The newest Halo Minimates aren’t going to offer up any clues to Halo 4, but they’re still worthy additions to the collections of fans who’ve been following the sci-fi series. First announced last September, the Series 4 set will mark the first time that Cortana’s been a bite-sized plaything. The UNSC vs. Covenant battles will spread to your desk later this year.
A decade and a half ago a sublime blend of Eastern role-playing and Wild Western adventure was released in Japan. Today the talented folks at OC Remix celebrate that release with a free album featuring more than four hours of expertly twisted tunes from the soundtrack of the original Wild Arms.
In October of 2007, Rock Band hit rock bottom, crashing its car into a tree in an alcohol-soaked haze. It was then it knew it had to turn things around. On November 20, 2007, Harmonix introduced it to the world and changed everything.
While Microsoft are making a big fuss over Halo’s 10 year anniversary, and Nintendo itself highlighted Mario’s 25th birthday, Samus and Metroid turned 25 over the weekend and I’ve barely heard a peep about it from anyone. This makes me a little bit sad.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of its spiky blue mascot and the upcoming double-stuffed Sonic Generations, Sega show us how far Sonic has come, how far he’s gone off course, and how Sonic the Werehog gameplay never really counted.