Category: Halo News Items

Cody Miller jumped on the heavy-duty job of filming the cutscenes/terminals from The Master Chief Collection pretty early on… but life’s been so busy here that we’re JUST NOW beginning to get some of that content out there. First up – the CGI cutscen…

Wow. Check out this video from PlayerPiano – Sonya Belousova listens to the Halo theme for a few seconds… and then plays her own take on it. Amazing. (She covers a number of other video game themes in the same video.) Go watch! Thanks, Jeff. (Louis W…

gamerguy2002 let us know about the newest vid from Lord Zedd – he found some early spawn point markers in the Halo 3 Beta; low-poly Spartans instead of the abstract shapes we got in the final. Interesting!(Louis Wu 21:20:16 UTC)

Kzy1m3 let us know about a photo on Halo: Humanity’s Facebook page – looks like a new live-action film is on its way!(Louis Wu 21:19:34 UTC)

Did You Know Gaming? has released a Halo version – lots of facts that are probably well-known to hardcore fans, but might contain some interesting new tidbits for many people. (I saw a lot of HBO-originated material here… kind of nice!) Thanks, gamer…

Rockslider is kicking off the new year with another ‘freakiness and fun’ compilation – some funny clips, some sad clips, some just-plain-weird clips. Amazing how much fun there is to be had in the original title! (Louis Wu 18:24:18 UTC)

IGN has posted an article detailing two new Forge maps revealed for Halo 5 – go learn about Pegasus and Orion! Thanks, Gravemind. (Louis Wu 18:22:50 UTC)

Wahrer put together a survey with Google Docs, looking to get your feedback on the Halo 5 Beta. Go let him know what you think!(Louis Wu 18:21:47 UTC)

Awesome Games Done Quick is in the middle of their winter fundraiser – money goes towards the Prevent Cancer Foundation, and you get to watch lots of cool speedrunning. This weekend, there’ll be a Halo 2 speedrun being done in coop by Mr Monopoli and R…

Cody Moore noticed some interesting stuff on the Xbox Twitter account… what does it get you? We don’t know yet!(Louis Wu 18:16:30 UTC)

The first Epic CTF match of the year took place a few days ago – munky-058 put up both a full video and a highlight reel. Go watch! (Louis Wu 18:15:13 UTC)

Hmm… Impact Props has fired up a Kickstarter project that’s already fully funded (and then some)… are you interested in a 2015 Car Calendar featuring Master Chief? Go jump on board! (Thanks to gamerguy2002 for this one, too.) (Louis Wu 18:12:10 UTC)

gamerguy2002 has been keeping track of Lord Zedd’s modding progress – he let us know about some unused Halo 4 death messages (these are pretty funny), a pretty disturbing video showing what characters look like without faces, and a two-for-one showing …

AssaultGodzilla celebrated the end of 2014 with another Halo music video set to Linkin Park’s My December – somber! Go watch. (Louis Wu 18:07:41 UTC)

We’re definitely ending this year on a slower note than we started it – not from a Halo news standpoint, but from a Halo news coverage standpoint. And for this, I’m really sorry. Fingers are crossed that time will become easier to find in the new year!…

Den of Geek has an interesting opinion piece on the future of the Master Chief – will he survive the end of Halo 5? Go read.(Louis Wu 23:59:57 UTC)

Moorpheusl9 noticed an article at Gamespot that delineated the 3 Halo 5 Collector’s Editions… even if they’re not fully laid out by 343 yet. Are you up for spending $250 on a package that includes ‘a commemorative numbered statue’, with details to be…

Rockslider is back with a couple of new vids – he’s been messing with Flood in ‘Keyes’, and the end result is a lot of booms. Go watch!(Louis Wu 22:55:56 UTC)

SEspider stopped by with Super Heros vs Game Heroes, a video put together by Corridor Digital – what would happen if superheroes fought video game heroes? (Master Chief is along for the ride, of course.) Go watch!(Louis Wu 20:09:42 UTC)

A few days ago, we had a visit from a familiar name, Haloplayer from Injured Knee Productions… they were playing around with the Master Chief Collection, and put together a quick Christmas machinima to test things out. Go watch! (Will probably be off…