A fan-engineered sequel to the long dormant Wing Commander series is known to Electronic Arts and all of the franchise’s rights holders, but they are taking no action to shut down its development. That said, they don’t officially or unofficially endorse the game.
Take a look at yet another Halo-centric fan film, made in mid-January by a team of three dedicated members on zero budget. Last week saw the release of the first episode of Halo: Helljumper, a series focused on ODST culture, and its first encounter with the hostile Covenant.
“Hey, you ever feel just a little strange? That we’re hopping around all these planets and humans are the only intelligent life forms out here?” Halo: Helljumper, the fan-made web series centered on marine culture in the Halo universe, begins before contact with the Covenant. These greenhorns won’t be finishing the fight. They’ve only just started it.
I don’t know about you, but when I have slingshot-paintball-fights with my friends, I generally wish they could be a touch more video-gamey. Filmmaker Andrew McMurry agrees, putting together this a live action film that that weaves normalcy with a convincing digital overlay to give things a distinctly video game feel.
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Sonic fan Robert Medina uses his experience in creating 3D video and imagery to reimagine Sonic & Knuckles’ Mushroom Hill Zone as the 2.5D game we always wished Sega had released.