wounded his father in an incident caused apparently by a videogame has been ruled sane enough to face trial by an American judge. The defense his lawyer team put up, based on the fact that he was made insane by a supposed addiction to the shooter Halo 3, has been rejecte... |
14 January 2009
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At long last Bungie tells us what it has been doing and what to expect from the studio. A trailer is now up and available to all those who want to see it. The problem is that, in true Bungie fashion, there's not much information to glean from the trailer.One clue is in the Xbox Live information that accompa... |
26 September 2008
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We have all heard about the Large Hadron Collider, it is the biggest and highest energy particle accelerator in the world. Essentially, it is a big ring, located beneath the border between France and Switzerland, with the central part on the outskirts of Geneva. Its purpose is to collide beams of prot... |
19 September 2008
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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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It would be something, wouldn't it? To bring Master Chief home to meet your folks, your nerdy brother and.. the dog. This HERE funny video shows your regular American family with the daughter's boyfriend attending the family dinner. The only thing wrong with the whole scenario isn't even the fact that ... |
7 January 2008
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Sumthing Else Music Works has a licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios. As such, the company has recently confirmed the Halo 3 Original Soundtrack. No one needs an update on just how great of a score Bungie's FPS sports, delivering one of the deepest and dramatic experiences ever encountered within t... |
13 November 2007
06:13 GMT |
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The game has finally made it officially to this part of the world as well, and since the game's presence on the market isn't hot news anymore, something had to be done to get everyone's attention. What could that 'something' be if not a Halo 3 multiplayer competition?16 Editorial staff member... |
12 November 2007
09:32 GMT |
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Following the confirmation of Microsoft and Bungie splitting up, Wired News had a little chat with Bungie content manager Frank O'Connor, who revealed that not only is everything A OK, but they're planning to go forward and expand the developing staff. More than that, O'Connor also touches a more sensi... |
10 October 2007
05:20 GMT |
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A couple of notes before this interview gets down; I'm Re (Reviewer), while Master Chief is MC (not a master of ceremony anyway). I may have talked to the fellow, I may have talked to the actor voicing him or... I may just be Cortana in a human shape. Who knows? Care to see what Master Chief has to say? Read on... |
9 October 2007
06:49 GMT |
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For those of you hoping to see Master Chief on the big screen sometime in the near future (meaning a year or so), wait no more, and not because it's coming out faster than expected, but because it's not coming out at all. Palgn.com.au is reporting that "the film is entirely dead," quoting the director appoi... |
8 October 2007
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We've got it! That's why Duke Nukem Forever takes forever to be released! The title's main character was out playing Master Chief till now, so he didn't have enough time to be cast in the Duke's latest adventure. Joke aside, this crazy (but somewhat plausible) idea can be found by checking o... |
3 October 2007
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It's good to see that someone is finally using Master Chief's popularity for people other than themselves. The figurine you see to the left (click to enlarge) has been confirmed by Kotaku to be the work of artist David Johnson. The man has put it up for auction on eBay and dubbed it the 'Mz Master Chie... |
1 October 2007
03:43 GMT |
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Halo 3 is clearly the title of the year, considering the magnitude of its launch and the hype surrounding the event. However, Microsoft is not about to go commercial, after the game is released, so we won't see many Halo-branded items showing up on eBay. It's OK to release miniatures and models branded Hal... |
20 September 2007
03:09 GMT |
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Not that FPS gamers and Halo 3 fans needed more reasons to scratch their eyes at the game's release date in September, but here's something that'll make you want it even more. Don't worry, it's not a new feature or anything else new for that matter. It's just what the game's third m... |
1 August 2007
03:31 GMT |
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Nintendo's DS is a very popular handheld gaming system, no one can argue about that. The platform has seen ports from the most various genres, even shooters. But what if I told you that the Halo universe was coming to the DS? Actually, it wasn't me, but Matt Casamassina's recent Wii-k in Review podcast... |
18 June 2007
05:58 GMT |
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Either Bungie and Microsoft like to fool around, or this cryptic e-mail message that just went out this morning is a hint that something from the early Halo universe is coming back. What could come back that isn't already present in Halo 3? The old music?It is well known that the only plot details that have been... |
15 June 2007
03:04 GMT |
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People worldwide can gear up for the game's launch on Sept. 25 with a new, limited edition "Halo 3"-themed Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers and an Xbox 360 Wireless Headset. But they won't help you play better if you don't have what it takes to "finish the fight." God, that sounded lame...!As the Halo 3 M... |
13 June 2007
11:42 GMT |
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Just as the multiplayer Beta of Halo 3 has ended, fresh new details have been revealed, thanks to the hard work and patience of steady-handed Beta testers Losingstreak and Shadow Chris 1. They've discovered Master Chief's face, even though Bungie never wanted users to see it!Then again, if Bungie never inte... |
13 June 2007
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For addicted Halo fans, the multiplayer Beta of Halo 3 was something like a gift from God. Not only did gamers get a glimpse at what awaits for them in September, but modders also cracked its code into the tiniest of pieces to reveal all of the game's hidden features and items. With just a few more shooting hour... |
11 June 2007
05:57 GMT |
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Some while ago, the Internet blew up in flames when modders cracked the Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta code. They revealed tons of new features, weapons and items, but most impressively, differently colored shoulder plates and other pieces of the Spartans' amour. Recently however, more amour customization has been disc... |
4 June 2007
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In a Swedish TV interview, Gearbox's Randy Pitchford discloses some details on its upcoming Aliens licensed first-person-shooter, which although not dubbed Aliens yet, will surely contain the word in it later on, when it starts to take better shape. The good news are that the Aliens game will be a next-gen title... |
4 June 2007
02:42 GMT |
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Just as Halo 2 Vista was ready for launch, Microsoft remembered that they included nudity in their popular first-person shooter. Nudity in Halo 2? That's right, thus the electronics giant has sent an email to NextGeneration, to warn of the "dirty" content.How could they have forgotten about such a thing? Here�... |
25 May 2007
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Now this, you've gotta see. Halo 3 Beta on the PSP. It doesn't look like a hoax at all, but how is this possible? You have to take into consideration controls, the Internet connection, the PSP's processing power and of course reading the memory stick. I don't know how it was done, but Halo 3 appea... |
21 May 2007
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