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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: Oculus

  • IW Pulls Unbelievable Move and Removes Dedicated Servers and Mods From MW2 (PC)

    http://games.on.net/article/7188/Modern_Warfare_2_shock_No_servers_or_mods_for_PC_version I don’t participate in boycotts for the sake of boycotting, but when the big players in the industry start to all push in a direction that is directly contrary to…

  • Borderlands (RPG + FPS) Discussion

    It will have 4 player coop RPG + FPS gameplay Coop matchmaking Downloadable content: Zombies announced I plan on picking it up tomorrow at lunchtime.

  • Bungie Debuts Halo at Macworld Like it’s 1999

    Man what a game. Check out that alpha teabag on the hilltop at 1:53!

  • Our New Voice Server at Voicemic

    Join us at our new voice server at http://voicemic.com Just follow the instructions to get online to the HushedCasket server Send admin or channel requests to me or rapture. Current admins are: Mikeulus rapture Midnight

  • Halo Transformer – From Warthog into Master Chief

    via: Geekology on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Halo-Transformer-Warthog-to-Master-Chief_W0QQitemZ320346110427QQcmdZViewI… Very cool!

  • Review: The Lord of the Rings Online

    Taking a break from the sandbox style PvP (Player versus Player) paper rock scissors and capitalism simulator version 2.0 that is EVE-Online, I decided to try a game that is more focused on PvE (Player versus Environment) style gameplay. Reading around I came across The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO for short) as a…

  • Casket of Goo

    In case you haven’t heard of it, World of Goo is the hit indie game of the year. I’m about halfway through the game and having a blast. http://store.steampowered.com/app/22000/ 15 bucks isn’t bad for this one.

  • FourDigitHand.com THX’s Left 4 Dead Dedicated Servers

    We love Left 4 Dead, so I’m proud to announce the Hushed Casket’s Left 4 Dead Dedicated servers: 4DH http://fourdigithand.com Join up to our steam group in order to access the servers, and check the website for some quick tips on getting a game going easily. Announcements will be posted via the 4DH website, but…

  • Hushed Casket Gamebattles Gears of War 2 Ladder Team

    http://gamebattles.com/xbox360/gears-of-war-2/team/hushedcasket Lets face it GOW2 is epic. The multiplayer will get better, and we’ll adjust to learn the new techniques it takes to win games regularly like we did with GOW 1. I am recruiting team members to play semi-competitively against ladder teams on gamebattles. Sparda, JDogg, Resin, Bama…, and I played 10 or so…

  • Mirrors Edge

    Played the demo.. wow. I’m going to have to give this one a try. May pick it up this weekend. Takes the fun part of platformers, jumping around on rooftops and avoiding enemies, and adds great graphics and a well done camera system in first person.

  • What games will you store on your Xbox Hard Drive tonight? And XBL New Experience 8 person parties

    Now with the new XBL New Experience you will be able to store games from disc onto your hard drives for faster loading times and a quieter running Xbox. What games from your library will occupy that space? Some on my list: Gears of War 2 Halo 3 Call of Duty 4 The feature will…

  • Epic is working on GoW 2 matchmaking issues, suggest possible quick solutions

    As posted on Epic’s forums: http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=637410 Hi all, We’re aware that some folks are experiencing longer-than-ideal wait times while using the skill-based Public matchmaking in Gears 2 multiplayer. We’re working on some solutions but it’s a complicated issue as there isn’t any one problem; it’s a combination of factors. Clearly, scale is one of them…

  • Double Dipped Gears of War 2 Complement Sandwich

    No Spoilers, this includes comments please! If you feel you must, use spoiler tags! I’ve had enough time to try out Gears of War 2 and I thought I’d give a breakdown of how I feel the game has progressed (or regressed) since the first rendition. First of all, the campaign: I believe this campaign…

  • EVE Online: Frickin Huge, Frickin Difficult, But Kinda Frickin Cool.

    EVE Online This MMOG is about Space, Spaceships, Politics, and Power. It’s comprised of a massive single persistent PvP world that’s hosted on a single ‘supercomputer’ managed by the game developer. It’s huge. Massively huge. Pop out the map interface and you zoom out from your current star system to a view of the entire…

  • Call of Duty 4 Weapons and Perk Combinations

    Three of my personal favorite combinations in COD4: Weapon: RPD (Light Machine Gun) Perks: 1. RPD Grip Attachment (w/iron sights) 2. Stopping Power 3. Deep Impact The RPD Light Machine Gun might have taken over as my favorite. It’s extremely powerful, accurate at long distances, has good iron sights, a huge clip, and with the…

  • Netflix Drops HD DVD! Blu-ray Stands.

    I just received this email from Netflix: “We’re Going Blu-ray Dear …, You’re receiving this email because you have asked to receive high-definition movies in the HD DVD format. As you may have heard, most of the major movie studios have recently decided to release their high-definition movies exclusively in the Blu-ray format. In order…

  • Guitar Hero III Quick Impressions

    It felt like Christmas Sunday morning when both my wife and I woke up to finally open up Guitar Hero III which we had picked up at 12:00 midnight whilst returning from the HaloWeen BYOS LAN. After being up so late and sleeping in, we didn’t get to start wailing on it until around lunchtime.…

  • Guitar Hero III Quick Impressions (360)

    It felt like Christmas Sunday morning when both my wife and I woke up to finally open up Guitar Hero III which we had picked up at 12:00 midnight whilst returning from the HaloWeen BYOS LAN. After being up so late and sleeping in, we didn’t get to start wailing on it until around lunchtime.…

  • New to Linux? The New Ubuntu Is Now Out.

    This is aimed at general PC users and gurus alike. If your interested in a free, easy to use (and very cool) alternative to Windows, Ubuntu Linux is a very popular choice. In my opinion the ease of installation is now even easier than installing Windows considering you don’t have to enter in a license…

  • New to Linux? The New Ubuntu (7.10) Releases Soon

    This is aimed at general PC users and gurus alike. If your interested in a free, easy to use (and very cool) alternative to Windows, Ubuntu Linux is a very popular choice. In my opinion the ease of installation is now even easier than installing Windows considering you don’t have to enter in a license…