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Bungie will be sending Halo 2 off in style

The recent announcement that Microsoft will be discontinuing support of all original Xbox games over LIVE has resulted in many sad cries of pain and anguish, as our ability to play older games on...

Bungie shuts down Halo: Reach/Project Natal speculation

Project Natal has prompted all sorts of rudderless speculation since its announcement last year, and Halo: Reach was one of the games to fall under the eyeglass. There has been recent gossip that...

Look at all of these Halo: Reach screens!

A ton of new Halo: Reach media has made its way to Bungie's Web site this week. There's a bunch of new screenshots and some great concept art that you'll want to take a look at in the gallery bel...

Halo: Reach will encourage players to replay the campaign

First up, Game Reactor has a ton of new screenshots and character art from Halo: Reach. And for whatever reason, their gallery features a plate of delicious looking shrimp. Shrimp confirmed for H...

Halo 3 Mythic 2 Map pack available for download February

If you purchased Halo 3: ODST last year, you already have the Mythic 2 Map Pack. But for everyone else, the wait is finally over. The three maps previously only available on the ODST disc will be...

Game Informer's February issue is all about Halo: Reach

Dying for some Halo: Reach info? Well then you're going to have to pick up the February issue of Game Informer as they'll be bringing us the first detailed look at the game. The February cover st...

Halo Reach debut trailer is underwhelming

I'm the biggest Halo nerd around these parts and even I thought the Halo Reach trailer that premiered near the end of the VGAs was disappointing. But, I'm not blaming Bungie for that. I have to ...

Halo: Reach Web site is go

In advance of the game’s Spike Video Game Awards show reveal, developer Bungie has yanked off the tarp that covered the improved official Halo: Reach Web site. As noted in the introductory ...

Halo: Reach may have ODSTs, will certainly have guns

The stars of Halo: ODST might catch some action in Halo: Reach.In an interview with G4TV, Halo writer and game creative director Joseph Staten teased a possible reappearance of Buck and crew in H...

The Halo Reach hype machine begins

Geoff Keighley was a guest on Major Nelson's podcast recently where he had nothing but glorious hype for Halo Reach. The first trailer for Reach is premiering during the Spike VGAs this weekend a...

Moving on: Bungie is hiring for 'next game universe'

Bungie's job page blew up with listings for new positions. New not-Halo positions, it seems. A listing for a new writing lead asks for these specific requirements: Histories and legends, combat ...

Watch the first episode of Halo Legends right now

The first episode of Halo Legends, The Babysitter, was released earlier this week on Halo Waypoint. It was only up for 24 hours for whatever reason but now you can check it out on YouTube before...

Game SERIES Debate to the Death! Halo VS Half-Life

Last week I introduced a new format for these weekly game debates, and it went great! I used two of the most loved series in the game industry of all time, and the result was just as vicious...

Custom Halo Elite Halloween costume is pretty rad

YouTuber petemander1 is going to be the talk of his Halloween party as he's going to have the best Halloween costume of the night. petemander1 is working on a Covenant Elite costume based on the ...

Power Wheels car modded into the Warthog car from Halo

Okay, first of all, there's a community devoted to modifying Power Wheels. That's just awesome. Anyway, user flux83 over on the Modified Power Wheels Forums took a Street Scene Silverado Power Wh...

Former Bungie guys form Moonshot Games studio

A new challenger approaches! Former Bungie developers Michel Bastien, Damián Isla, and Rob Stokes have formed a brand new development studio, Moonshot Games. Moonshot will specialize downl...

Microsoft is aware of ODST unreadable disc issues

Microsoft has responded to the Halo: ODST disc-reading issues. In a statement given to Eurogamer, the hardware publisher as well as Halo-keeper said that it was aware people were having problems ...

Halo 3: ODST gets free Premium Theme for limited time

Microsoft is generous ... I mean, if you can call giving away a free picture that costs nothing to make generous, of course. To celebrate the launch of Halo 3: ODST, a free Premium Theme has been...

Bethesda: Halo 3: ODST backlash is Microsoft's fault

One of the major problems people have of Halo 3: ODST is that its campaign is incredibly short. However, apparently our perception is at fault here, not the game itself. Bethesda's production dir...

Mega64: Bungie hurts Cabela ... AGAIN!

Remember when Cabela's Trophy Bucks came out in 2007? If you say yes, then you're a f**king liar. It was the same week that Halo 3 came out, so of course you don't remember. The Cabela guys found...

Buy Halo 3: ODST at Toys R Us, get toy + gift card

By now you've surely read our hot review of Halo 3: ODST and are either thinking, "Man I want to buy that," or "Pfft, Uncharted 2 will be better because BIAS!" If you're think...

Some fresh Halo 3: ODST images for your eyes to consume

Late last night, we brought you a review and a video review of Halo 3: ODST. It's one of year's most anticipated titles and it takes the Halo series in a slightly new direction with all of its ne...

Review: Halo 3: ODST

The Halo series is one of gaming’s biggest franchises to date. From videogames, books, comics, toys, to clothes -- Halo was even almost turned into (and could very well still be) a Hollywoo...

Latest Halo: ODST video discusses everything ODST

Developer Bungie retains its streak of awesome video documentaries in their latest dubbed “Terra Icognita.” In the mini-documentary -- the third released for Halo: ODST -- several mem...

Wanna play Halo 3: ODST? Hit up next week's launch party

Halo 3: ODST, that one game that's totally been completed since May, is launching soon. Tuesday of next week, to be exact. As is the case for most big-name games with a sizable marketing budget, ...

Halo 3: ODST has been finished since May

In the latest episode of Bonus Round over on GameTrailers, Brian Jarrard of Bungie revealed that Halo 3: ODST has been completed since May. It could have been released at any point now, but it&rs...

Inafune wonders: Could Capcom and Bungie one day team up?

Keiji Inafune, who is known best for his involvement with Mega Man, Onimusha, and Dead Rising, recently stopped by Bungie's Seattle-based studio. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a big deal in and of...

Halo Waypoint launches November 5

Remember, remember, the fifth of November, at least if you're a Halo fan. Xbox Live's ultimate Halo destination, Halo Waypoint, launches on the anniversary of Britain's most famous political assa...

Idiot sues Bungie and Microsoft over Halo 3

Randy Nunez is a man on a mission. A mission to make Microsoft and Bungie pay for their crimes against gamers. Despite Halo 3 being a relatively well polished, complaint-free game, Nunez claims t...

Microsoft's love of Bungie is vaguely creepy

With Halo 3: ODST coming to blow the minds of Xbox 360 fans, Microsoft has been kissing Bungie's arse like you wouldn't believe. ODST producer Alex Cutting is the one with the brownest nose, decl...

Disney snaps up Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian

Disney Interactive Studios is getting serious. They spent $4 billion on Marvel last week, and now they've brought Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian on-board. With Seripian comes his whole developm...

No downloadable content planned for Halo: ODST

Bungie recently reiterated plans to not support Halo: ODST with post-launch downloadable content. Speaking to Eurogamer at PAX 2009, Bungie community head honcho Brian Jarrard confirmed that the ...

ODST's Firefight may be included in Halo: Reach

Firefight, Bungie’s answer to Horde -- a mode in Gears of War 2 that pits four players against waves and waves of AI-controlled Locusts -- could make its from Halo: ODST to Halo: Reach. Spe...

PAX 09: ODST features an expansive secondary story

I think it's a safe bet to say that we all have heard about Halo 3: ODST. We know about its story, its background and its gameplay. In fact I'm pretty sure since it's a Halo game that there are p...

Bungie might not be done with Halo after Halo: Reach

Bungie’s Lars Bakken crushed hearts and set the Internet on fire when he told IGN that Halo: Reach would be the studio’s last Halo title. His July statement lacked optimism, which is ...

Engineer class Covenant finally makes it into a Halo game

The Engineers have long been talked about in the Halo novels. They're a class of super smart aliens that can fix anything they touch. For whatever reason, the Engineers were never in an actual Ha...

Halo ODST video gives details on Firefight

Halo 3: ODST drops in just under a month from now, forcing Microsoft's hand in finally beginning to promote and hype this thing up. Seriously, what makes these people think that they can wait unt...

Halo 3: ODST going on tour, coming to a GameStop near you

Starting this Saturday in Redmond Washington, Bungie will be driving to various GameStops around the nation to give people a chance to play Halo 3: ODST before it’s dropped into stores on S...

Gameplay footage of the three new Halo 3 multiplayer maps

The new Halo 3 maps coming with Halo 3: ODST look pretty great. Midship was definitely a map worth getting remade and LongShore looks like a great open area. I’m on the fence about Citade...

Preview: Halo 3: ODST Firefight

If you've been following, you know that Halo: ODST ships on September 22nd, and with it comes a brand new gameplay experience. " Firefight" is a multiplayer cooperative that is complete...

Preview: Halo 3's Mythic Map Pack 2

Bungie invited Destructoid out for a glimpse of some new hot Halo action this week. Of course, being close to Seattle and an unabashed Halo fangirl, I answered the call with the enthusiasm reserv...

Even more Halo novels are on the way

A few months back, Tor Books announced a new trilogy in the Halo universe that would be set on the ancient Forerunner race. You know, the race that killed themselves off with the Halos after they...

Bethesda man: Only a few publishers could afford Bungie

With Bungie soon able to cast off the shackles of Halo and pursue fresh IP, Bethesda's Ashley Cheng has been talking about the studio's future, and positing that only a very small number of publi...

Bungie's new IP close to having a publisher

Bungie is finally leaving the Halo franchise after Halo Reach. They have been committed to the series for many years now and ODST sort of blew up into something bigger than they ever expected if ...

Bungie: Halo and Project Natal don't mix

So far, Microsoft's precious Project Natal has been associated with waving your arms and feet around like an idiot, and ... well ... not a lot else, actually. It certainly hasn't been associated ...

Halo 3: ODST screenshots and trailer overload!

Bungie is gearing up the promotion for Halo 3: ODST, and it's actually looking really, really nice. Taking a step away from Master Chief to focus on this "Orbital Drop Shock Trooper" fe...

ZOMGTROUSERS! Halo 3: ODST isn't in HD

Apparently, this is something to make a big deal over, but Halo 3: ODST will not be in HD. Perhaps this is because Halo 3: ODST is based on Halo 3, which also did not run at 720p. Despite this bl...

Nathan Fillion talks about his role in Halo 3: ODST

I have the biggest man crush on Nathan Fillion ever. This man is amazing. It’s the accent. I’m in love with his accent. It's just that Southern drawl of his. Intoxicating! In this MS...

Happy Bungie day, everyone!

Every seventh day of the seventh month is Bungie Day. The Bungie team has a giant hard-on for the number seven, and each year they celebrate this day by giving back to their fans. Throughout the ...

Nathan Fillion plays the Halos

Okay, so it's Saturday and news is always slow on the weekends. Still, I think I would have posted about this any other day in any case. Why? Because it's f**king Nathan Fillion!Bungie invited Na...

Gearbox: Bungie and Infinity Ward should do something new

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has been talking about two of the most well-respect FPS developers in the business, Bungie and Infinity Ward, claiming that while he has big respect for what they do,...

Here's where to get Halo: ODST for the Sgt. Johnson bonus

Pre-order a copy of Halo 3: ODST from a participating retailer and you'll be able to play as Sgt. Johnson in Firefight mode. Here's a break down of all the participating retailers around the worl...

Captain Obvious: No Master Chief in Halo ODST

MTV Multiplayer asked Bungie's Brian Jarrard whether the Master Chief would be making an appearnce in Halo ODST. The answer: No. Duh. ODST takes place on Earth in between the events of Halo 2 and...

Microsoft justifies that $60 sticker on ODST

What makes a game valuable? Sorry if you're just rolling out of bed from a Saturday night hangover, and I'm dropping a major question on you, but where does value come from when we're talking abo...

McFarlane Toys next batch of Halo figures

McFarlane Toys' Halo Series 6 line is coming out this October but you can check out all of the figures right now over on Spawn.com. The new figures will include: Elite Shipmaster Rtas 'VadumeeBru...

E3 09: Halo ODST gameplay has a night and day difference

I know a lot of people were upset when Halo ODST's price was announced. I thought $60 was way too much for what Bungie was calling an expansion back at TGS 08. After seeing everything that ODST h...

E3 09: No dual wielding or Equipment usage in Halo ODST

I had a meeting with Bungie yesterday where they were showing off Halo ODST's campaign and Firefight gametype. While Paul Bertone (Bungie's Design Director) was running through the campaign, I no...

E3 09: Halo ODST going for $60, new controller coming

Okay, so, wasn't expecting a full retail price for ODST here. Yup, it's going to go for $59.99. There's also going to be a collector's edition which will go for $99.99 and will include a Halo ODS...

E3 09: Halo ODST is looking hot, has an actual story

Wow, I am impressed. The Halo ODST trailer makes it look like you'll actually care about the main characters and about the story. The new abilities look hot, the pistol looks cheap (hah!) and ODS...

E3 09: Halo ODST has new weapons, gets dated

Halo ODST takes place a few weeks before the events of Halo 3. The ODST soldiers are in the City of New Mombasa, Africa where parts of Halo 2 took place in. The ODST soldiers have some new tools ...

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