Category: Rampancy

This is the song “Sacred Icon Suite 2” from the Halo: Legends Original Soundtrack. I did this entire song BY EAR. There are many parts to which I am doubtful, but these are mostly the chords. The sheet music, though, sounds pretty decent. There are par…

The reality behind the mysterious Bungie Aerospace and its logo are now revealed on Bungie.net– it’s a new venture to “help independent developers create brilliant mobile and social games.” First up will be a project with Harebrained Schemes, headed b…

Narcogen, Blackstar and Cody Miller take a break from looking at the levels of Halo: Reach to discuss 343 Industries’ recent announcement of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, a high definition re-issue of the first Halo game, scheduled for release in N…

The first salvos in Bungie’s anniversary news assault have been fired, and one round has a decidedly Pfhorlike flavor. Bungie is announcing that Daniel Blezek has ported Marathon 1 to iOS; efforts started in 2010 and apparently the app is ready now– I…

Between June 23 and Bungie Day 2011 on July 7, Bungie will be bidding a fond farewell to Halo, celebrating their 20th anniversary and– wait for it– revealing Bungie Aerospace: Because we’re going to tell you, in explicit detail, exactly what Bungie …

There’s a lot less information out there so far about Microsoft’s other E3 2011 announcement, which is a new Halo trilogy of games featuring the Master Chief and Cortana. The teaser trailer seems to pick up pretty much where the extra Legendary ending …

First teaser trailer for Halo 4, released at E3 in 2011 and expected for release in late 2012. The trailer seems to pick up right around the same time as the extra Legendary cutscene after the credits of Halo 3.

Microsoft chose E3 this year for two Halo-related announcements. Both have been long anticipated and the subject of much speculation and controversy. First, something old: The game that started it all is being “remastered” as Halo: Combat Evolved Anniv…

The crew of 343 Industries takes the wraps off their first full scale Halo project, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

First trailer for the new remake of Halo 1: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, which looks to be a recreation of the first game using a modern engine, with full networking features and the original game’s gameplay (including the pistol).

Rockslider says he was inspired by the Rampancy podcast episode on the Halo 3 level, Floodgate (part one, part two) to go back and write a detailed commentary on his own playthrough at Bad Cyborg. Very fun read, check it out! UPDATE:Rockslider points …

From Marius.net comes the rather unexpected news that a new, native port of Myth II v1.7.2 is coming to Linux, produced by ProjectMagma. It scores over the older port produced by Loki Software in that it is intended to be network compatible with the ex…

According to Googlefight, Halo Reach IS Canon.

The following is a crosspost from the HBO forum, in a discussion started by Cody Miller about retcons of Halo’s continuity by the latest game in the series, Reach. Some fans (namely Hawaiian Pig) take exception to David “Evil Otto” Candland, Bungie UI …

Blackstar and Narcogen take a look through the second playable level of Halo: Reach, in which you may go left, or you may go right, but either way, you end up backtracking and then going inside before it starts raining Covenant corvettes. – Right Click…

I put up a video on youtube if you guys are interested. Have a look and tell me what you think! It is my transcription of Ashes from the Halo Reach Soundtrack. This is the updated version and you can find the new sheet music by clicking on the link bel…

This time on Anger, Sadness and Envy, Narcogen, Blackstar and Cody Miller take a look at the first level of Halo: Reach, Winter Contingency. Show highlights include: ODST was the only Halo game that started with a text crawl. Reach is the only one that…

This time on Anger, Sadness and Envy, Narcogen, Blackstar and Cody Miller take a look at the first level of Halo: Reach, Winter Contingency. Show highlights include: ODST was the only Halo game that started with a text crawl. Reach is the only one that…

I would like to propose that the gaming press stop posting stories like this one: Man Let Son Suffocate Because He Was Playing WoW Before I go on, I’d like to say that I do not now, nor have I ever, worked in the gaming industry in any capacity. Any n…