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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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Microsoft has started accepting pre-orders for the upcoming Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition, so, in order to further entice gamers that were already keen on getting the new title, has revealed two special pre-order bonuses.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is set to deliver the classic Halo 1 experience t... |
19 July 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Nothing like a video of a Halo Spartan on a college visit to remind students that they can get a free Xbox 360 if they purchase a new Windows 7 PC. Microsoft’s 2011 back to school Windows 7 and Xbox special deal started early this year, as early as May in fact, and students only have a few more months left to ... |
15 July 2011
10:01 GMT |
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The Halo franchise didn't exactly manage to bring in new players with the last two releases, ODST or Reach, as Microsoft Games Studios Corporate Vice President Phil Spencer acknowledged that the series had always shined its focus on Master Chief, its main character.
Microsoft's Halo franchise saw the rel... |
12 July 2011
17:21 GMT |
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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 |
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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 |
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A PC version of the recently announced Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary edition won't be a surprise, with one of the developers, Saber Interactive, confirming that the engine of the game is capable of running on the PC with minimum modifications.
Microsoft is set to delight the legions of Halo fans on the Xbo... |
6 July 2011
05:50 GMT |
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The upcoming release of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition on the Xbox 360 won't start a new high-definition remake trend on the platform, at least according to 343 Industries boss Frank O'Connor, who is supervising the development of the game.
The PlayStation 3 console saw the release of many high... |
1 July 2011
17:21 GMT |
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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 |
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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 upcoming Gears of War 3 third person shooter might be able to take the online crown from the Halo franchise, at least according to the creator of the series, Cliff Bleszinski.Gears of War 3 is set to appear this September, with a single-player campaign that promises to be the best its developer, Epic Games, has e... |
22 June 2011
02:45 GMT |
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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition will have support for the Kinect sensor, with Microsoft, its publisher, confirming that the first person shooter will see new features added through the use of the device, while the regular gameplay won't be affected.Microsoft is pushing for more and more games to be made... |
21 June 2011
15:51 GMT |
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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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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition, no doubt one of the biggest announcements at Microsoft's E3 2011 conference, will feature certain moments that hint at the story in the upcoming Halo 4, while respecting the original title developed by franchise creator Bungie.Microsoft is keen on getting its Halo franch... |
13 June 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Microsoft's E3 2011 press conference brought forth some major announcements for its flagship Halo franchise, with the North American company confirming not just the oft-rumored HD edition of the first Halo game, but also a brand new sequel, in the form of Halo 4, which kicks off a new trilogy for the series.Firs... |
7 June 2011
02:30 GMT |
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Video game developer Bungie has announced that it will be making an important announcement regarding its future games project on July 7, which has been dubbed Bungie Day by fans of the company.
Eric Osborne, who is one of the developers at Bungie, has posted on the official company blog that, “A significant ... |
30 May 2011
18:51 GMT |
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Microsoft has begun sending out some unique invitations for its E3 press conference, which is going to be held at the prestigious expo next month.
Microsoft is losing ground in front of Sony, with its strong lineup of exclusive games, and in front of Nintendo, which is set to reveal a successor to the massively popu... |
25 May 2011
03:55 GMT |
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Video game developer Bungie has been revealed by a fan site to be actually connected through a company registered by its executives to the Destiny project that was rumored to be in development towards the beginning of the year. Halo.Gungie.Org has shown that two senior executives at Bungie, Harold Ryan, who is the p... |
20 May 2011
04:44 GMT |
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Video game developer Bungie has moved to trademark the name and the logo of something called the Bungie Aerospace Corporation, filling both in the state of Delaware and with the Washington Secretary of State.
The governing persons for the new business are Harold Ryan, who is the actual president of Bungie and will... |
11 May 2011
18:41 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
08:41 GMT |
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Video game developer Bungie has re-opened registrations for those who are interested in taking part in beta testing for the projects that the company has under development at the moment, and all those interested can go to the official Bungie website and sign up.
The company first offered beta testing spots late in... |
21 April 2011
05:51 GMT |
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343 Industries and Microsoft have announced that they are planning to deliver more content for the Halo brand as the ten years anniversary of the first title in the series is drawing near, although neither of the two companies offered any information about a new video games set in the universe.Halo Waypoint is the fi... |
14 April 2011
05:44 GMT |
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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
09:19 GMT |
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Bungie, the developer of the critically acclaimed Halo franchise, is quite happy with its recent 10-year contract with Activision, saying that the large publisher, despite its imposing reputation, is very hands-off in the whole affair.
Bungie had splintered from Microsoft a few years ago, after creating for it the... |
29 March 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Frank O'Connor, the head of Microsoft's 343 Industries, the new studio in charge with developing the Halo franchise, has promised that the new game in the series will contain dramatic innovations but also small tweaks on top of the tried and true formula originally developed by Bungie.
Microsoft is curre... |
24 March 2011
05:35 GMT |
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Microsoft's Kevin Unangst, the senior director of PC and mobile gaming for the large corporation, has revealed that popular franchises like Halo, Fable or Forza Motorsport will be taken into new directions, not just through regular sequels.Microsoft's Xbox 360 exclusives that will appear in 2011 can't ... |
23 March 2011
16:51 GMT |
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A sequel to the Halo Wars real time strategy game, with support for the Kinect motion sensor, could actually work, at least according to the creative director of 343 Industries, Microsoft's new Halo studio.
Microsoft experimented a lot with its Halo franchise, originally developed by Bungie, and the Halo Wars... |
7 March 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Video-game developer Bungie has said that the widely reported announcement made at the Game Developers Conference that it was working on a massive multiplayer online game was not a confirmation on the part of the company but only a joke that played on recent rumors about the work the company was doing.
Rumors abou... |
7 March 2011
05:39 GMT |
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During a panel session that took place at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, a representative from developer Bungie has confirmed that the new video game the company is working on is indeed a “massively multiplayer action game.”
David Aldridge is a lead network engineer at Bungie and has ... |
4 March 2011
05:48 GMT |
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Microsoft's internal Halo development studio, 343 Industries, has once again avoided talking about the possibility of seeing a high definition version of the original Halo: Combat Evolved title.
After Halo founding studio, Bungie, announced that it was leaving the franchise in the hands of Microsoft, the Nort... |
1 March 2011
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The Defiant Map Pack for Halo: Reach has just received a concrete release date from Microsoft as well as a new batch of screenshots ahead of its launch next month.
Microsoft has been hyping up its hardcore offers and, besides the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta, which received new details earlier today, has now su... |
25 February 2011
17:21 GMT |
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A source with knowledge of the game industry has said that developer Bungie, best known for the work it has done on the Halo franchise for Microsoft, is now working on a science-fiction-oriented massive multiplayer online first-person shooter that will be named Destiny.
It seems that Destiny is codenamed Tiger at ... |
17 February 2011
06:30 GMT |
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Halo: Reach, Microsoft's most recent entry in its extremely popular franchise, will be on the receiving end of a brand new add-on, in the form of the Defiant Map Pack downloadable content.Halo: Reach was one of the biggest Xbox 360 exclusives of last year, and impressed quite a lot of people with its touching st... |
15 February 2011
04:15 GMT |
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Bungie's new video game, set to be published by Activision is very exciting, according to the company, but won't arrive this year.
During a recent investor's call, Activision decided to share a few details about Bungie's project, but still played coy and secretive.
"This is an opportunity wh... |
11 February 2011
15:51 GMT |
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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
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A rumor suggests that this fall publisher Microsoft will be launching a full remake of Halo: Combat Evolved, using both high definition graphics and three dimensional gaming technology to offer newer gamers a chance to experience the shooter that started one of the biggest franchises in the world of gaming.New site J... |
7 February 2011
06:36 GMT |
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343 Industries, the development studio that Bungie has formed specifically to deal with the Halo franchise after Bungie has left the development process, has put out a job listing that mentions that it is recruiting a Missions Designer to work on an unnamed new project.The position entails working with the lead desig... |
31 January 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Microsoft has not yet revealed the future plans it has for one of its biggest franchise, Halo, following the launch of Bungie's last title in the series, Reach, but recent statement from a Microsoft executive suggests that the company is aiming to deliver a similarly wide ranging experience that aims to satisfy ... |
20 January 2011
14:51 GMT |
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Developer Bungie has filled trademarks for four new names that could be linked to its new video game development project, although no official information has been offered on it since the developers entered into a ten-year exclusive agreement with publisher Activision Blizzard.
The four new names registered in 201... |
12 January 2011
18:31 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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Sources are claiming that publisher Microsoft and developer 343 Industries are working on a remake of the first person shooter Halo: Combat Evolved, the video game which launched the entire well known science fiction based franchise, which could be launched as early as late 2011.The rumor comes from Games Master, a m... |
1 December 2010
18:31 GMT |
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Halo: Reach, one of the best selling titles of the year, has just received its first piece of downloadable content, in the form of the Noble Map Pack, which adds three new maps to the multiplayer mode of the first person shooter.The Noble Map Pack adds three new maps to the already impressive multiplayer roster of th... |
30 November 2010
08:16 GMT |
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Microsoft has revealed some bad news for Halo Wars players, as the company will be taking down the official HaloWars.com website, essentially axing online features like leaderboards or player stat tracking.
Halo Wars, a real time strategy take on Microsoft's popular Halo franchise, will be getting a fifth Tit... |
24 November 2010
02:41 GMT |
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A high level Microsoft representative who is intimately linked with the Halo franchise has stated that a Halo based movie project will be completed at some point in the future although at the moment no studio is linked with a deal to produce it.Talking to the New York Videogame Critics Circle blog Frank O'Connor... |
23 November 2010
05:21 GMT |
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Seeing as how Halo: Reach, the newest installment in the first person shooter, has once again proved to be one of the most profitable games released this year, Microsoft is looking to really take the franchise to new directions with its newly-established 343 Industries studio.In order to do so, the company has just p... |
18 November 2010
17:21 GMT |
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The NPD Group has put out its sales information relating how the video game industry performed in the United States during the month of October and one of the companies which has quite a bit to cheer about is Microsoft, who sells the Xbox 360 home gaming console and publishes titles for it.Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelso... |
18 November 2010
04:27 GMT |
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We don't know much about the project that Bungie is currently working on together with publisher Activision Blizzard but one analyst, Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan Securities, has made the bold prediction that the game, whatever it is, will manage to sell close to 20 million units when it is released, possib... |
10 November 2010
05:01 GMT |
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Microsoft, the technology giant which is involved with operating systems, gaming devices and portable media players, has announced that it has generated revenue of 16.2 billion dollars for the fiscal quarter which ended on September 30, a record for the company and an increase of 25 percent over the same period of 20... |
8 November 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Bungie has just removed the rank cap in its newest and most successful game to date, Halo: Reach, after gamers plowed their way through more than 117 million Daily and Weekly challenges.Halo: Reach was launched back in September and even though it was exclusive to the Xbox 360, sold a lot of copies around the world a... |
4 November 2010
05:10 GMT |
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Microsoft has just revealed that it isn't too interested in remastering older Xbox titles like the first two Halo shooters for the current Xbox 360, and won't follow the new trend that has been grasping the games industry.Sony and Ubisoft have been aiming retro fans lately with the release of classic PlaySt... |
26 October 2010
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