Back in February Mr. Gearbox himself, Randy Pitchford, put a post up on the Gearbox forums describing his new project as “big. It’s, like, look-at-our-line-up-and-imagine-something-even-bigger kind of big.” and confirming that he himself will be heading the project.
Ok, so what could be bigger than Gearbox’s current line up of Borderlands, Samba de Amigo and Aliens: Colonial Marines? Um…a chicken club sandwich? An elephant? No, not big enough. How about Mount Everest? No, no wait, I’ve got it! Halo 4. Yeah that fits, and OXM seem to agree with me, if their October Issue is anything to go by.
Oh well, I’ve got to run. You could come with me if you want, I’m only going over the jump.
If you could have anything in the world, what would it be? A chocolate pony? A flying sandwich? A pengiun? Those are all great ideas, but you seem to have forgotten the greatest idea of all: combining Master Chief, (protaganist of the bestest gamest EVAR) with Fable 2 (the second bestest gamest EVAR).
I was awoken this morning by a frantic call from Doc, who had just scored our biggest exclusive ever. The announcement that we’d been waiting for. The new Halo game. Bungie’s new Halo game for the Xbox 360.
CVG has somewhat validated what our source told us yesterday, that a new Halo game will be announced by Microsoft at E3. They did a bit of digging with their own sources and got the same answer we did, plus assurance that the new game would not include the beloved Master Chief. (Sort of a No-brainer)
Halo is one of the best selling game franchises in history, and it’s no wonder that Microsoft would be quite keen on expediting another installment to market. The reaction to the news is drawing mixed reactions from the gaming community.
Some are calling the notion of another Halo installment so soon after Halo 3 a mistake. Personally I think they’re missing the difference between “an announcement that a game is in development”, and “releasing a game”. They are far from the same thing.
Others, equally loyal to the franchise seem to be pretty excited by the prospect.
Do you think this announcement will be Halo 4? A Prequel? Peter Jackson’s entry into the foray?
Now our source is really sticking her/his/its neck out.
As we told you earlier, our inside woman/man/thing got hold of some pretty exciting news.
News that Bungie was already hard at work developing what will be Halo 4.
Now we’re told that this will be announced officially at E3.
The prior news was probably like a weatherman predicting a hurricane “sometime somewhere.” This starts the ticking clock for what would end up being a pretty big deal.
At some point you’ll just have to trust us on some of this stuff. We have to protect our sources to keep them from being fragged by their employers or associates.
A very good and anonymous source tells us that Halo 4 is already in full development over at Bungie. (more…)
Derek Robbins at 411mania recently scribed this masterpiece on the Top 10 Most Overrated Games of All Time. While he does well with most his picks, the point of interest is what he selects for the #1 spot: The Halo series.
Halo is my definition of a casual gamer’s game. It’s good for the industry in that people are buying videogames, but I think that most competent game developers could probably recreate Halo. Nothing, and I mean nothing, separates it from your run of the mill FPS. The only difference I see is publicity, so Halo gets more credit than it rightfully deserves. Fun game? Sure. If fans of Halo tried other first person shooters though, I’m sure they would see the franchise is lacking in comparison to other shooting franchises.
Right on, man. You’ve explained the way I’ve felt about this game since day one better than I could have. Halo is an average game that does a lot of things right, but it’s so generic among other FPS titles. If the original game was released on PC, and not on a shooter-starved Xbox console, it wouldn’t be as popular among reviewers and gamers alike.
Derek, you and I could be great friends. No, seriously, text me sometime.
The gaming community was set ablaze for Master Chief & Co. last week, making all the little girls and boys happy for the third time in their seemingly miserable lives. But now, it’s time to shut up. The spotlight must be burning holes in your retinas.
In order to achieve this goal, I’ve had a heart to heart with the big man upstairs, and we came up with a solution. You may not agree with it. You may even think it’s disgusting and cruel. But it’s the best thing for all of us in this global society.
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Reaction
Individual mentions Halo
God kills a kitten
Press mentions Halo
God kills three kittens
Gameplay video released
God kills three kittens, then grinds their bones to make his bread
Sponsored tournament announced
God runs a kitten down a cheese grater
New Halo advertisement
God skins a kitten alive, then sells its organs on the kitty black market, making a healthy profit
New Halo-themed Xbox peripheral
God hangs a kitten with its own tail, stuffs it with candy, and then leaves it on a party store shelf
Halo 4 Announced
God just gives up on humankind and switches to a better hobby
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With all of the Halo 3 Hype that’s ramping up, we knew we couldn’t let this record-breaking franchise get away unscathed. Here’s “The Halo 3 Hype Hoedown”, delivering 3 minutes of foot stompin’, spoon clackin’ funny for fanboys and skeptics alike.
If you feel like rousin’ up yer kin to throw down some sangin’, try our singalong version! Make up yer own endin’ and you jest might win a prize!
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It’s 7:30am, and I’m sitting in my office with my 1-year-old daughter, who is eating a banana. I just read her the article on Joystiq about how Circuit City is dumping all of their copies of Shadowrun Vista for free to anyone that buys Halo 2 Vista.
I can’t be sure but I think she just said “Daddy, Shadowrun is screwed.”
Either that or “I like bananas.”
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Will stores be buried in used copies of Crackdown following the end of the Halo 3 Beta?
The prices at my local EB have already begun to drop on used Crackdown. They went from 2 used copies to 11 in a week! A cool 5 bucks cheaper already, and the Halo 3 Beta body isn’t even cold yet.
For those of you living under a rock, Crackdown came bundled with access to the Halo 3 Beta, giving gamers a sneak peek at the highly anticipated third chapter of the Halo series. Now that the beta’s over, it looks like a big reward could await those that waited for this inevitable phenomenon.
From now on, I am going to hold off on buying any games leveraged with a limited-time beta until the beta is over. Hey! Every dollar counts!
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