We are just a few weeks away from the launch of Microsoft’s biggest game of the year: Halo Reach. Reach, set shortly before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved, will be releasing this September, and with just a month between us and its release, our impatience grows. The next game in the revered Call of Duty series, Black Ops, is being developed by Treyarch, the creators of Call of Duty 3 and Call... more.

Another attempt to make one of this years already on the most epic list.. more epic.  This live action Halo Reach short is entitled 'Deliver Hope'.  More videos can be expected to promote/pump up the game on August 29th and the week of September 6th while the actual game is releasing on September 14th for the Xbox 360.[HTML1]... more.

Halo. The most prestigious, the most loved, the most grandiose shooter franchise of all time. It is said that console shooters would be nothing if it weren't for Halo. Halo: Combat Evolved is to console shooters what Half Life is to PC shooters. Often placed amongst the likes of Goldeneye 007 and Half Life 2, all Halo games are, definitely, some of the most influential and qualitative titles out t... more.

Despite the fact that Halo: Reach wasn't even released yet, pirates all over the world are downloading the game right now from BitTorrent sites.This was due to Xbox.com hading out codes for reviewers, and a group of pirates managed to get those codes and put the game for download.Videos are now popping up all over youtube, showing gameplay and many story related (with spoilers) videos, so ... more.

This is a huge surprise. A character very similar to Master Chief features in the Sprint Samsung 4G TV Commercial. The interesting point here is that the commercial does not explicitly states Master Chief or Halo. Considering that neither Microsoft nor Bungie were mentioned in this commercial, lawsuits have the potential to occur. Maybe it's more complicated than that...Anyways we have th... more.

This is really funny. We came across this funny image which shows Halo Reach, a Xbox 360 exclusive running on a PlayStation 3  kisok. Apparently the store used their only display unit in the Games section to help promote a new game in order to create interest and potential revenue for the store. A clear case of popping a dvd in a wrong hardware.  Check the image out.... more.

If you are a long term fan of the Halo franchise, you will instantly recognize 2 new maps that will make their way into Reach.These two maps are Ivory Tower and Midship, except for the fact that they have been renamed and are now called Reflection and Zealot.Both maps are almost identical to Halo 2 versions, meaning that even the smallest things like the placements of the rocket launcher,... more.

EA COO John Schappert has said that Call of Duty and Halo will dominate and rule 2010. He said, "Between Battlefield and Medal of Honor, we're going to see a substantial increase in our share against the FPS sector in calendar year '10 versus '09, '08, '07, '06, pick the year."He further added, "We've got a shot at getting back into a leadership position over the next couple of years. And jus... more.

Halo Reach's release date is approaching like a tracer bullet. We are just about a month away and things are starting to get hotter. Halo 3: ODST was one of the finest first person shooter games that we played in 2009 and it seems like Halo: Reach has to lot to live up to. So how has the series progressed visually in the last one year. Lets take a look.Note: Click the images to see them in ful... more.

Bungie have put the finishing touches to Halo Reach, and claim that it is ready to be shipped to stores within the next few weeks.On their blog, the developing team stated that, "Assuming things go well in certification, that means the only things standing between you all and Reach are the manufacturing process and shipping the discs to stores.""It’s been a long haul getting the g... more.

Bungie developer Brian Jarrard today said that anyone found to be rage quitting on a regular basis would be penalised.Speaking earlier to Xbox360Achievements, Jarrad stated;“I think one of the new things people will be excited about is how we’re going to be able to penalise people who are habitually quitting out of games, which isn’t exactly cheating, but it creates a really n... more.

Hmm, so it looks like Spartan 117 a.k.a. will be coming back after all. Over at SDCC 2010, Frank O'Connor who is the man behind everything Halo at 343 industries has revealed that Master Chei's story has not finished yet. He said, "Wake me when you need me" and went into cryosleep (Zzzz…). In Halo 3's Legendary ending, we saw Master Chief's ship reach a mysterious planet (and O'Connor calls it ... more.

Halo Reach is actually shipping with maps that were made in Forge 2.0 by the games designers.  The create  your own map mode known as Forge in Halo 3 has been taken to the next level in Halo Reach.  You can now teleport with vehicles if you want to now including a forklift.. yes.. a forkl Halo Reach will be released September 14th for the Xbox 360.[HTML1]Other modes have also been added... more.

Halo Reach is probably gonna be the biggest game the Xbox 360 is ever going to get, and Microsoft is coming out all guns blazing to commermorate what looks like the ultimate title in the series.Earlier today, following several premature leaks on the official Xbox website, Microsoft confirmed the existence of a Halo Reach Xbox 360 S bundle, which will be hitting the stores on September 14th, sa... more.

It looks like another game has been released way before it was meant to be. The CV of a 343 Industries (a Microsoft studio) employee seems to indicate that Halo 4 is well under development.A new update on Paul Ehreth's Linkedin profile says that ever since July 2010, he has been busy  'designing new levels and missions for the next Halo project' at 343 Industries.This is further confi... more.

Bungie thinks Achievements are one of the aspects that make or break a game. And thus, "Airtight isn't the first word that comes to mind when thinking about Achievement security", says Bungie.Five of the forty nine Achievements Halo: Reach will be featuring have been delved upon. The entire info is given below:- A Monument to All Your Sins - Complete each Campaign Mission on Legendary - al... more.

Looks like Halo: Reach is gonna be spread out over as many media as it can. It already exists as a (rather good) novel titled Halo: The Fall of Reach, the video gam adaptation of said novel, Halo: Reach, is due out on the Xbox 360 this fall, and now we're gonna be getting a (presumably awesome) graphic novel based on the game/novel from Marvel as well.The comic book giant has teamed up with 3... more.

Bungie is all set to bid a fond farewell to the Halo series with the upcoming Halo Reach, and they promise that this game which they call a 'labour of love,' will 'push the envelope as much as possible without ruining the experience for the core fans of the series.'Speaking at a behind closed doors private E3 conference, Bungie exec producer Joseph Tung showed off the The Long Night of Solace,... more.

As expected, we got new footage for Halo reach. Also as expected, it looked super awesome.Featuring probably the most impressive graphics in any Xbox game till date, the game showed several cool scenes, including female SPARTAN soldiers, a great space dog fight that simply looked stunning, a montage of scenes that took place on a Normandy like beach and more. Special care seems to have been pa... more.

With early announcements stating that the Halo: Reach beta will be in Crackdown 2, and also for the fact that Crackdown 1 included the Halo 3 beta, many gamers were expecting to get some Halo love while at the same time playing the new Crackdown, but unfortunately, that won't happen.The reason for that is for the simple fact that Crackdown 2 is released this July, and its too late to include t... more.