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Review: Halo Reach

Everyone might know how many of the battles in WW2 ended, but that didn’t matter to gamers seeing it through the lens of countless RTS titles re-enacting famous confrontations to the glut of first-person shooters taking them to the beaches … Continue reading

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Bungie and Activision: The Alliance

Do you hear that? If you listen very closely, it’s the sound of Bobby Kotick rubbing his hands together with glee. Halo developer, Bungie, has announced via its blog that they’ve just signed a ten year alliance with Activision. It … Continue reading

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Xbox Live online support ending for Xbox originals

“Originals” as in the games that were made for the first Xbox according to this open letter from Xbox Live’s general manager, Marc Whitten. From the announcement, it sounds like this is being done in order to pave the way … Continue reading

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Review: Halo ODST

Playing as the Master Chief in Halo has certain advantages: you have a regenerating shield, health, and are seen as a hero by many of your peers. So why would anyone want to play as a lowly, and somewhat nameless, … Continue reading

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Halo ODST unexpectedly shows up on the internets…

I just caught this browsing around on the ‘net for news and can only think that 2009 is turning out to be the Year of the Leaked Game. Halo ODST is a standalone expansion to the Halo series casting the … Continue reading

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Review: Halo Wars

Ensemble Studios helped to lead the RTS revolution since their first game, Age of Empires, in 1997, and the following entries into the series would continue transforming the often arcane rules of tactical warfare into a language that spoke to … Continue reading

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