Microsoft has quietly registered a batch of domains containing phrases ‘Halo Infinity’ and ‘Halo Infinity Multiplayer’. Fusible reports URLs HaloInfinity.net and HaloInfinityMultiplayer.comare registered through domain manager MarkMonitor, who handles Microsoft.com as well. Other domain names that were also registered include: HaloInfinity.org, HaloInfinity.co.uk, HaloInfinity.mobi, HaloInfinityMultiplayer.net, HaloInfinityMultiplayer.org, and HaloInfinityMultiplayer.co.uk, to name just …
Read More »"We’ve missed Master Chief"
The return of Master Chief will have Halo competing with the big boys once again, says Microsoft. The iconic hero was last seen in a new game in 2007’s Halo 3. Developer 343 decided from the outset that Halo 4 would mark the character’s come-back, and Microsoft believes his return …
Read More »Halo 4 to skip public beta
In a departure from Bungie’s development strategy for Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, 343 Industrieswill forgo a public multiplayer beta for the latest in the popular FPS franchise. "While we are testing Halo 4 code, gameplay, and systems at significant scale to get excellent data, input, and feedback, we are …
Read More »Microsoft: Halo 4 is our ‘big bet’
Developer 343 admits it is under pressure to get the return of Halo 4 right. The studio has taken over Halo development duties from series creators Bungie. It was responsible for last year’s remake of Halo: Anniversary Edition and the online service, Waypoint. Yet this year’s Halo 4 is the …
Read More »Bungie passes Halo duties to 343 next month
All Bungie-developed Halo games will have their online data handed over to Microsoft’s 343 studio on March 31st. 343 Industries will be responsible for game stats, player service records, hosting user-generated content and operating the in-game ‘Pro Service’ moving forwards. This also means things like Halo Reach’s daily challenges and …
Read More »Halo 4 reveal due at Toy Fair
Microsoft may have been silent since E3, but some of Halo 4’s secrets will be revelaed later this month. Toy specialists Re:creation will be using the 2012 Toy Fair to show off its new range of game-licensed products, including figures based on the hotly anticipated shooter. Central to the line-up …
Read More »Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary – review roundup
Tomorrow sees the release of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 exclusive Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. The game is an HD reworking of 2011 Xbox title sorts new visuals and new features, but is at core the very same game that established Halo as a gaming mega-brand ten years ago tomorrow. This is …
Read More »Where’s cheapest? Halo: Anniversary and Assassin’s Creed cut to £4.99
This week is a huge five days for big releases, and GAME is hoping to grab as much market share as possible with a raft of great offers. Tomorrow sees the release of two huge games – Microsoft’s Halo Combat Evovled: Anniversary Edition and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, and GAME …
Read More »Halo hits the High Street early
Microsoft has teamed up with GAME to allow fans to play Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary weeks before its November 15th release date. One event will take place on November 4th at Gamestation’s Birmingham New Street store, while a second will kick off on November 12th in GAME’s Kingston Upon Thames …
Read More »New Halo toys march to retail
Mega Bloks is celebrating ten years of Halo with a new line of figures. The toy firm will bring Series 3 Micro Action Figures to retailers aswell as new brick-style vehicles and structures from the series by theend of September. The goodies – which range from 1.99 Hero Figure Packs …
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