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Can You Afford Your Own Halo Warthog?

2:00PM David Wildgoose | As you know by now, Microsoft brought the Halo Warthog to Sydney as part of their promotional activities for Halo 3: ODST. We were curious to find out how much it might cost to keep it here. More »
Culture

Let’s Take A Spin In The Halo Warthog

1:00PM David Wildgoose | Did you know the one and only real life replica Halo Warthog has been in Sydney? Let’s check it out with erstwhile Kotaku AU editor, Seamus Byrne. More »
Culture

This Guy Has Driven A Real, Working Warthog

5:30PM Luke Plunkett | New Zealand’s WETA made a real Warthog for Neil Blomkamp’s Halo movie pitch. The movie never went anywhere. But the Warthog? It’s still around, still being driven by grown men dressed as Halo marines. More »

Get A Closer Look At WETA’s Warthog

5:00PM Luke Plunkett | The rate things are going, they may never make a Halo movie. So that short Neil Blomkamp put together last year may be as close as you get. And these shots of the Warthog used in that short may be as close as you get to it. Built by WETA, the guys behind the special effects for Lord of the Rings, it’s crazy the amount of detail that went into a vehicle built not for a movie, or even a trailer, but a cheap concept pitch. Plenty of pics at the link below. Close Up: Weta’s Warthog (Part 1) [NZGamer] More »

Weta Warthog Suspended

1:40AM Kotaku US Edition | Last month Bungie showed off Weta Workshop’s fully functioning Warthog to Halo fans, making them gaze upon their Jeep Cherokees in utter disgust at the lack of weapon hard points. Now the Weta Holics has posted photos of the Warthog doing its impression of fans’ pants when they first caught eye of it, complete with raised suspension and armoured marine manning the chain gun in back. Exactly what happens to me when I get excited. Warthog Suspended! [Weta Holics - Thanks Zeouterlimits!] More »