The original Halo was a big deal for me, and I’ve probably seen this opening cinematic around 20 times, so this updated HD version with polished up visuals, makes me feel all funny inside. For the right reasons.
With excellent sniping spots and what amounts to a vehicular combat arena at the bottom, Halo 2‘s “Headlong” multiplayer map is reborn as “Breakneck” in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. Bask in the glorious gameplay footage and screens, plus get a peek at the very first Halo campaign level in all its remastered glory.
It’s 2011. You’ve seen how movies are made. You’ve seen how video games are made. But have you seen how video game toys are made?
Halo Wars survived Microsoft’s assault to take down its leaderboards late last year, showing that the game still has some fight in it. 343 Industries, Microsoft’s new internal studio handling the Halo franchise, tipped its cap to the console RTS, calling it sequel- and even Kinect-worthy.