It has been a while since we’ve gotten a new installment in the Halo series, with 2015’s underwhelming Halo 5 being the last time spent time with Master Chief. However, that will change later this year with Halo Infinite, which will be a launch title for the Xbox Series X. Those wanting to get more out of the game’s world ...
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Halo 5: Guardians gets a new update: Forge, new maps, new guns, and more
Halo fans who are itching to make their own maps can finally sate their thirst as 343 has released the latest free update to Halo 5: Guardians. In the Cartographer’s Gift update, Forge has been reintroduced to Halo 5 alongside classic weapons and armor sets like the dual tube SPNKR rocket launcher (and its 4 variants), the Mark IV Mjolnir ...
Read More »Halo 5 Update reworks and improves on the original experience
Halo 5 had a rocky release, while the core gameplay was generally well received, lack of content plagued its multiplayer: No Big Team Battle, no Grifball, no Regicide, no Assault or Infection, it was an anemic Halo experience. However, 343 Industries gave the game every ounce of effort they could in terms of improving and reworking it until it felt ...
Read More »Making Halo’s Spartans fight in ScrewAttack’s Death Battle: An interview with Chad and Torrian
From Captain America to Halo, there has always been a certain fascination that people have had with supersoldiers, and it is pretty easy to see why. Generally, they are almost always portrayed as the very pinnacle of human evolution, capable of being faster, stronger, and smarter than your average person. However, you rarely get to see what a fight between two supersoldiers ...
Read More »The return of the king: Halo: CE’s pistol comes to Halo 5 in Hammer Storm update, plus Firefight news
One of the most memorable aspects of Halo: Combat Evolved is the incredibly powerful M6D pistol. Those who beat Halo: CE on Legendary know of its propensity to kill Hunters in a single shot, annihilate Banshees as if they were made of paper, and murder more or less everything that you aim it at. Naturally, it came to be the ...
Read More »Grifball and more coming to Halo 5 in Hammer Storm update
Keeping up with their promise of free monthly updates to Halo 5: Guardians, 343 Industries has just announced the return of several classic gamemodes and features to the game. This February, you can expect to be able to grab all sorts of giant, explosive balls in Grifball, Assault, and Fiesta with the Hammer Storm update. Of course, you may ask, “But ...
Read More »Halo 2-era BR returning to Halo 5: Guardians in Infinity’s Armory January update
If you’ve missed the Halo 2 era BR and its firing pattern, then you won’t have to wait much longer until you can get your hands on it again in Halo 5: Guardians. In the upcoming Infinity’s Armory update, scheduled for release by the end of January, the Halo 2 era BR makes its return in both Warzone and Forge. ...
Read More »343 Industries teases what’s to come in Halo 5: Guardians’ January update
If you’ve been playing Halo 5: Guardians lately, you may have noticed that every once in a while, some new maps, weapons, and vehicles are added to the game. The month of January will be no different, with 343 Industries stating that their next free content update, dubbed Infinity’s Armory, will be arriving sometime near the end of the month. As ...
Read More »DLC and microtransactions: have they become predatory, or is it all in good fun?
As yet another year reaches its conclusion, it’s only natural for one to look back and marvel at how far gaming has come. From the early days of Pong, to the modern era of online multiplayer, to the glimpses of the future where VR and AR headsets might have a place in the living room, gaming has come a long ...
Read More »The best of gaming in 2015: Game of the year and more
Year after year, video game developers try and outdo each other (and themselves) to make each year better than the year before. 2015 is no exception, with several major releases for huge franchises like Halo, Fallout, and Call of Duty, and that’s only mentioning what came out for the holiday season. However, while almost every game that came out was ...
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