Some new gameplay footage has been released of the upcoming Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition remake for the Xbox 360 at San Diego Comic Con.
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343 Industries' Frank O'Connor revealed at San Diego ComicCon that the Halo-centric Microsoft Games Studio team were relieved to finally reveal Halo 4. In fact it has been kept in "relative secrecy" as 343 was creating the latest Master Chief entry for "a couple of years." New Halo novels were unveiled as well.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary's Kinect features are "cool," says Microsoft's Halo franchise development director Frank O'Connor. Don't get too excited. They're aren't something "you'd put on the front of the box," but he doesn't want to "downplay it" either. It's "awesome" like Kinect's "voice on Netflix" is; it enhances.
Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer states in an interview with Official Xbox Magazine that a console's flagship characters determine the health of a console, and therefore, how Halo goes, the Xbox goes, and that if Microsoft loses its way with Master Chief, the Xbox will fail.
In one of the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition documentaries by Bungie, some interesting opinions come to light from some members of the developer regarding Halo 2's campaign. One even called it a "disastrous flaming turd of failure".
Microsoft has announced the pre-order bonuses for their upcoming Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition.
There's nothing like a videogames convention to thump the corporate chest. Microsoft is keen to remind us all that their "ambition is to be the number one console". Also they've got some games coming for Xbox 360 and Kinect over the next year. There's first and third-party goodness like Halo and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Next week Microsoft's 343 Industries will reveal more about the remade FireFight map for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary at the Halo Fest event. The revamped Halo: CE Anniversary multiplayer levels will also be getting released to Halo: Reach players as DLC, as they were built using the same tech.
IGN posted a new video celebrating the first-ever convention to celebrate Bungie's iconic series, Halo Fest. The convention will be held on August 26, as 343 Industries celebrates ten years of Halo.
Microsoft has put a cheeky little cross-over in upcoming racer Forza Motorsport 4 from Turn 10 as it includes a Warthog from Halo 4 in the racers 'Autovista' mode. Apparently the vehicles specs are also narrated by the AI Cortana as she regales some stories about it. The Halo 4 iteration of the Warthog won't be driveable.
The HaloFest event at Penny Arcade Expo has revealed that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition will be adding Terminals to the game, which will provide backstory to the Halo universe, as they did in Halo 3 and Halo: Reach.
During the Halo 4 panel at HaloFest, gamers were disappointed to learn that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition wouldn't include a code for a Halo 4 multiplayer beta, something that has become de rigueur in the Halo series, as well as others.
At HaloFest during PAX Prime 2011, 343 Industries has revealed some details of Halo 4 for the first time, which will be the first part of what 343 called "The Reclaimer Trilogy", and will focus on the Forerunners.
Ryan Payton is leaving Microsoft's 343 Industries and the Halo 4 project as he just "wasn't creatively excited" about the blockbuster franchise anymore. The direction he wanted for Halo was "fundamentally different" and he blames his 'lack of credibility' for why he couldn't see his "crazy endeavor through."
Microsoft will be bringing out the heavy guns to the upcoming Eurogamer Expo, which opens on September 22 at Earl's Court. The exclusives they will be bringing to the convention include Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition, Gears of War 3, and Forza Motorsport 4, as well as Dance Central 2 and Kinect Sports: Season Two.
Microsoft's executive producer Dan Ayoub at 343 Industries claim fans have been asking for a HD Halo: CE for a "tremendously long time," and they will deliver it. The 10th anniversary of Halo is time to 'give back' to the community. The goal of this is to "relive the experience of what it was like" playing Halo 10 years ago.
We try to figure out why Halo polarises people so much...
Even though 343 Industries is comprised of ex-Bungie members, and headed by Frank O'Connor, Bungie looms like a spectre over their current project, Halo 4, which will be launching a new trilogy starring the indomitable Master Chief.
A new report has surfaced claiming that E.T. and Indiana Jones director Steven Spielberg, along with Dreamworks, will be taking on the Halo movie adaptation. Microsoft has always said they're very interested in Halo for cinema, but that they'd never rush into any agreement. They might even finance the film themselves.
Even though Gears of War 3 has been racking in the impressive sales numbers, Halo is still the 'crown jewel' in Microsoft's stable, according to Saber Interactive CEO Mathew Karch. This, despite Master Chief hasn't appeared in a game as the protagonist in four years.