Halo 4 creative director Ryan Payton has denounced his position at Microsoft’s 343 Industries, stating that development had become a “crazed endeavor.” Payton leaves behind the development of Halo 4 and the entire Halo development team. Payton, who had worked at Kojima Productions, was tasked with developing the game’s story and overseeing the creative team who [...]
There’s been a ton of questions surrounding newly the redesigned Master Chief, which was shown at E3. Now, sources close to 343 Industries have revealed that the redesigns apart of “steps to incorporate” elements from Halo: Reach into the forth installment. In Reach, the players used modifications — like jet packs, sprint and shields — to [...]
Microsoft made the news official at its media briefing this morning: “Halo 4 is coming and it’s the start of a new trilogy.”
Microsoft released the latest live-action short detailing some of the events — rather, it’s detailing some of the personal happens of planet’s inhabitants — before the impending invasion.
Though Activision is going through a mist of legal trouble, Bungie, the developer behind the Halo franchise, have announced its exclusive publishing partnership with the publisher. According to the developer, in the terms of the agreement, it gives Activision the exclusive rights to publish and distribute all future Bungie titles worldwide. The alliance will provide [...]
It’s very unclear if Bungie will be returning to develop another entry into the Halo series, other then next year’s Halo: Reach. However, Microsoft is hellbent on continuing the franchise. So much, in fact, that they’re planning on continuing the Halo series well into the next decade with, or without, Bungie’s help. “We do have [...]
Just in time. Today, Microsoft revealed the “Epic” list of games that it will be showcasing during the Tokyo Game Show, which takes place in no place other then Japan. Thelist mostly consistencies of titles that are currently in playable form for the Japanese public to enjoy. Better yet, Microsoft will also be showcasing some of [...]
And… the news about Halo: Reach just keeps coming, and coming. Probably one of the most noted things about Halo 3: ODST is its survival-like mode, Firefight. When speaking to Eurogamer, community lead Brian Jarrard revealed that Firefight isn’t set in stone for ODST, and it could make a reappearing in a future Halo title. [...]
Announced back at E3, you would think that Bungie would be willing to reveal some new information having to do with Halo: Reach, other then its genre. However, on Thursday, they gave an explanation as to why they haven’t been flashing any new information about Halo: Reach. Stating that they’re in no rush to start [...]
Since Comic-Con, news that Neill Blomkamp and Peter Jackson had plans to bring Master Chief to the big screen sparked a little bit of attention around movie goers and gamers alike. However, than there’s the fact that Stuart Beattie, who worked on the recently released G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie – also a [...]