Hey nerds, hit “pause” and head over to TIME.com for a peek back at the legacy of Halo. Then pour yourself another tall one of Code Red for old time’s sake and plop back down to erase a few more aliens from the planet.
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While fans everywhere are basking in the glow of Halo: Reach‘s well-executed farewell, one man has to plot out the franchise’s tomorrows in a post-Bungie world. That person is Frank O’Connor, the man in charge of 343 Industries. 343’s the hub of all things Halo and they’ve worked on everything from books to comics to merchandise to …
I went over to the Times Square midnight launch event for Halo: Reach last night to document the set-up and dedication of the franchise’s faithful. Along with the pictures linked below, I also scored an ultra-rare variant copy of the first issue of the Halo: Fall of Reach–Boot Camp miniseries, signed by the artist who drew it. This …
Thanks to everyone who entered our contest to win an Xbox 360 Slim and a copy of Halo: Reach. It was a tough decision as there were a lot of very compelling cases but in the end we decided to go with Moonknight4 and Valve.
I think a lot of the already stated developers are really good ideas: BioWare for their masterful story telling,
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Halo: Reach
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Developer: Bungie
Systems it’s available on: Xbox 360
ESRB rating: M for Mature
System reviewed on: Xbox 360
Chances are, you won’t be able to escape mention of Halo: Reach this week. The new video game will surely rack up hundreds of millions of dollars, and most gamers already know …
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 –
This is your latest in nerdy nightly news gossip
There could be a Halo movie… but it’s not really a priority
People were buzzing about Variety’s article in which it mentions that Microsoft is looking to make a Halo movie. The games story line is awesome so I think it would make a great movie — …
Fans of NBC’s Chuck won’t have to wait until September 20th for more of the nerdy spy show after all; the series is launching a daily web series spin-off for the next week, tying into the launch of the videogame Halo: Reach. Who said this isn’t the era of unexpected cross-promotional marketing efforts?
The five-part series, Chuck …
Bungie’s last chapter in the Halo franchise will be released September 14 and thanks to our friends at GameStop, Techland will be giving away one Xbox 360 Slim and a copy of Halo: Reach in conjunction with HaloFest. Hop on over to check out all the festivities and enter for a chance to win a life-sized Spartan.
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I got the weirdest feeling while playing a finished version of Halo: Reach this week. I felt a little bit of regret. Regret, because I–and probably a lot of gamers–have been taking Bungie’s excellent work on the series for granted. And now that the original Halo designers and the universe they worked on are about to part ways, …
Thanks to being one of the most loved and profitable entities in popular culture over the last decade, Halo has expanded way beyond the gaming space. Books, direct-to-DVD movies and toys aplenty have all spun off of Bungie’s seminal sci-fi FPS. Marvel and Microsoft have put out a bunch of Halo-centric comics over the last few years and …
There’s a core contradiction at the heart of Halo: Reach. No matter how hard you fight in the prequel to Combat Evolved, you’re fighting a war that won’t be won. That’s because the destruction of the human colony on planet Reach is a pivotal event in the Halo universe. When Reach falls, it leaves Master Chief as the last …
Fall in troops!
So you want a code for the Halo: Reach beta, huh? Well, you’re gonna have to work for it. It’s quite simple, really.
Follow directions for a chance to win
1. Comment with the hashtag #haloreach on one or all of the following stories. The more you show up the greater your chances, but it doesn’t guarantee a win. …
