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Due to the functionality missing from a website listing, some are speculating that Halo: Infinite won't be coming to Xbox Play Anywhere and thus PC. credit//343 Industries Microsoft made a big song and dance about Xbox Play Anywhere, and it's not hard to see why The program brings all of Microsoft's first party games to Xbox as[...]

343 writer Jeff Easterlings has laughed off the possibility of Halo Infinite having a battle royale mode. credit//343 Industries The turn on battle royale games seems to have come very quick Just a few months ago, it seemed sky was the limit for the genre, but alas, it now seems, unless your name is PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or Fortnite,[...]

Announced today on Xbox Wire, Microsoft is bringing its two big esports teams together by hosting both Halo Championship and Gears Pro Circuit matches in New Orleans this weekend The crossover esports event will run from July 13th to July 15th at the New Orleans Convention Center Major League Gaming, The Coalition, and 343 Industries[...]

Credit: Bungie After taking development fire for the past five years, Showtime has officially given a 10-episode season order for a scripted drama series based on Microsoft's Halo video game franchise. Along with the episode announcement also comes word that Awake's Kyle Killen will serve as the project's executive producer, writer and showrunner, with Rupert Wyatt (Rise of[...]

We were pretty much ready to go through E3 without a Halo announcement until Microsoft showed us the trailer for Halo: Infinite Now we're pretty much like everyone else and twiddling our thumbs about the game until 343 Industries or Microsoft decide to release more details about the game What we can glean from what[...]

The narrative is unfocused, the characters uninteresting, and the art underwhelming. Xerxes is not the dive into the 300 villain I had hoped for. Halo: Collateral Damage #1 cover by Zak Hartong 4 Halo: Collateral Damage #1 Halo: Collateral Damage was just boring It's exactly what I expected it to be, and that was sort of a disappointment unto itself[...]

Blue Team is intended to engage the enemy from outside the city while avoiding contact with the marines inside the city. Halo: Collateral Damage #1 cover by Zak Hartong Halo was one of those game franchises that I played and enjoyed but never got heavily invested in like other players There's my brief personal history with Halo. Halo:[...]

Apparently, some Halo fans got all up in arms after seeing the new arcade machine for Halo: Fireteam Raven last week So much so, that they decided to yell at staff from 343 Industries on Twitter about it The thing about Twitter though, some people respond. Halo's community manager Brian Jarrard jumped into the fray and decided[...]

Bleeding Cool was pleased to speak with Higher Power's award-winning composer Kevin Riepl (Cabin Fever, Gears of War) about the film; further elaborating on how director Matthew Santoro's vision for the score proved to be unique to the creative process, and served as a starting point for cues throughout the film.

You're getting a new Halo game this year, but it's not going to be the one you expected 343 Industries is teaming with Play Mechanix and Raw Thrills to bring you the biggest experience they can in Halo: Fireteam Raven The company released this imagery and the trailer below this week to show off the[...]

Microsoft has started to process to terminate ElDewrito, a fan made mod for PC that brought the Halo Online experience to everyone. Over the last week or so, there has been a lot of talk surrounding Halo Online, which is pretty surprising due to the game being a discontinued online-only offshoot of Halo 3 that was[...]

Some pretty cool news to come from Xbox in the weirdest and least subtle way possible as the company posted an ad for Xbox Game Pass on Twitter and revealed that Halo: The Master Chief Collection would be joining the service soon You can check out the tweet below as it shows a faux setting[...]

Microsoft announced the dates for the 2018 Halo World Championship Finals today on Xbox Wire Running from April 13th to the 15th, the Finals will take place at CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, WA. The tournament will see players compete for their chance at the $1 million USD prize pool and title of Halo World[...]

Have you ever had the desire to play a Halo game in VR? That proposition may turn into a reality somewhere down the road as a brand new job listing from 343 Industries shows that we may be getting that exact scenario The company put up this listing on Linkedin for a new Creative Director, which[...]

The question of just how inspired Bungie was by Larry Niven's Ringworld series has been quietly boiling in the background and bubbles up every time a new Halo comes around Of course, burden for this comes down to Bungie as they were the original team to put the Halo IP together Bungie themselves have commented on the[...]

Dark Horse and 343 Industries announced a new three-issue Halo mini-series this week, set for release in June The comic is called Halo: Collateral Damage, and taking a cue from Star Wars, it's subtitled: A Master Chief Story Alex Irvine writes the series, with Dave Crosland on art, Leonard O'Grady on colors, and Simon Bowland[...]

I've fired shotguns in H1Z1, COD, Overwatch, PUBG, Fortnite, Star Wars, Gears Of War, Halo, the list goes on… and I've fired real shotguns, as well as an AK-47, a revolver, a hunting rifle, and an old machine gun in my lifetime. A video game does not prepare you for the kickback to a gun, for[...]

In what could probably be the most predictable outcome of a request ever, 343 Industries are asking Halo fans what they thought of the Halo: Master Chief Collection and what you'd like to see added to the game The developers took to the Halo Waypoint forums to ask people their honest thoughts on the game's current[...]

After a bit of a search and some deliberation, 343 Industries has finally picked a location to hold the finals of the Halo World Championship 2018, and it's going to be in their own backyard During the Orlando Open that's currently happening this weekend, the company made the official announcement via Xbox Wire that the[...]

Lots of new stuff is being announced, including Sailor Moon, Five Nights at Freddys, Masters of the Universe, Cuphead, Halo, Garbage Pail Kids, Destiny 2, and Marvel A lot of it is Mystery Minis, sadly too little of it is Pint Size Heroes so far (a personal favorite), but the one they did reveal is one[...]

Halo 5: Guardians is free this weekend for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, according to a report from Xbox Wire From today until Sunday, January 14th at 10:59 p.m PST, Xbox Live Gold members can download the game and play it absolutely free If they want to keep the game after the weekend, well, the game will[...]

343 are hinting that we probably shouldn't be expecting to see the next chapter of Halo's mainline story in 2018, albeit pretty vaguely. Halo 5 is now getting on a bit and it is beginning to feel like time might be right for the franchise to start turning its head towards the future There have been[...]

Showtime boss David Nevins has reignited the fire for the long, long-gestating Halo show involving Steven Spielberg by saying it's more than just happening still — it's in active development. Cast your mind back to the now infamous Xbox One reveal in 2013 That show was overshadowed by Microsoft's always online PR nightmare that eventually got walked back, but if you[...]

Killer Instinct has members of Halo and Battletoads in their setup, so why can't Forza Motorsport 7 do the same? Below is a brand new image of one of three Halo-themed racing suits designed to make you look like a Spartan soldier as you race around the track. credit//Turn 10 Studios Of course, no one really bothers to[...]

With a weird array of Halo figures out on the market already, it's kind of difficult for people to come up with new variations that people will want to collect Jinx has thrown their hat into the ring with two new figures you may be interested in, featuring Master Chief and Spartan Locke. Both figures stand six[...]

Recently the company sent us a couple of jackets specifically designed for the Halo universe Today we're looking at their UNSC Bomber Jacket and their UNSC Army Jacket, just in time for winter We'll start with the Bomber Jacket you see below. This is a military green bomber jacket made from nylon that was designed for one specific[...]

Earlier today, 343 Studios gave a proper update as to what we'll see in the Halo 5: Guardians update simply known as "Overtime" Below are the complete notes from their site, but the short-hand version is that the game will be getting Xbox One X support for the 4K UHD additions, Oddball will return, and[...]

343 Industries has shared new information regarding updates coming soon to Halo 5: Guardians, Halo Wars 2, and even the Masterchief Collection With the Xbox One X (the console formerly known as the Project Scorpio) hitting the shelves in November, both Halo 5 and Halo Wars 2 will be getting 4K updates just in time for the[...]

I'm a Halo fan, and even I'm happy I skipped out on The Master Chief Collection after reading what seemed to be an endless stream of complaints from players who found every kind of bug imaginable It didn't help that 343 Studios decided they had better things to do (technically, that is correct, as they[...]

The next one in the series, which went up for pre-order a few weeks ago, is Master Chief from the Halo series Naturally, I immediately popped open the box to see what was inside and test this guy out. Now for a side-by-side comparison to a previous figure I receive in the mail, you can see[...]