Category: Halo News Items

Yesterday, the Halo Waypoint team released a trailer for ‘Remaking the Legend’, a documentary which looks at the development process of Halo 2 Anniversary. Pretty cool! Thanks, robofin117.(Louis Wu 20:40:33 UTC)

A couple of days ago, Wahrer stopped by with a new remix he’d put up – he worked on the Brinstar theme from Super Metroid in the style of ‘Encounter’ from the Mombasa Suite, off of the Halo 2 soundtrack. Interesting combination – go listen! (Louis Wu 2…

It wouldn’t be a weekday in October without new MCC content from IGN – so check out the video walkthrough of Bloodline, the successor to Coagulation (and Blood Gulch before it). Thanks, as usual, Moorpheusl9.(Louis Wu 15:50:27 UTC)

A side note in the day-one patch story is of interest to UK gamers: According to Halo Waypoint, the release date in the UK has been moved forward – the original November 14 is now November 11, same as in the US. Nice! (Thanks, Moorpheusl9.) Not so nice…

Kotaku explains why you’ll either be pre-loading the Master Chief Collection (pre-loading for digital copies is available now, actually) or maybe not actually playing on Launch Day – there’s a 20GB Day-One download coming. (It’s not even a patch – it’s…

robofin117 noticed some pretty nicely-done ODST armor (and a gun) for Fallout New Vegas – go play!(Louis Wu 15:39:34 UTC)

This week’s Halo Bulletin, released yesterday, contains some fun stuff: controller settings for The Master Chief Collection, an update for Halo 4 matchmaking, an update on our own Guilt o’ Lantern contest (have you submitted your carving yet? WHY NOT?)…

Today’s IGN video shows off the updated versions of the Halo PC (and Halo 2 Vista) maps being included with the Master Chief Collection – the nostalgia is palpable! Go watch. Thanks, Moorpheusl9. (Louis Wu 19:02:33 UTC)

Watchmojo has put together their list of the Top 10 Celebrity Performances in Video Games… and the number one choice might surprise you. Thanks, The BS Police.(Louis Wu 18:56:47 UTC)

Halo Waypoint has shown off the Campaign Leaderboards coming in The Master Chief Collection – and they look really spectacular. Go check it out! Thanks, RC Master.(Louis Wu 18:55:12 UTC)

A new title has been announced for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 – Spartan Strike is the followup to Spartan Assault. Looks pretty – and has Prometheans this time around! Go watch the trailer, and read about it at Halo Waypoint. Thanks, gamerguy2002.(L…

Yesterday, IGN posted some 1080p footage of Halo 2 Classic gameplay running at 60fps – go watch! Thanks, Moorpheusl9.(Louis Wu 18:50:18 UTC)

If you choose to buy a copy of The Master Chief Collection from the Microsoft Store, you’ll be getting some nice goodies (as long as you also are an Xbox Live Rewards member). $15 in Rewards credits, plus a super-hard-to-find My Other Car is a Warthog …

Gamecheat13 let us know that he’s uploaded more ‘Scarab Assault’ (multiplayer Assault with a Scarab on one side) gameplay – the editing ins’t great, but the gameplay ROCKS. (It should go without saying, but this is only functional on modded Xboxes.) Go…

IGN released the world’s first look at The Master Chief Collection version of Halo CE. There’s footage of both the campaign and multiplayer running at 1080p 60fps. Looking hot! Thanks, Moorpheusl9. (mastrbiggy 19:47:06 UTC)