220°

Fun facts about Bungie and the Halo Franchise.

mygamertalk- Continuing off our Halo: Reach week, we here at My Gamer Talk have ventured through the internet and have found some pretty interesting facts that we didn’t know about Bungie, or the Halo franchise.

Read Full Story >>
mygamertalk.com
elementum5004d ago

They let you use the fuel rod cannon in the pc version of halo 1 too, not just the flamethrower. Some of the maps they had on there were really cool too.

Wizziokid5003d ago

"When Halo 2 was shut down on April 15th, there were over 37 billion kills performed and 57000 years spent in matchmaking"

holy crap :| I wonder how many halo 3 will have when/if it gets shut down, and reach for that matter.

morventhus5003d ago

i was thinkin the same thing

Mite225003d ago

I wish more games tracked stats like this. Id love to see the numbers for COD.

killershadow1175003d ago

If it was suppose to be made for mac only then why did halo come out for the xbox 2 years before either PC or MAC game and why did the PC version come out 3 in a half months before the MAC version? (the version where it came out as a PC/MAC disk came later)

kaos_fish II5003d ago

Halo came out in 2001 - it was supposed to be released late 1998 or early 1999 for the PC - yes, it started life on the Mac but Bungie shifted the development to the PC.

I still have the 15 minute presentation video Bungie did for E3 1998 on PC Games CD-Rom

But in 2000 Microsoft bought Bungie and well as they say, the rest is history.

Simco8765003d ago ShowReplies(1)
5003d ago
Show all comments (15)
60°

The importance of audio: How music makes games better

How do composers make the iconic music tracks from games that we love? And just what makes them so memorable?

Read Full Story >>
gamespew.com
purple10119d ago (Edited 19d ago )

Twitter is blowing up right now

All games coming to PlayStation
Next Xbox will have steam
Next Xbox niche and only for “gamers who want it” (it’s a really powerful pc or a steam deck type portable, or both)

19d ago
130°

Ex-343 dev says there were “20-30” pitched Halo games we’ll never see

A former 343 developer has revealed that mountains of Halo pitches failed to be approved, including a return to ODSTs and a push for more intimate, dark themes.

Read Full Story >>
theloadout.com
Kaii92d ago

Well, 4-Infinite dropped the ball massively so don't worry.

Sgt_Slaughter92d ago (Edited 92d ago )

Not really. 4, 5, MCC, and Infinite are only remembered for their shortcomings and failures when the franchise was purely known for being a system seller and an all-time great. There's a reason 1, 2, 3, and Reach are looked back on fondly, and it's not because of nostalgia.

FinalFantasyFanatic91d ago

I don't know of anyone that speaks fondly of the later Halo games, I would like to play 5, but I know it's not good, and I'm just waiting on Infinite to hit my strike price. I played MCC a lot later after it came out, so must of those bugs/issues were gone by the time I played it.

91d ago
PhillyDonJawn91d ago (Edited 91d ago )

To say it dropped the massively is just not true. Many in the community hold H5 as the best mp mechanics in the entire series and say its what 4 should've been. Its campaign was trash but the MP is Fantastic and many faces of the community still play today and it only made 500mill in the matter of months but sure it dropped the ball massively. 4 was hated due to all the changes at once. And CoD like feature and rightful get hate but it's campaign story was liked by a majority of ppl. 343 hasn't nailed ot 100% but they get 1 thing perfect but F up in other places. Infinite had a good campaign and design but the story was a mess. The MP improves upon what Halo 3 was and is what many ppl wanted to go back to but it lacked content severely. So massively aint the word. Dropping the ball massively is when it's pure trash and unplay/unenjoyable. Most ppl blind by nostalgia so soon as 1 thing aint the same its hated cause Halo set the bar so high
FYI reach was not that good.

+ Show (1) more replyLast reply 91d ago
Vengeance113892d ago

Dead IP, time to invent something new.

kaos8992d ago

Maybe they can have ID or one of the COD studios help 343 with this series.

jznrpg92d ago

Halo-Pop like Gears Pop. Halo bowling. Halo Cooking Mama. There’s a reason why you won’t hear about them

Show all comments (12)
80°

Why 343’s next Halo Xbox game needs to be a return to ODST

With its smooth jazz and iconic New Mombasa streets, we need Xbox's next Halo game to return to the remarkable world of Halo 3: ODST.

Read Full Story >>
theloadout.com