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0  Countdown To Halo Reach: The Story Mon, Aug 30th, 2010, 10:02 pm (EST) BY COLIN When I look back at my time spent with Halo 3, I immediately remember all of the competitive multiplayer matches with friends. Looking ahead to Halo Reach, I find myself excited for the campaign co-op experience. Why is that? There's just something about Halo's campaign mode that's addictively fun, despite its limitations. Sure there are only so many times you can run through the story mode, but while multiplayer may be what fans latch onto for months on end, the campaign has been (and will be) a massive driving force for Halo Reach's sales. Join me, as I unofficially declare this upcoming week to be 'Halo Reach Week', and take you on a journey that most PS3 fans will ignore. Perhaps this is a unique perspective, but I've never felt there to be any tension in the world of Halo unless the player was pitted against the Flood. The covenant was never a big enough threat really, you spend the greater part of three games stomping across every single thing the alien collective has on a regular basis. Playing the game as Master Chief does have that effect however, which is why I look forward to experiencing the fun as Noble Team. From the very start, they're simply more human (and therefore more realistic) than the Chief ever was.  We see them without helmets, as they prepare for battle, and we understand they each have their own personalities and preferences. They are first and foremost human beings, and depicting the Spartans as such has never really been More »

0  Halo: Reach Hands-On Fri, Aug 27th, 2010, 11:42 am (EST) BY LEE BRADLEY Bungie's farewell to Halo is shaping up to be a glorious swansong. Promising to reclaim the magic of Halo: Combat Evolved, while echoing the grounded narrative of ODST and building on the stellar online modes the franchise has become known for, you get the feeling that this could be the very pinnacle of the Halo series. The developers certainly think so. They've stuffed every spare byte of the disc with content. A full campaign, a plethora of adversarial and co-op modes, a substantially enhanced Firefight mode, as well as the frighteningly flexible Forge 2.0 see to that. It's bursting at the seams. More »

	1  Halo Reach Live Action Short Is Epic Thu, Aug 26th, 2010, 5:42 pm (EST) BY COLIN 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 explosions set to a rather melancholic score. More »

0  Halo Reach DLC Likely To Be Multiplayer Focussed Thu, Aug 26th, 2010, 7:27 am (EST) BY DARRYL 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. More »

1  Halo: Reach Already Leaked On File-Sharing Sites Mon, Aug 23rd, 2010, 2:54 pm (EST) BY DARRYL 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 download the game for review. However, hackers managed to bypass Microsoft's security and acquire the game. The hackers initially pledged not to release the game to the masses, but it has since appeared on numerous file-sharing websites. More »

0  Halo Reach Gets A Taste Of 3D Thu, Aug 19th, 2010, 2:55 pm (EST) BY COLIN Bungie's Halo Reach seems to be getting a bit of the 3D treatment. Spotted at Gamescom, Halo Reach was on display in all its stereoscopic glory. Interestingly enough, Bungie never mentioned any word of 3D support for their final entry into the Halo Franchise. This may just be a sample video on display. Neither Microsoft nor Bungie have officially come out to confirm that the Xbox 360 will be supporting the 3D movement which is being spearheaded by Sony's line of Bravia tellies and PS3s. More »

	0  Halo Reach Gets Live Action Trailer Tue, Aug 17th, 2010, 1:58 pm (EST) BY COLIN Remember the Halo 3 ad campaign? Well, Bungie's being the creative bunch that they are with Reach's very own marketing campaign. Things aren't going so well apparently as the fight isn't simply with the Covenant anymore, but with a group of separatists that seem to be causing plenty of troubles. More »

0  Halo: Reach's Marketing Campaign Should Be Epic Thu, Aug 12th, 2010, 7:38 pm (EST) BY ADAM MA Most huge game releases have gone hand-in-hand with some extremely expensive marketing pushes. Web advertisements, mass emails, promotional goodies flying everywhere, and of course commercials are all part of the mix. A lot of the time it's all in-game footage, with maybe a few cheeky nerd jokes tossed in there. But Bungie has always done something different, for which they'll always be remembered. Looking back at Halo 3's Believe campaign, it's not hard to wonder why the franchise has such a strong following. It was staggering, beautifully crafted, and leagues beyond the typical gaming advertisements that had come before it. Knowing that, the follow up to Believe was 'We Are ODST', and knowing that Halo: Reach will be the final game in the series (at least for the time being), it can only be expected that this final game will have with it an amazing send off. Much like the Superbowl, I'm almost more excited for the ads than I am for the game itself, which says a lot about how effective these commercials are. Almost everyone I know, gamer or otherwise is familiar with them one way or another. It's this kind of detail that makes their commercials a joy to watch, though not in the Old Spice sense. More of an independent film that you wished would really happen. More »

3  Gamescom 2010: Press Conference Previews Tue, Aug 10th, 2010, 8:23 pm (EST) BY JORDAN DOUGLAS Gamescom, Europe's stop on the major game convention circuit, is just around the corner, kicking off with three press conferences from Microsoft, Electronic Arts and Sony next Tuesday. The German hosted event has risen to prominence over the past couple years, now viewed by publishers as an additional avenue (alongside E3 and TGS) for major global announcements - Sony and Microsoft revealed the PS3 Slim and Fable III at Gamescom 2009, respectively. With that in mind, anticipation for next week's convention is high, so we've broken down what to expect from the big three conferences. More »

0  Halo Reach Multiplayer Gets Revamped Halo 2 Maps Thu, Aug 5th, 2010, 1:19 pm (EST) BY COLIN Three new maps are inbound for Bungie's upcoming Halo: Reach, probably one of the more anticipated games of the remainder of 2010. The multiplayer's getting three new maps, two of which are "spiritual successors" to maps from Halo 2. The two maps are Ivory Tower and Midship which will be renamed to Reflection and Zealot respectively. Aside from a graphical makeover, the only real difference to the remade Ivory Tower map is the physics and new gameplay mechanics, like the jetpack and sprinting. More »

3  Top Ten Anticipated Games of Fall 2010 Tue, Aug 3rd, 2010, 9:57 pm (EST) BY JORDAN DOUGLAS 2010 has already been a fantastic year for gamers, with an abundance of quality releases throughout the first half of this year. However, the fall holiday season is typically the time of year when the biggest franchises hit store shelves, and 2010 appears to be no different. With that in mind, Gaming Union has compiled a list of the top ten games scheduled for release this fall. It's important to note that we only included announced games on this list - rumored entrances such as Resistance 3 are off the table. Below is our top ten anticipated games of fall 2010, in alphabetical order. More »

0  Microsoft Unveils Epic Halo Reach Campaign Trailer Thu, Jul 29th, 2010, 3:46 pm (EST) BY COLIN Microsoft and Bungie's released a properly epic campaign trailer for upcoming Halo Reach this afternoon. The trailer shows off plenty of story sequences that leads up to the fall of Reach, accompanied with a fitting score. Looks like Bungie's putting everything it's got into their final Halo game. More »

0  Xbox For Core On Facebook Unveiling New Halo Reach Screenshots Wed, Jul 28th, 2010, 6:18 pm (EST) BY COLIN The Xbox For Core Facebook group is slowly but surely releasing new screenshots for Microsoft and Bungie's upcoming Halo Reach, easily one of the most anticipated games of this year. There's only one up at the moment, but the group's assured fans that more is incoming. The screenshots are an exclusive look at the incoming Halo: Reach trailer, which is probably going to be shown at the invite-only London event this Thursday. More »

	0  Special Halo Reach Announcement This Week Tue, Jul 27th, 2010, 3:19 pm (EST) BY COLIN According to CVG, Microsoft's set to make a very "special" Halo Reach announcement on Thursday. The special event is invite-only and held somewhere in London, apparently The Gadget Show's Jason Bradbury as well as Rio Ferdinand will be present. More »

0  Konami Dismisses Castlevania October Release As Speculation Wed, Jul 21st, 2010, 4:56 pm (EST) BY COLIN Konami has spoken out regarding the October release of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, their reboot of a classic franchise. Speaking to Eurogamer, they stated that no concrete release date has been set yet and as such, to treat any talk of one as "speculation." More »

8  Why Microsoft Are Losing The Exclusives Battle Mon, Jul 12th, 2010, 6:57 pm (EST) BY LEE BRADLEY At E3 2008, Square Enix’s Yoichi Wada shocked the gaming world. Taking to the stage at Microsoft's press conference, he announced that the latest in a series long associated with PlayStation would no longer be exclusive to Sony. Final Fantasy XIII was hitting Xbox 360. It was a huge surprise, perhaps E3 2008's only true megaton, an increasingly rare phenomena for an event beset by pre-show leaks. Comments threads and forums around the world exploded with rage. More »

	0  New Halo Project To Be Undertaken By 343 Industries Fri, Jul 2nd, 2010, 10:41 am (EST) BY NELSON While Halo Reach signals the end of Bungie's development with the Halo Series, Microsoft have given the rights to produce the next Halo game to 343 Industries. More »

1  Bungie Explored 'Proper Halo 4', Decided Against It Mon, Jun 28th, 2010, 9:43 am (EST) BY DARRYL Halo 3 ended on a bit of a cliffhanger, with Master Chief's fate less than certain. However, it's for exactly this reason that Bungie decided to steer clear of doing a 'proper' Halo 4 and anything to do with Master Chief. Speaking to the MTV Multiplayer Blog at E3, Brian Jarrard, who's the community director at Bungie stated "Even before the idea to build a game based around Reach came about, a lot of other concepts were explored, up to and including a proper Halo 4, where Master Chief was going to wake up from cryo-sleep and we were going to tell that story." More »

3  Microsoft E3 2010 Conference Consensus: Disappointing Mon, Jun 14th, 2010, 10:11 pm (EST) BY KYLE WYNEN Microsoft's pre-E3 press conference has come and passed, and with it plenty of details with it on a relatively small amount of Xbox 360 exclusive games, and quite a few Xbox 360 Kinect games. Gaming Union had its collective eyes glued to the conference, and of course, we have our collective opinions, condensed, here for you to check out before our next podcast. Jamie: Overall Microsoft has had next to nothing interesting to show off, with way too much emphasis on boring looking Kinect games and fitness junk. Just to add insult to injury, they took one of my favourite Xbox 360 games, Forza 3, and made a junky looking arcade passing-mode with a poorly implemented "look at this car" mode. More »

4  The Scoop On Microsoft's 11 E3 Exclusive Titles Mon, Jun 14th, 2010, 3:47 pm (EST) BY DARRYL So, Microsoft's E3 press conference just finished up and they gave us the details on eleven exclusive titles that will be coming out on the Xbox 360. Only four of them are core games though, as seven of the titles will be coming out to work with the newly renamed Microsoft Kinect. Out of the four core games, only one of them was actually a new title and Crackdown 2 was completely omitted from the press conference entirely - an interesting move for Microsoft, will it pay off? Who knows. More »