Are You A Halo Fanboy?

Are you a Halo fanboy? That’s the question Sarcastic Gamer and IGN asks in their funny re-dubbed version of the recent Halo: ODST  live action commercial. What helps drive home the trailer, is how professional sounding the voice over is. It’s funny hearing the truth spoken (imo) about the game and how blind some fanboys can be. Now I know some of you die hard Halo fans can and will get a little riled up…sit down, stay calm and relax. Keep in mind that this is all in good fun. Check out the video after the jump. [Continue Reading]

When And Where Will Bungie Strike Next?

Master Chief’s legacy is about to come to an end, or at least his relationship with Bungie is. The fine folks over at Bungie have already publicly acknowledged that next year’s “Halo: Reach” will be their final foray into the Halo universe, and that any game following is not a guaranteed 360 exclusive. So that begs the questions of what Bungie will be up to next and who they will be working for. The answer to those questions may come fairly soon as industry insiders continue to speculate on potential buyers.

Bethesda production director Ashley Cheng believes the outcome is pretty clear. “You can count on one hand the number of publisher’s around who can afford to publish Bungie’s next game: EA (via EA Partners), Activision, Ubisoft, Microsoft, and of course, Bethesda,” Cheng wrote. “I can only imagine how much it will cost to snag their next title.” [Continue Reading]

Need Even More Halo? Check Out Halo: Legends

First it was The Matrix that got the short story, anime treatment with The Animatrix. Then Batman got his with Batman: Gotham Knight. Now, not to be left out, Master Chief will join the anime fray with Halo: Legends: An all new collective of Halo shorts produced by various, popular Japanese animation studios.

Microsoft has chosen Comic-Con as their forum to release all information on Halo: Legends, including a new trailer for the anime which can be viewed below. [Continue Reading]

Microsoft Betting the Farm on Halo… Again

Microsoft is looking to expand the “Halo” universe, yet again. An online job posting suggests that the company is aiming to create a “Halo” community that not only spans consoles, but possibly reaches out to the web and mobile worlds as well. The listing, which calls for a software development engineer says several interesting things about creating a new “Halo” community. [Continue Reading]