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Leadership Failures Ruined Halo Infinite Campaign, Reports Suggest
Fans of the iconic Halo series have recently faced disappointment as reports surface regarding troubled development processes at 343 Industries, the studio behind the latest instalment, Halo Infinite. Sources reveal that the campaign’s development faced significant setbacks due to poor leadership decisions, impacting the overall quality and morale of the…
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PC Halo 3 & Halo 3 ODST Screenshots Revealed
The Halo franchise is by far one of my all-time favourites, from the great single-player campaign, the fantastic split-screen co-op (not you Halo 5), the split-screen multi-player (again, not you Halo 5). 343 Industries has done a great job getting The Master Chief Collection in shape over the years, and…
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Halo: CE Anniversary PC Flights Coming VERY Soon
Got all you can out of Halo MCC: Reach so far? I haven’t either, I’ll never get bored with Reach. However, there’s a LOT of HALO games out there that still haven’t been released, or at least, re-released for PC. Halo: CE Anniversary is heading to the Master Chief Collection…
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Halo: Reach PC Flighting Now Live – Check Your Emails!
Good news Halo fans, as the final Halo: Reach Flight is now live! Flight? It’s basically their word for beta test, but you need to be on the insider program to get in on the action. If you’ve signed up for the beta, today is the day to check your…
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Halo: MCC PC Getting Two Flights – PvP & Firefight
Good news PC gamers and Halo fans. 343 Industries has now revealed that there are two flights incoming in the near future. Flights, if you’re wondering, is their fancy word for a beta test. Halo: MCC PC To me, this suggests that things are moving at a quicker pace than…
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HALO: MCC Will Have Cross-Progression – Cross-Play Next?!
Halo: MCC The release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One was hugely ambitious. It wasn’t perfect, sure. However, the team behind it have persevered to make it better, and are still updating it to this day. The next giant leap for the platform is PC. They’ll bring…
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Halo: MCC PC – All Games Available By End of 2019!
Halo: MCC PC It seems that Microsoft and the developers at both Splash Damage and 343 Industries are on a winning streak right now. Halo MCC launched on Xbox One with a damp splat. The thing was a bit of a tortured mess of brilliance and poor multiplayer performance. They…
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Heading to PC
Arriving on Steam and the Microsoft Store Halo fans will be glad to hear that The Master Chief collection is finally heading to PC. Available via either Steam or the Microsoft Store. The collection originally launched on Xbox One back in 2014. It consists of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo…
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Live-Action ‘Halo’ Series Finally Heading to Television
The Wait is Over for Halo Fans After close to half a decade since it was initially announced, Halo fans are finally getting the live-action TV adaptation they have been waiting for. Furthermore, 343 Industries as well as by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television is developing it for the SHOWTIME network.…
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Microsoft Commit to Split Screen For Future Halo Titles
With each game franchise, there are always a few core defining features. For Halo, one of the ones that comes to mind is the split screen co-op mode, perfect for couch parties. It came as a surprise then when Halo 5 removed this highly valued feature. In response to the various complaints…
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Halo 5 Has Amassed Over $1.5 Million in Microtransactions
Microtransactions were originally implemented on mobile games which adopted the free-to-play business model. This gave developers the freedom to create a large user-base among casual players and attempt to monetize their creation through optional micropayments. As we all know, this can be a very flawed concept and involve an absurd…
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Halo Reach Performs Poorly on Xbox One
Microsoft stunned attendees during this year’s E3 expo with the shock announcement that backwards compatibility was coming to the Xbox One at no additional cost. In contrast to this, Sony has decided to charge for digital PlayStation 2 titles and offer PlayStation 3 emulation via a paid streaming service. It’s…
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Halo 5 Performance Analysed in Digital Foundry Video
Halo 5 has finally been released after 3 years of development and received overwhelmingly positive critical acclaim. From a technical standpoint, the game’s performance is fascinating given the lack of horsepower in the Xbox One. 343 Industries prioritized 60 frames-per-second and employed a number of tweaks to keep the experience…
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Halo 5 May Remove Split Screen and LAN Play
Halo 5 developers, 343 Industries, is making waves with some dramatic changes to the way the Microsoft title will be played. Local co-op campaign had previously been officially removed earlier this month, with co-op campaign games requiring Xbox Live Gold to hook players together. Now 343 appears to have confirmed that…
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Halo 5: Guardians Live-Action Trailers Reveal Release Date
http://youtu.be/tHQiYPiNVEE A pair of new live-action trailers for 343 Industries’ Halo 5: Guardians has revealed the game’s Xbox One release date; 27th October. The trailers, which show Master Chief show-down against new character Spartan Locke, present two different outcomes, which each character getting the chance to point their weapon at the…
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