Category: Halo News Items

IGN’s Master Chief Collection offering today is a walkthrough of Halo 2 Anniversary’s Forge… and all I can say is ‘wow’. Go watch. Thanks, Moorpheusl9.(Louis Wu 17:54:01 UTC)

Kermit found some really slick Halo artwork for sale on Etsy – swing by and see what you think! It’s available in both 11×14 and 16×20, so you can pick how much of your wall it’ll take up.(Louis Wu 17:51:19 UTC)

Grizzlei pointed out a page on the Simon & Schuster site with an excerpt from Broken Circle, the upcoming Halo novel from John Shirley. It’s out next week – go give the excerpt a look!(Louis Wu 23:05:28 UTC)

AfroRyan noticed an homage to Halo in the game 1001 Spikes – go read his description for details (along with a couple of video links!). Love the audio.(Louis Wu 22:54:33 UTC)

Gugga Leunnam mashed up the newest Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer with Halo footage… works pretty well! Go watch.(Louis Wu 19:23:14 UTC)

You know what else happens next Friday? Our 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest closes! Have you carved your pumpkin yet? Get on it! Lots of prizes this time around (yeah, I know, I really need to get to posting those on the contest page) – in addition to the…

According to Xbox Wire, ‘Remaking the Legend’, the Halo 2 Anniversary documentary we mentioned last week, will be released next Friday, October 31. Get psyched! Thanks, The BS Police.(Louis Wu 20:06:36 UTC)

Arithmomaniac has provided a whole passel of links for people interested in how Halo 4 (and future Halo titles) leverage the cloud to handle the data transfer needs of the game franchise. Several talks from Catie McCaffery, the second person to be hire…

IGN wants to help you get up close and personal with Lockdown, the Halo 2 Anniversary remake of Lockout. Go watch! Thanks, Moorpheusl9.(Louis Wu 19:43:09 UTC)

Wanna see Halo 4 in 1080p, 60fps glory? Go visit IGN. Thanks, Moorpheusl9.(Louis Wu 22:54:36 UTC)

According to a newspost on Xbox.com, Halo has driven over 6 billion hours of gameplay on Xbox LIVE. That’s a big number! (I have my doubts about the count… but I certainly don’t have access to logs, so it could very well be accurate.) Thanks to gamer…

The newest Halo Bulletin, published last night, discusses the MCC Launch Invitational (a pro tournament taking place in LA just before launch), reminds you to watch the Nightfall trailer (and lets you do so right from the page), previews Halo: Escalati…

Rockslider is back with a trio of videos – they all involve the Halo 1 Keyes hangar battle and the three-way shenanigans you can participate in with a little setup. Go watch! (Louis Wu 22:38:45 UTC)

SEspider pointed out a 2008 interview with Tim ‘343 Guilty Spark’ Dadabo, recorded by AvidX – I couldn’t find any record of this before, so here you go!(Louis Wu 22:24:27 UTC)

Yesterday IGN live-streamed almost 2 hours of the Master Chief Collection. There’s plenty of multiplayer and campaign footage from each game as well as a look at a new H2A Blur cinematic. Everything is looking really good!(mastrbiggy 08:35:39 UTC)

Waypoint has released a full trailer for Halo: Nightfall – and it gave me shivers. Go watch it! Thanks, RANKLANCER.(Louis Wu 20:57:22 UTC)

Awesome! Looks like there’ll be another iteration of Halo Fest – this one is taking place in Los Angeles, the night before the release of The Master Chief Collection. Will you be there? (Thanks to TDSpiral for the heads-up!)(Louis Wu 20:56:44 UTC)