Microsoft Admits It 'Lost Its Way' With Halo Franchise
- Microsoft admits that with Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach, the company lost its way a bit, but they aim to get back on track with the next major installment, Halo 4. "Playi...
Halo Reach News
| 9 | The problem with most game series is that over time something goes wrong. Characters could become old or overused, and the mechanics too repetitive and boring. Naturally FPS games have a little more room to change since fans are more open to shifts in game design, but the fact still remains that sooner or later the series will mess up. Even Halo (as a series) has not been immune to this, as ODST was considered to be questionable on a lot of levels. It was my one fear that Halo: Reach would be a failure on some level. That the multiplayer would rapidly stagnate over time, Firefight and Forge World would be a bust. Furthering that or even that the co-op would fail to be fun. It just seemed like there was almost too much happening in a single game that somewhere along the line, something had to go wrong. I went into Reach filled with caution and scepticism, and left it impressed and wholly satisfied. Here's why. » Read the full review |
Microsoft Release Halo: Reach Demo
- Microsoft has announced a demo for Halo: Reach, despite the game being released towards the end of last year. It will demonstrate almost ever aspect of the game. From the...
Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack Launching In March
- Microsoft has announced that the next map pack for Halo: Reach, dubbed Defiant, will be releasing at some point during March. They also revealed that a development studio ...
New Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Targets Modders
- Microsoft has released a mandatory update, with the key feature supposedly that it re-enables the option to play games straight from turning the system on. However, it ...
The UK's Best Selling Games Of 2010 Were...
- 2010 is already been a gone, but the UKIE has revealed some information relating to what exactly sold the best throughout the year - it makes for some unsurprising, but al...
Microsoft Coy On Halo Remake, States Halo Reach Is Current Focus
- Yesterday a rumour was buzzing around the industry that Microsoft were working on an HD remake of Halo: Combat Evolved - the rumour was via GamesMaster magazine. Today,...
Halo Reach Noble Map Pack Is Live
- Halo Reach's first map pack, Noble, has been released on Xbox Live and it adds three new maps for you to all sink your teeth into. The first map is called Anchor 9, the...
UK Charts: Fallout: New Vegas Tops Charts
- Fallout: New Vegas enjoyed impressive sales in its first week of release, as it displaced Medal of Honor to be the top selling game in the UK. Unfortunately Vanquish didn'...
First Halo: Reach Map Pack Details Revealed
- Bungie have announced the first map pack for Halo: Reach. Called Noble Map Pack, it contains three new maps plus even more Achievements to unlock. "Our DLC team has bee...
New Updates For Halo Reach Campaign Matchmaking
- Bungie has now announced that Halo: Reach will be gaining some interesting updates in the near future. First, on October 19, campaign matchmaking playlists will be impl...
UK Charts: FIFA 11 Sets Records, Halo Reach Drops Further
- FIFA 11 launched at the end of last week and EA had some really high expectations for the title. Expectations which now seem perfectly justified as the title became the th...
Bungie Resets Credits Of 15,000 Halo: Reach Players
- Not long after the release of Halo: Reach did players find an exploit to get easy credits. However, their luck's run out as Bungie are on the prowl, already rolling out cr...
UK Charts: F1 2010 Topples Halo Reach
- Halo: Reach has only managed to retain its position at the top of the UK video game sales charts for one week, as F1 2010 has bumped it down a peg or two. Other new rel...
Microsoft Wants Halo Games Released More Frequently
- Halo: Reach has just launched, but Microsoft are already talking about what the are expecting from the Halo franchise in the coming years. Speaking to IGN, Phil Spencer...
UK Charts: Halo Reach Sets Records On Its Way To The Top
- Halo: Reach has, unsurprisingly, topped this week's UK charts and also managed to break some records along the way. Not only did it bring in around $200m on its first day,...
Microsoft: Halo Reach Will Outsell Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Microsoft have extremely high expectations for Halo: Reach, as they fully expect it to outsell Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops. This is quite a lofty goal, as last...
Microsoft: Halo Reach Is 'Halo 4 In All But Name'
- In the build-up to Halo: Reach's launch on Tuesday, Microsoft have started to big their title up. "Halo: Reach, developed exclusively for Xbox 360, is the blockbuster p...
Halo Reach Live Action Short Is Epic
- Bungie's marketing campaign for Halo: Reach is probably the biggest for the franchise and they've released yet another live action short, featuring Spartans and plenty of ...
Halo Reach DLC Likely To Be Multiplayer Focussed
- Halo: Reach is out in a few weeks, but it hasn't stopped Bungie from talking about their DLC plans for the title, and what their focus will be regarding it. When speaki...
Halo: Reach Already Leaked On File-Sharing Sites
- IGN has reported that Halo: Reach has been leaked weeks before its intended release. The game was put up on Xbox Live Marketplace so that members of the media could do...
