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IGN: Halo Reach is for Girls

IGN Writes: "During the E3 demo and in the subsequent Firefight showcase, Bungie let loose the infamous female Spartan..."

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basicsameh5145076d ago

i think its cool that now there is female Spartans..

DanyBrown5076d ago

Master Chief could be a woman for all we know

SOAD5076d ago

No, he's a dude. The books detail his past.

niceguywii605076d ago

Chief talks you know and has a background.

TheBand1t5076d ago

Yea, he's a redhead dude.

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SOAD5076d ago

I have a whole lot of disagrees for stating something very obvious. He's a dude. He was a boy when they found him on a planet and kidnapped him from his parents. His name is John.

And to no great surprise, a bunch of Sony fanboy idiots who came to this thread with no other purpose than to troll have plenty of agrees.

TheBand1t5076d ago

I don't see how I got disagrees. From what I read, MC is indeed a redhead who is also a dude.

Another One5076d ago (Edited 5076d ago )

SOAD and The Bandit are right. He's a redheaded guy named John. Halo has quite an awesome story to it if you bother reading the books.

OneSneakyMofo5076d ago

You never know - Master Chief could have had a sex change sometime when he was kidnapped.

Cevapi885076d ago

would it be fair to say that Bioware with ME and KOTOR had a influence on Bungie implementing this in their game??

Cenobia5076d ago

The books were written AFTER the game was made, and they are written by multiple people. I don't think any of them have anything to do with the games initial vision.

I haven't read any of them, but I doubt MC's back story is anything like what the initial creator's conceived (which, admittedly, was probably just "bad-ass in armor").

Anyway, my point is that an after-the-fact history doesn't really mean much. I'm fairly certain that everyone agrees he is male though.

SOAD5076d ago

The books are all canonical and were approved by Bungie's writers. The authors of the books were hired by Bungie to take key points of information and build a narrative around them.

One fact remains clear. Master Chief is a male.

PCnPS3Gamer5076d ago

maybe if bungie took some tips from gow series or uncharted series or mgs series gamers wouldnt have to read the books. they'd know more from playing the halo games alone....but you know bungie went with a character that doesnt talk....so just read the books lol...maybe next life time ehhh guys.

Ahmay5076d ago (Edited 5076d ago )

dany have you seen this...

volkl305076d ago

Brown hair, pale skin. Totally a dude, not a ginger. So...yeah

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Hallmark Moment5076d ago (Edited 5076d ago )

I don't think it "struck a nerve" What he said was simply laughably ignorant and baffled fans or came across as bitter.

I could understand if it were a joke based off of no info on his identity but it wasn't funny because people know Chief being one of the biggest icons in gaming.

Hideo_Kojima5076d ago (Edited 5076d ago )

oh those guys are over reacting...

For example there was a whole article proving that Old Snake had no penis and no one went crazy about it and started moaning. Everyone just laughed.

Grow up it was a joke and Master Chief is not Jesus you are allowed to joke about him you won't go to Halo Hell if you do.

Proof that "Old Snake has no Penis"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz...

badz1495076d ago

right? maybe just the voice part and that's it! I don't think they'll differentiate the gender with difference in agility, ability or recoil level or what weapons suit the gender best etc.

Tricksy5076d ago

Doesnt look like her midriff is very protected.

"Yo aliens shoot her in the tummy!"

Heisenberg5076d ago

I guess that's why men shouldn't design womens armor, they expose mad cleavage in lieu of protecting her chest.... Ya know, now that I say it out loud, it does seem like a sensible tradeoff.

ThanatosDMC5075d ago

I wonder how many males will play as female spartans. If it's anything like MMOs, there will be a ton and lonely idiots will go on protect mode cuz maybe "she" would friend him.

Heisenberg5076d ago

Alien rape will skyrocket...

Tony P5076d ago

Why do you people so desperately want the deep-voiced marine under that armour to have lady parts? :s

Elven65076d ago (Edited 5076d ago )

PCnPS3Gamer: You only have to go as far as watch a trailer for any Halo game that features Master Chief to realize he talks with a deep male voice.

Some concepts simply won't work well with a game which is why books, movies, etc are a good avenue to detail them.

Edit: Arg! Lame reply system, this should be at the top. =/

PCnPS3Gamer5075d ago

STILL HAS NOTHING ON UNCHARTED 2 WHICH MADE ME LAUGH ALOT I LOVED THE SARCASTIC BANTER opps caps on oh well its early in the morn haha. and playing the gow collection and beating gow 3 like 4 times was awesome

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Myst5076d ago

This title won't bold well...

Though besides that good to see they added it in for the women that play and love Halo.

kaya5076d ago

Ya with that title I was looking for a better article. :\

karl5076d ago

i was expeting for it to be a trolling article

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tiamat55076d ago

Yeah I would love to see Bungie and Microsoft use that line to convince my girlfriend to play Halo.

Gun_Senshi5076d ago

There is no such pic in article!

badz1495076d ago

which was real, the article pic is an utter lie! damn!

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Destiny 2: The Final Shape Developer Gameplay Preview

Bungie - "Join our development team to see the new updates arriving with Destiny 2: The Final Shape. Releasing on June 4, 2024."

InUrFoxHole33d ago

What is this she/her, he/him bs?

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Bungie Replaces Marathon Director Amid Leadership Shakeup, Fears of Layoffs

Amid ongoing anxiety within Bungie following layoffs last year, the studio is now preparing for another shakeup, this time on Marathon.

Kaii55d ago

Layoffs should be hitting the incompetent management at this point.

Profchaos55d ago

Talk about mismanaged Bungie is a studio of tremendous potential and have made some of the greatest shooters to date. Sony pushed them to just make another Destiny style game and consult on other studios live service games and are now getting thrown under a bus as the pivot away from predominantly gaas games is unfolding.

I'd love to see a world where Bungie can focus on telling great sci fi stories again away from a live service dungeon but we all know that's a pipe dream

Rynxie55d ago (Edited 55d ago )

Are you serious? Do you just talk out of your arse naturally, or did it take years of being a POS?

Profchaos55d ago

You normally get so offended by internet comments or did it take years of being soft

purple10155d ago (Edited 55d ago )

Yes I see your point mate, someone clearly didn’t read the article.

Specifically the bit:

“Notably, multiple sources at the time and since have shared that Sony has largely left the studio to sort out its own troubles and was not responsible for the layoffs, with CEO Pete Parsons taking responsibility.“

He’s just spouting nonsense

Huey_My_D_Long55d ago

lol what so fucking hilarious is that you called him out so bad he projected him being offended onto you.

Its been well documented that Bungie's management has been more responsible for their shortfalls, even mentioned in said article that we are commenting on.

Its ok, just admit you didn't read the article.

MIDGETonSTILTS1755d ago

Arrowhead Studios will be Sony’s GaaS consult now.

Gameseeker_Frampt55d ago

I like how for some, it is never Bungie's fault. Microsoft, Activision, and now Sony - it is everyone else who is pushing Bungie to make all these bad decisions.

-Foxtrot55d ago

Thrown under the bus?

Are you joking? This is all Bungie, we all thought it was 100% Activision but it's clear the higher ups at Bungie don't have a clue how to run the studio and are more bothered about saving their own skin and the money that they rake in.

Sony gave them an extra $1.2 Billion to make sure that employees didn't leave and they didn't have to cut anyones jobs. Where did that money go because Bungie still cut peoples jobs and I bet you the higher management still kept a hold of their big fact paychecks and bonuses.

Sony invested poorly in this and the best thing they can do now is throw the old Bungie management out and take hold of the studio fully.

MIDGETonSTILTS1755d ago

Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. Somebody at Bungie is the golden goose making great shooting mechanics, and the rest need to justify their paychecks.

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Fearmonkey55d ago

This studio has had three owners and its never worked well with any of them....Management has issues

ChasterMies55d ago (Edited 55d ago )

Worked very well for Microsoft. Microsoft’s mistake was letting Bungie go.

Fearmonkey54d ago

it worked so well with MS that they so wanted to be away from them they bought the company back. Only to do it again with activision-blizzard, and then sold to Sony...Sony shouldn't have bought them...Bungie hasnt been the same for a long time..

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Destiny 2’s new game director worked on every single Bungie Halo game

Destiny 2’s game director Joe Blackburn is stepping down ahead of The Final Shape, leaving Tyson Green to take the reins of the PS5 and Xbox FPS.

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DefenderOfDoom2103d ago

As someone who bought every story DLC for DESTINY 2 but not every season. the first thing I would do as game director is , if anybody pre-orders The ?Final Shape , they will be able to play all older DLC and seasons with purchase of FINAL SHAPE. . I think that would bring back a lot of DESTINY 2 plsyers who have not experienced the seasons a chance to play season activities before Final Shape comes out.

DickyD1226103d ago

I agree but I was just able to get all dlcs for 50 on steam. (Have it on PlayStation but don't always have access to the TV)