News

The Second Wave Of Halo Anniversary Edition Toys Gets Animated

How many different Master Chief figures can McFarlane Toys make? Oh they’re just getting started. The company recently announced series two of the Halo Anniversary Edition figures, featuring the white-striped version of John 117 from the animated Halo Legends short “The Package”.


August 25, 2011
Xbox

Today, Canada Gets The World’s Best Xbox 360 Bundle

Starting today, and for a limited time, an Xbox 360 bundle will go on sale in Canada that is, well, better than any other I’ve ever seen for the console.


March 6, 2011
Xbox

Halo Wars Still A Worthy Franchise, Says New Halo Studio

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.


December 9, 2010
News

Halo Wars Stat Tracking Not Going Down After All

Kotaku AU

Maybe we’re being cynical about all this but, after initially announcing that it was going to turn the Halo Wars community site and stat tracking offline, 343 Industries has done a turn around, claiming that the “reaction and passion from Halo Wars fans” has caused them to continue both services.


January 27, 2010
News

Halo Wars And Dead Rising Are On Demand

Something old and something comparably new join the Xbox 360 Games on Demand lineup today, with Dead Rising and Halo Wars now available in convenient downloadable form.


January 20, 2010

Best Video Game Cut Scenes Of 2009

We’re not just debating the best video game of 2009 this week. We’ve got other awards to dole out. Today, I declare which ’09 game had the best cut scenes and which was the runner-up.


December 16, 2009
In Real Life

Halo Wars…Clay

Microsoft’s Halo Wars is popular enough to merit its own line of toys — official toys. It also is popular enough to merit a line of rip off toys that come packed in clay.


August 5, 2009
News

Like Halo, But Don’t Own An Xbox 360?

Kotaku AU

Yeah, we know. It doesn’t make sense to us either. But if you fit the bill then Microsoft has got a console bundle for you.


July 31, 2009
News

All Halo Wars Leaderboard Data Erased From Xbox Live

All Halo Wars leaderboard data – and by this, “all” means “everything” – disappeared from Xbox Live today, says Major Nelson, meaning braggin’ rights have been reset to launch day status.


July 15, 2009
News

Fight Historic Battles In The Next Halo Wars DLC

Explore the history of the UNSC/Covenant War through bloody battle this month, with four new skirmish maps for Halo Wars in the “Historic Battle add-on pack.