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Halo's most disgusting enemy was partly inspired by a children's book
It was the 20-year anniversary of Halo 2 at the weekend, which saw the shooter's modern counterparts celebrating with classic multiplayer maps and long-lost levels. But also emerging from the dust of time are insights to the sequel's development back in 2004. Rolling Stone interviewed two key des...
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"The whole studio was burning the candle at both ends" - Two of Halo 2's most important designers reflect on the belo...
Halo 2 had a bit of a troubled development, and now a couple of important designers have shared their perspective on working on it. Read more
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Halo 2's lost E3 2003 demo will finally be playable thanks to modder magic
Halo Infinite recently received a big update in the form of Delta Arena, a playlist that features recreations of Halo 2's most popular maps and a special third-person mode. The true highlight, though, is yet to come. And that's through an entirely different Halo game: The Master Chief Collection....
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Ex-Halo composer goes into politics, of course his campaign site looks like a rejected sci-fi main menu design
Ok, so, you remember Halo and Destiny co-composer Marty O'Donnell, known for putting together the soundtracks to your childhood with the likes of Michael Salvatori? Well, he’s now running for US congress in Nevada, with a campaign site that looks like something a lovechild of Master Chief and Cap...
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Halo 2 and Halo 3 have official modding tools now
Fancy tweaking some Halo games to make some cool or cursed content? Then good news! Yesterday, developers 343 industries released modding tools for Halo 2 and Halo 3 alongside the Master Chief Collection's season 8 update. Halo: Combat Evolved got its own official modding tools back in June, and the new tools for 2 and 3 offer similar programs for modders to mess with. I look forward to seeing ...

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Ex-EA exec Peter Moore returns to gaming at Unity
Former EA executive Peter Moore has returned to the game industry, joining engine maker Unity as senior vice president of Sports and Live Entertainment.Moore announced the news on Twitter.Moore's career in video games began at Sega, where he worked to launch the Dreamcast in North America. He later joined Microsoft to work on the Xbox, displaying tattoos of Halo 2 and Grand Theft Auto 4 during ...
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Bungie's Halo website and its player stats go dark permanently in Feb
Bungie's Halo website goes dark permanently in February, scattering its many player stats to the wind.In a post on Bungie.net, the developer said halo.bungie.net goes offline permanently on 9th February.Almost nine years ago, stats and files from Bungie's Halo games stopped getting updated on Bun...
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Halo 4 is out now on PC, completing the Master Chief Collection
Halo 4 has just been released on the PC. After an eight-year-long beta test on the Xboxes, they’ve decided that it’s finally in a good enough state for us exacting PC nerds. With this deployment, the Master Chief Collection is considered complete for the PC. No Halo 5 for us. (more…)

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Halo 3 makes its PC debut with limited testing next month
If you were an Xbox kid around my age, Halo 3 might be the first game you remember arriving with deafening levels of hype. The sole reason most folks picked up Crackdown. The Return Of The King in John Halo’s ring-smashing quest, in fellowship with a squid-mouthed Keith David and that cigar-chewing lad from Aliens. Now, developers 343 Industries are preparing the trilogy closer’s PC debut in Ha...

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A Halo 2 multiplayer bug is killing your friends with ghost rockets
The PC release of Halo 2: Anniversary arrived on Wednesday morning with a revamped look and a nasty new bug. Folks trying its widely-adored multiplayer have found that trying to rockets and grenades fired at enemies will sometimes magically teleport to teammates and blow them up instead. That’s b...

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Halo 2: Anniversary is now out on PC
Ian Halo’s remastered adventures continue on PC today with the release of Halo 2: Anniversary in the wee hours. Ian and his sexy pet search engine, Cortana, are continuing to get into sci-fi trouble with ringworlds, and this time we also get to play parts from an alien Arbiter’s perspective too. Halo 2 has been on PC before, with a wonky port back in the day, and now Bungie’s FPS returns fancie...

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Halo 2: Anniversary comes to PC next week
The adventures of Master Chief will continue in Halo 2: Anniversary next Tuesday, May 12th, Microsoft have announced. This time Master Chief (a name I still refuse to believe is real, even as characters say it) and Cortana (a name I still reuse to believe Microsoft reused for their voice-activated searchbot) are joined by a new ally, switching perspectives for part of the story. I’m weirdly hes...

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