Halo Wars

Welcome to Halo Wars X dot com! I’ll be writing something much more memorable, and appropriate, at some point. Just bear with me! Expect to see more Halo Wars news, info, tips and tricks, and much, much more as time goes by. There’s also a super sexy Halo Wars Forum available for those of you whom might be interested in discussing the next instalment in the Halo series. Read more »

Unless you’ve been living in a hole for the last few months you will undoubtedly be aware that as of midnight tonight, Halo 3 will be unleashed to gamers all over the world, with Australia getting their mitts on it first. If you own an XBOX 360 chances are you will have pre-ordered ages ago and finally you are getting what promises to be an all-out awesome game. Halo 3 picks up exactly where Halo 2 left off, which is kinda what gamers have been after seeing as the end of Halo 2 left a lot of unanswered questions hanging around. The tag line for this game is “Finish the Fight” and everyone is hoping that not only will they achieve this but that they will also finally get the wider picture revealed and be able to tie up any loose ends. Read more »

Although Halo 3 isn’t all that far away now, Microsoft haven’t forgotten about Halo 2 by any stretch of the imagination. Despite previously stating that there would only ever be downloadable content in the form of map packs for those who have an XBOX 360, it turns out that those who have yet to upgrade to the latest console are still able to take advantage of two new maps coming to XBOX LIVE this April. Read more »

When Microsoft cancelled all work on Halogen, an RTS (real time strategy) game based on the Halo universe, people were thinking perhaps they were stopping it all to prevent the modding community from having something new to play around with. But it turns out that this is not the case at all and in fact Microsoft have already been working on something which Halogen was dangerously close to imitating. Yup, Halo is going to be an RTS. Read more »

The good folks over at Gamespot have just reported that Bungie, masters behind the Halo series, announced today that more than half a billion games of Halo 2 have been played online. This impressive figure does NOT include games lost due to connection or technical issues and relates to games played as opposed to player sessions. Still, half a billion is half a billion – or also known as 500 million; whichever you prefer. And it’s nothing to be sniffed at either. This news is just the latest praise for Halo 2 which has been taking the gaming world by storm, selling 6.4 million copies worldwide in just a few months after its release and more than 91 million hours have been played altogether on XBOX LIVE.

The official site for the developers of the epic Halo series, Bungie, have today posted some more juicy tidbits concerning the details of Halo 2 for the PC. Probably the most welcome news for PC gamers is that whilst they will have to upgrade their OS to Windows Vista they might not have to upgrade their graphics cards to maintain compatibility. The bad news is that the concept of a cross-platform matches is going to remain a glint in the eye, rather than a reality. Read more »

Microsoft sure know how to whet a gamer’s appetite, right? Well they’ve certainly got what it takes with more than a staggering 24 MILLION download hits since the launch of XBOX LIVE in 2005, 5 million of which were recorded solely during their promotion of a week’s free XBOX LIVE Gold membership following this year’s E3 conference. Such was the sheer volume of downloads that the servers were threatening to have a tantrum, but mercifully they held their ground. And guess what was at the top of the download list? Read more »

More than a year old now, Halo 2 is the biggest selling XBOX title yet and Microsoft have now announced that they are planning to port it to the PC. Gamers planning on playing Halo 2 on the PC will also need to upgrade to Windows Vista as the game is being developed specifically for that particular operating system (OS). The PC version will include Halo 2, the bonus maps from the multiplayer map packs and options to customise maps. No further details or a release date have been released as yet.

Good news! Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 are both going to be playable in high definition on Microsoft’s latest console, the XBOX 360. Concerns in the past had been that the games would look nothing short of horrible on a high definition screen but Bungie have confirmed that all players need to do is simply put the game into the console and let the magic happen as you see Master Chief blasting his way through the Flood and the Covenant in glorious 720p resolution. Read more »

Limited and special editions of popular games are becoming commonplace these days with the lure of extras and fancy packaging to entice gamers to part with even more cash. Often consumers will be treated to concept artwork, posters, a DVD with interviews and production videos and all is wrapped up in a nice metal case. But it is this fancy packaging which is the reason why Microsoft is currently being sued by a Scandinavian company and Halo 2 is the game that is in the firing line. Read more »