Halo Wars News

  • Halo Waypoint opens up, anime due out Feb. 9

    Xbox Live's all-Halo channel launches with avatar awards, open to all until Nov. 26; Halo Legends preview coming Sat.; combined Halo 3: ODST US/UK/Japan sales hit 1.85M.

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    • Posted Nov 5, 2009 12:34 pm PT
  • Halo Waypoint details mapped out, Career mode revealed

    Microsoft details Xbox Live's forthcoming all-Halo channel, reveals achievement-collating recognition system and awards.

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    • Posted Oct 19, 2009 6:11 pm PT
  • Halo series to continue through 2015

    343 Industries' Frank O'Connor says Microsoft has multimedia plan for sci-fi franchise that "goes out at least six years"; Halo 3 not the end of Master Chief/Cortana storyline.

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    • Posted Oct 8, 2009 3:06 pm PT
  • Tor Books forging Halo short-story comp

    Halo fans looking for a way to sate their thirst for the sci-fi series will have something to tide them over between next month's launch of Halo 3: ODST and next year's release of Halo: Reach. Veteran publishing house Tor Books today announced that it will publish two books set in the war-torn...

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    • Posted Aug 12, 2009 6:20 pm PT
  • Spielberg producing Halo movie?

    Source: Film enthusiast site IESB.What we heard: In June 2006, unconfirmed reports claimed that famed filmmaker Steven Spielberg was in talks to direct a World of Warcraft movie--a gig Spider-Man director Sam Raimi would land three years later. In October 2006, another top-selling game, Halo, would...

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    • Posted Aug 10, 2009 4:24 pm PT
  • Peter Jackson Halo game scrapped

    [UPDATE 2] At Comic-Con, filmmaker reveals his Microsoft collaboration "collapsed" when film project fell apart in 2006; manager Ken Kamins says final fate was sealed in January; Microsoft finally concedes game "on hold."

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    • Posted Jul 27, 2009 12:28 pm PT
  • Bungie 'probably' exiting Halo franchise, new IP deal 'close'

    Developer says Halo: Reach will likely be its sci-fi series swan song; senior designer Lars Bakken thinks new publishing agreement will be closed "sometime soon."

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    • Posted Jul 27, 2009 11:55 am PT
  • Halo movie director no longer interested in adaptation - Report

    District 9 and live-action short director Neil Blomkamp said he "probably wouldn't do Halo if it was offered" due to lingering bitterness over project's unraveling.

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    • Posted Jul 24, 2009 2:18 pm PT
  • Halo goes anime with Legends anthology

    Microsoft working with Ghost in the Shell, Dragon Ball studios on collection of short films; 343 Industries revealed to be Halo publishing brand; teaser trailer inside.

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    • Posted Jul 23, 2009 10:07 am PT
  • Microsoft names internal Halo label?

    Source: See below. What we heard: The intermittent efforts of the proprietor of Superannutation to sift through the slurry of often-unreliable information on the Internet has yielded another data diamond. The blog has posted a link to a July 17 US Patent and Trademark Office filing by Microsoft for...

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    • Posted Jul 20, 2009 1:50 pm PT
  • Halo Wars getting Historic Battles map pack July 21

    For those who've particularly enjoyed the storyline of Halo franchise, the newest Halo Wars add-on update may be a welcome addition. Microsoft recently announced a new map pack called Historic Battles, which includes four maps that chronicle the pivotal moments of the UNSC/Covenant War. Along with...

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    • Posted Jul 14, 2009 1:39 pm PT
  • Halo Wars add-on leads XBL update

    Ensemble Studios may not be around anymore, but its swan song lives on this week with the first batch of downloadable content for the Xbox 360-exclusive Halo Wars. The Strategic Options add-on pack includes three new game modes--Keepaway, Tug of War, and Reinforcement--for the sci-fi...

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    • Posted May 19, 2009 4:45 pm PT
  • April software decline inconsequential - Analysts

    Trio of industry watchers offer double-digit sales decline predictions for NPD report later this week, blame it all on Mario Kart Wii, GTAIV.

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    • Posted May 12, 2009 11:59 am PT
  • Former Halo director's first feature trailer unspools

    In 2006, Microsoft stunned the world by announcing that a virtual unknown would be directing the big-budget film adaptation of the Halo franchise. That unknown was Neil Blomkamp, a young South African filmmaker who had won awards for his series of futuristic commercials and shorts. Those included...

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    • Posted May 1, 2009 2:07 pm PT
  • Halo Wars DLC igniting soon

    Ensemble Studios' sci-fi real-time strategy game Halo Wars shifted 639,000 units in the US during its March debut, according to the NPD Group, a healthy number considering its mixed reception and platform exclusivity. And even though the studio that made Halo Wars isn't around anymore, Microsoft...

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    • Posted Apr 21, 2009 1:47 pm PT
  • NPD: Resident Evil 5 infects 1.5 million, March game sales sink 17%

    Capcom's PS3/360 zombie apocalypse a big hit despite US game-industry nosedive; Halo Wars and Pokemon score, GTA: Chinatown Wars doesn't break top 10.

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    • Posted Apr 16, 2009 4:01 pm PT
  • Q&A: Rippy on sparking Bonfire, disbanding Ensemble

    Halo Wars dev alum discusses his former employer's fall, forming a new studio during a recession, and the state of the RTS genre.

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    • Posted Mar 23, 2009 4:00 pm PT
  • Ensemble demise whips up Windstorm

    Third independent studio emerges in wake of Microsoft's closure of Halo Wars developer; first game to be a futuristic online game.

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    • Posted Mar 19, 2009 5:08 pm PT
  • 1 million Halo Wars waged

    Massive fan base for Microsoft's sci-fi franchise makes Ensemble Studios' 360-exclusive swan song go platinum in less than three weeks.

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    • Posted Mar 19, 2009 11:12 am PT
  • Shippin' Out March 1-7: Halo Wars

    Ensemble's swan song leads a murderer's row of new releases including multiple MLB games, Empire: Total War, HAWX, and Sonic and the Black Knight.

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    • Posted Mar 1, 2009 12:00 pm PT
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