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Production I.G. Collaborates on Halo Anime

By Ishaan . July 26, 2009 . 9:30am

Titled Halo Legends, the anime series will be distributed by WB on DVDs and Blu-ray early next year, and will be previewable on XBLA this fall.

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Bungie celebrates “Halo”ween with zombies

By Spencer . October 30, 2007 . 1:54pm

Starting October 31 at 12:01 AM there will be a special game type called Infection. In this mode it’s (mostly) humans versus brainless zombies. During the start of every Infection match a few people get pinned on the zombie team, but most are fighting the living dead. However, if a zombie chomps on an unlucky [...]

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Redesigning multiplayer with Halo 3’s Forge

By Dan Zuccarelli . October 8, 2007 . 12:55pm

I've personally never been a very big fan of deathmatch style online play. I wouldn't go so far as to say I hate it, but I only really enjoy it when I'm playing with people I know. It's not the game modes, setup or my ability that bug me. No my beef is with the [...]

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Halo 3 Hayabusa Armor unlocked!

By Dan Zuccarelli . October 8, 2007 . 12:20pm

So there's not much to unlock in Halo 3, but if you search through the game (or go online and watch the video) there's 13 hidden skulls to find. Each one unlocks an achievement and if you get all of them, you unlock this Ninja Gaiden inspired "Hayabusa" armor to use in online multiplayer.
 
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Bungie independent from Microsoft, but Halo lives on

By Spencer . October 5, 2007 . 8:33am

The rumor is true. Bungie branched off from Microsoft and is moving in the direction of becoming an independent company. That doesn’t mean Bungie is about to switch gears and develop for other platforms or does it? Harold Ryan from Bungie explains, "We will continue to develop with our primary focus on Microsoft’s platforms; we [...]

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Master Chief saves the world and closes the NASDAQ

By Spencer . September 25, 2007 . 11:30pm

This is probably a first for the video game world so it’s worth mentioning that a video game character was part of the closing bell ceremony at the NASDAQ today. Along with Master Chief members of Bungie and Shane Kim celebrated the launch of Halo 3 by reminding investors that Microsoft’s cash cow is [...]

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Master Chief in Mandarin

By Spencer . September 25, 2007 . 1:06pm

ThaKingRocka wanted to warn (thanks!) all the eager importers hoping to save a buck by purchasing the Hong Kong Asian version of Halo 3 that the voice acting is only in Chinese. This is the version that Play-Asia is selling for $49.99 and you may want to avoid it if you want to hear Master [...]

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Halo 3 Xbox 360 arrives before the final fight begins

By Spencer . September 14, 2007 . 7:58am

On September 16, nine days before Halo 3 hits stores, Microsoft is selling the Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360. The package comes with an Xbox 360, 20GB hard drive, wireless controller, Play & Charge kit, headset and exclusive Halo 3 downloadable content (theme / gamertag icons) for $399. The price is slightly more expensive [...]

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Halo 3, laser tag edition

By Spencer . August 16, 2007 . 1:41pm

Bungie is raking in the dough by shilling of Halo 3 t-shirts, figures, Mountain Dew and now a pair of laser tag guns modeled after weapons in the Halo series. You can purchase a Plasma pistol (left) for $70 or the Plasma rifle (right) for $120. Obviously these guns are way more expensive than [...]

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Halo 3’s saved film feature in-depth

By Dan Zuccarelli . July 27, 2007 . 10:49am

The single player campaign wasn’t the only thing about Halo 3 that was shown off in the behind closed doors meeting I was in earlier. I was also able to check out for the 1st time the feature they were calling “Saved Films”. This is going to be a godsend to the huge multiplayer [...]