Sep 20, 2010

Format: 360 Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Bungie Players: 1-4 in Co-op/Firefight, 2-16 Online multiplayer Site: bungie.net Starting up Halo: Reach, it’s easy to get lost in its sea of features. From a substantial campaign mode with online co-op, to Firefight mode, competitive multiplayer, and a robust suite of tools for...

Sep 20, 2010

Bungie’s final Halo game has received high praise since its release on 14th September, which in itself was a rather strange day to release a game under the slogan ‘Remember Reach’. After all, it closely followed the anniversary of a real life atrocity – far better to be remembered than this bland, self-indulgent swan song from a decent...

Amongst the flood of E3 trailers is this one, for Halo Reach. This should interest you for two reasons: it concentrates on the singleplayer campaign, and features lots of continuous gameplay footage. The Halo games are all solid shooters, but the series seems to have a creationist’s attitude toward evolution. We’d say that the footage shown here...

The recent Activision/Bungie deal has already generated a lot of speculation; but world famous industry analyst Michael Pachter has added professional speculation to the mix – along with some informed guesses, fed by his post – deal chat with both Activision and Bungie. This is what Pachter told CG, in full: I think Activision did a deal similar to their ip...

Taking a closer look at the fine-print of the deal between Activision and Bungie announced earlier today, trade site MCV comes to the conclusion that this doesn’t necessarily mean an end to Bungie and Microsoft collaborations or indeed further Halo titles. MCV note that the deal between Bungie and Activision only pertains to a single new IP and the...